novaTopFlexHype for the Future 81C: The Irish Flag under the British
Overview Although the modern Irish tricolor flag is identified as green, white, and orange, with the green along the flagpole, the flag setup is also often compared with the setup associated with Côte d’Ivoire, though the flag colors are in the opposite direction. Historically, however, the flag of Ireland has also been manipulated during British rule into a saltire effectively resembling the English and Scottish flags, with red on white as opposed to white on blue from the Scottish […]
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDOn #ThisDayInHistory in 1887, in #TrafalgarSquare, the #BloodySunday protests resulted in 400 arrests and at least 75 serious injuries. #WorkingClass English #socialists and #IrishNationalists were protesting against the Irish Coercion Acts and the high unemployment rate.
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#ANC protests against #SouthAfricaApartheid can't be compared to #Hamas #Oct7 attacks on #Israel. Also ANC campaign that led to #Mandela's arrest targeted infrastructure rather than people
Because there's no comparison, you can't transplant what arguably worked there to #Gaza.
#NorthernIreland is not apt comparison either. #IrishNationalists & #BritishUnionists are same race, different sects #Catholic vs #Protestant, still irreconcilable & separate
⬆️ During 3 decades of #TheTroubles 1960-1998, #Protestant #BritishUnionists, wanted #NorthernIreland to remain with UK, but #Catholic #IrishNationalists & #Republicans living in Northern Ireland wanted to secede UK and join the #RepublicOfIreland in South.
Now for the first time, an #Irish #nationalist will lead the govt in Northern Ireland
Does this portend #Anschluss for a United #Ireland? ➡️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Ireland
#NorthernIreland settles post-#Brexit grievances with #UK and agrees to move on after 2 years of unrest between #BritishUnionists and #IrishNationalists
#TheTroubles
#RepublicOfIreland #GoodFridayAgreement #BelfastAgreement #WindsorFramework #DemocraticUnionistParty #DUP #SinnFein
https://apnews.com/article/northern-ireland-dup-government-boycott-972b02de9c3a0908c6c6849b402831c9
Northern Ireland political party agrees to end 2-year boycott that caused the government to collapse
Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party says it has agreed to end a boycott that left the region’s people without a power-sharing administration for two years. After a late-night meeting, Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson said the party’s executive has backed proposals to return to the government. He said agreements reached with the U.K. government in London “provide a basis for our party to nominate members to the Northern Ireland Executive.” The breakthrough came after the U.K. government last week gave Northern Ireland politicians until Feb. 8 to restore the collapsed government in Belfast or face new elections. Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris said “all the conditions are in place for the Assembly to return.”