‘The violence is continuing’: scholars examine embodied memory of conflict

“The discussion focused on their research and its relationship to embodied memory — how conflict and violence leave lasting traces in bodies, spaces, and collective consciousness.”

Read our article by Allan LEONARD 👉 https://sharedfuture.news/the-violence-is-continuing-scholars-examine-embodied-memory-of-conflict/

#SharedFuture #NorthernIreland #peacebuilding #academic #art #seminar #TheTroubles

Over 300,000 British soldiers were sent to #NorthernIreland during 25 years of #TheTroubles.

Those troops killed 315 people. The overwhelming majority were Catholic civilians including women, 2 priests, and over 60 children. But only a handful of #BritishArmy prosecutions took place. Few were convicted, and many of those were released early.

Time to stop pandering to victim-makers, says #MarkThompson.

#TheIrishNews https://archive.is/2WxRA

#iepol #nipol #ukpol

These Colonialist Establishment freaks keep telling us what they are, and how little our lives matter if we don't follow them on their straight path

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/02/kemi-badenoch-social-media-posts-bloody-sunday-footage

#KemiBadenoch #BloodySunday #TheTroubles #UKPol #UKpolitics #Colonialism

Irish Legal News: UK government records relating to Troubles published by National Archives. “This first batch of files includes records offering fresh insights into the conflict’s early stages, including: the Civil Rights Campaign; the Outbreak of Conflict and the deployment of the Army; and the establishment of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) in 1972 following the suspension of Stormont.”

Book Review: Factory Girls by Michelle Galen

Author: Michelle Galen
Title: Factory Girls
Narrator: Amy Molloy
Publication Info: Hachette Audio, 2022
Summary/Review:

Set in a small town in the north of Ireland in the summer of 1994, Factory Girls is the story of 18-year-old Maeve Murray.  While waiting for her exam results, Maeve joins her friends working at the local shirt factory, hoping at the end of the summer she’ll be able to leave for London to study journalism.  Sharp-witted and outspoken, Maeve finds herself side-by-side with Protestants for the first time as well as in the middle of the class conflict between university-bound people like herself and the working class people who make their living at the factory. But the events of the novel lead to increasing solidarity among the workers against “Handy Andy” Strawbridge, the unscrupulous English factory owner, who Maeve nevertheless finds herself attracted to.

The setting of young women in the 1990s trying to go about their everyday lives and figure out their futures against the existential threat of The Troubles brings to mind immediate comparisons to Derry Girls.  And there are similarities, but the humor in Factory Girls feels more grounded in real life than the goofiness of Derry Girls. It also can be more serious in tone, dealing with issues such as the death of her older sister and other heartbreaks.  And a flashback scene in which Maeve’s mother has to wash shattered glass off her children following a bombing is memorable for the matter-of-fact way she knows how to deal with what should be an extraordinary circumstance.  The ending has a dark twist, but remains hopeful.

Recommended books:
Rating: ***1/2

​​Beyond inevitability: the alternative of nonviolence to the Troubles

“What is clear is that the history of Northern Ireland offers both cautionary lessons and sources of hope.”

Read our article by Myfanwy CARVILLE 👉 https://sharedfuture.news/beyond-inevitability-the-alternative-of-nonviolence-to-the-troubles/

#SharedFuture #NorthernIreland #peacebuilding #reconciliation #TheTroubles #nonviolence

Curating the conflict: Everyday Objects and the challenge of representing the Troubles

"Museums can show that disagreement doesn't have to be dangerous. It can be part of that approach to understanding."

Read our article by Allan LEONARD 👉 https://sharedfuture.news/curating-the-conflict-everyday-objects-and-the-challenge-of-representing-the-troubles/

#SharedFuture #NorthernIreland #peacebuilding #museums #TheTroubles