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“Nationalism had proven to be less fickle than Marx imagined; it represented a competitor, capable of accruing the loyalty of the masses"
Howard Woods outlines the theoretical quandaries Marxists faced in the 2nd part of his series on List and Marx.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/friedrich-list-karl-marx-20th-century-part-2
“Nationalism had proven to be less fickle than Marx imagined; it represented a competitor, capable of accruing the loyalty of the masses"
Howard Woods outlines the theoretical quandaries Marxists faced in the 2nd part of his series on List and Marx.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/friedrich-list-karl-marx-20th-century-part-2
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Karl Marx, Friedrich List, and Revolution in the 20th Century - Part 2 — MEON
“Nationalism had proven to be less fickle than Marx imagined; it represented a competitor, capable of accruing the loyalty of the masses.”
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"Pay respects to your nation and wear your commitment to an Ireland Free and Gaelic on your sleeves."
Creeve Rua on the history of the Easter Lily - from attempts by Dev to jettison it, to the Stickies half-hearted appropriation of it.
https://meonjournal.com/read/the-easter-lily-at-100-cuimhnmis-ar-laochra-na-csca
Creeve Rua on the history of the Easter Lily - from attempts by Dev to jettison it, to the Stickies half-hearted appropriation of it.
https://meonjournal.com/read/the-easter-lily-at-100-cuimhnmis-ar-laochra-na-csca
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The Easter Lily at 100: Cuimhnímis ar laochra na Cásca — MEON
Pay respects to your nation and wear your commitment to an Ireland Free and Gaelic on your sleeves.
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Ireland and the Hungary Connection: Reviewing and Reviving a Historical Parallel — MEON
"From Deák to Griffith, the fight was never just for land—it's for the soul of a nation."
"From Deák to Griffith, the fight was never just for land—it's for the soul of a nation."
Irish nationalists of previous eras have looked to Hungary for inspiration - Culture Crusade argues that Ireland must look to modern Hungary as an exemplar of sovereignty.
https://meonjournal.com/read/ireland-and-hungary-connection
Irish nationalists of previous eras have looked to Hungary for inspiration - Culture Crusade argues that Ireland must look to modern Hungary as an exemplar of sovereignty.
https://meonjournal.com/read/ireland-and-hungary-connection
"From the ruins of colonization and the drift of postmodern decline, a manorial republic can rise. One that is neither slave to foreign capital nor subject to bureaucratic inertia."
Brendan Hegarty makes the case for the modernisation of Irish Society.
https://meonjournal.com/read/republican-manorialism
Brendan Hegarty makes the case for the modernisation of Irish Society.
https://meonjournal.com/read/republican-manorialism
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Industrial Republican Manorialism: Toward the Modernisation of Irish Society — MEON
From the ruins of colonization and the drift of postmodern decline, a manorial republic can rise. One that is neither slave to foreign capital nor subject to bureaucratic inertia.
"While endlessly intellectually stimulating, informative, and funny, I can’t help but come to the conclusion that Gaeltwitter acts as an incredibly pernicious release valve or playpen"
Creeve Rua argues that Gaeltwitter is a fruitless release valve.
https://meonjournal.com/read/against-gaeltwitter
Creeve Rua argues that Gaeltwitter is a fruitless release valve.
https://meonjournal.com/read/against-gaeltwitter
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Filíocht Fridays: Against Gaeltwitter and Wasted Intellect — MEON
While endlessly intellectually stimulating, informative, and funny, I can’t help but come to the conclusion that Gaeltwitter acts as an incredibly pernicious release valve or playpen
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“Ireland is really a collection of secret societies. For a rootless young man like myself, this had a strong allure”
Brendan Hegarty tackles conformism and risk avoidance - symptoms of an effete culture.
He proposes an alternative for Ireland.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/where-are-the-warriors
“Ireland is really a collection of secret societies. For a rootless young man like myself, this had a strong allure”
Brendan Hegarty tackles conformism and risk avoidance - symptoms of an effete culture.
He proposes an alternative for Ireland.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/where-are-the-warriors
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Where Are the Warriors? Ireland’s Crisis of Feminine Conformism — MEON
“Ireland is really a collection of secret societies. For a rootless young man like myself, this had a strong allure.”
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“Ultimately, quality short-form content remains critical at this juncture. Demote it to a ‘pernicious release valve’ at your peril”
A response to Creeve Rua's critique of Gaeltwitter - Culture Crusade makes the case for short-form, social media content.
https://meonjournal.com/read/gaeltwitter-defence
A response to Creeve Rua's critique of Gaeltwitter - Culture Crusade makes the case for short-form, social media content.
https://meonjournal.com/read/gaeltwitter-defence
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In Defence of Gaeltwitter: A Rebuttal to Creeve Rua — MEON
“Ultimately, quality short-form content remains critical at this juncture. Demote it to a ‘pernicious release valve’ at your peril.”
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"While nothing approaching the scale of the Land War’s boycotts has yet been implemented, the trend is beginning to emerge in the psyche of the movement"
Somhairle Buidhe outlines the history of boycotts in Ireland - from the Land League to IPAS Protests
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https://meonjournal.com/read/boycotts-in-ireland
"While nothing approaching the scale of the Land War’s boycotts has yet been implemented, the trend is beginning to emerge in the psyche of the movement"
Somhairle Buidhe outlines the history of boycotts in Ireland - from the Land League to IPAS Protests
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https://meonjournal.com/read/boycotts-in-ireland
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Boycotts in Ireland - Past and Present — MEON
While nothing approaching the scale of the Land War’s boycotts has yet been implemented, the trend is beginning to emerge in the psyche of the movement. Tentative probes are being made towards ostracism.
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"It remains a cautionary tale of how the promise of energy security can be undermined by poor governance and the silent encroachment of foreign interests."
Lúcás Oh-Alice explores the capture of the Corrib gas field by foreign private interests.
https://meonjournal.com/read/curious-case-of-the-corrib-gas-field
"It remains a cautionary tale of how the promise of energy security can be undermined by poor governance and the silent encroachment of foreign interests."
Lúcás Oh-Alice explores the capture of the Corrib gas field by foreign private interests.
https://meonjournal.com/read/curious-case-of-the-corrib-gas-field
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The Curious Case of the Corrib Gas Field: Corruption, Capture, and the Cost of Sovereignty — MEON
It remains a cautionary tale of how the promise of energy security can be undermined by poor governance and the silent encroachment of foreign interests.
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“There is no reason Ireland cannot move toward being a protectionist powerhouse once again”
From Berkeley to Henry Carey, Ireland has a robust history of economic thought - in that tradition, Creeve Rua outlines the steps needed for an economic revival.
https://meonjournal.com/read/toward-a-populist-programme-for-a-future-ireland
From Berkeley to Henry Carey, Ireland has a robust history of economic thought - in that tradition, Creeve Rua outlines the steps needed for an economic revival.
https://meonjournal.com/read/toward-a-populist-programme-for-a-future-ireland
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Toward a Populist Programme for a Future Ireland — MEON
“There is no reason Ireland cannot move toward being a protectionist powerhouse once again.”
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"Gibson’s film has acted as the thin edge of the wedge that can part the Scottish psyche from British unionism and toward kinship with its Gaelic ur-culture"
A modern Gaelic Wagnerian epic?
Culture Crusade offers a defence of Mel Gibson's Braveheart.
https://meonjournal.com/read/braveheart-gael
A modern Gaelic Wagnerian epic?
Culture Crusade offers a defence of Mel Gibson's Braveheart.
https://meonjournal.com/read/braveheart-gael
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Braveheart and the Resurrection of the Gael — MEON
Gibson’s film has acted as the thin edge of the wedge that can part the Scottish psyche from British unionism and toward kinship with its Gaelic ur-culture.
"[T]he left today remains oblivious to the fact that the national question in Ireland will eventually telescope into a multitude of national questions forged by the dreadnought of post-modern diversity"
Ann Marita argues that left republicans are wrong about mass migration.
https://meonjournal.com/read/left-republicanism-migration
Ann Marita argues that left republicans are wrong about mass migration.
https://meonjournal.com/read/left-republicanism-migration
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The Left, Republicanism and Mass Migration — MEON
Yet the left today remains oblivious to the fact that the national question in Ireland will eventually telescope into a multitude of national questions forged by the dreadnought of post-modern diversity
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"The Gael, once intrinsically tied to place, language, tradition, and continuity, is being priced out of its homeland and into extinction."
Lúcás Oh-Alice argues that the housing crisis poses an existential threat to the future of the Irish nation.
https://meonjournal.com/read/last-gasp-of-the-gael
"The Gael, once intrinsically tied to place, language, tradition, and continuity, is being priced out of its homeland and into extinction."
Lúcás Oh-Alice argues that the housing crisis poses an existential threat to the future of the Irish nation.
https://meonjournal.com/read/last-gasp-of-the-gael
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The Last Gasp of the Gael: It’s More Than a Housing Crisis — MEON
The Gael, once intrinsically tied to place, language, tradition, and continuity, is being priced out of its homeland and into extinction.
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"The battle for moral legitimacy is uphill when your own side denies the moral cause."
Festus Mulcahy calls for a revival of unapologetic moral conviction and intellectual leadership to restore legitimacy to the nationalist cause.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/are-nationalists-rightnbspthe-question-of-moral-high-ground
"The battle for moral legitimacy is uphill when your own side denies the moral cause."
Festus Mulcahy calls for a revival of unapologetic moral conviction and intellectual leadership to restore legitimacy to the nationalist cause.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/are-nationalists-rightnbspthe-question-of-moral-high-ground
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Are Nationalists Right? The Question of Moral High Ground — MEON
The battle for moral legitimacy is uphill when your own side denies the moral cause.
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“Struggles for liberation—from Palestinians to Boers to Irish—are linked by shared experiences of injustice and strengthened by solidarity”
Peter Ryan: Irish nationalism’s roots include global solidarity; supporting Palestine continues that legacy.
https://meonjournal.com/read/palestinians-boers-and-irish
“Struggles for liberation—from Palestinians to Boers to Irish—are linked by shared experiences of injustice and strengthened by solidarity”
Peter Ryan: Irish nationalism’s roots include global solidarity; supporting Palestine continues that legacy.
https://meonjournal.com/read/palestinians-boers-and-irish
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Palestinians, Boers, and Irish: What Would the Irish Founding Fathers Think of Palestinian Solidarity? — MEON
They didn’t consider acknowledging universal injustice as a distraction from their just cause; in fact, international solidarity and moral certitude bolstered it.
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"It’s less of a romance and more of an autopsy—on family, intimacy, and whatever’s left of Irish collective life after the recession."
Sophie on post-Catholic malaise in Sally Rooney’s ‘Intermezzo’
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https://meonjournal.com/read/sally-rooney-intermezzo
"It’s less of a romance and more of an autopsy—on family, intimacy, and whatever’s left of Irish collective life after the recession."
Sophie on post-Catholic malaise in Sally Rooney’s ‘Intermezzo’
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https://meonjournal.com/read/sally-rooney-intermezzo
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We Were Never Meant to Be Neoliberal: Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo and the Longhouse of Softboy Ireland — MEON
It’s less of a romance and more of an autopsy—on family, intimacy, and whatever’s left of Irish collective life after the recession.
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"The peace process wasn’t just negotiated — it was managed."
Denis Donaldson’s exposure as a British informant revealed how deeply MI5 infiltrated the republican movement - Thomas O'Reilly on the MI5's Troubles-era intrigues.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/mi5s-role-in-framing-modern-ireland
"The peace process wasn’t just negotiated — it was managed."
Denis Donaldson’s exposure as a British informant revealed how deeply MI5 infiltrated the republican movement - Thomas O'Reilly on the MI5's Troubles-era intrigues.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/mi5s-role-in-framing-modern-ireland
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Informers as the Architects: MI5’s Role in Framing Modern Ireland — MEON
The peace process wasn’t just negotiated — it was managed.
"I wish to inspire our youth, upon reading this, to take it upon themselves to embrace and thank the great Irish intellectual voices who are still around today."
Creeve Rua's guide to luminaries of Ireland's Gaelicist counter-cultural intelligentsia.
https://meonjournal.com/read/guide-to-counter-cultural-irish-intellectuals
Creeve Rua's guide to luminaries of Ireland's Gaelicist counter-cultural intelligentsia.
https://meonjournal.com/read/guide-to-counter-cultural-irish-intellectuals
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A Reader's Guide to the World of Counter-Cultural Irish Intellectuals — MEON
I wish to inspire our youth, upon reading this, to take it upon themselves to embrace and thank the great Irish intellectual voices who are still around today.
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"A dreamer he was, of course, but still, he was a testament to the reality that as long as Ireland remains unfree, there will be men who will take up the spear and head to the province of war."
Luke O’Conaráin traces William Bulfin’s journeys across Ireland, where cycling met culture, history, and a vision for a Gaelic, free nation.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/fenian-on-the-pampas
"A dreamer he was, of course, but still, he was a testament to the reality that as long as Ireland remains unfree, there will be men who will take up the spear and head to the province of war."
Luke O’Conaráin traces William Bulfin’s journeys across Ireland, where cycling met culture, history, and a vision for a Gaelic, free nation.
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https://meonjournal.com/read/fenian-on-the-pampas
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Fenian on the Pampas: The Nationalist Travel Writing of William Bulfin — MEON
A dreamer he was, of course, but still, he was a testament to the reality that as long as Ireland remains unfree, there will be men who will take up the spear and head to the province of war.
"Even if nationalists were in a stronger position to broach cross-community initiatives, the current environment of media smears... would not make it an inviting prospect or a straightforward one."
Festus Mulcahy argues against allying with loyalists.
https://meonjournal.com/read/cross-community-outreach
Festus Mulcahy argues against allying with loyalists.
https://meonjournal.com/read/cross-community-outreach
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Against Cross-Community Outreach: Why Irish Nationalists Should Not Ally with Loyalists — MEON
Even if nationalists were in a stronger position to broach cross-community initiatives, the current environment of media smears and intelligence ops would not make it an inviting prospect or a straightforward one.
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"Ireland: a soft target in a digital war, where small strikes yield big wins for Moscow."
Lúcás Oh-Alice argues that Ireland's sophomore foreign policy leaves it susceptible to geopolitical intrigue and subversive machinations by foreign states.
https://meonjournal.com/read/rus-and-the-gael
"Ireland: a soft target in a digital war, where small strikes yield big wins for Moscow."
Lúcás Oh-Alice argues that Ireland's sophomore foreign policy leaves it susceptible to geopolitical intrigue and subversive machinations by foreign states.
https://meonjournal.com/read/rus-and-the-gael
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The Rus and The Gael: The Andropov Doctrine in Ireland — MEON
Ireland: a soft target in a digital war, where small strikes yield big wins for Moscow.