“It’s not the Irish part of being Irish-American that I don’t take any pride in, it’s the American part, and where the two words meet…
In Ireland, we were revolutionaries. In America, we were cops and colonizers and race-rioters. We took the devil’s bargain as soon as we could, trading heritage and language for whiteness and for watered-down remnants of culture that look like green beer and shamrocks…
The Fenian Brotherhood was formed in 1858, an American counterpart to the Irish Republican Brotherhood that became the Irish Republican Army…Direct action, insurrection, and communal land use were already core principles in Irish culture…
remember: if we wanted to celebrate Ireland properly, we’d fly Palestinian flags today, not wear green.”
https://margaretkilljoy.substack.com/p/fenian-bastards
Rita, antifascist 🏴🦯🦯🦯
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