For A New Republic Podcast

The Orange Order - Ireland's First Hate Group, With Breandán Mac Cionnaith

Gareth Murray sits down with Breandán Mac Cionnaith, a Portadown based Éirígí activist and former spokesperson for the Garvaghy Road Residents Coalition. Breandán was instrumental in putting a stop to Orange Order marches going through his area in the mid-1990s. In this episode, Breandán talks about the Orange Order as Ireland's first hate group, the Garvaghy Road community's fightback against the organisation marching through their area, and what the future holds for an organisation who's ideology has changed little since their foundation in 1795.

NORAID: Irish America And The IRA - A Conversation With Kevin Brannigan

Mickey Moran sits down with broadcaster and director, Kevin Brannigan, who's two-part documentary on NORAID airs on RTÉ in the next few days. The documentary titled 'NORAID: Irish America And The IRA', tells the inspiring story of US support for the republican struggle in Ireland, contains some fascinating archival footage, and includes interviews with people who were involved at the time.

Immigration, Consultation And The Left-Wing Response - A Conversation With An East Wall Community Activist

Mickey Moran sits down with Joe Mooney, an anti-racist, community activist based in East Wall, Dublin - ground zero of the emergent anti-migrant movement. Joe talks about what they were doing in East Wall to tackle racism, the importance of one-to-one conversations, not giving up on your community and not ceding an inch on the appropriation of Republican aesthetics to the far-right.

Trump's America And The Working Class Fightback - A Conversation With The Regrettable Century Podcast

Mickey Moran sits down with Chris, Jason and Ben from The Regrettable Century Podcast to discuss the political situation in the United States, what led to Trump’s victory in last year's US presidential election, the state of the US left, and the prospects for a working class fightback.

Capitulation And Normalisation - The Good Friday Agreement 27 Years On

Mickey Moran sits down with Cathaoirleach Éirígí Brian Leeson to discuss the Good Friday Agreement on the 27th anniversary of its signing. Can the Good Friday Agreement ever deliver a United Ireland? Or is it just a constitutional trap to deradicalise Republicanism?

Towards A Welsh Republic - A Conversation With Mudiad Eryr Wen

Mickey Moran is joined by Jac and Rhys, two activists from the Welsh socialist republican youth group, Mudiad Eryr Wen, for a conversation exploring the history of Welsh nationalism, the emergence of Welsh republicanism, and the contemporary struggles around the Welsh language.

Anti-Fascism, Sports And Sobriety - A Conversation With Gabriel Kuhn

Mickey Moran sits down with Gabriel Kuhn, an Austrian activist, translator and author, to discuss his work exploring the intersection between sport and radical politics.

Art As Activism - Exposing The Poisoning Of An Irish Town With Michele Horrigan

Mickey Moran sits down with visual artist Michele Horrigan to discuss her work exploring environmental destruction, specifically the impact of Aughinish Alumina on her hometown of Askeaton in County Limerick.

Tír Gan Teanga, Tír Gan Anam - The Fight For The Irish Language

Mickey Moran sits down with Dr. Kerron Ó Luain, an established historian and activist with radical Irish language group Misneach, to discuss the history of the Irish language movement, and the challenges posed to the movement in the present day.

Palestine And The German Left

Mickey Moran sits down with Socialist Republican activist and Hamburg resident, Niall Byrne, along with the Vienna-based academic and journalist, Dieter Reinisch, to discuss the challenges posed to Palestinian solidarity activism posed by the German left, and by the German establishment as a whole.