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During the Irish struggle for independence from Great Britain, the bold leadership of IRA (Irish Republican Army) leader Michael Collins catalysed the formation of the "Irish Free State," though Collins failed to obtain full independence and had a falling out with future Irish President Eamon de Valera, who would turn against Collins after the partition of Ireland (into Northern Ireland and Ireland) and form the 'Provisional IRA.'
The persisting problems between the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland is partly a legacy of the partition of Ireland which kept Northern Ireland, a predominantly British Protestant territory, a dominion of Great Britain. The formation of the political arm of the IRA, Sinn Fein, under the leadership of progressive Republican-sympathizer Gerry Adams, has fostered political negotiations between England and Northern Ireland and has been endorsed/overseen by various world politicians such as Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, and Ted Kennedy.
The Irish question has been a long drawn-out mess, with too much violence and terrorism-related casualties on all sides. Irish Catholics have accused British Protestants of many levels of police brutality and governmental corruption, while British Protestants accuse Irish Catholics of 'wanton' acts of pedestrian violence and outright illegal terrorism.
Many leaders have worked to legitimize the issue and the validity of claims on all participating sides of this odious problem.
In America, the pedestrian fascination with vigilantism and comic books creates a culture of 'street-justice' lyricism, and Hollywood (USA) is filled with complementary films such as Gangs of New York, Captain America: Civil War, and The Warriors. This partially explains why Republican-sympathizers such as Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein have turned to American leaders for support and assistance in negotiating profitable sovereignty treaties with Great Britain.
Because the Irish struggle for full independence from Great Britain has been equally a political and a religious-cultural issue, passions ignite on all sides, and Catholics and Protestants arrive with their own brand of religious debate brimstone.
In our new age of computer-networking wizardry, it is worthwhile to note how the World Wide Web fosters liberal access to public dialogue about culture-related issues that affect trade, philosophy, and politics.
We can therefore think about the vital psycho-sociological links between political dialogue and cultural fervor, as we move ahead in this new era of the European Union and globalization expedience. It is interesting to note, furthermore, that film-makers have responded to this air of politics-fever with creative 'yellow journalism.'
Can (and should) we mix politics with pedestrian journalism?
Recently, victims of IRA bombings have sought recompensation from Libya for its role in supplying Northern Ireland rebels with explosives, and while British PM Blair met with Libya's Gaddafi in 2007, incendiary issues regarding cultural clashes have arisen.
A Secret History of the IRA
Films about the IRA
The persisting problems between the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland is partly a legacy of the partition of Ireland which kept Northern Ireland, a predominantly British Protestant territory, a dominion of Great Britain. The formation of the political arm of the IRA, Sinn Fein, under the leadership of progressive Republican-sympathizer Gerry Adams, has fostered political negotiations between England and Northern Ireland and has been endorsed/overseen by various world politicians such as Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, and Ted Kennedy.
The Irish question has been a long drawn-out mess, with too much violence and terrorism-related casualties on all sides. Irish Catholics have accused British Protestants of many levels of police brutality and governmental corruption, while British Protestants accuse Irish Catholics of 'wanton' acts of pedestrian violence and outright illegal terrorism.
Many leaders have worked to legitimize the issue and the validity of claims on all participating sides of this odious problem.
In America, the pedestrian fascination with vigilantism and comic books creates a culture of 'street-justice' lyricism, and Hollywood (USA) is filled with complementary films such as Gangs of New York, Captain America: Civil War, and The Warriors. This partially explains why Republican-sympathizers such as Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein have turned to American leaders for support and assistance in negotiating profitable sovereignty treaties with Great Britain.
Because the Irish struggle for full independence from Great Britain has been equally a political and a religious-cultural issue, passions ignite on all sides, and Catholics and Protestants arrive with their own brand of religious debate brimstone.
In our new age of computer-networking wizardry, it is worthwhile to note how the World Wide Web fosters liberal access to public dialogue about culture-related issues that affect trade, philosophy, and politics.
We can therefore think about the vital psycho-sociological links between political dialogue and cultural fervor, as we move ahead in this new era of the European Union and globalization expedience. It is interesting to note, furthermore, that film-makers have responded to this air of politics-fever with creative 'yellow journalism.'
Can (and should) we mix politics with pedestrian journalism?
Recently, victims of IRA bombings have sought recompensation from Libya for its role in supplying Northern Ireland rebels with explosives, and while British PM Blair met with Libya's Gaddafi in 2007, incendiary issues regarding cultural clashes have arisen.
A Secret History of the IRA
Films about the IRA
