Éire, British Occupation, and why it isn't over yet

Without lending support to the recent attacks in the 6 counties of Ireland that remain under British rule (and the attacks, despite clearly wedging Sinn Fein, are counterproductive, and wrong), the wombats have decided to provide a bit of background to the issue, for those that aren't as familiar.

This excellent 2006 film by socialist Ken Loach (embedding disabled, so links only) captures a good deal of the reasons why (apart from the obvious occupation of one's own country) the Irish struggle reached such heights over the last century. Obviously, things are very different in the last few decades (and we could here show, for example, the excellent movie "Bloody Sunday", but that's for a different time).

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jphOMU73fs
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Zb0PUmM8QQ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlVT1iQjAF4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLcNUf-aZmE
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw1o2lby8mc
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ2qncWkEM0
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vh5mIgxx4Q
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQmXDRKzHo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4KI84UWlKo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L8how7y4Io
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stcn06aDbtE
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R688xbNRKlo
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw5eFEFTTTQ