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The Irish America Magazine Podcast: Brian Dooley and Anne Cadwallader

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IA Newsletter, September 26 2026

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Derry, Ireland: Anne Cadwallader and Brian Dooley discuss their latest works, which focus on human rights. Brian, who is a Senior Advisor at Human Rights First and a Professor of Practice at Queens University Belfast, is the author of Black and Green: The Fight for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland & Black America, and other works. His latest book is called Defiant, and … [Read more...] about The Irish America Magazine Podcast: Brian Dooley and Anne Cadwallader

View from the Eastern Front of the War on Ukraine

By Brian Dooley

IA Newsletter, June 23, 2026

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Kharkiv: Russia’s war on Ukraine looks different up close. It’s a mix of extreme danger and everyday functionality. Shopping malls, coffee shops and restaurants are open and thriving, despite the daily and nightly bombardments of this frontline city. Kharkiv is about the size of Philadelphia, around 25 miles from the Russian border. The Russian army has been camped about 12 … [Read more...] about View from the Eastern Front of the War on Ukraine

Violence Grips Belfast

By Brian Dooley

IA Newsletter, 13 June 2026

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An horrific knife attack on Monday night in Belfast (June 8) has been followed by widespread unrest, rioting and racists attacks. It has put the city, and Northern Ireland, back in international news in the way it hasn’t been since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement that ended the decades-long conflict, often euphemistically called The Troubles. The attack was filmed and quickly … [Read more...] about Violence Grips Belfast

Solider to Stand Trial for Bloody Sunday Killings

By Brian Dooley
IA Newsletter, February 1, 2025

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We’re supposed to call him Soldier F, for legal reasons. His real name is widely known among those familiar with the history of Bloody Sunday, the massacre of 13 unarmed protestors in Derry on January 30, 1972 – another died shortly after. In all, 27 unarmed civilians were killed or injured by British soldiers that day – many of them while attending to the wounded or fleeing … [Read more...] about Solider to Stand Trial for Bloody Sunday Killings

50 Years Later, Families of the Birmingham Pub Bombings Still Campaigning for the Truth

By Brian Dooley

Winter 2024

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Families of the victims of the November 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings say that British authorities are deliberately obstructing their search for the truth about what happened that night, and denying their rights to accountability. Between March 1973 and November 1974,  the IRA exploded hundreds of bombs across Britain, including several attacks on Birmingham. In 1974, … [Read more...] about 50 Years Later, Families of the Birmingham Pub Bombings Still Campaigning for the Truth