Caller 19

And what it turns out is that a lot of these guys, like one of the main proponents of the QAnon conspiracy theory here, was a guy called Rowan Croft, who just happened to be a former British Army soldier. So that doesn't fly too well in Ireland when somebody's standing up saying... I'm a great Irish patriot and I'm going to stop the foreigners. Like, well, hang on a minute.

When you chose to fight in the military, you chose to serve the Queen of England. Um, so you have big national groups like anti-fascist action. You have groups like anti-imperialist action, Ireland. Thankfully, as these protests have sprung up around the country, these far right anti-immigrant protests, they have always been countered. And, uh,

When you chose to fight in the military, you chose to serve the Queen of England. Um, so you have big national groups like anti-fascist action. You have groups like anti-imperialist action, Ireland. Thankfully, as these protests have sprung up around the country, these far right anti-immigrant protests, they have always been countered. And, uh,

When you chose to fight in the military, you chose to serve the Queen of England. Um, so you have big national groups like anti-fascist action. You have groups like anti-imperialist action, Ireland. Thankfully, as these protests have sprung up around the country, these far right anti-immigrant protests, they have always been countered. And, uh,

I'm thinking of in Cork City when the library was being attacked and it would actually had to be closed down for a period. And it was the first time that the Cork library had closed since the British burnt it down during our revolution in the 1920s.

I'm thinking of in Cork City when the library was being attacked and it would actually had to be closed down for a period. And it was the first time that the Cork library had closed since the British burnt it down during our revolution in the 1920s.

I'm thinking of in Cork City when the library was being attacked and it would actually had to be closed down for a period. And it was the first time that the Cork library had closed since the British burnt it down during our revolution in the 1920s.

And, you know, you had a crowd of maybe 100 far right and people on the opposite side, the anti-fascist scene kept building and building until by the end. And I was there for some of these protests. We had four or five hundred against them. And eventually we decided, right, we're going to stand and protect the library. And that happened in other places like Limerick and it happened in Dublin.

And, you know, you had a crowd of maybe 100 far right and people on the opposite side, the anti-fascist scene kept building and building until by the end. And I was there for some of these protests. We had four or five hundred against them. And eventually we decided, right, we're going to stand and protect the library. And that happened in other places like Limerick and it happened in Dublin.

And, you know, you had a crowd of maybe 100 far right and people on the opposite side, the anti-fascist scene kept building and building until by the end. And I was there for some of these protests. We had four or five hundred against them. And eventually we decided, right, we're going to stand and protect the library. And that happened in other places like Limerick and it happened in Dublin.

And eventually the far right said, well, we can't even get near the library to have our protest anymore. And they dissipated. One thing that's very interesting here is the optics. And sometimes on the left and on the anti-fascist side, we're not as good at the imagery and the using new technology and stuff.

And eventually the far right said, well, we can't even get near the library to have our protest anymore. And they dissipated. One thing that's very interesting here is the optics. And sometimes on the left and on the anti-fascist side, we're not as good at the imagery and the using new technology and stuff.

And eventually the far right said, well, we can't even get near the library to have our protest anymore. And they dissipated. One thing that's very interesting here is the optics. And sometimes on the left and on the anti-fascist side, we're not as good at the imagery and the using new technology and stuff.

And one thing you'll always see is, you know, when anti-fascists are mobilising in Ireland, you know, they'll have often red flags, they'll have the Palestinian flag, they'll have Irish left-wing Republican flags like the plough and the stars. But often we don't carry our national flag, the tricolour, as much.

And one thing you'll always see is, you know, when anti-fascists are mobilising in Ireland, you know, they'll have often red flags, they'll have the Palestinian flag, they'll have Irish left-wing Republican flags like the plough and the stars. But often we don't carry our national flag, the tricolour, as much.

And one thing you'll always see is, you know, when anti-fascists are mobilising in Ireland, you know, they'll have often red flags, they'll have the Palestinian flag, they'll have Irish left-wing Republican flags like the plough and the stars. But often we don't carry our national flag, the tricolour, as much.

And of course the far right love fetishising flags and they have the green, white and orange Irish tricolour everywhere. Often, of course, these people are so ignorant, they fly it the wrong way around and it's the orange, white and green. So it's like vive le Côte d'Ivoire. It's the ivory coast flag if you have it the wrong way.

And of course the far right love fetishising flags and they have the green, white and orange Irish tricolour everywhere. Often, of course, these people are so ignorant, they fly it the wrong way around and it's the orange, white and green. So it's like vive le Côte d'Ivoire. It's the ivory coast flag if you have it the wrong way.

And of course the far right love fetishising flags and they have the green, white and orange Irish tricolour everywhere. Often, of course, these people are so ignorant, they fly it the wrong way around and it's the orange, white and green. So it's like vive le Côte d'Ivoire. It's the ivory coast flag if you have it the wrong way.

But it's interesting in some of the clashes, you'll have anti-fascists with the Irish flag and fascists with the Irish flag. But I think just in terms of optics, it sometimes looks very bad when the far right are able to clip out a section of of the opposing crowd and say, look, they have Palestinian flags. They have all other LGBT pride flags, but they're not proud to be Irish.