Caller 19

Basically, you could go to the store, but other than that, you couldn't travel very far. And of course, everyone was locked at home with their internet and started going down the rabbit hole. And what we saw was the anti-vaxxer COVID conspiracy movement took to the streets in Ireland very quickly. And that brought together all of the disparate, tiny groups.

Basically, you could go to the store, but other than that, you couldn't travel very far. And of course, everyone was locked at home with their internet and started going down the rabbit hole. And what we saw was the anti-vaxxer COVID conspiracy movement took to the streets in Ireland very quickly. And that brought together all of the disparate, tiny groups.

far right and neo-fascist factions, the closet neo-Nazis, the anti-vaxxers, the fundamentalist Catholics, like the Society of St. Pius X, the sovereign citizen types, you know, the people who were on about 5G conspiracies and chemtrails all got onto the streets, all got active.

far right and neo-fascist factions, the closet neo-Nazis, the anti-vaxxers, the fundamentalist Catholics, like the Society of St. Pius X, the sovereign citizen types, you know, the people who were on about 5G conspiracies and chemtrails all got onto the streets, all got active.

far right and neo-fascist factions, the closet neo-Nazis, the anti-vaxxers, the fundamentalist Catholics, like the Society of St. Pius X, the sovereign citizen types, you know, the people who were on about 5G conspiracies and chemtrails all got onto the streets, all got active.

On the Irish left and the anti-fascist side, we kind of dropped the ball because we were following the healthcare advice and the cops were quite happy to ignore the far right mobilising on the street. But there were striking workers like Debenhams and Cleary's who'd been striking before COVID struck.

On the Irish left and the anti-fascist side, we kind of dropped the ball because we were following the healthcare advice and the cops were quite happy to ignore the far right mobilising on the street. But there were striking workers like Debenhams and Cleary's who'd been striking before COVID struck.

On the Irish left and the anti-fascist side, we kind of dropped the ball because we were following the healthcare advice and the cops were quite happy to ignore the far right mobilising on the street. But there were striking workers like Debenhams and Cleary's who'd been striking before COVID struck.

And the cops were going up and moving these trade unionists on saying, you know, you're breaking the pandemic. So it wasn't policed evenly. And, you know, suddenly for the first time during the pandemic, we were starting to see groups of three, 400 far right in Dublin, which doesn't sound like much.

And the cops were going up and moving these trade unionists on saying, you know, you're breaking the pandemic. So it wasn't policed evenly. And, you know, suddenly for the first time during the pandemic, we were starting to see groups of three, 400 far right in Dublin, which doesn't sound like much.

And the cops were going up and moving these trade unionists on saying, you know, you're breaking the pandemic. So it wasn't policed evenly. And, you know, suddenly for the first time during the pandemic, we were starting to see groups of three, 400 far right in Dublin, which doesn't sound like much.

But I mean, last weekend there was a march in Dublin city and they had probably around 5,000, maybe up to 10,000 people marching. And that's something we haven't seen here since the 1930s.

But I mean, last weekend there was a march in Dublin city and they had probably around 5,000, maybe up to 10,000 people marching. And that's something we haven't seen here since the 1930s.

But I mean, last weekend there was a march in Dublin city and they had probably around 5,000, maybe up to 10,000 people marching. And that's something we haven't seen here since the 1930s.

Yeah, it was let kind of rumble on to the police. The cops didn't really start taking action on any of this stuff until I would say it was in early November 2023 when they had this rally called, I think it was called to the Dáil or maybe slightly earlier than that in September 2023. The Dáil is the Gaelic word for our parliament. And basically...

Yeah, it was let kind of rumble on to the police. The cops didn't really start taking action on any of this stuff until I would say it was in early November 2023 when they had this rally called, I think it was called to the Dáil or maybe slightly earlier than that in September 2023. The Dáil is the Gaelic word for our parliament. And basically...

Yeah, it was let kind of rumble on to the police. The cops didn't really start taking action on any of this stuff until I would say it was in early November 2023 when they had this rally called, I think it was called to the Dáil or maybe slightly earlier than that in September 2023. The Dáil is the Gaelic word for our parliament. And basically...

the dregs of the COVID movement kind of came together again. You had all these tiny far right and fascist parties popping up. And the best thing about them is they all get into fewer fights. They all start arguing with each other about who's going to be the leader and they haven't united. But they took to the streets in the autumn, in the fall of 2023.

the dregs of the COVID movement kind of came together again. You had all these tiny far right and fascist parties popping up. And the best thing about them is they all get into fewer fights. They all start arguing with each other about who's going to be the leader and they haven't united. But they took to the streets in the autumn, in the fall of 2023.

the dregs of the COVID movement kind of came together again. You had all these tiny far right and fascist parties popping up. And the best thing about them is they all get into fewer fights. They all start arguing with each other about who's going to be the leader and they haven't united. But they took to the streets in the autumn, in the fall of 2023.