Is Northern Ireland a Country?

What country does the northern part of Ireland belong to? What a simple question! We should be able to answer this very quickly.

Behold, a fully re-edited and re-made re-release of the video that youtube didn't think you should see. Why, you may ask? Did you show nudity or v$0lence? Heavens no. But we did, in fact, talk about the colonial history of Ireland and ways in which that colonisation might still... be... happening right now.

But it's a cheery breezy Leftist Cooks video. Surely we wouldn't be silly enough to tempt the algorithm gods again.... right?

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Thank you to ‪@hootsyoutube‬ for excellent Thatcherian voicework, Paul from ‪@Marxism_Today‬ for his phenomenal analysis, ‪@robmulhern3799‬ for playing the Irish-Speaking Hitchhiker, and Atom from ‪@atomfellows‬ for their return as "The Editor".

Music featured in this episode from Neil Farrell's album The Universe is Sound, available here: https://neilfarrell.bandcamp.com/albu...

Chapters:
Video: 00:00
Sponsor: 26:37
Video: 29:30


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THE REMEMBRANCE COMMISSION AND SCHEME OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, REMEMBRANCE, AND ASSISTANCE FOR VICTIMS IN THIS JURISDICTION OF THE CONFLICT IN NORTHERN IRELAND
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Further Reading:

Althusser, L. (1973), "Reply to John Lewis" in Essays in Self-Criticism (1976), pp. 33–100, 95. ISBN 0-902308-87-4