Born in South London in early 1970s youngest of 6 both parents are Irish so get the lads and the crack 😂 the Westminster politicians have betrayed us all Irish ,Northern Irish,Scottish, Welsh and English don’t forget the Cornish 👍
protestant what though mate? protestant irish or protestant british divide and rule alive and well, just remember the founding father of irish republicanism was theobald wolfetone and he himself was a protestant that knew england was the source of all ireland’s problems.
@@darnellbiggumsthe9th658Add Robert Emmet, Charles Stewart Parnell, Napper Tandy, Sheares Brothers, Douglas Hyde, even the bould Sam Maguire himself 😂.
I believe that the so called British government should have no influence in Eire whatsoever,,I'm an English man,former soldier,and never believed the British should be in Eire,,it's basically an occupation,, the sooner Eire gets rid of the British occupation the better,,to many people have lost their lives , over discussions made by government members whom are basically deluded,,the days of occupational Commonwealth is well and truely over,,
@@billfurlong5954 arnt you missing the point of the religious division,, sectarianism ,,one side supporting a free Eire and the other side supporting and being supported by main land Britain ,the English contingent,,the reason why there isn't a united Eire is because of this,, after all, the English conquered Wales, Scotland and Eire,,but the Irish obviously fought back,, even to this present day thud we have a devided sectarian Ireland,,for Eire to be whole,,would need the requirements of all english influences ,under the guise of British rule dismantled completely,,now, addressing sectarianism,,how would you explain it,,would you not agree it was indeed caused by the spread of English government rule,,by force let's not forget,,by using the armed forces,,,to oppress by use of violence also causing devide against Irish community's,,using religious bigotry as a weapon,,support us and we will support you ,,ideology,,if you do not support us you are our sworn enemy,,we will arrest, torture murder,imprison anyone whom opposes english rule,,under the flag of Britannia,,now,if the British government decided to nolonger interfere with Irish politics,, allowing Eire to nolonger be devided ,,not tax Irish businesses and people,,allowing a united Eire to make its own choices without any interference from British rule,,in other words an English run and controlled government,, surely the people of Eira would be better off,and over time, the sectarian problems would evaporate,,,,you see,,the supposed happy united kingdom,,is ruled by force,,the citizens of each and every seperate country want independence,,yet are denied,,who has the right to rule and make decisions,,over rulling the will of the people,,do we not live in a democracy,does not our ideological thoughts,count for nothing,,the sectarian devide deliberately created was done so for financial gain,no other reason ,, the same for any nation that invades occupies and takes control,,if you can't see this then you to have become a victim of the oppressors without even knowing,, explain to the thousands of victims of sectarian devide that being controlled by a group of Individuals whom attended the same collages and universities,,the authoritarians ,,have a God given right to rule over and pass laws to keep themselves in power,yet themselves do not have to abide by those same rules of law we all have to ,or face prison,, don't be blind ,open your eyes , history doesn't lie,,it's all clear to see,,
@@billfurlong5954 one more word to the wise,,not only did I serve as a British paratrooper in 2 para ,but also eleven years in the British intelligence services,,the intelligence people are still in northern and southern Ireland,they never left,,and will remain ,it's they way they function,
As a 50 year old Irish republican with a Protestant background, I have huge respect for these guys. Caught them at EP last year and the energy was class. Been enjoying them ever since and delighted to see them doing so well. They picked up a microphone instead of a gun and they speak a lot of sense that seems to be missing with the new wave of young republicans. Massive respect to the lads. Bring it on.
The Troubles were a Proxy Tug of War between 🇬🇧 and 🇮🇪. The Gobshite wearing the Balaclava isn't old enough to see outside the Six Yard Box, to Veiw the entire Football Field and its Players.
And it’s donor’s are Israel the tiny hat people, United Kingdom of Israel and across the pond United States of Israel….free the entire world from Israel and the Jewish lobbyists AIPAC ………..Israel funds all the war conflicts in our world, their greedy tentacles reach far into every corrupt government corner…..we have to stop being ignorant about what’s really going on…..been going on for centuries Zionist propaganda Zionism corrupts…….
@@DafyddBrooks I'd beg to differ, anyone who supports a genocide, is seriously lacking in intelligence. Wilful ignorance is not something to be proud of!
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It’s not gold, it’s orange, surely that’s the whole point, no? The gold is a relatively recent thing. If one can call the Troubles recent. Regardless, listening to these lads is one of the best and most refreshing things I have ever seen on this channel. Divide and rule. We see this everywhere, America right now with working class people voting for Trump and in Britain with Reform. The establishment and the rich fear a united working class.
@@veganbarnsley15 Exactly And Both Ireland and America Were Colonies Of Britain 🤔 Coincidence 🤔 I Don't Think so Colonialism Imperialism Zionism 👎 Republicanism Equality Liberty and Justice For All Citizens Not Subjects Irish And American Citizens 🇮🇪🇺🇲☘️🗽😎 An Irish Rebel An American Patriot 😎
That’s actually a good example; if the British hadn’t gone into Palestine, took what they could and then turned a chunk of the country into Israel, nobody would be singing “from the river to the sea”. The actions of empire often leave permanent scars.
@@thegolem797 or wait for it maybe if Muslims didn't chase/slaughter Jews out out the middle east for centuries we wouldn't have this Israel and some made up place called Palestine conflict.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am Scottish person living in England and trying to explain how the Welsh, NI and Scottish population feels about Westminster is like an attack on them. Its not. Its not against the English, its against Westminster rule on the non union and the abuse of power in the devolved nations. Its criminal. English know nothing about the cost of the union nor even visit the rest of the country. You don't get to vote or even comment unless you have lived in the area and contributed to the community. Nobody in the UK knows about NI as they are fed lies upon lies. Same as they did to Scotland and Wales
They keep us poor and then mock our poverty. They talk about democracy but won't let us leave. They "gave" us our own parliaments, but their parliament can just override ours. And now, the absolute icing on the cake, is they've made the Celtic Nations complicit in colonial genocide, again. I moved back home to Wales a few years ago, after living in Newcastle for just over a decade. Geordies absolute get it. They've been on the receiving end of it too.
Correct. I went to RC school in England (during The Troubles) and happened to have a lot of Irish and Scottish teachers so was taught a great deal of the history of the British Isles (in the eighties if you were RC in Southern England you mainly came from Ireland,Scotland or some other part of the Empire). I even had a fiercely Welsh music teacher who taught us some beautiful Welsh language songs and folktales. The first time I was ever around majority English people who had not come from RC or non English backgrounds was at University and it made me realise how little they knew about what colonialism did to countries like Ireland, Scotland, the Commonwealth etc. They really did not have a clue - they were brought up on BBC and Thatcher nonsense!
@@AnjiDuff ah thanks, i was actually asking what are they talking about. but no1 answered. i agree westminster bullys all other uk countrys. also pr im worrie how or if it wud be worked out fairly for lower populations. i was appalled brexit vote wasnt taken by country . wich wud have made it a deadlock n no change. but england got its way again
It's part of the republican tradition. When Long Kesh was demolished, they found mounds of books in the republican cells, including many rare volumes. When they cleared out the loyalist cells all they found was pornography and a few bodybuilding magazines.
In my province in Canada, we're half Irish Catholic half British protestant. We don't fight, we all intermarried. It works. We're rooting for ye. You can have a different future. All the best.
We can''t forget the Feinian raids. The time hardcore Irish republicans tried to capture the upper Canada government to use it as a ransome for independence. The Irish aren't perfect.
@@loveandmercy9664 oh haven't forgotten. Lol we weren't part of Canada then. I was referring to Newfoundland. In Newfoundland, we never really had too much fighting. And every protestant has a uncle Francis and every Catholic an uncle Bill. You commit to peace and make it work.
Good on you, Lads, I'm SO proud of you! I'm a 57-years old Irish-born emigrant, these days Japan is home, but my pride in my home-country has not died in the least. You speak the truth, and I'm forever grateful for that. Growing up in north county Dublin, most of the adults around us refused to talk about the situation in the north, anytime the topic came up - especially during the troubles - every adult in the room tut-tutted, shook their heads and quickly changed the subject. What a pathetic attitude! Thankfully, things have changed for the better and you guys are playing a role in that...Just for the record, one of my drinking buddys here is a fine, proud protestant from Lisburn, who celebrates St. Patrick's Day in fine style...May God bless you guys, 😆☘.
Scottish Gaelic was also banned but now it’s enjoying a revival even in the lowlands. Gaelic school units, Gaelic choirs and BBC Alba which is a Gaelic channel. All of our mountains, glens are in Gaelic so in a sense has always been alive. Eg. Glasgow is Gaelic for green place.
Very similar suppression of Gaelic as well as Indigenous languages here in Nova Scotia. My grandparents spoke it (even though neither them nor their parents had ever been to Scotland) and I’ve been trying to learn it and then hopefully the Indigenous language of my area as well. Great video from the lads I’ve been liking their music and can understand a lot despite only knowing Scottish Gaelic
Pictish (ancient British) was the indigenous language of the Scottish highlands. We know Columba needed a translator when evangelising the Isle of Skye, meaning the people there were non Gaelic speaking in the 6th century.
@@Hsalf904 Nova Scotia aka... New Scotland was built by English and Scotish settlers expelling mass amounts of French speaking Acadians to New Orleans. No one's hands are clean.
I saw these guys live and they were brilliant. It’s nice to see how articulate and well spoken they are as well, and also that they want to make positive change. The world needs more positive change and more kindness.
A very enlightening interview 👏 I learnt more about the lads when being pointed out their old school on The Belfast Music Tour , from the Oh Yeah Music Centre., Belfast. I've lived in Norn Iron 35 years , sent my son through integrated schools , so it's great to see these young men setting the story straight and bringing people together ! I'm looking forward to seeing the film 🎥 in a couple of weeks. I apologise, I'm over 60 and still let loose on Fuckbook 😂 Good luck 🍀 lads !
20.36 - the point about trying to wipe out a cultures language as the first step in the colonial project is bang on the money. Saddam Hussein tried to do the same to the Kurds, Slobodan Milosovic wanted to do it to the Kosovar Albanians. All 3 examples all involve peoples being forced out into the toughest mountainous regions of those places, and each is a story of perseverance and survival that can only be truly told in the mother tongue.
Well I'm here thank the Irish for contributing to the Jamaican language and the early school systems post slavery there is still an Irish community in Jamaica to this day and their consumption of guiness is only secondary to Eire .having witnessed the bad treatment and prejudice towards the Irish community in my home town in the West Midlands there seemed to be this superiority complex the English displayed to all the smaller countries but more so the Irish as they seemed to be made the butt of the Englishman Irishman jokes ..independence is enevatable the sooner the better . England just has to accept they are not in the days of gallion ships and pirates swashbuckling their way around the world or the destruction of catholicism for the sake of one kings ego. Peace
I will admit that being over 40 I have little interest or knowledge in their music, but as someone from a republican area in Belfast I am delighted with how well them 3 gentlemen just spoke and with their attitude, message and aims !!
Wrong, the British government certainly does serve some people. They are the owner class ie the Establishment ie the ones who own all the banks and big corporations, the aristocracy, the people who have been the servants of the government and monarchy going back hundreds of years etc. Look to where the aristocrats went to take up careers when the government started to demand proper taxes from the aristocracy after the First World War - that will give you a clue.
Im from Glasgow and over 40. The football bullshit is such a stain on our history but still huge part of the culture. I still advise international visitors to never mention Celtic Rangers in Scotland. Its dumb but true. I know people who fought in NI and still believe they were there for valid reasons. Its dumb but true. Religion is a weapon.
religion is beautiful, it’s people that weaponise and corrupt it and i’m from the 6 counties and can say for definite our conflicts got nothing to do with religion it’s all political and ethnic identity.
the young have often made the rules or carried them out happily, most nazi party members were under 35, stalins nkvd thugs who ran the torture chambers & gulags were under 40, maos red guards who carried out the executions during the cultural revolution were under 30, in all likelihood the majority of the paras who carried out the bloody sunday murders were young men, being young has never stopped anyone from being a torturer or a murderer.
What a fantastic and articulate interview with a great bunch of Top Irish lads. So switched on and it's a blessing to know that these youngsters are part of building a future United Ireland. Great political instincts and anti-imperialist analysis, the best RUclips feature I've seen in a long time. All power to Kneecap. ✊
Could not have clicked on a Politics Joe video more quickly, these guys are amazing. Would highly recommend seeing their movie as well, one of my favorites of this year
Yes, if that's not creating a divide they're arrogantly deluded. I appreciate their stance and agree but now I feel they've excluded me. So they've lost my respect.
800 years of oppression? Most Irish people don’t understand how the English took control over Ireland. They were handed land by Irishmen who invited the English to Ireland. To compare Ireland to Palestine is laughable.
Whilst working as a painter/ decorator on a light house in a Protestant area of the North , the Legend that is Brendan Behan marched with locals on the 12th July , he had befriended them in the local pub where he would drink and sing his usual songs ( omitting the Republican themed ones ) bonding, amusing and entertaining . Indeed they wanted him for themselves , they were after a conversion! A man of art & Love rises above the base divisions .
Theyre signed to a record label with corporate backing, all their banking, healthcare and education came from the British taxpayer. These guys are young and definitely hyped up on the attention. Standard procedure.
They are British tax payers too - so, they funded themselves. Their success under this regime, isn't responsible for your failure, nor does is mean that they shouldn't question and challenge the ruling class. How have you arrived here? Healthcare and education are basic human rights, that any government with an ounce of accountability and business acumen should adhere to, which they have, but that doesn't mean they aren't accountable for their atrocities as well.
@@VectorTrackeryou're an Irishman in the occupied counties.... the focus on religion is a smokescreen to the actual struggle of identity on an Irish island..
@@VectorTracker fine, anyone in the occupied counties can identity as they wish, but does not change the fact that everyone on the island of Ireland can identity as Irish, but not everyone can identity as British.... everyone is entitled to an Irish passport, but not everyone is entitled to a British one... and for good reason = it's an Irish island from top to bottom. No amount of Planters will change that... greetings from Dublin ☘🇮🇪💚.
These 3 talk about colonialism but at the same time say Ireland isnt for the natives, that its for everyone. What's colonialism if not denying the natives their land? They only want this for Ireland and European countries though. Palestine is meant to be for Palestinians, but Ireland isnt for the Irish. How does that work???
What about church of Ireland ? My grandad was born pre partition church of Ireland moved to England after partition, I am classed as irish by decent but always lived In England if I go to Northern Ireland should I wear a badge ?
@@meab12 Ireland is and always will be a mix of immigration right back to when the vikings enslaved people that nobody likes to talk about , the church of Ireland was both Irish and English but catholics , many Irish are in England and America, my Irish relatives were living in new York back in the 1800s I am both Irish and English, the past is the past and that silly boy should take off the balaclava
My cousin Donal Billings taught Bobby Sands to speak Irish in the cages of Long Kesh as is documented in Bobby's biography Nothing But An Unfinished Song... Tiocfaidh Ár Lá ✊🇮🇪
Great interview with a group of well focused lads with their heads screwed on straight. I feel the biggest thing to take away from all the points they hit on is this idea of "inclusion" whether it be Irish, English, loyalist, nationalist etc. All this is not going to be solved without the participation of all sides, with all views and backgrounds accepted. The English government has always ruled as exclusionary and more pertinently, nothing anywhere has ever been solved by partitions, divisions, borders and walls. I wish these lads well on their journey and fully support them. Btw I'm English and work for the crown but enough is enough.
The film was brilliant, one of the best of year, let alone the best comedy film. Love that they show so much solidarity with Palestine and I spotted the flag in the film.
For Irish nationalists their take on Israel is a bit interesting. Aren't the Jews the indigenous people? Isn't the revival of Hebrew of when of the most successful language revitilzations in history that has even studied by Irish nationalists?
@@gtrdxzI'm a linguist and no. BBE (Black British English) is a dialect of English that has its roots in Patois and other languages from the Carribbean and africa
@@gabhanachdenogla898 I’m fully relaxed. The balaclava is embarrassing and it cuts your potential audience by at least 60 percent. I’m trying to give you advice.
The more culture we have the stronger it’ll make us all? No the more Ireland you have the more Ireland will be strong. It’s your culture that’s being demolished and you think there’s something wrong with chips. Come back and say the same in 10 years buddy.
We so need people like these lads in the world...they speak truth to power and have empathy ..hope they stay true to themselves in future and dont get squashed by the music business which is controlled by the wicked...love the comments about the Royals😂
People from New Zealand are very largely descended from english irish scottish and welsh They all came over on the sailboats in the 1800s. So in the 1800s it was mostly maori who were already here and people from the UK..who settled in New Zealand.
These 3 Guys from Belfast make me proud to come from the North. They know their history and the importance of language for a people colonized by the Brits. They donate for the Irish Language and for Palestine refugees and are welcoming to immigrants to Ireland. Full of Love. 15,000 Belfast anti fascist anti racist against 200 thugs. It’s always been about the elite rich hammering the working class. Education is how to beat the fascists! So anyone anywhere who’s been colonized. Decolonize your mind and learn your native language and educate yourself on colonialism. Find support from similar people. There’s millions of us. ❤
"So anyone anywhere who’s been colonized. Decolonize your mind and learn your native language and educate yourself on colonialism. Find support from similar people. There’s millions of us" Didn't the Jews do that after defeating multiple Arab armies in an attempt to drive them into the sea and rebuilding their nation after 2000 years of exile and reviving their ancestral tongue as well.
What a switched on, thoughtful, and empathetic trio of youngers. Three fine examples of their generation. If there's more like these three ready to come through and they start taking charge of putting right the wrongs that divide and conquer governance have imposed on us for far too long, then when my time comes I'd feel like I'm leaving the world in better hands than those in which I found it ❤️🔥 When truthes are actively searched for and embraced, Commonalities appreciated & differences accepted face to face, Irrespective of creed, colour, or race. Then power is with the people, not the state. Fk hate! The only hate worthy of revision, Should be aimed squarely at sowers of the seeds of division. Keep fighting the good fight. Be not afraid. 😉
Too many excellent points to refer too. Superb interview, thanks for giving them space to talk. If there's any radio friendly versions of their songs out there someone post links, id get em played on Irish radio. Community station admittedly. I'm English, I don't speak Irish myself so I cant edit them myself or i would have done already.
Very interesting discussion, lots of parallels with POC when dealing with the English. Wonder if they will get labelled as WOKE, for talking about their lived experience.
correction lads - we're not 'immigrants', we ARE 'emmigrants'... and mainly enforced by famine/persecution/subjugation by the brits Go n'éirí an t-ádh libh ☘
The Good Friday Agreement cannot go on forever it cost England 9 billion a year keeping the north of Ireland in British hands as temporary caretakers, England is in financial problems today it is better for England to reunite IRELAND...
A culture does not start with knee cap nor stop on them because tgey said so. It is constant since people start to socialise. That us why yiu need an adult to show little princes and princesses their place in a que.
Born in South London in early 1970s youngest of 6 both parents are Irish so get the lads and the crack 😂 the Westminster politicians have betrayed us all Irish ,Northern Irish,Scottish, Welsh and English don’t forget the Cornish 👍
Cornish are still English as are Yorkshire folk. As are Scouse.
Irish have nothing to do with the British Parliament or its MPs in different country.
Thanks for including the Cornish.
*Craic. Well, I hope that is what you meant! 😂
And the Manx
As a protestant from northern ireland, they do speak truth. govt does fuck all for anyone, they could change but they won't.
protestant what though mate? protestant irish or protestant british divide and rule alive and well, just remember the founding father of irish republicanism was theobald wolfetone and he himself was a protestant that knew england was the source of all ireland’s problems.
@@darnellbiggumsthe9th658 here here, some of our greatest Irishmen and Women are Protestants.
@@darnellbiggumsthe9th658 Protestant british/ulster protestant I guess. I am very aware wolfe tone was a protestant as well.
@@darnellbiggumsthe9th658Add Robert Emmet, Charles Stewart Parnell, Napper Tandy, Sheares Brothers, Douglas Hyde, even the bould Sam Maguire himself 😂.
You spelt Catholic and Sinn Fein wrong
I believe that the so called British government should have no influence in Eire whatsoever,,I'm an English man,former soldier,and never believed the British should be in Eire,,it's basically an occupation,, the sooner Eire gets rid of the British occupation the better,,to many people have lost their lives , over discussions made by government members whom are basically deluded,,the days of occupational Commonwealth is well and truely over,,
the brits arn't in eire anymore and a united ireland depends on what people throughout ireland north and south want .
@@billfurlong5954 arnt you missing the point of the religious division,, sectarianism ,,one side supporting a free Eire and the other side supporting and being supported by main land Britain ,the English contingent,,the reason why there isn't a united Eire is because of this,, after all, the English conquered Wales, Scotland and Eire,,but the Irish obviously fought back,, even to this present day thud we have a devided sectarian Ireland,,for Eire to be whole,,would need the requirements of all english influences ,under the guise of British rule dismantled completely,,now, addressing sectarianism,,how would you explain it,,would you not agree it was indeed caused by the spread of English government rule,,by force let's not forget,,by using the armed forces,,,to oppress by use of violence also causing devide against Irish community's,,using religious bigotry as a weapon,,support us and we will support you ,,ideology,,if you do not support us you are our sworn enemy,,we will arrest, torture murder,imprison anyone whom opposes english rule,,under the flag of Britannia,,now,if the British government decided to nolonger interfere with Irish politics,, allowing Eire to nolonger be devided ,,not tax Irish businesses and people,,allowing a united Eire to make its own choices without any interference from British rule,,in other words an English run and controlled government,, surely the people of Eira would be better off,and over time, the sectarian problems would evaporate,,,,you see,,the supposed happy united kingdom,,is ruled by force,,the citizens of each and every seperate country want independence,,yet are denied,,who has the right to rule and make decisions,,over rulling the will of the people,,do we not live in a democracy,does not our ideological thoughts,count for nothing,,the sectarian devide deliberately created was done so for financial gain,no other reason ,, the same for any nation that invades occupies and takes control,,if you can't see this then you to have become a victim of the oppressors without even knowing,, explain to the thousands of victims of sectarian devide that being controlled by a group of Individuals whom attended the same collages and universities,,the authoritarians ,,have a God given right to rule over and pass laws to keep themselves in power,yet themselves do not have to abide by those same rules of law we all have to ,or face prison,, don't be blind ,open your eyes , history doesn't lie,,it's all clear to see,,
@@billfurlong5954 one more word to the wise,,not only did I serve as a British paratrooper in 2 para ,but also eleven years in the British intelligence services,,the intelligence people are still in northern and southern Ireland,they never left,,and will remain ,it's they way they function,
As a 50 year old Irish republican with a Protestant background, I have huge respect for these guys. Caught them at EP last year and the energy was class. Been enjoying them ever since and delighted to see them doing so well. They picked up a microphone instead of a gun and they speak a lot of sense that seems to be missing with the new wave of young republicans. Massive respect to the lads. Bring it on.
Kinda Republican? Islamic lulz get replaced bro. 2030. 😂👍
bhuel, ba Preispitéirigh iad na hÉireannaigh aontaithe!👍🏻
Ar feabhás.
@@saoirseclarnimhuiris7910 Sea. Aontaithe. Is annamh a bhíonn seicteach ag poblachtánaigh mar go bhfuil an oiread sin eolais acu ar a stair. Meas !
The British government serves its donors
news flash: every government the world over serves their donors or (more generally) those with power to keep them in power.
The Troubles were a Proxy Tug of War between 🇬🇧 and 🇮🇪.
The Gobshite wearing the Balaclava isn't old enough to see outside the Six Yard Box, to Veiw the entire Football Field and its Players.
Real
And it’s donor’s are Israel the tiny hat people, United Kingdom of Israel and across the pond United States of Israel….free the entire world from Israel and the Jewish lobbyists AIPAC ………..Israel funds all the war conflicts in our world, their greedy tentacles reach far into every corrupt government corner…..we have to stop being ignorant about what’s really going on…..been going on for centuries Zionist propaganda Zionism corrupts…….
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Not quite.
Some mall countries don't even really have donors.
These lads are highly intelligent and I'm proud as an oule wan to have them as role models for our youth in Ireland 🇮🇪 ❤
they're pro mass-migration
Disagree on their intelligence, especially when surtporting palestine
@@DafyddBrooks I'd beg to differ, anyone who supports a genocide, is seriously lacking in intelligence. Wilful ignorance is not something to be proud of!
also let's not forget the meaning of the tricolour... green = catholic, gold = protestant, white = peace
Indeed Tell that to the DUP and the TUV!
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It’s not gold, it’s orange, surely that’s the whole point, no? The gold is a relatively recent thing. If one can call the Troubles recent. Regardless, listening to these lads is one of the best and most refreshing things I have ever seen on this channel. Divide and rule. We see this everywhere, America right now with working class people voting for Trump and in Britain with Reform. The establishment and the rich fear a united working class.
@@veganbarnsley15 Exactly And Both Ireland and America Were Colonies Of Britain 🤔 Coincidence 🤔 I Don't Think so Colonialism Imperialism Zionism 👎 Republicanism Equality Liberty and Justice For All Citizens Not Subjects Irish And American Citizens 🇮🇪🇺🇲☘️🗽😎 An Irish Rebel An American Patriot 😎
How does Gold represent Protestants?
Great interview, Sean! More Irish content please 🇮🇪
Lads understand divide and conquer, and class consciousness better than most.
Yeah because singing from the river to the sea doesn't cause division. You lot are delusional
That’s actually a good example; if the British hadn’t gone into Palestine, took what they could and then turned a chunk of the country into Israel, nobody would be singing “from the river to the sea”. The actions of empire often leave permanent scars.
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@@thegolem797 or wait for it maybe if Muslims didn't chase/slaughter Jews out out the middle east for centuries we wouldn't have this Israel and some made up place called Palestine conflict.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am Scottish person living in England and trying to explain how the Welsh, NI and Scottish population feels about Westminster is like an attack on them. Its not. Its not against the English, its against Westminster rule on the non union and the abuse of power in the devolved nations. Its criminal. English know nothing about the cost of the union nor even visit the rest of the country. You don't get to vote or even comment unless you have lived in the area and contributed to the community. Nobody in the UK knows about NI as they are fed lies upon lies. Same as they did to Scotland and Wales
100% spot on 👍🏴
They keep us poor and then mock our poverty. They talk about democracy but won't let us leave. They "gave" us our own parliaments, but their parliament can just override ours. And now, the absolute icing on the cake, is they've made the Celtic Nations complicit in colonial genocide, again. I moved back home to Wales a few years ago, after living in Newcastle for just over a decade. Geordies absolute get it. They've been on the receiving end of it too.
Correct. I went to RC school in England (during The Troubles) and happened to have a lot of Irish and Scottish teachers so was taught a great deal of the history of the British Isles (in the eighties if you were RC in Southern England you mainly came from Ireland,Scotland or some other part of the Empire). I even had a fiercely Welsh music teacher who taught us some beautiful Welsh language songs and folktales. The first time I was ever around majority English people who had not come from RC or non English backgrounds was at University and it made me realise how little they knew about what colonialism did to countries like Ireland, Scotland, the Commonwealth etc. They really did not have a clue - they were brought up on BBC and Thatcher nonsense!
@@AnjiDuff ah thanks, i was actually asking what are they talking about. but no1 answered. i agree westminster bullys all other uk countrys. also pr im worrie how or if it wud be worked out fairly for lower populations. i was appalled brexit vote wasnt taken by country . wich wud have made it a deadlock n no change. but england got its way again
that must be why the Scot Nats did so well in the recent GE 👍
If this is future of youth we just might be saved!
These chaps are a lot more like me, than the aristocracy or political class of the UK.
Three intelligent, educated, thinking lads. Wish there were more like them, wish them every success ❤️🍉
It's part of the republican tradition. When Long Kesh was demolished, they found mounds of books in the republican cells, including many rare volumes. When they cleared out the loyalist cells all they found was pornography and a few bodybuilding magazines.
Depends on your benchmark.
@@angelamorgan7537 What is your point?
@@angelamorgan7537They seem to be indoctrinated to hate the British.
3 fools
Love these lads. Very articulate in both tongues. Great role models for our younger generation 👏 🇮🇪
How he’s no role model calling people “far right” just doing that so they get publicity younger generation are a lot smarter than these wollys
@@OisinSheppard Exactly 👍
In my province in Canada, we're half Irish Catholic half British protestant. We don't fight, we all intermarried. It works. We're rooting for ye. You can have a different future. All the best.
We can''t forget the Feinian raids. The time hardcore Irish republicans tried to capture the upper Canada government to use it as a ransome for independence. The Irish aren't perfect.
@@loveandmercy9664 oh haven't forgotten. Lol we weren't part of Canada then. I was referring to Newfoundland. In Newfoundland, we never really had too much fighting. And every protestant has a uncle Francis and every Catholic an uncle Bill. You commit to peace and make it work.
☮👌Great to see these young men of Ireland speak, they are spot on the pulse, and the time we are in.Send it big lads, well done.
Good on you, Lads, I'm SO proud of you! I'm a 57-years old Irish-born emigrant, these days Japan is home, but my pride in my home-country has not died in the least. You speak the truth, and I'm forever grateful for that. Growing up in north county Dublin, most of the adults around us refused to talk about the situation in the north, anytime the topic came up - especially during the troubles - every adult in the room tut-tutted, shook their heads and quickly changed the subject. What a pathetic attitude! Thankfully, things have changed for the better and you guys are playing a role in that...Just for the record, one of my drinking buddys here is a fine, proud protestant from Lisburn, who celebrates St. Patrick's Day in fine style...May God bless you guys, 😆☘.
@@shortallliam3142 Sláinte!🍻🎵🎻🎶💚☘😘
What amazing switched on young people. Bloody inspiring to watch.
Eh !! Fn mhuppets.
Scottish Gaelic was also banned but now it’s enjoying a revival even in the lowlands. Gaelic school units, Gaelic choirs and BBC Alba which is a Gaelic channel. All of our mountains, glens are in Gaelic so in a sense has always been alive. Eg. Glasgow is Gaelic for green place.
Very similar suppression of Gaelic as well as Indigenous languages here in Nova Scotia. My grandparents spoke it (even though neither them nor their parents had ever been to Scotland) and I’ve been trying to learn it and then hopefully the Indigenous language of my area as well. Great video from the lads I’ve been liking their music and can understand a lot despite only knowing Scottish Gaelic
Pictish (ancient British) was the indigenous language of the Scottish highlands.
We know Columba needed a translator when evangelising the Isle of Skye, meaning the people there were non Gaelic speaking in the 6th century.
@@willmc9612 Wow thanks Will I had no idea! What a relevant comment to the conversation!
Didn't the Scots take part in the colonization of Ireland?
@@Hsalf904 Nova Scotia aka... New Scotland was built by English and Scotish settlers expelling mass amounts of French speaking Acadians to New Orleans. No one's hands are clean.
Badenoch should be sued personally
I saw these guys live and they were brilliant. It’s nice to see how articulate and well spoken they are as well, and also that they want to make positive change. The world needs more positive change and more kindness.
A very enlightening interview 👏
I learnt more about the lads when being pointed out their old school on The Belfast Music Tour , from the Oh Yeah Music Centre., Belfast.
I've lived in Norn Iron 35 years , sent my son through integrated schools , so it's great to see these young men setting the story straight and bringing people together !
I'm looking forward to seeing the film 🎥 in a couple of weeks.
I apologise, I'm over 60 and still let loose on Fuckbook 😂
Good luck 🍀 lads !
Establishment clowns😂
@@richiemc1969 👍💯
Right on
20.36 - the point about trying to wipe out a cultures language as the first step in the colonial project is bang on the money. Saddam Hussein tried to do the same to the Kurds, Slobodan Milosovic wanted to do it to the Kosovar Albanians. All 3 examples all involve peoples being forced out into the toughest mountainous regions of those places, and each is a story of perseverance and survival that can only be truly told in the mother tongue.
English speaking settler colonials did it all over the world. Spain Portugal did it in South America.
Thire is deep history here mother land
Good point, and they’re still at it; there’s no better way if enraging a unionist in Scotland than erecting a bilingual road sign in Gaelic/English.
Scotland too. Speaking Gaelic after 1745 could get you a death sentence.
Well I'm here thank the Irish for contributing to the Jamaican language and the early school systems post slavery there is still an Irish community in Jamaica to this day and their consumption of guiness is only secondary to Eire .having witnessed the bad treatment and prejudice towards the Irish community in my home town in the West Midlands there seemed to be this superiority complex the English displayed to all the smaller countries but more so the Irish as they seemed to be made the butt of the Englishman Irishman jokes ..independence is enevatable the sooner the better . England just has to accept they are not in the days of gallion ships and pirates swashbuckling their way around the world or the destruction of catholicism for the sake of one kings ego. Peace
I will admit that being over 40 I have little interest or knowledge in their music, but as someone from a republican area in Belfast I am delighted with how well them 3 gentlemen just spoke and with their attitude, message and aims !!
Wrong, the British government certainly does serve some people. They are the owner class ie the Establishment ie the ones who own all the banks and big corporations, the aristocracy, the people who have been the servants of the government and monarchy going back hundreds of years etc. Look to where the aristocrats went to take up careers when the government started to demand proper taxes from the aristocracy after the First World War - that will give you a clue.
Good point, my friend...😆
Im from Glasgow and over 40. The football bullshit is such a stain on our history but still huge part of the culture. I still advise international visitors to never mention Celtic Rangers in Scotland. Its dumb but true.
I know people who fought in NI and still believe they were there for valid reasons. Its dumb but true.
Religion is a weapon.
religion is beautiful, it’s people that weaponise and corrupt it and i’m from the 6 counties and can say for definite our conflicts got nothing to do with religion it’s all political and ethnic identity.
Good lads. They're doing something different. And they make a lot of sense. I hope their generation does dismantle all the stupid sectarianism.
But if people give up sectarianism then what will happen to the piece of paper that says where countries start and end!
@@joeavreg2254maybe the differences in countries would become based on pride and cooperation instead of hatred and suspicion 🤔
@@thegolem797 Imaginary lines across the worlds surface exist to create division. That is the express purpose.
@@joeavreg2254 well, we’d be better off without them then.
@@thegolem797 If only people would finally come to that conclusion.
Tír gan teanga tír gan anam...✊🇮🇪💯💚
@@STEVIEBHOY Éireann le haghaidh na hÉireannaí
Tiocfaidh ar la.......!
@@meab12 aontaím leat ar fad a chara!🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪👍🏻🍻🎻🎵🎶
@@saoirseclarnimhuiris7910 go raibh maith agat a dhearthair Gaelach 👍🏻☘️🇮🇪
The early Zionist believed that as well hence why they believed the revival of Hebrew was a must.
The absolute state of these clowns
Yup the Kneecap boys. Up Ireland and the Irish, no matter colour or creed. We need this for our country and people
They nailed the crux of the problem, nobody over 60 needs to be in politics…time the young that are sent to fight make the rules! All over the world
the young have often made the rules or carried them out happily, most nazi party members were under 35, stalins nkvd thugs who ran the torture chambers & gulags were under 40, maos red guards who carried out the executions during the cultural revolution were under 30, in all likelihood the majority of the paras who carried out the bloody sunday murders were young men, being young has never stopped anyone from being a torturer or a murderer.
Experience has more worth than youth.
Not if their gonna cater to the elite and fuck off the rest like its always been
What a fantastic and articulate interview with a great bunch of Top Irish lads. So switched on and it's a blessing to know that these youngsters are part of building a future United Ireland. Great political instincts and anti-imperialist analysis, the best RUclips feature I've seen in a long time. All power to Kneecap. ✊
Could not have clicked on a Politics Joe video more quickly, these guys are amazing. Would highly recommend seeing their movie as well, one of my favorites of this year
I thought this was a comedy sketch when I saw the thumbnail of the knitted balaclava.
Kneecap reppin West belfast worldwide go on lads. The upmost respect. Salute 💚
An loistín Úr Abú!💚
As soon as the entertainment industrial complex is finished with them, they'll be pipe fitters in Larne.
Fact 😅
3:00 - "The way that Norther.. the North!"
Close one there, Seán!
Don't do him like that!
We live in a lace were the news, schools, radio all say northern ireland so it is something that is beaten into us and that takes correction
😂 I was laughing at that too 😂😂
Love these guys but hey I'm 66 and I don't want to get cancelled 😂😂😂🏴❤️🇮🇪🇵🇸✊
Tell me, what did the Scottish do in Ulster?
@@ricardo8640 what did the irish do in Scotland 🤔
It’s complicated 😂
Yes, if that's not creating a divide they're arrogantly deluded.
I appreciate their stance and agree but now I feel they've excluded me. So they've lost my respect.
Palestine has nothing to do with ireland or northen ireland
Great film. Had me in absolute stitches and had light hearted touches on the serious side of the troubles.
Loved the interview, loved the film, love the music, love the language, love their outlook, love their politics, love kneecap.
You serve the establishment.
800 years of oppression? Most Irish people don’t understand how the English took control over Ireland. They were handed land by Irishmen who invited the English to Ireland. To compare Ireland to Palestine is laughable.
Yes you are right.
Belfast people don’t represent all people from the 6 counties
Bro knitted his own balaclava, if he gets enough £5 reparation donations one day he’ll be able to buy a real one 🤦♂️
Yeah because we're all hallucinating that he's wearing a balaclava until then, right?
@@bunchofwordsaftertheurl Can you explain what you mean? It’s not very clear.
Whilst working as a painter/ decorator on a light house in a Protestant area of the North , the Legend that is Brendan Behan
marched with locals on the 12th July , he had befriended them in the local pub where he would drink and sing his usual songs ( omitting the Republican themed ones ) bonding, amusing and entertaining .
Indeed they wanted him for themselves , they were after a conversion!
A man of art & Love rises above the base divisions .
Boy bands from Ireland have certainly changed since the days of Boyzone and Westlife! 😂
Theyre signed to a record label with corporate backing, all their banking, healthcare and education came from the British taxpayer. These guys are young and definitely hyped up on the attention. Standard procedure.
They are British tax payers too - so, they funded themselves. Their success under this regime, isn't responsible for your failure, nor does is mean that they shouldn't question and challenge the ruling class. How have you arrived here? Healthcare and education are basic human rights, that any government with an ounce of accountability and business acumen should adhere to, which they have, but that doesn't mean they aren't accountable for their atrocities as well.
Universal rights are not a stick to beat people with when they exercise their right to political and social freedom of expression.
If you’re this pissed off about them using GB tax money , why don’t you vent your anger towards the GB government to get the fck out of Ireland ?🇮🇪
Their banking came from the British taxpayer. What on earth does that mean?
The Irish in the North of Ireland pay tax too!
These boys are a disgrace to anyone that went through the troubles in Belfast or derry
The reparation nonsense is ridiculous and I’m saying that as a catholic from NI. It’s almost disrespectful.
They are joking ffs 🤦
@@JonnyEarthling and? Why does that matter?
@@VectorTrackeryou're an Irishman in the occupied counties.... the focus on religion is a smokescreen to the actual struggle of identity on an Irish island..
@@Eireannach23 the smokescreen is the actual struggle. With the GFA we can be who we want.
@@VectorTracker fine, anyone in the occupied counties can identity as they wish, but does not change the fact that everyone on the island of Ireland can identity as Irish, but not everyone can identity as British.... everyone is entitled to an Irish passport, but not everyone is entitled to a British one... and for good reason = it's an Irish island from top to bottom.
No amount of Planters will change that... greetings from Dublin ☘🇮🇪💚.
These 3 talk about colonialism but at the same time say Ireland isnt for the natives, that its for everyone. What's colonialism if not denying the natives their land?
They only want this for Ireland and European countries though. Palestine is meant to be for Palestinians, but Ireland isnt for the Irish. How does that work???
What about church of Ireland ? My grandad was born pre partition church of Ireland moved to England after partition, I am classed as irish by decent but always lived In England if I go to Northern Ireland should I wear a badge ?
@simonrichardson5203 what's your point?
What exactly is it that you're asking me?
@@meab12 Ireland is and always will be a mix of immigration right back to when the vikings enslaved people that nobody likes to talk about , the church of Ireland was both Irish and English but catholics , many Irish are in England and America, my Irish relatives were living in new York back in the 1800s I am both Irish and English, the past is the past and that silly boy should take off the balaclava
@@simonrichardson5203 I'm not disagreeing with you at all. Western European peoples have always mixed with one another, to one degree or another.
@@meab12 yea these boys should take a DNA test they will see
Are we going back to the troubles?
My cousin Donal Billings taught Bobby Sands to speak Irish in the cages of Long Kesh as is documented in Bobby's biography Nothing But An Unfinished Song... Tiocfaidh Ár Lá ✊🇮🇪
well spoken articulate guys, Im proud to be British but the way the band speaks I understand where they are coming from.
These lads are absolutely bang on!
Great interview with a group of well focused lads with their heads screwed on straight. I feel the biggest thing to take away from all the points they hit on is this idea of "inclusion" whether it be Irish, English, loyalist, nationalist etc. All this is not going to be solved without the participation of all sides, with all views and backgrounds accepted. The English government has always ruled as exclusionary and more pertinently, nothing anywhere has ever been solved by partitions, divisions, borders and walls. I wish these lads well on their journey and fully support them. Btw I'm English and work for the crown but enough is enough.
Wrong. It serves BIG business
The film was brilliant, one of the best of year, let alone the best comedy film. Love that they show so much solidarity with Palestine and I spotted the flag in the film.
I hope that the rising profile of Kneecap will also lead to more irish social commentary musicians like Meryl Streek and For those I love.
any other recommendations? I never heard either o these. Thankyou :)
Very happy to see them talk about class consciousness, good lads there
Aren't Jews the indigenous people? Hebrew is like the one of the few languages to come back after 2000 years of not being spoken.
That's why I really don't think they should be talking about palestine at all. They should stay out of it
Yes thats what colonialism did in Africa, South America Australia, New Zealand etc they have so much in common, intelligent guys.
The worst kind of Irish nationalist. "Brits out" and everyone else in.
British is a state of mind.
You could say that about the English nationalist, NO Blacks NO dogs NO Irish wasn't that long ago now it's everyone out except the English
For Irish nationalists their take on Israel is a bit interesting. Aren't the Jews the indigenous people? Isn't the revival of Hebrew of when of the most successful language revitilzations in history that has even studied by Irish nationalists?
Fun fact: NI is literally where the phrase “No cap” comes from.
Source?
Pretty sure no cap comes from aav
@@higuk999 aav is just bad english
@@gtrdxzI'm a linguist and no. BBE (Black British English) is a dialect of English that has its roots in Patois and other languages from the Carribbean and africa
The balaclava is embarrassing
It's a joke, relax a wee bit?
@@gabhanachdenogla898 I’m fully relaxed. The balaclava is embarrassing and it cuts your potential audience by at least 60 percent. I’m trying to give you advice.
@@deltabravo9908mate they’re called kneecap, rap as gaelige, and are from west belfast don’t look too much into it lmao
@@darnellbiggumsthe9th658 I know who they are . The balaclava is embarrassing
Your embarrassment, your problem. Reading your comments is like listening to an old man complaining about women wearing leggings.
The more culture we have the stronger it’ll make us all? No the more Ireland you have the more Ireland will be strong. It’s your culture that’s being demolished and you think there’s something wrong with chips. Come back and say the same in 10 years buddy.
@@peterwalsh5068 spot on
Irish government is no different
Turn off the music please.
Just seen the film. It’s incredible.
Well done lads from a Limerick man in Australia 🍻☘💪💚
Such a breath of fresh air. Going to see the film tomorrow
We so need people like these lads in the world...they speak truth to power and have empathy ..hope they stay true to themselves in future and dont get squashed by the music business which is controlled by the wicked...love the comments about the Royals😂
Good interview, great movie! 🇮🇪💪☘️💣
People from New Zealand are very largely descended from english irish scottish and welsh They all came over on the sailboats in the 1800s. So in the 1800s it was mostly maori who were already here and people from the UK..who settled in New Zealand.
Godbless Bruce Mukkada 🙌 💚🏴💛
💚🏴💛🇵🇸💚 🇳🇿 💛can only find this colonial flag !
@@Justine-gp5tn give the Maori back their land.
In Canada hardcore Irish rebels try to take over the government and use it as a ransome for Irish independence. Luckly they failed.
So it's Cillian behind the mask ❤
These 3 Guys from Belfast make me proud to come from the North. They know their history and the importance of language for a people colonized by the Brits. They donate for the Irish Language and for Palestine refugees and are welcoming to immigrants to Ireland. Full of Love. 15,000 Belfast anti fascist anti racist against 200 thugs. It’s always been about the elite rich hammering the working class. Education is how to beat the fascists! So anyone anywhere who’s been colonized. Decolonize your mind and learn your native language and educate yourself on colonialism. Find support from similar people. There’s millions of us. ❤
@@SaintAdam49 😂at your profile
Not noticed Ireland is being colonised by Third World?lemmings🤔
You realise Ireland colonised the world with Britain?
@@JonnyEarthling so it’s brits out and everyone else in…
"So anyone anywhere who’s been colonized. Decolonize your mind and learn your native language and educate yourself on colonialism. Find support from similar people. There’s millions of us"
Didn't the Jews do that after defeating multiple Arab armies in an attempt to drive them into the sea and rebuilding their nation after 2000 years of exile and reviving their ancestral tongue as well.
Secatarianism was created by both Irish Roman Catholics and Protestants
Humans always find something to fight about. Ireland before Christianity was an island of warring tribes and clans.
Such an inspiration. Love these lads. Finally saw the film. I’m going to see it again ❤
What a switched on, thoughtful, and empathetic trio of youngers. Three fine examples of their generation.
If there's more like these three ready to come through and they start taking charge of putting right the wrongs that divide and conquer governance have imposed on us for far too long, then when my time comes I'd feel like I'm leaving the world in better hands than those in which I found it ❤️🔥
When truthes are actively searched for and embraced,
Commonalities appreciated & differences accepted face to face,
Irrespective of creed, colour, or race.
Then power is with the people, not the state.
Fk hate!
The only hate worthy of revision,
Should be aimed squarely at sowers of the seeds of division.
Keep fighting the good fight.
Be not afraid.
😉
Loved that bit about the ultra Rangers fan with the Irish passport
Too many excellent points to refer too. Superb interview, thanks for giving them space to talk. If there's any radio friendly versions of their songs out there someone post links, id get em played on Irish radio. Community station admittedly. I'm English, I don't speak Irish myself so I cant edit them myself or i would have done already.
Good irish lads
Taking on the establishment? Literally the establishment agree with 95% of what kneecap do 😂
We in scotland support yous ❤❤❤
Good luck with the court case
Looking forward to see it. Great interview.
Very interesting discussion, lots of parallels with POC when dealing with the English. Wonder if they will get labelled as WOKE, for talking about their lived experience.
Hardly , he’s well known in his area for his abusive relationships with women
This isn't the first time I've heard this, for told it from a person who lived in near him
No mention of the Scottish though for some reason, even though they helped colonize Ireland.
Respect lads 👍
"We Mr Poratoe Heads" kneecapped for funding 😂
You can always trust the bigots to have done poorly in education
correction lads - we're not 'immigrants', we ARE 'emmigrants'... and mainly enforced by famine/persecution/subjugation by the brits
Go n'éirí an t-ádh libh ☘
The more i see of the future generations, the safer i feel that we may not be a lost cause as a species.
The Good Friday Agreement cannot go on forever it cost England 9 billion a year keeping the north of Ireland in British hands as temporary caretakers, England is in financial problems today it is better for England to reunite IRELAND...
You realise how much it will cost Ireland? Even more.
Gaelic ❤
A culture does not start with knee cap nor stop on them because tgey said so. It is constant since people start to socialise. That us why yiu need an adult to show little princes and princesses their place in a que.
They are making heaps of money, huge budgets eu and gulf Arabs, at the demise ou the 🇬🇧 people.
I think you should spend some time learning your language and perhaps you'd come out with something legible.
Lovely lads. Going to see the film
Sinn Fein ❤
No call for that boys they gave shinn Feinn nebatasasionim 😢
Lucky for you guys the, Good Friday Agreement gives you Irish Citizenship. You can live in that utopia any time you chose.
Great lads