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Life in Belfast as represented on its walls – Murals, Graffiti, Street Art

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Time To Decide!

2022-06-272022-06-26Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Here is a selection of anti-Protocol placards from the Caw, Londonderry and Newbuildings. Above: a PSNI officer with a Sinn Féin badge – “PSNI – destroying the loyalist community since 4th Nov. 2001. In the pocket of Sinn Féin.” (November 4th,…

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assault rifle, board, hood/mask/balaclava, London-/Derry, Northern Ireland, PUL, RIC/RUC/PSNI, WWI

No EU, No Irish, No British

2022-06-222022-06-22Extramural Activity1 Comment

It’s actually “No EU, No Irish, Buy British” but the cars parked in front of these graffiti are a BMW – a German company with factories also in China, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa and the US (WP) – and…

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graffiti/writing, PUL

Get Ready To Make Your Move

2022-05-202022-05-20Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Here are two signs of protests at the NI Protocol along with the third version of graffiti complaining about parking spaces being taken by people working at the Boucher Road complexes. The original version (in 2020) threatened that “your car…

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Belfast, Belfast - south, board, poster/paste-up/sticker, PUL, Ulster Banner, Union Flag, UVF/RHC/YCV

Is Your Home Worth Fighting For?

2022-04-202022-04-20Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“… It will be too late to fight when the enemy is at your door.” In 1914, at the time of the Larne gun-running – see the mural in the second image and (previously) Amazing Night At Larne – the…

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36th (Ulster) Division, Larne, mural, PUL, Ulster Volunteers/YCV, WWI

The Sleeping Giant Has Awoken

2022-02-212022-02-21Extramural Activity1 Comment

Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor (near Honolulu, Hawaii) on December 7th, 1941. Even before the USA announced its consequent entry into WWII, Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto wondered if the effect of the attack would be “to awaken…

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assault rifle, board, hood/mask/balaclava, Larne, Northern Ireland, PUL, RIC/RUC/PSNI, Ulster Banner, UVF/RHC/YCV

An Act Of Betrayal

2021-12-182021-12-18Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“We are united by the Act Of Union, we won’t be divided by an act of betrayal.” The ‘act of betrayal’ in question is the Northern Ireland Protocol of Brexit which puts NI outside the single market but allows for…

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Belfast, Belfast - east, board, four nations/flowers, PUL, St Andrew's Saltire, Ulster Banner

Restore Our Place In The United Kingdom

2021-12-112021-12-12Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“Restore our place in the United Kingdom – No EU law, No EU court, No EU checks – End the Irish Sea border; nothing less will do.” Sticker in front of the UVF Regimental Band mural (They Said We’d Never…

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Belfast, Belfast - east, poster/paste-up/sticker, PUL

Stop PSNI Harassment

2021-11-062021-12-15Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

“Stop PSNI harassment of the loyalist community” The PSNI were attacked on Wednesday by youths who blocked Lanark Way (site of this sticker), following a small protest against the NI Protocol. Belfast Live ran a live-blog of the events. Police…

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Belfast, Belfast - west, poster/paste-up/sticker, PUL, RIC/RUC/PSNI

EU Hands Off Ulster

2021-09-102021-09-19Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

A late addition to the placards from Unionists Against NI Protocol (Fb) in the Village area of Belfast: EU – hands off Ulster, beneath an Israeli flag. Previously: How Is Freedom Measured? | There Is No Union Without NI |…

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Defending Freedom From Hate

2021-08-302021-08-30Extramural ActivityLeave a comment

Compared to the UVF, the UDA more strongly detect an existential threat to loyalism and evince a siege mentality that provokes the need for armed resistance. Hence the more frequent presence of armed gunmen in UDA murals (which is also…

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assault rifle, Belfast, Belfast - west, hood/mask/balaclava, mural, PUL, UDA/UFF/UYM, Union Flag
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