Anarchist solutions to conflict in northern ireland

Pretty standard fare for the 12th, really. The 'dissident' elements trying to show a bit of clout, now that Sinn Fein are urging people not to start riots. It'll keep happening if the 'Loyal Orders' continue to be dead set on marching past / through areas where they arent welcome.
ps, like how you posted this in 'United Kingdom'

yeah there's riots every year, no biggie
I mean, the Sept 2005 riots fucking closed EVERYTHING down

We've probably now reached an 'acceptable level' of sectarian rioting.

As far as sectarianism goes things haven't changed here. Thankfully there is less sectarian warfare than there used to be, however this doesn't mean that the place or indeed the politicans and people on both sides are less sectarian.

Sectarianism has been further institutionalised in the northern state by the creation of the Assembly (Sunningdale for slow learners). The entire set up of the power sharing executive is based on the premise that we have two distinct and opposing communities and that we can only live peacefully together by living apart.

The same sectarianism that feeds dissident republicanism and loyalism is no different from that which allows corrupt tribal politicans to make careers out of managing and maintaining division.

As long as this artificial divide continues there will always be those who from time to time express that division in violence.

Given that the 'two sides' are largely educated, housed and work separately, things are unlikely to change despite the lip service paid to the war being 'over'.
While tension is more low level than at the height of the troubles, it's still as entrenched.

of course there are 'inter marriages',. a number of posters on here are 'half-bloods', just like that Harry Potter. Not me, 100% catholic atheist.

I do think that while the traditional tribal lines are ethno-national and not religious in doctrinal terms, the fact that churches here have basically lost the last generation may have a small impact on the stratification, but not significant enough to to be a 'solution to conflict' in NI.

An oft-cited fact is that we now have more peace-walls than we ever did during the Troubles, and interface violence is still common, so the fundamental divisions are clearly still visible, particularly in parts of north Belfast.

What sort of areas do people work together in?

Because I remember the Royal mail wildcat strikes across the sectarian boundary, as did the Visteon occupation.

What about the public sector? Wouldn't that at least have good mixing?

How do you think sectarianism can be eradicated?

Work, moreso than education of housing, does result in people meeting the 'other side' in many cases. And yeah, public sector is less stratified than a lot of the local businesses. but saying that, if public sector is to include primary and secondary schools, and local community groups that sort of thing, then very often these will be predominantly one or the other. In fact you can pretty much count on all the teachers in a catholic school being from a catholic background - and only 25 schools in the whole of NI are integrated.

In my experience , a lot of the fuckwits I went to school with hadn't met a protestant until they were 18 and had already formed many of their assumptions, and although in many cases they were willing to revise them, some I chat to you see those old little prejudices rear their head every now and again.