“Newry Against Racism” — A British Government Front in Disguise

At the beginning of July, a protest titled "Newry Against Racism" is set to take place—on the surface, it looks like local groups. But like any sleight of hand, it masks a more insidious truth. This is not a march for unity, justice, or real equality. It is a calculated political move—a direct counter to the recent “Keep Ireland Irish” march, which bravely stood against the forced transformation of Irish communities under unchecked immigration and foreign policy mandates.

The upcoming protest is not grassroots. It is a coordinated endorsement of the British Government’s agenda, cloaked in progressive language. At the heart of this march is NISPA, a union operating in the occupied six counties. 

NISPA isn’t just a trade union—it represents thousands of PSNI members, civilians working for the British Army, and a legacy built on ex-RUC officers, loyalists, and those tied to the Orange Order and other sectarian British-aligned organisations. It represents the English Civil Service of the occupied-counties who maintain partition. This is not neutrality. This is a deliberate alliance with British Crown forces who, for decades, brutalised, murdered, and repressed the nationalist people of Ireland.

Ask yourself—when has NISPA ever stood against the killing of Irish civilians? When did they protest the collusion of the RUC with loyalist death squads? When did they demand justice for the hundreds killed, imprisoned, and silenced under British rule? They didn’t. They never have.

Now, suddenly, they rally—but not to defend the Irish. They march to smear Irish people as “racists” for daring to oppose mass immigration policies that are collapsing wages, overburdening services, and fracturing native communities. They weaponise morality to shame the Irish people into silence, all while standing shoulder to shoulder with those who murdered our citizens.

The hypocrisy deepens with the presence of LGBTQ Newry, SIPTU, and other so-called progressive groups. Many of these same organisations have no issue parading with the PSNI or British military—as long as someone in uniform waves a rainbow flag. Where is their line? Where is their moral compass? Apparently, it stops short of condemning murder, repression, and foreign occupation.

SIPTU’s support is particularly galling. A union that once backed the Labour Party, a party that harassed Irish patriots, enforced Section 31 censorship, and aligned with British interests during the Troubles, now wants to redefine morality and identity in Ireland. They had no problem siding against republicans then—and they continue to do so today.

This march isn’t about racism. It’s about crushing dissent. It’s about attacking Irish people who dare to say that Ireland belongs to the Irish. It’s about shaming those who want to preserve their culture, protect their families, and defend their land.

Let’s call this what it is:

A British-backed, pro-immigration, anti-Irish demonstration, dressed up in progressive language to fool the naïve and to cloak the real purpose—undermining Irish sovereignty and vilifying Irish resistance.

If you stand with this march, you stand with the British army, with the PSNI, with the RUC, with the Orange Order, and with every tool used to suppress Irish identity for the last 800 years.
You are free to march—but don’t pretend it’s for justice.

Because no justice is found in allying with our oppressors and silencing our people.

This isn't a march for a living-wage, to end poverty, or ensure every Irish family has a family home—it is a march to stand in solidarity with the English Labour and Tory parties political policies of mass-immigration, demographic engineering, and smashing Irish identity. It is a march to say the British Army and the PSNI/RUC are okay, as was their murder campaigns—and most importantly it is a march that says "Irish people must never be allowed have a voice".

Tomás MacCormaic