By the 1990s, a faction of Irish republicans were turning away from militancy and setting their sights on peace. A political future for the campaign would require more money, more lobbying, and even deeper engagement with the United States – th

Foreign Agent Bonus Episode 2: Hollywood and the IRA’s American Connection

Jun 21st, 2022 22m 1s

*Corrected file* Noraid has been portrayed on screen many times, usually in the background of stories about terrorism and gunrunning. While TV shows and movies like Columbo, Patriot Games and The Devil’s Own aren’t exactly high art, they do rev

Foreign Agent Bonus Episode 2: Hollywood and the IRA’s American Connection

Jun 21st, 2022 22m 1s

Noraid has been portrayed on screen many times, usually in the background of stories about terrorism and gunrunning. While TV shows and movies like Columbo, Patriot Games and The Devil’s Own aren’t exactly high art, they do reveal how the class

Foreign Agent Episode 5: Our Day Will Come

Jun 14th, 2022 53m 25s

As the Troubles dragged on, IRA volunteers at the Maze Prison decided to go on hunger strike in 1980 and 1981. Their decision would change everything for the IRA — and for Noraid. The protest garnered sympathy from around the world and sparked

Foreign Agent Episode 4: Lawyers, Guns and Money

Jun 7th, 2022 50m 22s

For decades, a quiet armored truck driver living in Brooklyn ran thousands of guns to the IRA. He was born in Ireland and dedicated to the Republican cause. He was also a committed socialist, who believed the anti-imperial struggle in Ireland w

Foreign Agent Bonus Episode: The IRA’s Technical Support

Jun 2nd, 2022 17m 32s

For over 100 years, Irish revolutionaries hoping to drive the British out of Ireland looked to the United States for money and support. They also looked across the Atlantic for new technology that might give them an advantage, including homemad

Foreign Agent Episode 3: Agents of the State

May 31st, 2022 41m 38s

After Bloody Sunday in 1972, Irish Northern Aid saw its power, influence and donations increase dramatically — but a higher profile brought new enemies. Secretly, the Federal Bureau of Investigation turned its sights on Noraid: auditing their b

The New World and the Old Country

May 26th, 2022 53m 21s

In 1927, the Irish republican Michael Flannery emigrated from the quiet backroads of Tipperary to the crowded streets of New York City, swapping a life of rebellion for a humdrum career in life insurance. But the Irish American community hadn’t

Foreign Agent Episode 1: The American Front

May 24th, 2022 50m 53s

When six suitcases full of guns are discovered on an Irish dock in 1971, suspicion falls on a newly founded organisation of Irish Americans known as Noraid. For nearly 30 years, the US, British and Irish governments accused the group of being a

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Foreign Agent: Coming Soon

May 18th, 2022 3m 22s

A new podcast from Novara Media. In the 1970s, many ordinary Irish Americans became militant advocates for a revolutionary socialist guerrilla group: the Irish Republican Army. Their weapons and donations allowed the IRA to go head to head with

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