<p>Causes, as we know, are notoriously bloodthirsty,’ James Baldwin wrote.&nbsp;</p><p>What does it do to do somebody when they have crossed the boundary into a world of killing and destruction? How do they enforce their code in a place untethered from the one the rest of us inhabit?</p><p>On <strong><em>Free State</em></strong> today, Joe and Dion follow on from Tuesday’s episode on Stakeknife by looking at how rules of organisations like the IRA were enforced.&nbsp;</p><p>Joe talks about what made his father lose faith in the republican movement.&nbsp;</p><p>He also accuses Dion of deference to the British Empire which leads Dion to launch a verbal attack on Joe.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>