Michael Stanislaw Clough

Where were you born?

Born in Brisbane, Australia. Conceived in Perth. First home in Everton Park

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Where is your home?

Everton Park is my home and where I have lived for over 90% of my life. My ancestral homelands are West Cork, Ireland. Limerick, Ireland. Swan Colony, Western Australia. Lubelskie, Poland. I have an attachment to Drogheda, Ireland, because I lived there. Of course, having two O'Neill Grandmothers, Ulster is my main ancestral homeland and is the only place I've ever been, where I felt normal. 

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What is your Identity/Ethnicity?

Irish or Irish-Australian or Irish-Polish.

Genetically, I am 59% Irish, 25% Polish, 8% Scottish and 8% Norman. I have minute Norse, Ukrainian and Jewish genetics within that. 

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Which Citizenships do you have?

I applied for Irish Citizenship on my 18th Birthday and pledged allegiance to the 32 County Irish Republic (the only pledge of allegiance I've ever done). My Nana, Josie O'Neill Skrzypa of West Cork and Father Joseph Flannery of Tipperary were enthusiastic witnesses. Citizenship was granted two months later. I have been a Polish Citizen since birth, though I use an Irish passport to travel. I was born an Australian Citizen (with automatic "British Subject" status), but I de facto renounced this Citizenship on my 18th Birthday and this Citizenship ceased two months later. I became an Australian Citizen (without "British Subject" status) on the 13th February 2012, but did not have lawful Australian identity documentation until the 7th May 2013. 

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What are you loyal to?

God, Family, Innocent Life, Friends, 32 County Irish Republic, Poland, Catholic Church and Everton Park. 

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What is your Religion?

I am a Christian. I am a Roman Catholic. I'm a High School Teacher with a Master's Degree in Theology and one of the two areas I am qualified to teach is Study of Religions/Religious Education (the other being History), so I am well versed with all the Religions of the world. I'm a Panentheist (not a Pantheist), so my Theological beliefs are very inclusive and open minded when dealing with the Theologies of other Religions. I am good friends with Catholics, Protestants, Orthodox, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus and others. My adult Theology is heavily influenced by Ancient Judaism and Jain philosophy.

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Why did you become a Vegan?

I fully became a Vegan in 2018 because I am against the killing of any innocent Human, Animal or Insect. After 6 years, I find the concept of eating innocent life repulsive and evil. My life philosophy is that that innocent life must be loved and protected, while evil whom harms the innocent must be slaughtered. I spend hours each day assisting innocent Humans, Animals and Insects. But, I shouldn't be confused as a Vegan Pacifist, as my militant refusal to harm the innocent, is matched by my lust and willingness to hunt and harm evil forms of life (primarily Human) that harm the innocent. Such evil must be exterminated and can be consumed by carnivores. Anti-Vegans can be used as pet food.

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How would you describe yourself politically?

I have been publicly known as Extreme Right for more than 30 years, but half of my views have always been Extreme Left, so it's fair to say I'm a mix of the two. None of my views are Centrist, except perhaps my Religious and Spiritual beliefs. My Grandmother Josie O'Neill Skrzypa, whom I lived with for my first three decades, was my main influence and she raised me with 1920s militant Anti-Treaty Irish Republicanism/Nationalism (from the West Cork warzone and militant family she was born into) and staunch Catholicism (as she had been a Sister of Mercy Nun). So this upbringing from somebody old, made my views in the 80s, 90s and 21st Century, the extreme of the extreme. In the mid-90s I was seen as very extreme and militant by the Irish when I lived there, including by leadership figures in the North ("you're more Irish than the Irish, Mick" has been said to me by many over the decades) . Nationalism and Theology was intertwined to the extent that everything growing up was seen in a Good vs Evil way. My views on all forms of Nationalism, Anti-Imperialism, Conservation etc stem out of my own militant and extreme strain of Irish Nationalism. So I have always been relatively unusual in the sense that I equally support most forms of Ethno-Nationalisms in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas. I have strong views on almost every human struggle and conflict. So in Poland I'm seen as an extreme Polish Nationalist, as in Taiwan I'm seen as extreme, with Jews since October 7th, I'm seen as an Israeli hawk etc etc. Basically I support all humans (and animals) having the right to protect and conserve their families, ethnicities, religions, languages, nations, environments etc and if there are those harming these, I support militant struggles against these. I am definitely an Ethno-Nationalist. I am Anti-Imperialist, Anti-Materialist (plus Anti-Capitalist to an extent), Anti-Racist, Anti-Speciesist and violently Anti-Communist. My economic views would be seen as Extreme Left (flowing out of Christianity, rather than Atheist Communism), as is my solidarity with the poor and oppressed, plus myself seeing all life as equal. But, my law and order views are definitely on par with those of Fascists and Jihadists. Most of my Western friends are Leftists , but the majority of my friends are non-Western and their views are similar to the old fashioned views that my Nana raised me with. As there is generally no innocent side in any conflict, I always support the lesser of two evils. I am against adversarial politics and see governments of national unity as most effective. I support democracy, as long as a society is politically educated to a level that would make democracy legitimate. If large masses were politically uneducated, I would support meritocracy or temporary military governance. For my first 25 years, I only recognised the Provisional Óglaigh na hÉireann Army Council as my own government. Since then, I do not recognise any government as representing myself and vice versa. 

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