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North: Election breakthrough for anti-sectarian socialist
“For me, this is not a personal victory but a political one – it is a victory for…
Socialist challenge to sectarian status quo
By Daniel Waldron In Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Socialist Party member Donal O’Cofaigh is fighting for a council seat…
Bloody Sunday: No justice, only insults
By Michael O’Brien The decision by the Director of Public Prosecutions in the North to proceed with the…
North: Irish language becomes a sectarian football
By Kevin Henry The current political impasse in the North continues in the wake of two election campaigns…
North: Irish language abused by Orange and Green politicians
By Eóin Dawson In the final days of the last Assembly Executive, before it collapsed under the weight…
Martin McGuinness – from IRA leader to Stormont minister
The IRA campaign, the ‘peace process’ and the working class The death of Martin McGuinness has been marked…
North: Divisive election a warning to the workers’ movement
By Daniel Waldron The snap Northern Ireland Assembly election took place in the aftermath of the ‘cash for…
Northern Assembly election – a Labour Alternative is needed!
The RHI scandal will mean that, while little is done to help the 42% of people here who…
Bloody Sunday: Real accounting with the past needed
By Kevin Henry The events of Bloody Sunday in January 1972 – when British paratroopers shot dead 14 unarmed people…
Assembly Elections: Positive moves against sectarian politics
By Daniel Waldron The campaign in the run-up to the Assembly election was a dull and uneventful affair.…
