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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.…
Brexit: Oppose capitalist EU with workers’ solidarity
By Kevin Henry The referendum on Britain and Northern Ireland’s membership of the EU is set to be…
North: A ‘Fresh Start’ for Austerity and Division
Sinn Féin and DUP sign up to welfare ‘reform’ and corporation tax cut
Jeremy Corbyn, Northern Ireland & building a working class alternative
By Kevin Henry The rise of Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership contest marks a very welcome political…