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IRA
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30 years on: The Shankill bomb and Greysteel massacre
By Kevin Henry October 23 is the 30th anniversary of Shankill Bombings. Ten people were killed: one of…
‘War Against Bolshevism’: The Irish Civil War, 1922-23
This week marks 100 years since the outbreak of the Irish Civil War. The British prime minister threatened…
“Stepping stone” to nowhere: 100 years since Anglo-Irish treaty
By Manus Lenihan On the night of 5-6 December 1921, five men piled into a taxi at Downing…
40 years since the end of Hunger Strikes: How state repression could be fought
By Sean Burns The hunger strikes of 1980-81 and the events preceding them, was one of the many…
Review: One Man’s Terrorist
Reviewed by Seán Burns This year marks the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Provisional IRA. This…
April 1920: Revolutionary General Strike in Ireland
One hundred years ago this month, workers downed tools and took over their workplaces and towns. What began…
August 1969 – When British troops went into Northern Ireland
By Peter Hadden (first published in August 2009) August 1969 was a turning point in the history of…
The War of Independence, The Working Class & the Struggle for Socialism
By Kevin McLoughlin, first published in December 2016 in the Socialist Party’s book Ireland’s Lost Revolution, The Working…
British state repression, the IRA’s armed campaign and the Labour Movement
Article written by Peter Hadden in 2008 Death on the rock of Gibraltar – 20 years since SAS…
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…
