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Oppose Tories’ legacy bill #billofshame
The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is a historic act of cowardice from the Tories and…
North: Historic election marks new era of crisis for ‘peace process’
By Kevin Henry This year’s Assembly election was historic with Sinn Féin emerging as the largest party, the…
Springtime of discontent in the North: Co-ordinated action can win real pay rises
Editorial from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party in the North “SPRINGTIME OF DISCONTENT” was the headline…
Northern Assembly elections: We need a socialist alternative to sectarian division
By Daniel Waldron THE OVERARCHING nature of the Assembly election on 5 May will, unfortunately, be deeply sectarian.…
Regina Coeli staff dismissed: Bring the hostel into public ownership!
By Rebecca Jane McMonagle Employees of Regina Coeli House in West Belfast were dismissed on Friday, 25 February,…
North: Stormont backs Thatcher’s anti-trade union laws
By Kevin Henry In the aftermath of the historic 1984/5 miners’ strike in Britain, Margaret Thatcher as part…
North: Mounting evidence exposes “systemic” collusion
By Kevin Henry Martin O’Hagan was a journalist and trade unionist murdered in 2001. He was murdered for…
Energy cost hikes in the North: Take the energy companies into public ownership
By Eoin Dawson From December 2021, Firmus energy implemented a 38% rise in the cost of gas across…
Tweeting bile & hate: What Doug Beattie’s tweets say about the political establishment in the North
By Amy Ferguson Ulster Unionist Party leader, Doug Beattie, has been dragged into the spotlight over a chain…
“Derry – This was murder”: 50 years since Bloody Sunday
By Sean Burns Sunday, 30 January 1972 saw one of the bloodiest and most callous atrocities committed during…
