Category: North of Ireland
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Donaldson: guilty on all counts
Knight of the Realm, Right Honourable member of the Privy Council, leader (until his arrest) of the largest Unionist party in the North, MP for three decades, UK trade envoy, former Assistant Grand Master of the Orange Order, and – lest we forget! – devout Presbyterian on a ‘mission from God’ – Sir Jeffery Donaldson…
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The never-ending crisis of Stormont’s finances
Stormont is trapped in a permanent financial crisis. In the last year alone, it overspent by more than £450 million, and on current projections this could rise to £1 billion within the next financial cycle. On paper, the explanation given by the mouthpieces of British imperialism on this island is simple. Stormont doesn’t raise enough…
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Reform, Restore, and the riots – Those who sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind
In light of this week’s pogroms in Belfast, we republish the following article by the British section of the Revolutionary Communist International. Here the role of reactionary demagogues such as Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe is discussed in stoking such explosions as we have seen in recent days. Nigel Farage called for “pure, cold rage”…
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Pogroms in the North: socialism or barbarism
Homes torched. Cars set ablaze. Racist roadblocks. Bricks crashing through windows. Wheelie bins hurled onto the streets in flames. Gangs of masked men roaming neighbourhoods. Families fleeing their homes in police vans. On Tuesday night, Belfast was gripped by what has been described as the worst night of violence the city has seen in over…
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“Let down at every step”: institutional misogyny and the rottenness of the PSNI
The release of the report into the murder of 21-year-old Katie Simpson from Tynan, County Armagh – and the utter failure to protect her or even properly investigate her killing – has cast a brutal light on the institutional misogyny that runs deep within the PSNI. The 203-page report makes for harrowing reading. In its…
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Ulster University lay-offs: kick the capitalists off campus!
In the latest round of attacks on the education sector, Ulster University has just announced plans to cut 450 jobs from a total of 3,100 staff. This represents a whopping 14 percent of the total workforce of the university. The consequences will be felt not only by hundreds of workers and their families, but also…
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“Not One More” – fight the epidemic of violence against women!
On Saturday, April 25, thousands of outraged workers and young people filled the streets of Belfast, rallying under the call “Not One More” in response to the ongoing epidemic of femicide, which has claimed 30 women’s lives in the North of Ireland since 2020. In a chilling continuation of this violence, just prior to the…
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Mitchell and Epstein: clear out this stinking system!
The saying goes “the bigger they are, the harder they fall”. But for the big bust of George Mitchell at Queen’s University Belfast, there was no fall… In fact it simply vanished, without a trace! George Mitchell – former US senator, ‘peace’ envoy, Chancellor of QUB, and celebrated midwife of the Good Friday Agreement –…
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Boutcher and the RIC – who are the real terrorists?
Jon Boutcher, the PSNI’s chief constable, while speaking at a commission on the Kenova report, remarked: “I was at an event on Sunday for … Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) officers murdered before the creation of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) by terrorism.” We hope the irony will not be lost on our readers. While denying…
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Stormont: austerity without end
Much to everyone’s expectation, Westminster’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has once again left the North of Ireland out in the cold to fend for itself. The latest budget, like many others before it, merely tip toes around the profound issues facing the North. Public infrastructure is beyond breaking point and in complete shambles.…