Tag: North of Ireland

  • Kneecap Movie: Bold, Progressive and Good Craic

    Kneecap Movie: Bold, Progressive and Good Craic

    “Politicians [warn] it would groom a new generation of youngsters in sectarian hatred.” – The Daily Mail. “We don’t want to hand out UK taxpayers’ money to people that oppose the United Kingdom itself” – Tory MP Kemi Badenoch. “APPALLED” – Ian Paisley. Very concerning indeed! But I’m sure our peace-loving friends would also care…

  • Riots in Belfast: Smash the Far Right!

    Riots in Belfast: Smash the Far Right!

    The far-right riots that took place in Belfast and the paltry response of the police to them, have made it abundantly clear – workers and youth must look to themselves in mass militant organised action to eradicate this scourge once and for all.

  • New Issue of the Revolutionary Communist out – The Old World is Dying: Fight for Communism!

    New Issue of the Revolutionary Communist out – The Old World is Dying: Fight for Communism!

    The second issue of the Revolutionary Communist is now out! Read the editorial of this issue below, and get in touch to order your copy now! You can also pick up a yearly subscription for 10 euros, or pay a solidarity subscription of 20 euros (or more) to support the communist press.

  • Ireland after the Ceasefire

    Ireland after the Ceasefire

    30 years ago, on 31 August 1994 the Provisional IRA declared a ceasefire. 25 years of armed struggle had failed to bring the unification of Ireland any closer. The ceasefire (which despite an interruption between 1996 and 1997 would eventually lead to the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998) was an admission on…

  • The wrong argument for a united Ireland

    The wrong argument for a united Ireland

    A recent, much-publicised study by a Dublin-based think tank, the IIEA, has concluded that the cost of the South of Ireland absorbing the North after a future unity referendum would be enormous. If their figures are to be believed, it would cost €20 billion per year for 20 years, which would translate into a 25…

  • Donaldson gone: DUP stares into the abyss

    Donaldson gone: DUP stares into the abyss

    The political landscape in the North of Ireland has been blown wide open by the shocking arrest of DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, who has been charged with historic sexual offences. Like a bolt from a clear blue sky, Unionism has been struck a mighty blow. The ranks of the DUP have been left in total…

  • Crisis of Unionism: Reckoning with the betrayal of Britain

    Crisis of Unionism: Reckoning with the betrayal of Britain

    The world bore witness to historic defeats for Unionism in the latest Assembly and Council elections which propelled Sinn Féin to the biggest party on both occasions. This situation is hurling the DUP and Unionism into an ever deepening quagmire. Many Unionist workers and youth feel abandoned by the DUP due to the ever increasing…

  • The Good Friday Agreement: a quarter century of dashed hopes

    The Good Friday Agreement: a quarter century of dashed hopes

    This week, 25 years ago, the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) was signed in Belfast. Heralding it as nothing less than the beginning of a new epoch for the North of Ireland, the British and Irish government signatories – along with its American architects – were inebriated with their own ‘success’. ‘History’ had been made!

  • The Windsor Framework and the DUP – the crisis of Unionism continues

    The Windsor Framework and the DUP – the crisis of Unionism continues

    The British establishment is heralding the adoption of the Windsor Framework, the latest UK-EU trading arrangement. But this deal will do nothing to resolve the tensions in the North of Ireland. Only united class struggle can offer a way forward.

  • Sinn Féin victory a historic blow to the union!

    Sinn Féin victory a historic blow to the union!

    Sinn Féin has emerged as the first party in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections. With a remarkable 29% of the first preference votes to the DUP’s 21.3%, the gap was even wider than predicted. Within hours of the polls closing, #UnitedIreland was trending on Twitter. This is another devastating blow to the prestige of British…