British imperialism Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

“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 Street, London, and set off for their lodgings in a state of shock. The British Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, had just issued a

Dec 16, 2021

Theory & History

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 Northern Ireland. It was then that the Labour Government of Harold Wilson took the decision to send troops onto the streets, first of Derry,

Aug 13, 2019

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 Class and the Struggle for Socialism The 1916 Rising was the start of a revolutionary process that engulfed the whole of Ireland, North and

Jan 4, 2019

Myanmar: ‘Ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya causes worldwide outrage

By Clare Doyle, Committee for a Workers International (CWI- the international socialist organisation to which the Socialist Party in Ireland is affiliated) What was a slow-burning conflict between the government of Myanmar (Burma) and the Rohingya people of Rakhine, has escalated in

Sep 19, 2017

British imperialism

“Stepping stone” to nowhere: 100 years since Anglo-Irish treaty

August 1969 – When British troops went into Northern Ireland

The War of Independence, The Working Class & the Struggle for Socialism

Myanmar: ‘Ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya causes worldwide outrage

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden