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Britain & Northern Ireland: Tory Brexit crisis & the role of the labour movement

The scale of the defeat in Westminster of Theresa May’s UK/EU withdrawal deal, by 432 votes to 202, was devastating. According to the Daily Telegraph it was a “complete humiliation”. The Guardian referred to it as a “historic defeat”, while the Mirror

Jan 24, 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

News & Analysis

North- Bonfire debate can ignite conflict

In the aftermath of the Eleventh Night bonfires last year, Belfast City Council passed a Sinn Féin motion authorising the forced clearing of bonfire sites. When this policy was implemented against an anti-internment bonfire in the Divis area of west Belfast, it

Jul 14, 2018

Theory & History

Will the Agreement bring peace?- first published May 1998

The following article was first published in Socialism 2000, the precursor of Socialist Alternative, in the immediate aftermath of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement that was signed 20 years ago today. By Peter Hadden Around the world the Good Friday Agreement

Apr 10, 2018

Theory & History

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 killing of three IRA volunteers It is twenty years since the execution style killing by the SAS of three IRA members in Gibraltar. In

Mar 19, 2018

News & Analysis

Where will Mary Lou McDonald lead Sinn Féin?

By Kevin McLoughlin When it looked as if there could be an immediate general election last November, any fanfare of farewell for Gerry Adams was shelved, as McDonald became the effective leader. Pearse Doherty and Michelle O’Neill ruling themselves out means there

Jan 22, 2018

Latest Amnesty Poll shows Pro-Choice is the “Middle Ground”,

by Diana O’Dwyer The latest Amnesty opinion poll shows what ROSA and the Socialist Party have been saying all along – that the public are way ahead of politicians and the establishment media on abortion rights. Ever since the Citizens’ Assembly voted

Nov 2, 2017

News & Analysis·The North

North: Irish language becomes a sectarian football

By Kevin Henry The current political impasse in the North continues in the wake of two election campaigns which have been described as the “mother of all sectarian headcounts.” Both Sinn Féinand DUP have consolidated their positions as the largest political force

Oct 18, 2017

News & Analysis

North: Boeing bust-up threatens thousands of skilled jobs

Nationalise Bombardier! A brewing international trade dispute is threatening thousands of jobs in Northern Ireland. One thousand workers at Canadian aerospace company Bombardier’s Belfast plant are engaged in building wings for its new C-series passenger jet. Last year, Bombardier secured a major

Oct 11, 2017

News & Analysis

Why a border poll offers no solution

By Stephen Boyd In the wake of last year’s “Brexit” vote and the demand of the Scottish National Party (SNP) for a second independence referendum in Scotland, Sinn Féin first and now the SDLP also, have raised the call for the holding

Sep 21, 2017

Sinn Féin- Page 4

Britain & Northern Ireland: Tory Brexit crisis & the role of the labour movement

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

North- Bonfire debate can ignite conflict

Will the Agreement bring peace?- first published May 1998

British state repression, the IRA’s armed campaign and the Labour Movement

Where will Mary Lou McDonald lead Sinn Féin?

Latest Amnesty Poll shows Pro-Choice is the “Middle Ground”,

North: Irish language becomes a sectarian football

North: Boeing bust-up threatens thousands of skilled jobs

Why a border poll offers no solution

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden