Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

• Double trouble: Tory Covid shambles is hastening UK break-up

  

  The government’s woefully inadequate handling of the pandemic is expanding the wedge between the nations of the union, argues Dr Stuart Cartland

• International law and Britain’s colony in Ireland

  

  Don’t be fooled by outrage over the latest Brexit proposals from the Tories. International law hasn’t stopped them in the past, argue Reuben Bard-Rosenberg and Martin Hall

• Ernie O'Malley's On Another Man's Wound: books that made me a socialist

  

  An anti-imperialist personal account chosen by Chris Bambery

• The Irish election: the centre has not held and the left can win

  

  The result in Ireland represents a seismic shock to the European establishment and can be a step towards radical change, argues Chris Bambery

• The ghosts of the union: commemoration event backfires for Varadkar

  

  An ill-judged commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary is cancelled as Fine Gael underestimate negative sentiment towards former British occupation, reports Josh Newman

• Abortion and same-sex marriage legalised in Northern Ireland, despite DUP opposition

  

  Laws banning abortion and same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland have been repealed after a failure to restore Stormont, reports Elly Badcock

• Defending the Indefensible: the British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969

  

  In deploying troops to Derry, Downing Street was propping up the Unionist government to shield itself from blame, argues Chris Bambery

• The Battle of the Bogside

  

  Marking its 50th anniversary, Vincent Doherty looks at one of the most significant episodes in modern Irish history

• Sinn Fein: tumbling into the centre

  

  After a catastrophe at the ballot box, Vincent Doherty looks at why Sinn Fein did so badly and what's in store if they continue on the same trajectory

• Creggan and the death of Lyra McKee

  

  The republican movement must not revert to futile militarism but build an alternative mass class-based politics fighting for a socialist Ireland, argues Vincent Doherty

• Bloody Sunday: one prosecution is not justice

  

  The British state would prefer we forget about the cold-blooded murder it sanctioned on Bloody Sunday, we can't let them escape justice, argues Chris Bambery

• Bloody Sunday: criminal? Yes.

  

  The barbarity of British imperialism must not be brushed under the carpet, argues Chris Bambery

• Tories don’t want May’s deal, but they fear Labour: now’s the time to stand firm – weekly briefing

  

  The logjam shan’t be broken without a fight and the front line for our side is the urgent demand for a general election, argues Lindsey German

• The time is ripe for Irish unity – on both sides of the sea

  

  The Tories' Brexit deal puts undue focus on the British border in Ireland and is out of step with public opinion, argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg

• Brexit as the organic crisis of the British state

  

  Brexit is exposing the crises inherent in contemporary British and European capitalism, argues Sean Ledwith

• It’s still not a done deal – whatever May, Tusk and Juncker want to tell you - weekly briefing

  

  Theresa May and the EU are the beneficiaries of the idea that this deal is the only option - it's not. We need to oppose it and fight for a general election, argues Lindsey German

• EU summit: nothing much happens, but the crisis continues

  

  Little progress was made in the Brexit negotiations, and Tory MPs are losing patience with May, finds Martin Hall

• The bigotry of Arlene Foster won’t stop women on the march - weekly briefing

  

  The democratic shockwaves of women’s liberation can still create real problems for our rulers, writes Lindsey German   

• A win for women in Ireland, a reminder of what's holding back the North

  

  After the victory for Yes today, the reactionary politics holding Northern Ireland back is a construct of British imperialism, argues Reuben Bard-Rosenberg 

• Brexit: Friday’s deal hints at much, but says very little

  

  Theresa May’s Brexit announcement on Friday was hailed as both a breakthrough and a betrayal. What has actually happened and what does it mean?

• The Irish Question, the EU and the debate about borders - weekly briefing

  

  The end of the first phase of Brexit negotiations is neither the restoring of Theresa May's fortunes nor an indication that the Irish situation is stable argues Lindsey German

• Will the Irish question bring Theresa May down?

  

  Not for the first time, the issues of Ireland and Europe are causing a massive crisis for the British government

• Rosa Luxemburg on the politics of poverty and homelessness

  

  This winter people are dying needlessly. Rosa Luxemburg reminds us that politics is about more than negotiations between competing states.

• The many crises of the British state

  

  The British state is enveloped in crisis more than at any point for 30 years. One more push could topple this government, argues Chris Bambery

• Who was James Connolly?

  

  In the first of our series looking at significant revolutionary figures, Chris Bambery asks what Irish republican James Connolly can tell us about the link between national liberation struggles and the fight for socialism

• Ian Paisley and the DUP: the violent history of Theresa May’s new best friends

  

  Chris Bambery looks at the origins of the Democratic Unionist Party and its links to loyalist paramilitary groups

• May's deal: return of the Irish Question

  

  As Theresa May finalises her deal with the DUP, it will raise fundamental questions about Irish politics, writes Chris Bambery

• Something rotten in the State of Stormont

  

  As voters go to the polls in Northern Ireland, Sean Ledwith looks at the current state of affairs

• Stormont: corruption and decay

  

  Can our side benefit as the Northern Ireland power-sharing fix unravels, asks Chris Bambery

• Cameron's response to radicalism: we need cooperation not McCarthyism says Rabina Khan

  

  The government must accept that military intervention in foreign lands is not part of the solution