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Cost of living crisis: workers not to blame for inflation
Here we carry the editorial from Socialist Alternative our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland Prices are rocketing, in the shops, in our energy bills, at the petrol pumps, and in some...
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Assembly elections: We need a socialist alternative to sectarian division
By Daniel Waldron THE OVERARCHING nature of the Assembly election on 5th May will, unfortunately, be deeply sectarian. Sinn Féin will appeal to Catholic voters to return them as the largest party,...
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Solidarity with LGBTQ community against homophobic & transphobic violence
The horrific murders of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee in Sligo this week — crimes that appear to be motivated by an insidious hatred of LGBTQ people — have provoked an outpouring of grief, disgust,...
View ArticleAs rents sore we need emergency action onhousing
By Roise McCann THE cost of surviving is heightening before our eyes while wages remain stagnant. The cost of fuel, gas,electric and food prices have shot up and rent costs are no exception. In...
View ArticleAttempt to restrict abortion rights defeated – pressure on political parties...
By Rebecca Jane McMonagle The Severe Fetal Impairment Abortion (Amendment) Bill was narrowly rejected by Stormont in December. Introduced by DUP MLA Paul Givan and backed by anti-choice MLAs in the...
View ArticleEnergy cost hikes: Take the energy companies into public ownership
By Eoin Dawson From December 2021, Firmus energy implemented a 38% rise in the cost of gas across their “Ten Towns” network area. This follows a 35% hike in October and the previous 18% hike, earlier...
View ArticleBosses face wave of workers action across Northern Ireland: Trade unions must...
In this “post-lockdown” economy most of the developed world is facing the worst labour shortages since the late 1990s. Workers are facing rapidly rising inflation and huge increases in the cost of...
View ArticleStormont Embroiled in Crisis: We need a Socialist alternative
By Sean Burns Jeffery Donaldson, the leader of the DUP, has been threatening to collapse the institutions, by removing executive ministers if article 16 is not triggered by the British government. A...
View ArticleReview: Belfast directed by Kenneth Branagh
Reviewed by Eoin Dawson Kenneth Branagh’s biopic, Belfast, released in January 2022 to much applause. But for many Belfast natives, it fell flat. The film opens like an on-screen city break brochure,...
View ArticleHistoric election marks new era of crisis for ‘peace process’
By Kevin Henry This year’s Assembly election was historic with Sinn Féin emerging as the largest party, the first non-Unionist party to do so in the 101-year history of the state. As a BBC commentator...
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Thousands march for Irish language: Fight for real language rights for all
By Eóin Dawson and Maitiú de Hál (As Gaeilge) Five years after the historic An Dream Dearg [the Red Crowd] march for Irish language rights, they repeated their Lá Dearg [Red Day] event on 21/05/2022,...
View ArticleOppose Tories’ legacy bill #billofshame
The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill is a historic act of cowardice from the Tories and a slap in the face to anyone who has lost a loved one to the unspeakable violence of...
View ArticleFrom ‘historic election’ to new crisis at Stormont
By Kevin Henry This year’s Assembly election was historic, with Sinn Féin emerging as the largest party, the first non-Unionist party to do so in the 101-year history of the state. As Lewis Goodwall,...
View ArticleTranslink announces further fare increases: We need fully funded, free public...
By Neil Moore Translink have worsened the blow from February’s announcement of a 7% increase in bus & rail fares with yesterday’s announcement of the ending of “early-bird” commuter fares. This...
View ArticleAfter last week’s protest in Omagh – building a movement against sectarianism
Last Saturday (25th March 2023), 1000 people gathered in Omagh following a call from Omagh Trade Union Council. The call by trade unionists was made because earlier that week dissident republican...
View ArticleSocialist Party candidates contest local elections
It’s a cost of greed crisis – organise, unite, fight back! By Ann Orr The local elections on 18 May are happening in the context of ongoing political crisis at Stormont and continuing strikes in both...
View ArticleHow can the paramilitary scourge be challenged?
The prospect of consigning paramilitary violence and coercion to the history books was a key unifying hope which motivated the majority of people in Northern Ireland to back the Good Friday Agreement...
View ArticleYouth Centre Cuts Reversed After Protests
By Eden Burton In the new Stormont budget, the Education Authority’s (EA) total grant had been eroded by 25%, significantly slashing the funding available to youth centres. Such cuts would have a...
View Article#LE23: Sinn Féin surge, smaller parties squeezed
By Amy Ferguson The elections were a continuation of what we have seen before: Sinn Féin and the DUP strengthening their positions and support increasing for Alliance. These elections took place in...
View ArticleOur Education System is in Crisis
By Darragh Logue The Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris shamelessly unveiled the Northern Ireland budget for 2023-24 indicating that overall spending would be slashed by 3.3%, representing...
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