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It’s Time for Choice – Westminster Must Act Now
On 23rd October, a Private Members’ Bill to decriminalise abortion received its first reading in the House of Commons. Two thirds of MPs voted in favour of the bill, including some Tory MPs and one...
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Southern establishment parties offer no alternative for the North
Fianna Fáil’s long-standing threat to take a step into Northern politics – either by itself or through a partnership or merger with the SDLP – took a bizarre twist on 25th October at an event in Omagh,...
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Childcare costs soaring: For a union-led campaign for free childcare
£8,000 a year – that’s the average childcare bill in Northern Ireland. This makes it the largest outgoing cost for over one third of families in Northern Ireland. Women remain adversely affected by...
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Brexit: Trade unionists must stand for workers’ unity
As we go to press, it is over 750 days since the Stormont institutions collapsed in the wake of the RHI. This figure is likely to rise considerably, given the sectarian games of both the DUP and Sinn...
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Fight for Socialist Change, Not Climate Change!
Swedish school student Greta Thunberg, on 20 August 2018, decided not to attend school until the general election on 9 September, after heatwaves and wildfires in the country. Every Friday since, she...
View ArticleTime’s Up: Build a fighting movement to decriminalise abortion
“I’ve known so many women who’ve suffered because of these Draconian laws & I have a right to stand up and support them #NowForNI”. This is how Nicola Coughlan, Derry Girls actor, responded to...
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CWU victory over Royal Mail bullying in Bangor
When two postal workers in Royal Mail’s Bangor Delivery Office refused to carry out an additional job at the request of their manager, they were handed a suspended dismissal in September. After an...
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10 years after the Visteon Occupation – lessons for struggle today
This month is the tenth anniversary since the historic occupation in the Visteon plant after Ford announced they were closing the plant. Below is a Socialist Party Bulletin produced at the time....
View ArticleBuild a cross-community labour alternative
The Stormont Executive has been moribund for over two years. Most people have little to no faith that there is a possibility of a restoration of the local institutions in the short or medium term....
View ArticleTrade unionists: reclaim our history of workers’ unity
One hundred years ago 40,000 Belfast engineering workers took strike action for a 44-hour week. They brought the city to a standstill and effectively ran Belfast, deciding what services would be...
View ArticleHow can the trade union movement organise young workers?
For the past decade, zero hour contracts and low pay are the norm for huge sections of young workers as the employers try to squeeze the maximum amount of profit out of their workforce for the least...
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Welfare ‘reform’ disaster for working-class communities
Brought to you by Tories – Sinn Féin – DUP – Alliance In November 2015, DUP, Sinn Féin and Alliance MLAs lined up to hand the Tories in Westminster the power to impose their draconian ‘welfare reform’...
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Election breakthrough for anti-sectarian socialist in Fermanagh
“For me, this is not a personal victory but a political one – it is a victory for cross-community, socialist politics. It reflects a growing opposition to the sectarian games, cuts and backward social...
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Local elections: Class politics the only answer to sectarian division
The media coverage of Northern Ireland’s local election results has focused on the growth of the vote of the Alliance Party, and to a lesser extent the Green Party. These two parties are said to...
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Ballymurphy families deserve truth and justice
Six months before Bloody Sunday – when the infamous Parachute Regiment (Paras) killed 14 unarmed protesters at a civil rights march in Derry – ten people were killed in Ballymurphy by the same...
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Threat of fracking returns to Fermanagh while Tyrone resists toxic gold mining
Only days after the local elections, the Department for Economy announced a consultation on the issuance of an exploratory license to Tamboran Resources UK for fracking in west Fermanagh. The...
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After Lyra McKee’s killing: How can we overcome sectarianism?
A new report by researchers at the University of Ulster recommends the setting up of a new Stormont department to tackle sectarianism in society. Divisions remain prevalent, even among younger...
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Fermanagh workers stand up to poverty pay
In April, following an intense organising effort, Unite members at Balcas – a Fermanagh-based wood mill – voted overwhelmingly for strike action, commencing with a two-day stoppage. The workers, who...
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Tackling the mental health crisis
Mental health services continue to be so overwhelmed by demand that people seeking help routinely face long waiting lists to access the treatment they need. Long waiting times, which can be up to a...
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Support civil servants’ strike against poverty pay
Up to 20,000 civil servants across Northern Ireland are set to strike on Friday 26th July in what will be the largest industrial action here since March 2015, when the entire public sector was shut...
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