CWI - Ireland - Militant Left

Ireland-North

Fermanagh and Omagh Council – an undemocratic shambles

The Sinn Féin chair of a shambolic meeting of Fermanagh and Omagh District Council has excluded independent anti-goldmining Councillor Emmet McAleer from a Council meeting. During most of the meeting, he only called party colleagues. [...]
Ireland-North

ICTU Conference 2021: The trade union movement must assert militant class politics to meet the coming challenge

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) held its biennial conference in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast at the end of October. Militant Left members actively participated in the proceedings raising the need for socialism [...]
International

Journalism is not a crime

The proposed extradition of journalist and whistle-blower Julian Assange from Britain to the United States is a threat both to those who expose the wrong-doing of America’s ruling élite, to free speech, and to journalism [...]
Ireland-South

Budget ’22 fails to address mental health crisis

Last week, we saw an allocation of €37 million toward mental health in Budget 2022. This falls far short of the type of funding that is needed and will mean very little if the severe [...]
Ireland-North

20 years since the murder of Martin O’Hagan

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) held vigils in Belfast and Derry on Tuesday September 28th to mark the 20th anniversary of the murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan. The vigils also demanded justice for Martin. Twenty years [...]
Ireland-South

Kick out the vultures- build public housing now

A report in the ‘Sunday Business Post’ on Sunday 30 August offers the latest absolutely damning indictment of the Southern political establishment’s handling of the housing crisis. The Business Post reports that local authorities are [...]
International

Unite General Secretary Election: Sharon Graham’s stunning victory

The election of Sharon Graham as new Unite General Secretary has given the best activists in the union a huge boost in our campaign to build Unite as the fighting union it needs to be [...]