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Socialist struggle for full LGBTQ+ equality
The month of June is known as Pride Month. As Pride month draws to a close, we look at the struggle that the LGBTQ+ community continue to face today. The first pride was a riot. […]
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Socialist candidate wins NIPSA General Secretary election
Left candidate, Carmel Gates, has won the election for the General Secretary position in Northern Ireland’s largest union NIPSA (Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance) gaining 44% of the vote. Her nearest contender won 34%, and […]
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NIPSA union general secretary election – socialist challenger fights strong campaign
by Ciaran Mulholland, Belfast The result of the election for the General Secretary position, in Northern Ireland Public Services Alliance (NIPSA), Northern Ireland’s largest union, will become known on June 25th. The left candidate, Carmel […]
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On the political crisis in the DUP
The removal of Edwin Poots as DUP leader has plunged politics into a crisis. We do not yet know how deep this is. The crisis, though, reflects the extreme limitations of Northern Ireland’s vaunted ‘peace […]
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Tories stoke sectarian instability in Northern Ireland
The government of Boris Johnson is playing a dangerous game of high wire diplomacy with the EU. The threat the British Prime Minister seeks to employ is the threat of a return to violence on […]