Northern Ireland
Socialist MEP calls for release of Brendan Lillis
Written by Administrator Thursday, 28 July 2011 17:22
Following approaches from friends and family of Mr Brendan Lillis, a prisoner in Maghaberry prison, who is close to death, Socialist Party MEP for Dublin, Paul Murphy, is appealing to Northern Ireland Justice Minister, Mr David Ford, to intervene with a view to allowing Mr Lillis to spend his last weeks at home on humanitarian grounds.
East Belfast riots: Stop ALL Sectarian attacks
Written by Socialist Party Statement Wednesday, 06 July 2011 14:41
Only united working class action can prevent further attacks
Rioting in east Belfast on Monday 20th and Tuesday 21st June – the worst in recent years - did not appear from a blue sky. Throughout the ‘Troubles’, the interface between the Catholic Short Strand and Protestant Lower Newtownards Road has been the scene of sporadic sectarian violence emanating from both communities. In recent months, there has been an increasing number of attacks on homes in both areas and this has ratcheted up sectarian tensions. The weekend of the 18th and 19th June was particularly tense, with attacks on homes in both communities intensifying and a young Protestant woman being hit by a brick thrown from the Short Strand. The UVF [Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) - a loyalist paramilitary organisation] used this incident to organise hundreds of young people from across east Belfast to join them in an orchestrated attack on the Short Strand.
30th anniversary of the death of hunger striker Bobby Sands
Written by Peter Hadden and Tony Saunois Monday, 16 May 2011 18:41
Thatcher’s brutal prisons regime1980 State papers: Did Thatcher consider withdrawal?
Written by Ciaran Mulholland Tuesday, 25 January 2011 19:58
The release of State Papers from 1980 has shed further light on British government policy during the course of the Troubles. The Socialist Party has always argued that the British state above all acted in its own interests -in the interests of capitalism - during this period. The Papers add to the evidence which supports this analysis. In 1979 the Thatcher government came to power. In the same year the Provisional IRA, reorganised into a cell structure after it suffered significant setbacks in the period after the 1974-1975 ceasefire, launched a new offensive.
The socialist alternative to right-wing, sectarian politics
Written by Administrator Tuesday, 23 November 2010 22:16
Socialist Party Statement November 2010
The deep problems facing capitalism worldwide continue to reverberate through the economy. The financial crisis has exposed the underlying weakness in the “real economy”. In turn the economic downturn has rebounded back on the financial sector and has caused a crisis of governmental debt. The austerity measures being carried out by governments across the globe will undermine any chance of “recovery” and threaten to deepen the economic crisis, to the extent that many countries could be on the same road which led to Japan’s “lost decade” in the 1990’s.
The effect of the on-going crisis of the system in Ireland, North & South, and Britain will be profound. The purpose of this document is to outline the economic, political and social perspectives for Northern Ireland so that socialists can foresee the main trends and processes which will influence the workers’ movement.
Lessons of Claudy
Written by Ciaran Mulholland Friday, 10 September 2010 07:30
In July 1972 nine people were killed when three no-warning car bombs exploded in Claudy, a village just outside Derry City. July 1972 was the bloodiest month of the bloodiest year of the Troubles, but even then the Claudy attacks caused mass revulsion. Now a Police Ombudsman’s report into the bombs has implicated a deceased Catholic priest, Jim Chesney, in the attack. It has also alleged that the state and the Catholic hierarchy colluded to cover up his role.
Dissident republicanism - Nothing to offer but a return to sectarian killings
Written by Gary Mulcahy, Socialist Party Monday, 30 August 2010 09:07
Accordging to the Police Federation of Northern Ireland, dissident republican groups have been responsible for carrying out an average of two attacks a day since the beginning of the year.
These attacks range from high profile car bombings targeted against the police and army to so-called punishment shootings in Catholic working class areas. Regardless of how “successful” they are in the attacks they carry out, socialistpartyni.net (website of the Socialist Party - CWI Ireland) argues they have nothing to offer but a return to sectarian killings.
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