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composite photo of irish civil rights protesters gunned down by british army on bloody sunday, 1972

“Derry — This Was Murder” — 50 Years Since Bloody Sunday

January 30, 2022 Sean Burns

Sean Burns is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Northern Ireland). Sunday, 30 January 1972 saw one of the bloodiest and most callous atrocities committed during the Troubles. In an event that would become known as Bloody Sunday, British paratroopers (paras) fired indiscriminate live rounds into a crowd of unarmed civil rights protesters […]

August 1969 – When British troops went into Northern Ireland

August 15, 2019 Peter Hadden

Peter Hadden is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland). August 1969 was a turning point in the history of Northern Ireland. It was then that the Labour Government of Harold Wilson took the decision to send troops onto the streets, first of Derry, then of Belfast. The measure was presented as temporary […]

Ireland North: After the death of Lyra McKee unions must show way forward

April 27, 2019 Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland)

The killing of Lyra McKee on Thursday 19 April sent a wave of shock across Northern Ireland. Lyra was only 29 years old but had already made a name for herself as a journalist, an author and an activist. Whilst over 3,800 have died in the “Troubles” since 1969 some killings strike a particular chord. […]

Lebanon: Mass protests against corrupt sectarian regime

September 4, 2015 Serge Jordan

Serge Jordan is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Build a united struggle of workers and youth – for a socialist alternative to communal divisions, poverty and war! Lebanon has been swept by mass protests for the last two weeks. These have been triggered by the unbearable accumulation of tons of garbage […]

Iraq: Only united action can stop sectarian war

August 20, 2014 Robert Bechert

Robert Bechert is a member of the Committee for a Workers’ International. Iraqis and Kurds must not trust imperialist ‘helpers’ Millions of working people around the world have been shocked at the rapid advance of the extreme religious fundamentalists of ‘Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant’ (ISIS) who have now proclaimed the foundation of […]

Syria: The accelerating catastrophe

November 8, 2013 Per-Åke Westerlund

Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (CWI in Sweden). Will there be ’Geneva II’ negotiations? The western imperialist powers have changed their current focus on Syria from war to negotiations. The aim now is to convene a Geneva II conference before the end of the year. On the ground in Syria, fighting and […]