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14 April 2021
Tensions escalate in Northern Ireland
Images of young people rioting in Belfast and elsewhere, countered by police using water cannon, conjured up scenes from the period of the 'Troubles'
3 February 2021
Covid 'vaccine wars' underline failure of capitalist nation states to deal with the global pandemic
The European Commission was forced into a humiliating climbdown
8 July 2020
Covid pandemic and Northern Ireland - workers must resist the bosses' offensive
The coronavirus pandemic hit Northern Ireland at the very same time as the political parties in the Assembly (Stormont) were re-establishing a power-sharing Executive for the first time in over three years
17 June 2020
Two-metre rule under 'review' - Another case of profit before safety
The Tories all sat in their posh homes behind computers now want to put our lives at risk through the relaxation of the two-metre rule
29 April 2020
May Day 2020: join the protests - wear red, bring flags and banners
This issue of the Socialist covers International Workers' Day, Friday 1 May 2020. May Day is always an important event in the calendar of the workers' movement. It is doubly so this year
31 March 2020
Bosses concede to walkouts in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland virtually every manufacturer continued to operate as normal following the coronavirus lockdown, which led to rising confusion and then mounting anger
26 February 2020
Northern Ireland's strike wave
Northern Ireland's government was suspended between 2017 and 2020 after the sectarian parties refused to reach a power-sharing agreement following the 'cash for ash' scandal. Now a strike wave has forced them and the bosses to give ground.
15 January 2020
In November, none of England's 118 major A&E departments met their targets - In December the situation got worse.
15 January 2020
Northern Ireland: Thousands of nurses continue to strike for better pay
Thousands of nurses and healthcare workers in Northern Ireland have been taking part in industrial action since November over pay parity and staffing
4 December 2019
Northern Ireland: Health workers take action
25,000 hard-pressed healthcare workers in Northern Ireland - including nurses, social care staff and support services - took action at NHS sites on 25 November, demanding that their longstanding concerns over safe staffing levels and pay parity be addressed
27 November 2019
Northern Ireland: strike action by NHS workers
For the first time in the Royal College of Nursing's 103-year history, nurses have voted for strike action. They have been joined by Unison, and likely, the Nipsa and Unite unions which are now balloting for strike action.
6 November 2019
Northern Ireland: Uniting the working class to transcend division
Donal O'Cofaigh is the CWI's first elected councillor in Northern Ireland and is pioneering the struggle for independent working-class political representation in the North.
9 October 2019
Waltham Forest: mobilisation needed to defend abortion rights
Trade unionists, community campaigners and members of the Socialist Party protested against anti-abortion activists holding up huge images of foetuses in the Walthamstow square on 5 October.
2 October 2019
Nationalisation only way to safeguard jobs and skills at Wrightbus
Wrightbus is one of the last remaining bus manufacturers in the UK. It produced the Routemaster, also known as the Boris bus, for the London Transport Authority.
18 September 2019
Northern Ireland: Campaign mounts over historic sexual abuse allegations cover-up
The fight for justice is intimately linked with challenging the culture of deference to authority which has held down and separated working-class people for too long
28 August 2019
Brexit and the border in Northern Ireland - will there be a return to the 'Troubles'?
Brexit has started a hare running over the consequences for the integrity of the UK.
14 August 2019
Northern Ireland, August '69: 'Battle of the Bogside' and British troops on the streets
Fifty years ago this month, troops were deployed on the streets of Derry and Belfast by the British Labour government of PM Harold Wilson.
14 August 2019
Harland and Wolff occupation continues - renationalise to save the shipyard
The Harland and Wolff shipyard occupation continues. We give our full solidarity and support to the workers in Belfast, in the Unite and GMB trade unions, who are fighting to secure their future.
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