Sinn Féin now occupies pole position in Northern Irish politics. Daniel Finn explains how we got here.
Keir Starmer has pledged he will resign if fined by Durham police. Is this an act of political genius, or career suicide? Plus: The cost of living crisis continues and we take a further look at the ramifications of the historic election result to the Northern Ireland assembly. With Michael Walker and Ash Sarkar.
Today the island of Ireland has a smaller population than it did 200 years ago. How did that happen, and what has it got to do with free market capitalism? Aaron Bastani explains how London politicians and Irish landlords exploited a crisis in the name of an ideology – in the process wrecking the lives […]
On 30 January 1972, British soldiers gunned down unarmed civilians in Derry, Northern Ireland. Daniel Finn explains the context of the massacre and its devastating legacy.
The centenary of Irish partition had once been an awaited psychological milestone for Ulster unionists. Yet the discontent expressed through the loyalist riots of the past ten days reflects a deep-seated crisis of the political architecture built into Northern Ireland, writes Tommy Greene.
In recent years Scottish and Welsh independence, as well as Irish unification, have become increasingly plausible with Britain’s departure from the EU highlighting major points of difference, as well as economic imbalances, across the home nations. But could the break up of the UK ever include the North of England? And what would a sovereign […]
2020 may have been a tough year, but it also saw major victories for environmental justice movements around the world. Nathan Thanki spoke to campaigners in Ireland, South Africa, the Philippines and Ecuador about how to fight - and how to win.
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