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Introduction: We
stand in solidarity with the Irish liberation struggle and its fight for
a united Ireland. We are opposed to any and all compromises with British
imperialism.
We’ve set up this page to provide readers with an introduction to our
views on the Irish struggle, as well as news and historical material on
this very important international issue. We also feature news and views
from Socialist
Democracy, which is our sister group in Ireland. We
invite your feedback on the materials posted on this page.
Irish
Liberation News & Views:
 “Power-Sharing” Regime Installed in Northern Ireland: The recent inauguration of the
new “power-sharing” government in Northern Ireland was the occasion for a
feast of self-satisfaction by capitalist politicians who claim that all
conflicts can be resolved by negotiations, as long as everything remains
the same. continued
The Recent Elections in Ireland: The Irish election of
24th May astounded all the political observers commenting on it. The election
was called unexpectedly at a rushed early morning press conference in a
transparent attempt to head of a judicial enquiry into suspect financial
dealings by the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. The enquiry was immediately
postponed. On the campaign trail Ahern was struck dumb when
questioned about his finances. When he did make a statement a poll
showed that over half the electorate did not believe him. In the
background behind the corruption allegations was a major strike by
nurses, a crisis in the health service, the repression of women’s
reproductive rights, major incidents of pollution and a mass
privatisation campaign. continued
Derry Republican Regroupment in the
Cards?: A
meeting to discuss a united republican regroupment was held in Derry on
May 12th. The meeting had grown out of discussions between the IRSP
and other republican groups as well as the activity of a Prisoners group
and a Concerned republican group opposing the RUC/PSNI. In the
recent past activities have included a mass petition by former republican
prisoners opposing Sinn Fein’s decision to support the RUC/PSNI and an
electoral campaign in support of Peggy O’Hara, mother of hunger striker
Patsy O’Hara. The campaign gained almost 2000 votes. As one
militant put it, it hadn’t secured a seat, but it had secured a base for
republicanism. continued
British advance the cause of
sectarianism again: The decision of the British government to give
over £30 million to disadvantaged Protestant areas not specifically
because they are poor but because they are Protestant is a significant
intensification of sectarianism in the North. The terminally naïve, who
harbour some belief that the best of intentions lies behind the British
government’s distribution of money to the poor, should ponder this
decision carefully and consider what it tells us about the nature of the
new dispensation in the North of Ireland. continued
Loyalist killers on state payroll: It
has been reported that the UDA killer Torrens Knight, jailed for his part
in the gun attacks in Greysteel and Castlerock in 1993 which resulted in
12 deaths, was a paid agent of the British at the time he carried out the
massacres. Not only was he working for British intelligence before his
conviction, but he was apparently taken back onto the payroll after his
early release under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement, with a
sustainer said to be as much as £50,000 per year. While Special Branch
sources have gone out of their way to deny the claims – which, after all,
is what they would say – this story shines a spotlight on the murky world
of the British covert forces and their network of agents. continued
Archived
Articles:
The Irish Liberation Struggle:
 'Power-Sharing'
Regime Installed in Northern Ireland
What Our
Irish Comrades Stand For
Socialist
Democracy Fuses With the International Socialists
The minor
theme of the Northern elections: A left in crisis
The
Northern Elections and the Socialist Movement: Part 1
The
Northern Elections and the Socialist Movement: Part 2
How
sectarianism thrives in the North
Bin Tax
Jailings: An attack on Democracy
Goodbye to
the Good Friday Agreement
Britain
Dissolves Government in N. Ireland
Power-Sharing
in Northern Ireland - Will it Bring Peace?
Bernadette
Devlin McAliskey on Rosemary Nelson's Murder
The
survival of the Irish national question
Irish History:
Sunday,
Bloody Sunday
The Hunger
Strike, 20 Years On
The
Historical Role of Orangeism
Irish Links & Resources:
Socialist Democracy
- SA’s sister group in Ireland
FourthWrite
magazine
Arguments for a Workers’
Republic
Garvaghy
Road Residents Coalition
Pat
Finucane Centre
Sinn Fein
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