IRISH communists expressed scepticism yesterday after the UUP and SDLP vowed to offer an alternative to the Stormont power-sharing government.
Nationalist SDLP leader Colum Eastwood addressed the unionist UUP conference in Belfast on Saturday, accusing the DUP-Sinn Fein executive of “all guff and no government.”
The Foyle MLA claimed the “cosy establishment” running the executive had failed the people and eroded trust in the effectiveness of the devolved institutions.
A new group within the NEU is preparing the labour movement for a conversation on Irish unity by arguing that true liberation must be rooted in working-class solidarity and anti-sectarianism, writes ROBERT POOLE
The independent TD’s campaign has put important issues like Irish reunification and military neutrality at the heart of the political conversation, argues SEAN MacBRADAIGH
Why not pay a visit to Feile an Phobail, a people’s festival of community arts with roots in the days of internment without trial, and where the spirit of solidarity remains undimmed, says LYNDA WALKER


