Opinion Socialists can’t trust a Labour government RICHARD RUDKIN can foresee only betrayal of working people under Starmer
Wednesday 21st Oct 2020 Aberfan: heroes and villans Although responsibilty for the waste-tip avalanche that crushed a school was never denied by the National Coal Board, neither was justice ever really pursued, explains RICHARD RUDKIN
Monday 12th Oct 2020 No further prosecutions over Bloody Sunday The attempt to close the book on the Troubles' darkest hour for British Army soldiers is an insult to the victims' families and to the rule of law. It is a stark indication of where this government is headed, writes RICHARD RUDKIN
Tuesday 15th Sep 2020 Attacks on our free speech and civil liberties must be resisted 20 years of anti-terror laws have left British people under unprecedented levels of surveillance, warns RICHARD RUDKIN
Saturday 08th Aug 2020 George Floyd’s death: MPs’ claims of ‘shock and anger’ ring hollow Where is our politicians’ anger over killings by rubber bullets in Britain and the North of Ireland? asks RICHARD RUDKIN as fresh details of injustice and tragedy emerge
Friday 03rd Jul 2020 The Falls curfew, July 1970: the turning point of the Troubles RICHARD RUDKIN recalls how the actions of the British army in West Belfast 50 years ago changed opinions in the community forever
Tuesday 18th Feb 2020 15-year-old Daniel Hegarty deserves justice He was shot twice in the head in Derry in 1972 – but the man facing charges for his murder claims facing trial is a breach of his human rights. When will his family get the answers they need, asks RICHARD RUDKIN
Friday 06th Dec 2019 ‘I served in the Troubles – and I know Corbyn’s a peacemaker, not a terrorist sympathiser’ The fact is that throughout the Troubles many meetings took place with the IRA, including British military top brass and Harold Wilson. So if Corbyn did too, would it have really been such a bad thing? asks RICHARD RUDKIN
Wednesday 14th Aug 2019 50 years since the troops went in to the North of Ireland The terrible decision to send the British Army to quell tensions quickly lead to hundreds of deaths – but also acts of kindness and humanity, writes RICHARD RUDKIN
Tuesday 23rd Jul 2019 When will the government come clean over deaths in the Troubles? Recent cases have barely scratched the surface in revealing the extent of collusion and cover-up in atrocities by the British state, writes RICHARD RUDKIN
Tuesday 25th Jun 2019 Stanislaus Carberry: 200 witnesses ignored RICHARD RUDKIN reports on the efforts to expose a suspected summary execution and cover-up when security forces gunned down a 34-year-old republican on the Falls Road