Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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2021: a century of Ireland divided
Under the threat of civil war, the British empire created Northern Ireland — but the next 100 years were anything but peaceful. FRA HUGHES argues the best way to mark the centenary is to hold an all-island referendum on reunification, with no Unionist veto
British soldiers move in to disperse stone throwing loyalists, near Drumcree church, 1999
From Global Counsel to Arden, SOLOMON HUGHES finds firms linked to discredited politicians are still calling the shots in Britain
KEVIN COURTNEY explains why Reform UK is no friend to workers or trade unions, but just another party of the super-rich
EMMA DENT COAD explains why she is stepping down from the council after 20 years and how the legacy of the fire still haunts the area
While international attention focuses on ceasefire frameworks, Israel is openly advancing plans for a permanent expansion of its control over Gaza, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Researchers PAUL HOLDEN and JESSICA MURRAY are calling for whistleblowers and documentary records to uncover how Labour Together helped build the parliamentary majority that now dominates the Labour Party
HOW should we remember the creation of the State of Northern Ireland — Jaegerbombs or petrol bombs? No telegram from the Queen, just £3 million from the Secretary of State to promote Northern Ireland within the United Kingdom.
Whatever way people intend to mark the occasion, one thing is indisputable: it was a creation of the British government born out of the struggle for Irish independence — and instead of being a new beginning for Ireland and its people, it has tragically kept division, intolerance, sectarianism and racism alive on the island of Ireland.
Ireland is arguably Britain’s first colony. Not an uninhabited land ripe for settler-colonisation but a nation with its own people, culture, language, mores and values.
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