Unity

IN 2006, the International Brigade Commemoration Committee (IBCC) held a very successful event on Saturday with a meeting in Transport House followed by the unveiling of a plaque to the Brigaders and also the Belfast book launch of Bob Doyle’s book.

Mary Horton looks back at events in this article for Unity ahead of the International Brigade Memorial Trust AGM on October 4th this year, amidst a weekend of planned events in commemoration of the International Brigades.

John Molloy writes for Unity on the stagnation of public life and the narrowing scope for civil dissent. Will the next civil rights struggles for the island be fought for accountability and democracy?

W. Owl writes for Unity responding to a recent article by Sinn Féin chairman Declan Kearney, arguing that neither Irish Unity or workers’ rights will be furthered by a rehash of the tired cul de sac of the social partnership model for trade unions.

This article first appeared in Unity, the weekly publication of the Irish Communist Party. Newry was a place of hatred and division earlier this September when hundreds of people took to the streets over immigration. The council decision to put forward a motion for it to become a ‘City of Sanctuary’ which will work with …

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Eoin Ó Murchú writes for Unity castigating the continued intransigence of Western governments as a genocide unfolds in Gaza on our screens.

Lynda Walker writes for Unity on the suppression of Palestine Action in Britain.

From Clerys to Debenhams to Iceland, time after time again, wealthy employers have been allowed to walk away from the consequences of their greed, leaving workers shortchanged and the State holding the bag for the payment of Statutory Redundancy. Now the closure of Poundland stores across Britain following a shady transfer of assets between companies has raised questions about job security for the same company’s Dealz workers in Ireland. Why does the system take such extraordinary measures to protect the rich at all costs?

Eoin Ó Murchú writes for Unity on the shadowy business interests lobbying the Irish government for favourable changes to conditions in the rental market as we face into a new set of “reforms” that will only aggravate the enduring harm being inflicted on tenants. We need to build homes, not a rental bog profit bonanza for gombeen landlords.

As the Israeli narrative flounders, showmanship eclipses substance. Public relations exercises staged for global and domestic consumption amid rising anger, mounting protests and the threat of judicial accountability.