Unity and struggle – Sinn Fein’s Ard Fheis 2019
Report from the November 2019 Sinn Fein Ard Fheis (annual conference) in Derry.
Ireland
Upsurge in popular support for Irish unification
Two significant opinion polls have put the question of Irish unification firmly on the agenda.
James Connolly’s works published in Brazil
An important and welcome development has taken place with the publication of works of James Connolly for the first time in Brazil – translated into Portuguese.
Ballymurphy atrocities come to light – but not in the British press
Relatives of the Ballymurphy Massacre have been stunned hearing the Inquest testimony of soldiers responsible for the deaths of their loved ones, as they related their part in the murders of eleven unarmed civilians at the hands of members of the Parachute regiment in 1971.
Charging one soldier for the Bloody Sunday massacre continues the long cover-up
The decision to charge just one soldier for Bloody Sunday – when 14 people were killed and others seriously injured – is a democratic outrage.
Tories are undermining agreements on Ireland
There is a systematic effort by the British government and its allies to renege on its international agreements and treaties in relation to Ireland.