5 December 2019 Edition
The real alternative
5 December 2019
A vision of a positive future or the politics of fear and division, this is the choice facing Six-County voters in the December 12th elections. “This is a once in a generation election, the stakes are very high”, was the message from Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald, as she announced that the party would contest 15 of the 18 Westminster constituencies. “People have a fundamental choice to make, to vote for a positive, inclusive future or turn their backs on that”. Free article
A Belfast without ‘peace’ walls is possible
5 December 2019
Callum Smyth looks backs at the history of Belfast’s Peace walls and asks what needs to be done to take these barriers down. Free article
An Timpeallacht
5 December 2019
Eva Ní Mhealláin ag plé ceist na timpeallachta agus na dúshláin atá romhainn sa todhchaí mar gheall ar athruithe san aeráid. Free article
The Criminalisation of Catalan Independence
5 December 2019
Sinn Féin former MEP Martina Anderson analyses the recent 100-year sentences handed down to the leaders of Catalan’s independence movement. Free article
Postcards from a New Republic
5 December 2019
Sinéad Ní Bhroin imagines a new way of measuring the economy and a future without homelessness Free article
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The Bureaucracy of Evil
5 December 2019
Robbie Smyth interviews historian and writer Ilan Pappe on his latest book on the key historical aspects of the conflict in Israel and Palestine. Free article
Home is where the struggle is
5 December 2019
Mícheál Mac Donncha reviews Eoin Ó Broin’s key book on how to resolve Ireland’s housing crisis Free article
Remembering – Liam McParland
5 December 2019
‘A quiet, thoughtful and a committed republican’. Gerry Adams writes about Liam McParland, the first volunteer to die in the most recent phase of the struggle. Free article