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Smoke and Mirrors – The Unionist Miracle – What's really happening in the North of Ireland?

Joseph Healy — 2024-02-03T08:58:00Z

The current political situation in the North of Ireland: the DUP's deal to return to power-sharing is merely political theatre to placate their base, while the long-term tide of Irish nationalism and eventual unity continues to advance.

- IV589 - February 2024 / Britain, Ireland, North of Ireland

Transforming Politics from the Left – A new Left party Transform

Joseph Healy — 2023-08-13T16:06:30Z

The case for building a new progressive left party in Britain (England and Wales) to offer voters a much-needed socialist alternative.

- IV583 - August 2023 / Britain, New parties of the left

The Ireland of Memory and the Ireland of Reality – Biden's Visit to Ireland

Joseph Healy — 2023-04-13T20:47:32Z

Analysing both the symbolic significance and the domestic and geopolitical shifts that underscore this significance, this article situates Joe Biden's upcoming presidential visit to Ireland in its historical and present context.

- IV579 - April 2023 / United States (USA), Britain, Ireland

Bloody Sunday – 50 years of British injustice in Ireland

Joseph Healy — 2022-02-01T06:23:00Z

On the 50th anniversary of the massacre of innocent civil rights protestors in Derry, remembering 50 years of British injustice in Ireland.

- IV565 - February 2022 / Britain, Ireland, National question

Boris Johnson and the Orbanisation of Britain

Joseph Healy — 2021-04-24T20:41:14Z

In January of 2020, Viktor Orban, Prime Minister and strongman of Hungary, called Boris Johnson, “one of the bravest politicians in Europe”. He congratulated the Tory Party on winning the general election the previous month despite “the whole world” being against Johnson.

- IV555 - April 2021 / Britain, Hungary