Today, January 1st, marks the 53rd anniversary of the final victory of the 26th July Movement over the US-backed forces of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. Ever since that day in 1959, and right up this day in 2012,
On Wednesday [November 30] Éirígí members in Newry took to the streets with thousands of people in a display of support and solidarity with the working class.
The rally assembled at Daisy Hill hospital and marched through the city centre to the City Hall.
Twenty trade unions representing around 175,000 public sector workers in the Six Counties have voted to strike next Wednesday, November 30. They will join million of workers in Britain for what union leaders there believe will be the biggest strike action since 1926.
Figures released by the Six County department of enterprise on Wednesday [November 16] reveal that unemployment in the Six Counties currently stands at 114,000 people, and that one in five of 18-24 year olds are without work.
As unemployment continues to grow and the Tory cuts agenda as implemented by the Stormont administration begins to bite, the two largest public sector unions in the Six Counties have declared their intention to ballot members for strike action.
Cathaoirleach Éirígí Brian Leeson has accused the Dublin government of treating the Irish people as fools after revelations about the massive costs of recent controversial state visits.
In the weeks preceding the visit of Elizabeth Windsor to Dublin, it was made quite clear that the Twenty-Six County state would not tolerate any form of political protest.
Despite the media-led fanfare over the recent visit by the commander-in-chief of Britain’s armed forces, Elizabeth Windsor, socialist republicans from across Cork were to the fore in opposing the presence of the figurehead of British imperialism.
For months the political, business and media establishment have told us that the Windsor visit would result in all sorts of benefits and positive changes for this state. So now as she has finally left our shores, what are all
