“Working class people uniting together against the Assembly plans can however cut across sectarianism. Campaigns such as the “We Won’t Pay” campaign against water charges demonstrated that when working class people stand united, they can defeat attacks on living standards. If we allow sectarians and politicians to divide us then jobs and services will be lost in both communities. It is now essential that a united anti-cuts movement is built in workplaces and communities that will challenge all cuts.
In response to the announcement that the BNP are to contest the upcoming elections in Northern Ireland, Socialist Party representatives have stated that the far-right group has nothing to offer working-class people.
Representatives from the Youth Fight for Jobs campaign met Minister for Employment & Learning, Reg Empey, on 18 February to challenge him on the Executive’s failure to create jobs.
Working longer, paying more and getting a smaller pension is the prospect facing all public sector workers if we let the ConDem government get away their planned cuts.
Who do you think was the biggest loss making financial institution in the world last year? Lehman Brothers? AIG? Citibank? No, it was not a major bank in a major world economy - it was a relatively small developers' bank in Ireland - Anglo Irish Bank. What's more, Anglo Irish Bank is likely to be the biggest loss maker again this year!