Troubles
40 years since the end of Hunger Strikes: How state repression could be fought
50 years since internment – what did Marxists say?
From denial of Pat Finucane inquiry to secret talks: Workers’ movement must take up the legacy issues
The denial of an inquiry into the infamous murder of Pat Finucane has once again shone a light on the lengths the British establishment are prepared to go to hide their real role in the Troubles. Pat Finucane was a lawyer who had represented republican prisoners and was killed by the UDA in front of his wife and children in 1989. A mountain of evidence clearly illustrates that there was serious collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and the British state in his killing.
Troubles Victims’ Payment Scheme: A socialist perspective
The controversy around the Victims’ Payment Scheme is an important example of how, decades into the ‘peace process’, there has been a failure to deal with the legacy of the Troubles. Instead, sensitive issues like this remain part of the tit-for-tat between sectarian forces, with victims and ordinary people suffering the consequences.