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Wednesday, May 13, 2020

COVID-19: The EU has failed a test of solidarity. The price will be more austerity - and worse.

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The European Union (EU) has been tested over its response to the COVID-19 pandemic - and it has been found sorely lacking. The resulting la...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

75 years since its liberation, Dachau still casts a shadow

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75 years ago - on April 29, 1945 - the US army liberated the Dachau concentration camp, outside the medieval town of Dachau, 16 km northwes...
Thursday, April 9, 2020

Coronabonds or bust? - Gridlock over EU response poses an existential threat

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The European Union’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has exposed a dangerous lack of solidarity between member states, as longstanding...
Saturday, March 28, 2020

Europe’s Coronavirus Battle

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The coronavirus pandemic has exposed longstanding divisions in the European Union, with the issue of eurobonds dividing the north and south...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Ireland: Political earthquake as Sinn Féin wins Irish election

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Sinn Féin President Mary Lou MacDonald/ An Phoblacht General elections on February 8 saw Sinn Féin become the most popular political pa...
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Germany: Liberals and conservatives join with fascists to oust the left from state government

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(Elke Wetzig/ Creative Commons) On February 5, the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and free-market liberal Free Democrati...
Wednesday, December 4, 2019

Capitalism is not green: you can't solve the climate crisis without changing the system

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This is the text of a speech given on behalf of Sinn Féin at the conference "O Capitalismo não é verde. Uma visão alternativa sobre as ...
Thursday, January 10, 2019

Left parties must stand with the people

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Neo-fascist and far right movements are growing in Europe, and internationally. Large, often violent, neo-fascist demonstrations are commo...
Sunday, September 30, 2018

New Spanish government brings little joy for Catalans and Basques

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Spain’s new minority Socialist Workers Party government has taken steps to defuse tensions in Catalonia and the Basque Country, but ...
Monday, January 16, 2017

Fatah Congress in Palestine addressed by Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson

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THE 7th National Congress of Fatah, held in the Palestinian West Bank city of Ramallah, heard solidarity greetings from Sinn Féin delivere...