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The Workers’ Party Easter Oration 2020

Sunday 12th April 2020 Comrades and friends, This is surely the most surreal Easter commemoration that any of us have ever witnessed or, indeed are likely to witness in the future. The Covid-19 pandemic itself, and the attempts of government to limit and eventually end the spread of this virus, has caused a complete upheaval [...]

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Workers’ Party calls on MPs to reject £10,000 Coronavirus bonus

The Workers' Party have called for MPs to reject the £10,000 payment granted to them by the Parliament Expenses Authority in Westminster, to compensate them for working from home during the Covid19 outbreak.  Kieran McCausland, Workers' Party representative in Upper Bann, said;  "Every European government has a long list of materials it needs in the [...]

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50th Anniversary of the Battle of the Falls – Statement from the National Commemoration Committee

Coverage of the Battle of the Falls in The United Irishman, paper of the Official Republican Movement, in August 1970 Comrades and Friends, This Easter, the National Commemoration Committee of The Workers’ Party of Ireland sends its greetings to all members and supporters of the republican socialist cause. Easter is a time for reflection on the tasks [...]

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US troops in Shannon will worsen Coronavirus spread

The continued arrival of US troops into Shannon Airport risks worsening the Coronavirus outbreak in Ireland, according to Workers' Party representative Éilis Ryan.  Ryan, a former Workers' Party city councillor, said:  "The fact that these flights are continuing to pass through Shannon in the midst of a global pandemic which has shut down almost all [...]

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Workers’ Party calls for immediate introduction of telemedicine abortion in NI 

Gemma Weir Gemma Weir, Workers' Party representative in North Belfast, has called for the immediate facilitation by the NI Minister of Health, for abortion provided via telemedicine.   Responding to First Minister Arlene Foster's claims that Weir said:  "It is entirely legal for a GP to prescribe medication to induce abortion in Northern Ireland today. Even [...]

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A Revolution of Ideas

Tomas Mac Giolla argues that Easter Week 1916 still has great relevance today (first published in the March/April 1991 edition of Making Sense, marking the 75th anniversary of the Rising) No member of the Workers’ Party should have any hang-ups about commemorating men like Connolly and Pearse and the historic events which took place in [...]

April 5th, 2020|Comments Off on A Revolution of Ideas

Domino’s Pizza accused of ignoring safe working practices

A Workers' Party representative in North Belfast has called for Domino's Pizza to introduce immediate safe working practices for staff.  Christopher Bailie, Workers' Party representative for Oldpark DEA, said:  "Workers in Domino's Pizza have approached me with concerns relating to the lack of safe working conditions in their shops during the current crisis.  "They have [...]

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What the pandemic tells us about capitalism

The Coronavirus pandemic is revealing that capitalism is incompatible with public health. In Ireland and the UK, right wing governments are now implementing measures which only a few months ago would have been dismissed as the idealistic and unaffordable dreams of socialists. But now, the public health emergency of COVID-19 is making socialism the only [...]

April 5th, 2020|Comments Off on What the pandemic tells us about capitalism

Workers’ Party calls on Randox to release coronavirus testing kit from patent

Gemma Weir The Workers' Party has called for Belfast-based Randox Laboratories, who manufacture a testing kit for COVID-19, to release it from patent in order to enable widespread, fast manufacture of the kit.  Gemma Weir, Workers' Party representative in North Belfast, said:  "Randox Laboratories hold the patent for a 'Coronavirus Biochip' which enables faster and [...]

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Calls for dedicated social distancing inspectors for NI factories

The Workers' Party has called for the introduction of dedicated on-site social distancing inspectors to be deployed by the Northern Ireland Department of Health to all essential factories which must remain open throughout the COVID-19 crisis.  Workers' Party representative in the Upper Bann, Kieran McCausland, said:  "The work being done by workers in factories like [...]

March 29th, 2020|Comments Off on Calls for dedicated social distancing inspectors for NI factories