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British welfare cuts will target the most vulnerable

Recently, the British Government announced a devastating £5 billion cut to disability and unemployment benefits. These are the largest welfare cuts announced by the British Government since the introduction of ...

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Removal of the “Triple Lock” – Another Step Towards NATO

The removal of the “Triple Lock” mechanism moves the Twenty Six County State one step closer to joining British & US militarism. For many years now, the military neutrality of ...

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316,000 People Living in Poverty & No Plan to Fix It

A British court in Belfast recently ruled that the Stormont Executive Committee is in breach of its legal obligation to adopt an anti-poverty strategy. The commitment to tackle poverty, along ...

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Immigration, Capitalism & Imperialism in Ireland – Policy Launch & Discussion in Derry

The issue of immigration into Ireland is increasingly prevalent, alongside the rise of anti-immigrant rhetoric and the politics of the right. Lasair Dhearg have launched our comprehensive policy document dealing ...

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Homelessness Continues to Spiral Out of Control – It’s Time For A Socialist Republic!

In the last few days, the Department of Housing in the Twenty Six Counties released news that once again a new record has been set in the never ending spiral ...

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St. Comgall’s: PSNI Normalisation strategy knows no limits.

As mainstream political parties continue with their push to normalise the PSNI and implement their ‘hearts and minds’ strategy, they have now set their sights on disgracing the proud history ...

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STATEMENT: PSNI Presence in Lurgan – Recruitment by Day, Harassment by Night

Members of Lasair Dhearg have in recent days (Thurs 13th Feb 2025) erected a number of posters in Kilwilkie, Lurgan, aimed at countering the PSNI’s hearts and minds strategy of ...

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‘Normalisation’ – The PSNI is Not a Normal Police Force

‘Normalisation’ – The PSNI is Not a Normal Police Force ‘A new era’ and ‘a police force for all’ were the buzzwords of the year, when the ‘Police Service of ...

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Public Service Privatisation – Time for workers to fight back!

This past week saw reports that trade unions, including UNITE and UNISON, were warning of the possibility of strike action in Leisure Centres across Belfast.  This is the continuation of ...

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New Year Statement 2025

As our struggle continues into another year Lasair Dhearg sends revolutionary greetings to our members and supporters across Ireland and further afield.  We extend our solidarity to those people across ...

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Lough Neagh is Dying: Imperialism & Capitalism Are To Blame

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Statement on Michelle O’Neill’s Participation in Remembrance Sunday Events

This Sunday (10th October) Sinn Féin leader in the Six Counties, Michelle O’Neill, will lay a wreath in Belfast for Remembrance Sunday. In response, Lasair Dhearg spokesperson Pádraig Scott has ...

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Statement on the recent wave of attacks on women in Derry

Recently, there has been a wave of violent attacks on women in Derry. Speaking on the issue, Lasair Dhearg Derry Spokesperson, Lorcán Ó Duine said: “A minimum of three women ...

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Full Report: Lasair Dhearg Ard Fheis 2024

Lasair Dhearg’s first Ard Fheis was held on Saturday (October 26th) in Cultúrlann on Belfast’s Falls Road. Scores of members, supporters and Socialist Republicans from across the island of Ireland ...

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Oration: Comrade Dannielle Meighan

Oration: Comrade Dannielle Meighan

Several hundred gathered on the streets of Ballymurphy just a few short weeks ago as we laid to rest our Comrade and founding member of Lasair Dhearg Dannielle Meighan.  The ...

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