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Chris Hazzard
TARGETED: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a May Day rally in Caracas, Venezuela, 2022
Features / 17 February 2026
17 February 2026

Sinn Fein’s CHRIS HAZZARD MP addressed the closing rally at Latin America 2026 earlier this month with a reminder that the struggle for national dignity and popular power is no longer regional or symbolic — it is the front line of a global realignment led by organised peoples who refuse to bow to empire. The Star republishes his speech here

Prime Minister Keir Starmer (centre) Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn (left), walk with Edwin Poots, Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly (right), as they arrive at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, July 8, 2024
Features / 13 October 2025
13 October 2025

Giving a personal insight into the Labour Party conference, Sinn Fein MP CHRIS HAZZARD slams the lack of mention of the North of Ireland and the need to take the next steps in the journey from peace to Irish unity