The victories that followed the American civil war and the 1960s civil rights era are once again under attack, echoing earlier efforts to roll back equality and redefine democracy, says JOE SIMS
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Disabled people pay the price of the political crisis in Northern Ireland
Political squabbles over the Protocol or Windsor Framework should not take precedence over the rights of disabled people, whose lives are suffering amid austerity and political neglect, says ELLEN CLIFFORD
Stalemate at Stormont has left disabled people without support
In 2010, faced with the closure of their local library, a Buckinghamshire town’s locals turned to an unconventional tactic – borrowing every single book – to defend a cherished community space. MAT COWARD tells the story
The indictment of Nicolas Maduro after a deadly US assault is just the latest phase in a long campaign against the Bolivarian government, warns FRANCISCO DOMINGUEZ
Journalist STEVE SWEENEY talks to Roger McKenzie about narrowly surviving an Israeli air strike last week while documenting the mass displacement of civilians – and explains why the real story goes far beyond the attack on him
After 27 years in Holyrood, the former first minister urged unity and respect — but, says NEIL FINDLAY, her time in power told a very different story
The Employment Rights Act 2025’s focus on individual rights forces workers into slow and costly litigation to assert rights, rather than empowering unions. A Campaign for Trade Union Freedom-Strike Map rally at the weekend called for a more radical sequel, reports BEN CHACKO
NORTHERN IRELAND remains in the midst of a severe political, economic and public finance crisis driven by the ongoing neglect of the Conservative government which continues to fail in its obligations as co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement.
Northern Ireland is currently experiencing austerity on overdrive. The Conservative government has failed to adequately fund public services in Northern Ireland resulting in a shortfall of £0.8 billion.
As a result, unelected civil servants are progressing an extreme cuts programme which is shredding public services at an alarming rate with a severe and disproportionate impact on disabled people.
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