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PSNI Allow Far-Right Minority To Rampage In Belfast
People Before Profit says the PSNI allowed far-right and loyalist groups to attack Muslim-owned and migrant-owned shops in south Belfast after an anti-racist rally at City Hall, and calls for the police to be held to account.
Justice and policing Immigration Original release: PSNI Allow Far-Right Minority To Rampage In Belfast
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British And Irish Government’s Must Stop Scaremongering And End Hostile Environment Toward Refugees & Asylum-Seekers
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll and TD Brid Smith jointly condemn the British and Irish governments' rhetoric on asylum seekers, criticising the Rwanda deportation plans and the Irish move to name Britain a 'safe country'. They reject tougher border controls and urge people to resist…
Immigration International affairs Original release: British And Irish Government’s Must Stop Scaremongering And End Hostile Environment Toward Refugees & Asylum-Seekers
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Harkin: Reject Far-Right Divisive Abuse Of New Derry Mayor
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin condemns racist and divisive abuse aimed at Councillor Lilian Seenoi-Barr after her announcement as Mayor of Derry City and Strabane, and expresses solidarity with black and minoritised communities. He also criticises the SDLP's record on Black Lives Matter…
Disability and equality Immigration Original release: Harkin: Reject Far-Right Divisive Abuse Of New Derry Mayor
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Get Organised Against Racism – Stand Together
People Before Profit urges people to stand together against racism and fascist violence, saying far-right groups including the National Party and Irish Freedom Party are redirecting anger over housing and cost of living onto asylum seekers and other marginalised people.
Disability and equality Immigration Original release: Get Organised Against Racism – Stand Together
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Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight
People Before Profit says the Thursday Public Sector Strike was the largest and best-coordinated since at least 2015, and calls for workers to strike again for longer, with unions and communities preparing sustained action.
Economy and employment Education Issue: Thursday public sector strike 2024 Original release: Giant Strike Recharges Workers’ Fight
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Teacher Strikes Across The North
People Before Profit commends teachers for striking over pay and school funding, says their pay has fallen 25% in a decade, and urges coordinating education, nursing and transport strikes while blaming Tory budget cuts and Stormont's pay decisions.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Teacher strike action across Northern Ireland, November 2023 Original release: Teacher Strikes Across The North
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Students Rising! – Join The Cost Of Living & Housing Protest 7Th October
People Before Profit calls on students to join a Cost of Living and Housing Coalition demonstration on Saturday 7 October at 1pm at Parnell Square, after a student march it says drew several hundred protesters with USI over fees and housing. It urges a radical, left-wing student movement.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Student cost of living and housing march with USI on 4 October 2023 Original release: Students Rising! – Join The Cost Of Living & Housing Protest 7Th October
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North West Regional College On Strike
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin backs UCU strike action at North West Regional College, urging students and the public to join lecturers at the Strand Road gates on Monday. He says further education staff face pay cuts and heavier workloads, blaming underfunding and employers.
Education Economy and employment Issue: NWRC and further education colleges UCU strike September 2023 Original release: North West Regional College On Strike
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Who Is Posie Parker And Why We Protest
People Before Profit says Posie Parker (Kellie-Jay Keen) is using a campaign against trans people to try to reverse the Gender Recognition Act, and cites her associations with far-right figures as reasons for protesting her Irish appearances.
Disability and equality Issue: Posie Parker Belfast rally protest Original release: Who Is Posie Parker And Why We Protest
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Huge Protest Against Fascists In Dunmurry
People Before Profit says around 1,000 people attended a protest in Dunmurry against a Nazi flag flown outside a local mosque, organised by United Against Racism with over 20 supporting organisations, including unions and a message from NIC-ICTU.
Disability and equality Issue: Nazi flag flown outside Dunmurry mosque protest Original release: Huge Protest Against Fascists In Dunmurry
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The UCU Strikes
People Before Profit interviews Ulster University UCU representative Aisling O'Beirn on a picket line, where she describes large teaching loads, casualised hourly-paid contracts, rising workloads and a 35% cut to future pension benefits as reasons for the strike.
Education Economy and employment Issue: UCU strike at Ulster University Original release: The UCU Strikes
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Savita Halappanavar: 10 Years On The Struggle Continues
People Before Profit says the current abortion law is a relic and calls for true reproductive justice, ending the 3‑day wait, 12‑week limit and lack of services, as it marks the 10‑year anniversary of Savita Halappanavar’s death.
Disability and equality Health Issue: Savita Halappanavar 10‑year anniversary Original release: Savita Halappanavar: 10 Years On The Struggle Continues
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After Truss: Why An Assembly Election? We Need A General Election To Get Rid Of The Tories!
People Before Profit says Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris is threatening a Northern Ireland Assembly election in December that few people want and that would change little, and argues it would not address the cost-of-living crisis. It calls instead for a British general election and an end…
Constitutional affairs Issue: Liz Truss resignation Original release: After Truss: Why An Assembly Election? We Need A General Election To Get Rid Of The Tories!
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December Election: Tory Clowns Treating Us With Contempt
Cllr Shaun Harkin says Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris is treating people in Northern Ireland with contempt by threatening a December Stormont election that he says will bring no benefit amid the cost of living crisis. He calls for escalated protests and strikes instead.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Heaton-Harris threat of December Stormont election Original release: December Election: Tory Clowns Treating Us With Contempt
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DUP And UU Think 6000 Students At Magee Is Good Enough For Derry
People Before Profit Cllr Shaun Harkin says the DUP and Ulster University are accepting 6,000 students at Magee as enough, and calls for an urgent plan to reach a 10,000-student minimum within five years. He also calls for investment across Derry and the North West, citing Derry City Deal funding…
Education Economy and employment Issue: Ulster University Magee campus student number target 6,000 Original release: DUP And UU Think 6000 Students At Magee Is Good Enough For Derry
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Ireland’s Future Cannot Be Built On Ireland’s Past
People Before Profit says a united Ireland needs a border poll without delay and must be a radically different, socialist state rather than a continuation of the two existing states, citing housing, childcare, health waiting lists and tax havens.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Original release: Ireland’s Future Cannot Be Built On Ireland’s Past
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Gerry Carroll MLA On The News That Catholics Outnumber Protestants In The North
People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll responds to reports that Catholics now outnumber Protestants in the North, calling it a historical milestone but arguing it will not by itself bring substantive change. He calls for a united Ireland built on socialist, working-class foundations.
Constitutional affairs Economy and employment Issue: Catholics outnumbering Protestants in Northern Ireland census figures Original release: Gerry Carroll MLA On The News That Catholics Outnumber Protestants In The North
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Who Is Charles?
People Before Profit criticises King Charles ahead of Belfast's celebrations, citing his £652 million estate, inheritance tax exemption, private jet travel, Balmoral and Sandringham environmental immunity, and past controversies, and says working-class people should refuse to eulogise him.
Constitutional affairs International affairs Original release: Who Is Charles?
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Gerry Carroll MLA Supports Campaign For Women’s Refuge.
West Belfast MLA Gerry Carroll calls on the Communities Minister and the NI Housing Executive to urgently commission a replacement women’s supported‑living hostel, saying the shutdown of Regina Coeli and unkept promises have left vulnerable women without safe accommodation.
Housing Disability and equality Issue: Regina Coeli women’s hostel shutdown and occupation Original release: Gerry Carroll MLA Supports Campaign For Women’s Refuge.
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Cllr Fiona Ferguson Organises Belfast Rally In Solidarity With The Rollback Of Roe V Wade In America
People Before Profit Cllr Fiona Ferguson says the US rollback of Roe v Wade horrifies the world, urges provision of local abortion services in the North and condemns Health Minister Robin Swann’s inaction, announcing a Belfast City Hall rally tonight at 6 pm with Alliance for Choice, Amnesty Int’l &
Disability and equality Health Issue: US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade Original release: Cllr Fiona Ferguson Organises Belfast Rally In Solidarity With The Rollback Of Roe V Wade In America