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50 years ago today, British troops were sent into the North. Matt Collins takes a look back at that moment, and the year the Troubles began. At around 5pm, 14 August, 1969, 300 troops from the 1st Battalion of the Prince of Wales’ Own Regiment of Yorkshire entered the city
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Amidst ongoing tension over the erection of a bonfire in East Belfast, People Before Profit Cllr Matt Collins comments on the situation. The issue of bonfires is once again at the centre of politics in Belfast, after a week-long standoff between loyalists, Belfast City Council and the PSNI over
68' Legacies
On the anniversary of 5 October 1968, when Civil Rights activists marched to Derry and were brutally attacked by the RUC, precipitating the birth of The People’s Democracy, Matt Collins has written an extensive piece exclusively for Rebel, covering the events of 50 years ago and the whitewashing of
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Matt Collins was recently invited to participate in a discussion on “the left” at Féile an Phobail. Below is a partially edited version of his introductory remarks. The first thing I want to say is that both globally and here in Ireland, we live in extremely tumultuous times. We are
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Is the North more polarised than ever? Belfast City Councillor Matt Collins gives his take on the possibility for class politics in the North On April 7th, a small but remarkable rally took place in Belfast; when hundreds of workers and their supporters held a joint rally on the peace