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Published in: 50.50The Fall: extreme violence as a distorted mirror of post-conflict BelfastThe most watched drama on the BBC for 20 years,The Fall, is about a serial killer in Belfast who murders and 'poses'...
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Published in: 50.50Northern Ireland: a transformative strategy for women, peace and securityMoving beyond the paralysing difference of opinion about whether the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland constituted an...
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Published in: HomeStem the tide of Northern Ireland’s ‘culture wars’Since the advent of the peace process, the conflicts over cultural identity in Northern Ireland have become...
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Published in: 50.50The marching season: a call for a new vision in Northern IrelandAs the climax of the 'marching season' in Northern Ireland approaches, Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire recalls...
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Published in: 50.50Singing the backbone: women’s stories of Northern Ireland“What’s interesting about our lives?” The process of creating a play from nine women’s testimonies shows we are...
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Published in: 50.50The politics of defining 'armed conflict' in Northern IrelandIt is hard to see the British Government's resistance to implementing UNSCR 1325 as anything other than denying...
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Published in: 50.50'None of us have the right to be who we were': a tribute to a peacebuilderAmong Northern Ireland’s peacemakers Inez McCormack was unusual: she was an architect of the parallel peace process,...
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Published in: 50.50'Peace will bring prosperity': Northern Ireland’s big lie?Feminist and trades union activists are leading the fight back against neoliberal economic policies in Northern...
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Published in: 50.50Belonging in Northern Ireland: portraits of the individual migrantA new art project is challenging Belfast’s reputation as the ‘race hate capital of the UK’, revealing an important...
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Published in: 50.50Women in Northern Ireland: sharing the learningIn the last two years, more than 600 women peacebuilders have met on a cross-community and cross-border basis to...
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Published in: 50.50Dealing with Northern Ireland’s past: a guide to the Haass-O’Sullivan talksIn late 2013, negotiations seeking to address the legacy of the past in Northern Ireland failed to reach agreement....
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Published in: HomeIs Gerry Adams an Irish Nelson Mandela?Acknowledgments of culpability from leaders on both sides of the South African conflict to the vaunted Truth and...
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Published in: 50.50Insulting the women of Northern IrelandRacist abuse directed at the politician Anna Lo is indicative of the disrespect shown to women in Northern Ireland...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRegarding the arrest of Gerry AdamsIn Northern Ireland, the the arrest of Gerry Adams highlights the tensions between justice and peace.
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Published in: 50.50Why are the hopes of the Good Friday Peace Agreement still unfulfilled?At the launch of 50.50's series on women peacebuilders in Northern Ireland, we explore the connection between the...
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Published in: openSecurityAdams: peacemaker or paramilitary?The arrest of the decades-long leader of the 'republican movement' in Northern Ireland, Gerry Adams, has provoked...
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Published in: TransformationBenefits Street: how austerity transformed makeover TVBenefits Street was born from coalition government rhetoric: no one should receive 'anything for nothing'. The...
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Published in: Participation NowInsider knowledgeWhile the literal meaning of utopia is ‘no place’, an OU-topia could be almost any place. Even when physically...
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Published in: TransformationWe need to talk about the UK media war on womenWhile Dylan Farrow's child abuse allegations against Woody Allen hold the headlines, it is time for journalists to...
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Published in: HomeDerry on the 42nd anniversary of Bloody SundayIt is a good time to reflect on how the City of Culture in Derry, the cradle of political creativity in the 1960’s,...
