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By Jonathan Silberman May 24, 2021 In October 1968, Belfast University students joined Northern Ireland civil rights movement against anti-Catholic discrimination in jobs, housing, education and political representation. In 1969, London sent British troops to repress movement with deadly force. LONDON Social and political turmoil came to the surface in Northern Ireland days before the April 28 resignation of Arlene Foster as its first minister. As is the case elsewhere in the United Kingdom, working people face the carnage of capitalist decline and joblessness that has intensified during the pandemic. Forced out of office by members of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Foster’s resignation registers the deepening crisis of the parties that defend the province’s union with Britain. Her decision to quit was precipitated by sharpening conflicts within her Democratic Unionist Party, including over her ac

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