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As Putin continues to be bogged down in Ukraine and Russian war crimes stack up, people are rightly applauding the resistance of the Ukrainian people. What is not being discussed, however, is how this war is no longer just a war of national defence against the Russian invasion, but that
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As war fervour continues to be ramped up, Kieran Allen looks at James Connolly’s views on war: His staunch opposition to imperialism and the First World War, his belief that war was an inevitability under capitalism, and his argument that a rebellion in Ireland could lead to a wider
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The Irish establishment are at great pains to convince the public that the Southern state is not a tax haven. In their recent book Tax Haven Ireland, Kieran Allen and Brian O’Boyle puncture this myth. This interview with Kieran Allen appeared first in a Czech online publication, Voxpot. What
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Opinion polls show growing support for Sinn Féin, particularly among workers and young people. The political establishment are frightened and many are asking: what would a Sinn Féin led government look like? Kieran Allen gives his assessment. The question is hardly asked in the North. Sinn Féin is viewed as
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The Fianna Fáil party is in trouble. Some of its TDs want to get rid of Micheal Martin but they don’t know who could replace him. Red C polling places the party at 13% of the national vote. An internal report found that Fianna Fáil had become “indistinguishable” from
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As the US withdrawal from Afghanistan continues, Kieran Allen argues that media coverage is attempting to lay a protective propaganda blanket over the twenty-year history of the occupation. In 1975, US helicopters scrambled to leave Saigon. In 2021, the US has made a hurried exit from Kabul, leaving behind
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Many claim the recent shaky ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians is the result of a call by Joe Biden to halt hostilities. But this is to misread the situation. A poll published on Israel’s Channel 12 indicated that 72 percent of Israelis thought the air campaign in Gaza
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Few people had heard of the Sheikh Jarrah families before now. But their plight illustrates the nature of the Israeli state, and why international opposition to Zionism is more important than ever. The families were driven from their homes in the cities of Haifa and Jaffa during the 1948 war.
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The worst sectarian rioting in years has broken out in Northern Ireland and the mainstream media is blaming ‘both sides’. While this might have the appearance of fairness and balance, it misses the deeper causes. According to Loyalist spokespersons, the riots started over the failure of the PSNI to prosecute
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When RTÉ puts on a special programme about a united Ireland, you know that big changes are underway. The partition of Ireland is now under question. RTÉ, however, has a distinct agenda and that was exemplified in one dramatic incident. After Gregory Campbell had left the screen, Joe Brolly, a
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In part two, as support for Sinn Féin from the Irish working-class rises, Kieran Allen examines different historical opportunities of socialists forming, or not forming, left governments and the lessons for socialists in Ireland today. Part one of this series can be read here. One of the main tasks
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In this two-part series, Kieran Allen looks at how revolutionaries and socialists should approach the prospect of a Left Government. In this first part, he lays out the role of socialists in Parliament as well as what constitutes a genuine left government. Socialism has not come from parliamentary legislation