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In the wake of the devastating earthquake in Syria and Turkey, Memet Uludağ looks at the responses of the ruling class and of ordinary people, arguing for something better than a return to capitalist “normality”. As time passes, the hope for finding more survivors is fading. It has been 8
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In the wake of recent attacks on migrants, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin argues that we need to counter the far right on the streets in order to defeat it. The attack on a camp in Ashtown shows us the new dangers we are facing in the wake of recent racist agitation
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The point of this exhibition is to mark the 51st Anniversary of Bloody Sunday. All the art pieces on display, by the brilliant Bogside artist Squarebearderry, evoke the environment of the streets where the massacre took place. We have marched the same route every year since Bloody Sunday happened, and
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In the wake of recent anti-refugee protests, Alexandra Day takes a look at the history of Irish migration and draws parallels with the treatment of asylum seekers in Ireland today. The news has lately been dominated by reports of protests against the accommodation of refugees in Ireland. These protests
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Three activists who have been involved in the search and rescue of refugees are facing trial in Greece on January 10th. Memet Uludağ explains why this is happening and why we should support them. In 2000 there were 12 million refugees and 5.9 million internally displaced people (IDP) globally
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Most academic historians have chosen to concentrate almost exclusively on the military struggle and the political machinations of the nationalist leadership during the Civil War, ignoring the struggles of organised labour. Indeed, labour historian Emmet O’Conner has argued that ‘public history … remains inordinately engrossed with nationalism’. Kieran McNulty aims
68' Legacies
The long-anticipated death of Josef Ratzinger—head of the Catholic Church between 2005 and 2013 as Pope Benedict XVI—has led to a deluge of the kind of vacuous eulogising that accompanies the passing of any leading pillar of the establishment. One can detect in some of the commentary
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The erratic union of hubris and catastrophe that has categorised 21st century capitalism has given birth to an ever more unstable world. Rare snapshots of war-torn Tigray and the all too familiar sight of a fiery underlit Ukrainian skyscape flash seamlessly on our smartphones alongside slick videos promising a
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As the hype of World Cup 2022 simmers down and people get ready to jump back into the club season, Kevin Creagh looks at the impact of sportswashing, its implications for this tournament, and what it means for wider society. On Sunday evening, December 18th, the 2022 Qatar World Cup
68' Legacies
Seán Mitchell pays tribute to John Molyneux. On the 10th of December 2022, the revolutionary Marxist tradition tragically lost of one its finest proponents. 74 years old, 54 of them as a revolutionary, John Molyneux—thinker, writer and revolutionary activist—was a long-distance runner on the road to a
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As the Iranian regime cracks down on protesters, Mick Wallace MEP is being pilloried by the Irish Times for painting the situation as a case of two equal sides. Kieran Allen sets out his opposition to Wallace and explains why it comes from a very different place to that of
Ecosocialism
In his biography of Lenin, Georg Lukács claimed that ‘the actuality of revolution’ was at the core of his thought. By this, he meant that Lenin restored Marxism to the working class revolution as a practical reality. Revolution was not just a distant dream or a rhetorical flourish for those