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Constance Markievicz became the first female MP 100 years ago. David Swanson takes a look at the background and politics of this remarkable person. Constance Markievicz’s legacy will be forever etched as a beacon of example for those interested in radical history. An uncompromising revolutionist for much of her
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RHI, NAMA, SIF, Red Sky. The list of Stormont scandals is long and widely known. Here, Eamonn McCann looks back at the scandalous past of the NI Assembly and places it’s roots in the sectarian headcount on the hill. It’s frequently been observed that in any other jurisdiction
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In the wake of the heavy handed eviction of housing activists in Dublin, Stewart Smyth labels the move by masked gardaí as an own goal and lays out the socialist solution to the housing crisis. In many long running campaigns, a single event can capture the essence of the issue,
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The background to the debate on sex work, including how the left should relate to the issue, has been published by Rebel in a recent article by Madeleine Johannson. Here, Steph Hanlon discusses the specifics of the law in Ireland and the detrimental impact it has on the working lives
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The Far Right are making electoral gains in Sweden. Madeleine Johansson looks at the background to this worrying development. The mainstream media have put a massive focus on the increase of votes for the far right Sweden Democrats but there is much more to report about politics in Sweden. Just
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In the wake of channel four’s screening of the Ballymurphy precedent, Eamonn McCann asks why state killers are still being let off the hook. The exposure of Michael Jackson in Channel 4’s Ballymurphy documentary makes it necessary to look back on his performance at The Bloody Sunday Inquiry
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50 years after the civil rights movements in the North and the US, Dr Stewart Smyth reviews the one off RTÉ special ‘1968: The Long March’ and analyses the particular narrative of the civil rights marches that s presented. The RTE documentary drawing parallels between the US Civil Rights marches
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Donald Trump is coming to Ireland. Behind the bluster, what does his presidency actually represent? Mike Davis—a world renowned American scholar, and author of several books—was interviewed by Seán Mitchell for Rebel, about the state of Trump’s America. SM: Erratic is an oft-repeated adjective when it
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As Chinese economic growth continues at a rapid rate, Brian O’Boyle asks will China be the worlds new superpower? Over the last 40 years, China has been transformed from a provincial backwater into one of the world’s major economic powers. When Deng Xiaoping first championed “Socialism with Chinese
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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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In the wake of the Pope’s visit, Kieran Allen asks is the Irish state really prepared to challenge the power of the Catholic Church? Or will it continue to shield it from justice. On the morning of the papal visit, Leo Varadkar claimed that the majority of people did