Ecosocialism
The biggest nationwide election successes of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) are a shock for the political landscape in Germany. How could this happen, what can we do about it? Christine Buchholz, Ramsis Kilani, Shirin Jamila, from Sozialialismus von Untern, explain. In Thuringia, the AfD grew by 9.4 percentage
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Barry Sweeney analyses the recent attempts by Giorgia Melloni’s party to criminalise dissent and maximise fascist control in the Italian parliament. Sweeney paints a terrifying picture of one of the most egregiously anti-democratic lurches on the European continent today. The Italian Constitution, enacted on January 1, 1948, contains
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Kieran Allen takes Michael McDowell to task for his latest efforts to draw a false equivalence between the far left and far right, arguing that McDowell’s own record leaves him much closer to the right than he would like to pretend. Some people like porridge for breakfast. It fills
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With final postal ballots counted at the end of last week, it appears that the rise of the Right has been temporarily stalled in Spain. Andy Durgan takes stock of the results and what they mean for the Left in Spain. Stalemate In the general elections of 23 July, Spain’
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The news that the fascist National Party has had €400,000 worth of gold stolen from a vault has prompted many questions about how they amassed such a fortune. Clara McCormack takes a look at the funding behind the far-right. The public announcement of an enormous quantity of gold
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Hundreds of people turned up at Cork City Library on Friday to stand in solidarity with library workers who have been targeted, abused and harassed by far-right agitators. Darragh Adelaide reports on the day and its significance in the wider fight against the far-right. Protestors turned out in
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In recent weeks and months, parts of the Irish media have begun giving a platform to people who wish to stir up hatred towards transgender people. Mike Lovett cuts through the moral panic and the excuses of the media organisations who have allowed it to foment. On Drivetime on the
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The Polish Government has recently introduced a blanket ban on abortion, sparking mass protests. Alexandra Day reports. The right-wing Polish government has been making increasingly repressive attacks on people’s rights this year. The Catholic, far-right party ‘Law and Justice’ (Prawo i Sprawiedliwość – PiS) is the largest party
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As the threat of an Irish far-right continues to grow, Joe Daly takes a look at some of their recent tactics, from attacking Direct Provision residents to shamelessly scaremongering over so-called ‘family values’. While imprisoned by Mussolini’s fascist regime between 1926 and 1937, the great Italian Marxist
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As precarity for artists worsens during COVID-19, Maeve McGrath looks at who pays the artist, the impact on creativity, and the need for a society which cherishes the art that enriches all of our lives. As the 2020 European Capital of Culture, Galway was not blessed with the most
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The recent treatment of Black Lives Matter protesters by the PSNI laid bare the institutional racism of the ‘New Northern Ireland’. In a piece which takes stock of the inaction of Stormont over more than a decade, Rebel exposes the depth of the problem. On Tuesday 9 June 2020, Justice
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Eugenics neither began nor ended with the Nazis, despite the term being most-often associated with their despicable crimes. As the far-right attempt to rehabilitate these abhorrent ideas, Aislinn Shanahan Daly traces some of the hidden history of eugenics. It is a dark omen that the word eugenics has