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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
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We have received this statement from ‘a group of Revolutionary Communists’ in China. They are not able to give their names in the present repressive situation in China. We are sharing their statement on the protests in China in full. Solidarity with the mass protests demanding the lifting of lockdown
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With the 2022 FIFA World Cup in full flow, criticism of the Quatari state is now taking a back seat in parts of the media as they try to get on with the football. Kiran Emrich takes aim at the ugly reality of FIFA’s decision to host the world
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In the wake of protests in East Wall against asylum seekers who have been accommodated in an old ESB building there, Stewart Smyth lays out the case that problem is not with refugees, but with government policies that have created a housing crisis. To start, this article is not about
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Over the past week, the Irish government has indicated that it no longer has space to accommodate any more Ukrainian refugees. But is this really a refugee crisis? Or is the real problem, as Memet Uludağ argues, the abject failure of this government to tackle the housing crisis? Last week
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The recent Italian elections saw the far right Brothers of Italy, headed by Georgia Meloni, emerge victorious. Giulio di Basilio assesses Italy’s new far right coalition and how can the Left can confront it. Italy will soon have its first female prime minister. Ironically, it will be someone at
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Thousands of people recently attended the Ireland’s Future event in the 3 Arena to discuss how we might achieve a united Ireland. The speakers included Leo Varadkar, who suggested that today said a “new Ireland” could involve the continuation of a devolved Stormont parliament under the jurisdiction of the
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The Irish government commemorated Michael Collins on the 100th anniversary of his death at Béal na Bláth today, reigniting a debate over his legacy and the Free State that was founded at this time. Kieran Allen takes a closer look at this legacy. This article was first published in the
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As the war on Ukraine drags on, NATO is stepping up its efforts to weaken Russia. Kieran Allen takes a look at how the British Army is training thousands of Ukrainian soldiers to fight. In a village somewhere in Kent in the southeast of England, a mock battle took place
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The abortion rights movement has been rocked by the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, although the full effects of it are yet to be felt. Brigid Purcell takes a look at the background to the decision, including the rise of the Christian Right, the weak response of
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From climate denial to greenwashing, John Molyneux charts the manner in which the fossil fuel lobby and the establishment in general have lied and mislead the public over the dangers of the climate crisis. He argues that, ultimately, these same people cannot solve the crisis, and that we must urgently
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Horrific scenes at the Melilla border with Morocco cast a sharp light on how the EU works with other regimes to crack down on migrants. Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin looks at the funding, training and support the EU provides in order manage migration. Last week in the Dáil, Paul Murphy TD