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Eamonn McCann reviews A Complete Unknown, the new film about Bob Dylan. There are some things about Bob Dylan’s music so obvious they are much misunderstood, including by trained Dylanologists on the lookout for mystical meanings. In fact, there’s no mystery. Much as we’d all have been
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Colin Redmond explores far-right gaming platforms and their function as a tool of radicalisation. The far right have been utilising videogames and adjacent social platforms (Discord; Twitch; Steam; Telegram; Rumble etc.) to spread their ideology of white supremacy and fascism and this is especially true since ‘Gamergate: 2014.’ Their
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Derry City and Strabane Cllr. Shaun Harkin argues that we need socialist organisation to build a challenge to an increasingly dangerous and authoritarian elite. Nigel Farage, Ian Paisley Jr. and Conor McGregor were all in the US to celebrate Donald Trump’s inauguration as US President. The danger Trump and
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Angy Skuce explains how Irish healthcare workers have been moved to action by the horrors of Israel’s genocide in Gaza. As I write this, Ireland is preparing for Storm Eowyn. I am thinking of my flight to Geneva, booked for Saturday morning, and hoping that I will make it
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Bill Mullen discusses the threat of a new Trump presidency and how he and his band of billionaires can be resisted. Within 24 hours of Donald inauguration the following events occurred: American Nazis and Neo-Nazis who took part in the January 6th, 2021, right-wing riot in Washington D.
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In the second part of his article on Syria, first published on Syria Untold, Joseph Daher looks at how events are unfolding since the fall of the Assad regime. He examines the nature of the new ruling HTS, its attempts to consolidate power, alliances with local states, reliance on neoliberal
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After 15 months of devastating attacks, the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza has been greeted with relief among Palestinians and in the wider ranks of the global solidarity movement. Brian Kelly asks whether the US-brokered plan offers hope for permanent peace, or a viable pathway to Palestinian liberation.
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Are the old regime and its remnants the main threat to Syria? Or is the main threat today that HTS and the regional and international forces supporting it are seeking to impose a new authoritarianism? And what are the chances of a mass democratic movement from below to push things
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In the first of two articles on China, Adrian Budd looks at the Chinese economy and the headaches sputtering growth is causing for the country’s ruling class. 2025 is the Chinese year of the snake, associated with wisdom and renewal as old habits and ways of thinking are shed
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Joe Biden’s bauble for Bono, in the form of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, reminds us of the U2 singer’s lifetime of service to imperialism. Harry Browne reflects on the record. To be brutally frank, there is no special shame or disgrace in receiving the USA’s Presidential
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Kieran Allen delves into the establishment spectacle of condemnation surrounding Luigi Mangione, who has gained folk hero status after allegedly assassinating Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Health Care. Allen explores the morally bankrupt world of private health insurance, where companies like United Health Care prioritise profit over people’s
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Catherine Curran Vigier argues that the collapse of France’s Barnier government, brought down by a no-confidence vote led by the Left’s New Popular Front (NFP), is a victory for workers against Macron’s undemocratic, anti-worker agenda. As strikes grow nationwide, she criticizes left-wing parties negotiating