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Hardly a day goes by without a story that implies we must prepare for war. This week, Niall O’ Connor, a journalist and an ex-Garda, told how ‘military style’ drones entered Irish airspace during Zelensky’s visit. It set off an anguished controversy on the airwaves. RTÉ then reported
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General Fabien Mandon was dressed up in his full military regalia to deliver a message to France. They had to prepare for war and, he warned, if the country ‘falters because it is not ready to accept losing its children . . . then we are at risk”. In the same week, the
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While the US and Russia try to grab Ukrainian resources, the EU and China have their eyes on natural resources in other parts of the world. Andy Storey argues that the current imperial tensions have parallels with those in the late 19th century, which is why Irish people need to
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With the Irish establishment engaged in a sustained campaigned against neutrality, Kieran Allen explains the important role of the Triple Lock and why socialists shouldn’t give an inch to the warmongers. ‘A watershed moment.’ This is the repeated phrase that EU leaders use to step up military spending. And
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Marnie Holborow explains how the recently announced ReArm Europe plan, which will dramatically increase military spending across member states, reveals the EU’s pivotal role in the shifting world of imperialist rivalries. “Europe is ready to massively increase its defense spending.” Speaking at the launch of the EU plan to
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Dominic Carroll from The Irish Neutrality League explains why the purpose of jettisoning the Triple Lock would be to dismantle Irish neutrality. The government is preparing to scrap the Triple Lock. That’s the law that determines the circumstances in which the Irish Defence Forces can be sent abroad. The
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A stacked, one-sided panel discussed the issue of Cyber Security at the Government’s Consultative Forum on Security Policy. As Ruairí Fahy outlines, the make-up of the panel meant that important viewpoints were not heard and the conclusions that can be drawn from it are highly limited. The
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As Irish war hawks seek to use the Sudanese crisis to argue for a bigger military force, Kieran Allen looks at how the EU funded the warlords who crushed the Sudanese revolution and are now facing off against one another. The mainstream media is running a story about how the
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Who fears a Left Government? Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin explores the media meltdown that heralded the arrival of People Before Profit’s new pamphlet. In 1996 BBC journalist Andrew Marr interviewed Noam Chomsky about his theory of the media, Manufacturing Consent. Among other things, Chomsky spoke about the role of the