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Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Greens in government have continued to allow our airspace to be used to transport arms to Israel, and have consistently refused to sanction Israel. This makes them complicit in the genocide in Gaza. Marnie Holborow argues, for this rotten record alone, any government politician
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With the general election campaign underway, and one poll recording a rise in popularity for independent candidates, Darryl Horan explores the political basis of this diverse grouping and whether they really provide a more accountable alternative. Independents are often seen – by some sections of the left and the right – as
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Joseph Daher, author of a recent book, Palestine and Marxism, writes that amid drawn-out suffering in Palestine and Lebanon, we should not despair. He argues that resistance from below against our own complicit states offers a way forward. Israel’s genocidal war against the Palestinians in Gaza shows no
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Long-time US socialists Joe Allen and Bill Mullen survey the carnage from the recent election results, offer an explanation for why Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party failed to connect with voters looking for an alternative, and plot a set of urgent priorities facing the American Left as it
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In September, the British Government announced they were pulling the plug on the funding needed to rebuild Casement Park as a venue for the 2028 European Championships. Now that the dust has settled on that decision, and as Casement continues to wither, Somhairle Mag Uidhir discusses the competing visions for
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Deirbhle Sheppard highlights the shocking and persistent extent of sexual violence in our society. She unscrambles the false myths put out by the far right and argues that in fighting these, we need to join together to fight all forms of gender oppression. Gender-based violence is a harrowing epidemic,
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Over the past year anti-immigration sentiment has been fanned by far right parties and the Government. Brian O’Boyle reviews the tactics used to scapegoat migrants for government failures and argues for principled anti-racist politics in the upcoming election. Simon Harris became the Irish Taoiseach in April 2024,
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Goretti Horgan explains how decades of underfunding and creeping privatisation has undermined the once treasured NHS. During the COVID crisis, People before Profit and others initiated a campaign for an All-Ireland NHS. The reasoning was simple: Covid-19 plunged the health and social care systems, north and south of
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Joe Allen critiques attempts to rally leftists behind Kamala Harris as the “lesser evil” choice against Trump. Allen argues that US imperialism and Zionism are at stake in this election, as voices on the left push for a choice between harmful status quos, warning that anti-war and social movements
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Israel’s policy of total war has brought devastation across Lebanon. Yet despite the brutality, signs of resilience are emerging from the rubble. Simon Assaf explores how Lebanon’s deep-rooted solidarity is standing firm, confronting new invasions as a defiant center of resistance. From the Dahieh Doctrine to the
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Western leaders who have been silent for more than a year while genocide is carried out against Palestinians in Gaza found an occasion to come together to condemn ‘terror’. As Brian Kelly reports, it wasn’t the terror of the rich and powerful they stepped out to denounce, but the
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From trans rights to Palestine Chappell Roan has used her platform to say fuck the duopoly and demand more. Failing to see how genocide isn’t a red line for American liberals she offered a bold indictment of the liberal band-wagon ridiculing anyone who mentions Palestine. Alexandra Day explore