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On International Overdose Awareness Day, Aisling Hudson discusses the strategies necessary to reduce overdoses as part of a more effective, more progressive drugs policy. Rarely a day passes without the media or politicians debating drugs and those addicted to drugs in our society. Too often these debates lack empathy, and
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As the US withdrawal from Afghanistan continues, Kieran Allen argues that media coverage is attempting to lay a protective propaganda blanket over the twenty-year history of the occupation. In 1975, US helicopters scrambled to leave Saigon. In 2021, the US has made a hurried exit from Kabul, leaving behind
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The latest edition of the IMR investigates the roots of US imperialism across the middle east and the necessity for Palestinian liberation. With contributions from Richard Boyd Barrett TD, Brian O’Boyle, Paul Le Blanc and more. Edited by Brian O’Boyle. Help Rebel and SWN publications by making an
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Daniel Finn’s 2019 book One Man’s Terrorist provided a radical reinterpretation of the Provisional IRA. Rebel spoke to him about the the conditions of their initial emergence, their changing strategies, as well as the context today two decades on from the Good Friday Agreement. READ PART 1 HERE
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Daniel Finn’s 2019 book One Man’s Terrorist provided a radical reinterpretation of the Provisional IRA. Rebel spoke to him about the the conditions of their initial emergence, their changing strategies, as well as the context today two decades on from the Good Friday Agreement. REBEL: The Provisional IRA
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In the aftermath of recent protests in Cuba and ongoing efforts by US elites to intervene on the island, Brian Kelly argues for a principled opposition to the threat of imperialist intervention and against the uncritical attitude adopted by much of the Left towards the Cuban bureaucracy. The outbreak of
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As the debate about Universal Basic Income continues to rage, economist Brian O’Boyle agrees with left proponents of a UBI that inequality needs to be tackled urgently, but argues that a UBI isn’t the solution. Universal Basic Income (UBI) is a proposal to pay every adult citizen a
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With a growing international movement for the legalisation of both medicinal and recreational cannabis use, Aisling Hudson makes the case for recreational use here in Ireland. There have been incredible campaigns in Ireland over the past few years to change policy around medicinal cannabis. Often these specific campaigns highlighted complex
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The Canadian state remains on a climate collision course with both Indigenous peoples and the vast majority of Canadians who support a move away from fossil fuels. As Brian Champ and Michelle Robidoux write, the potential convergence of workers’ struggles against exploitation with the struggles of Indigenous peoples and the
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The courage and tenacity of the Debenhams workers has been a sight to behold. Eddie Conlon assesses the impact of the strike and argues that there are five key lessons to be drawn. The Debenhams strike has been truly remarkable and will go down in the history of the Irish,
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Socialism 2021 | A Summer School of Radical Ideas Friday 4th – Saturday 5th June, on Zoom. The Covid-19 crisis has tragically exposed the endemic inequality at the heart of the capitalist system, and its inability to sustain humanity on a just and sustainable basis. Where there is injustice, however, there
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Many claim the recent shaky ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians is the result of a call by Joe Biden to halt hostilities. But this is to misread the situation. A poll published on Israel’s Channel 12 indicated that 72 percent of Israelis thought the air campaign in Gaza