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A year on from an historic election, where Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael could only muster 44% of the vote between them, Bríd Smith TD looks back at some of the crises the coalition government has staggered through, highlighting the hope embodied in the Debenhams struggle and the Black Lives
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In November the Minister for Communities announced plans to reclassify the Northern Ireland Housing Executive as a housing ‘mutual’. Housing activist Glyn Robbins explores the record of mutuals in Britain, arguing that this reclassification amounts to a privatisation that will make matters worse. Soon after being elected in 1997, Tony
Ecosocialism
As rumours abound that the Irish Government will attempt to ratify CETA later this month, Tom O’Connor argues that like many trade deals, the agreement between the EU and Canada is both anti-democratic and gives undue powers to international corporations. Breaking news! The Government has announced that in
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A century after partition, historian Fearghal Mac Bhloscaidh argues that it was far from inevitable, despite what some claim, and that it was a product of Ulster Unionism subverting the demand for Irish self-determination. An historical orthodoxy of sorts exists, which points to partition’s inevitability a century ago,
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Yesterday marked 300 days since the Debenhams workers began their struggle for a fair redundancy package. Despite government denials, Eddie Conlon presents three ways that they could meet workers demands and settle this dispute. It’s over 300 days since the Debenhams workers began the fight for their ‘2 plus
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“No better stock name then Gamestop to end this game of rigged markets – It’s fucking poetry that’s what it is.” “If Papa [Elon] Musk is with us who can be Against Us!” “Rashida [Tlaib, member of the Squad] is with us!!!!” At time of writing, these are some
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At Marxism 2020, Aislinn Shanahan Daly spoke about the global fight for bodily autonomy. Her speech, published here, looks at different ways bodily autonomy is denied in capitalist society, the role of social reproduction in the oppression of women, and the fight for our bodies globally. If we go back
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James Connolly warned that Partition would lead to ‘a carnival of reaction both North and South.’ One part of that reaction was the close church-state relationship established in the south after independence, a relationship that gave the Catholic church a significant influence on legislation, and control over education, health
Covid-19
By all accounts, the recent handling of the transfer test has been a disaster. Gerry Carroll argues that academic selection is outdated, unequal and it is high time for it to go. At the onset of Covid-19, there was a clamour by wealthy do-gooders and establishment politicians to
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Millions around the globe tuned in to Joe Biden’s inauguration yesterday, hoping for a reprieve from the horrors of his predecessor. Kieran Allen discusses the context of the transition as well as the movements necessary to put out the dangerous far-right fires lit by Trump. Joe Biden was
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At Marxism 2020, Alexandra Day led a discussion on the politics of revolutionary socialism. We have published her talk in full, where she discusses the Irish revolutionary tradition, how revolutionary socialists engage in parliamentary projects, and the possibilities to grow from periods of crisis. If you’ve been following along
Covid-19
2021 has started out with Ireland, north and south, being in its worst position since the pandemic began. Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin takes both governments to task for their Covid response, arguing that it has been nothing short of neoliberal catastrophe. We have entered the year 2021 in total disaster. Ireland