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This year’s anniversary of James Connolly’s execution occurs amidst a triple crisis of capitalism: a global health pandemic, an economic depression and a climate emergency. Author of the James Connolly Reader, Shaun Harkin, argues Connolly’s political ideas and socialist vision have never been so relevant. Connolly joined
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Sarah Jaffe, with co-journalist Michelle Chan, interviews US workers of all stripes for their podcast “Belabored” for Dissent Magazine. The following interviews are excerpts from their series on COVID-19 stories, republished with permission. For the full interviews, more workers’ stories, and the podcast, visit here. Farmworkers need Field
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Even before the COVID-19 crisis, precarity in Ireland’s service industry was a daily reality for workers. Diarmuid Ó Seanacháin Dálaigh argues that strong unions will be necessary to fight for workers during this crisis, and after. As the COVID-19 crisis rips through the service industry, leaving workers
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As Boris Johnson prepares to set out his plan for ending lockdown, following Varadkars strategy launch last week, Becca Bor argues that the lockdown in Ireland should continue – in a way which protects workers and communities – rather than profits. Last week, Leo Varadkar announced his government’s timeline for easing
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Given their catastrophic failure to deal with the current pandemic, the British Government is especially keen to make the most of the 75th anniversary of VE Day – the day World War 2 ended. Eamonn McCann takes a look. Coronavirus or no coronavirus, Britain festooned itself with union flags to mark
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Recent research has shown that many Gaeltacht communities are on a cliff-edge, with the number of native speakers at a precariously low point. Rebel interviews a Donegal activist, Danny Brown, about the challenges facing the Gaeltacht and the impact of COVID-19. See here for the English transcription. REBEL:
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Student renter Anna McAree reports on the crisis facing many students as COVID-19 forces them out of houses they are now struggling to pay for. As the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic began, the impact on students was felt very swiftly. Adequate provisions had not been put in
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Despite polls showing support for continuing the lockdown, employers are attempting to put people back to work. Eddie Conlon discusses the relationship between capitalism and workers’ safety, and argues that the lockdown should continue – on workers’ terms. Each year hundreds of thousands of workers…die of work-related accidents and
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Karl Marx and Frederick Engels were not only active revolutionaries, they were philosophers, sociologists, & historians. For the Revolutionaries Reviewed series, Paul le Blanc discusses the founders of Marxism & the core concepts they developed. Some people make a big point about separating Karl Marx and Frederick Engels from each
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In the second part of his two-part series, Cian Parry explores the ideas of socialist educator, Paulo Freire. He argues that there is much we can learn from the Brazilian’s work, especially the notion of a liberatory education which could provide an alternative to the currently failing system.
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In the first of a two-part article, Leaving Certificate student, Cian Parry, argues that the exams should be cancelled this summer – and for good. Instead, a socialist approach to education based on breaking down the false barriers between teacher and student provides inspiration for what education could be. In
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One thing that has been conclusively proved by the Covid pandemic is just who the ‘essential’ workers are. This May Day, John Molyneux asks if workers could ever go one futher – could they run the world? Essential workers are not billionaires like Denis O’Brien , Richard ‘bail me out’ Branson