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As we move into a new decade, Eamonn McCann gives his hopes for the struggles to come. Twenty nineteen will be remembered as a year of setbacks and disappointment — but also of fight-back and hope. Right-wing demagogues are riding high in the US, Britain, much of Latin America
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In the aftermath of Labour’s crushing defeat in last week’s general election, much of the blame has been attributed to Jeremy Corbyn. Brian O’Boyle argues that the problems for the Labour Party go much deeper. Labour’s result in last week’s general election was the worst
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With racist speech and sentiments coming more to the fore in current Irish politics, campaigner John Molyneux takes a look at how racist ideas and language work today. Understanding racist discourse will help us fight it. The first thing to note is that virtually everybody, including those who actively promote
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Two decades on from the introduction of Direct Provision and the ongoing deportation of asylum seekers, Memet Uludag argues why this inhumane system should be abolished once and for all. The Irish Times is running a series of pieces on the Direct Provision System and related issues.[1]Yet again,
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Last week former Brazilian president Lula was dramatically released from prison. Sean Purdy, a member of the Socialism and Freedom Party in São Paulo, looks at the implications for politics in the country. Brazil’s ex-president, Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula), founder and leader of the Workers’ Party
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Ahead of the launch of Working for the Clampdown: The Clash, the Dawn of Neoliberalism and the Political Promise of Punk—the book’s editor, Colin Coulter, writes for Rebel on the subject. In his accomplished biography of the band, Pat Gilbert insists that the “word that summed up The
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Eamonn McCann recently attended the launch of the book, Children of the Troubles. The thought occurred, what was it all about? Strabane teenager Charles Love was killed in the Bogside in Derry on January 28, 1990. His death is included in Freya McClements´ and Joe Duffy’s Children of the
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Climate experts and health professionals are drawing links between climate change and its impact on mental health for people all over the world. Peadar O’Grady takes a look at this phenomenon. In light of the growing public acceptance of the reality of climate change and the emissions causing it,
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Extraordinary mass revolts have emerged in several countries around the world. Are we witnessing a new revolutionary wave, or are these isolated and unconnected events? John Molyneux gives his take. In the last few weeks it has become clear that there is wave of popular revolt around the world. The
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As the Nationalist and Unionist parties hurl themselves into pacts ahead of December’s general election, Eamonn McCann outlines a new direction for politics as offered by People Before Profit. The need for radical change in Northern politics has never been more obvious. Yet the four biggest parties want their
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The recently released controversial psychological thriller ‘Joker’ has perturbed movie critics who decry it as dangerous and irresponsible, yet its message has found almost universal acclaim among audiences. Gerard Stewart takes a look at the social commentary behind the origin story of fiction’s arch villain: Joker. Set in 1981,
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As outcry continues over an EU vote not to save migrants in the Mediterranean, Marwa Jalal explains how Irish taxes fund anti-immigration discourse in Europe. Originally written for Middle East Solidarity magazine, issue 12. Established in 2014, the Khartoum Process was originally called the EU-Horn of Africa Migration