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Brian Kelly reviews Sam McBride’s, ‘Burned: The Inside Story of the ‘Cash-for-Ash’ Scandal and Northern Ireland’s Secretive New Elite, and looks at what it tells us about the rotten cycle of politics in the North and how the Left can offer a way out. There are
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With Extinction Rebellion growing rapidly across the world in the fight against climate change, John Molyneux gives his perspective on how socialists should respond to this phenomenon. Extinction Rebellion (XR) burst into international radical celebrity and global protest history in April 2019 when it occupied five prime sites in central
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In an extended piece originally written for the upcoming Irish Marxist Review, Mark Walsh investigates the science and the role of capitalism behind air pollution. “When I was on that boat, there was nothing. Just the sound of the ocean and the waves crashing. But that was it. No smells.
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Marxism 2019 is Ireland’s largest socialist conference. It is where we discuss the theory to understand the problems in our world, and the ideas we need to change it. Join incredible activists and writers from across Ireland, and around the world as we discuss how we create a new
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Next week, abortion will be decriminalised in the North if Stormont is not re-established. But with the DUP still intent on restricting access, and Sinn Féin fast backtracking on abortion rights, Fiona Ferguson argues that Stormont and the big parties cannot be trusted on this issue. It looks likely
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The mask has slipped once again as the Irish government reveals its 2020 budget for the rich – Barney Doherty explains. Minister Pascal Donohoe was initially praised in the Irish mainstream media following the release of his ‘prudent’ budget, but the reality is that it was blatantly class biased, and plans
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The left needs to come together in a strong 32 county socialist party, Kieran Allen—National Secretary of People Before Profit—explains. In September, Wrightbus in Ballymena announced that 1,200 workers would lose their jobs. The owner, Jeff Wright, had paid out £16 million to charity, much of which
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Writing for Rebel, Rena Niamh Smith outlines 9 ways the fashion industry is killing the planet. 1] Textile farming and fabric production uses vast quantities of water. It takes 2,700 litres to make a cotton tee shirt—that’s three years’ drinking water for a single person. The Aral
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Stewart Smyth reports as 50,000 US autoworkers continue to take a stand for better pay and conditions, solidarity builds across the sector, and Trump keeps shtum. On September 16, nearly 50,000 United Auto Workers’ union (UAW) workers at General Motors (GM) plants across the US went on strike,
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Climate change is an existential crisis for humanity. In this piece for Rebel, John Molyneux argues that socialism is not just a viable means to tackle the crisis but an historic necessity. A lot has been written, including by myself, on why capitalism, by its very nature, cannot tackle or
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As hundreds of workers at Wrightbus face an uncertain future, Somhairle Mag Uidhir takes a look at the background to this scandalous mismanagement by company bosses. Wrightbus, one of the North’s largest employers, has gone into administration. Management announced that roughly 1200 people will lose their jobs within the
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Mike Gonzales gives a fascinating outline of the subject of his forthcoming book ‘In the red corner: the Marxism of Jose Carlos Mariátegui’, detailing the life and politics of an important Marxist who shaped the early working class movement in Peru. Born in Moquegua, Peru, in 1894, Jose Carlos Mariátegui