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In a two part series for Rebel, Paul O’Brien looks back at the political impact of the playwriting and activism of socialist dramatist Bernard Shaw. Part 1 can be found here. Henry George, the American economist, is best known for his book Progress and Poverty, which in the last
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As more revelations emerge about Ian Paisley’s finances, Eamonn McCann asks whether it is one law for Ian and another for the rest of us? Ian Paisley is still swanking around Ballymena, pockets stuffed with far-flung souvenirs and dubious dosh. Meanwhile, here’s a few highlights of court
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Fresh inquests into the Ballymurphy Massacre of 1971 are ongoing. Journalist Kelly McAllister, who is active in the Ballymurphy Massacre Campaign, gives a report of events so far and explains why justice is just as important today as it was 47 years ago. It was almost 50 years ago when
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More than 33,000 members of the United teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) went on strike this week. Their battle has been the culmination of years of neclect, privitisation, and cuts to the LA school district. Rebel Editor Becca Bor, who was active in the Chicago Teachers Union strike of 2012,
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In a two part series for Rebel, Paul O’Brien looks back at the political impact of the playwriting and activism of socialist dramatist Bernard Shaw. Any decent second-hand bookshop has acres of shelves devoted to Bernard Shaw that nobody buys. At this remove, it’s hard to imagine
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This week, Los Angeles teachers are set to go on strike. This is after a year of teacher revolts – from the strike wave in the Spring of 2018 in West Virginia, Arizona and Oklahoma, to the historic strike of charter school teachers in Chicago. Tithi Bhattacharya discusses why teachers went
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As President Trump prepares to pull US troops from Syria, many regional and local powers are falling behind Bashar Al-Assad. Memet Uludag gives his take on the developing situation. There are many moving pieces in Syria and the wider region. These days a week can be a long time.
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As we approach another anniversary of Bloody Sunday, Eamonn McCann outlines why this year’s march for justice demands “Jail Jackson”. The slogan on the poster announcing this year’s Bloody Sunday march reads – “Jail Jackson!” The reference is to General Sir Michael Jackson, second in command of the paratroopers
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As a spotlight shines on the Gardaí for their role in evictions across Ireland, Barney Doherty sheds light on the roots of the force’s corruption, explaining the extent of the scandals. ‘Who do you protect, who do you serve?’ was one of the chants raised by housing activists lining
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For weeks the people of Sudan have been in revolt against the vicious dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir. Here two Sudanese comrades from Dublin offer an account of the background to the uprising and call for international solidarity. Osama Said Kambal, translated and expanded upon by Muiz Hajaz. There hasn’
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One year on from the demise of Carillion, Stewart Smyth analyses the root causes, the winners and the losers of liquidation, and the impact on communities of the collapse of a company heavily plied with government funding. Twelve months ago on 15th January, construction and facilities management firm Carillion collapsed.
Ecosocialism
As the new year breaks, still more articles warning of climate change are breaking too. Marxists must urgently and collectively work on strategy argues John Molyneux, not least because capitalism is the cause, but also because in the absence of answers from the left, the far-right will provide their