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In an introductory article discussing artificial intelligence, Memet Uludağ looks at the historical context around technological advancement and takes stock of some of the hype around AI. Will AI be the gamechanger it is being heralded as? To what extent will it change our societies? How will it affect work
Ecosocialism
ANNOUNCING MARXISM FESTIVAL 2023! The often-quoted warning from revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg that society is at a crossroads, either Socialism or Barbarism, is obviously incredibly relevant today. By the day, it is clear that our world faces a series of crises. At the same time, 2023 has seen the
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In the midst of a worsening cost of living crisis and without direction from a passive union leadership, security officers began to self-organise and build their own grassroots fightback. John Whipple reports on the successes and challenges that have faced Security Officers United since their inception. On Friday 25
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Care workers are essential in our society but they still face austerity implemented, and not been reversed, from the 2008 financial crisis. Bernard Mulvany looks at the history of this ongoing scandal and argues that the unions need to take meaningful strike action to force an unwilling government to restore
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The protracted dispute in Northern Ireland’s higher education sector is at a crucial juncture. With UCU union members’ industrial action applying significant pressure on the sector’s employers, the union leadership (again) appear to be manoeuvering to settle the dispute without any significant concessions. Goretti Horgan analyses the current
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On 16th August 1819 a huge crowd assembled at St Peter’s Field in Manchester, they were seeking the vote. Workers poured out the mills in Manchester and the surrounding areas and formed a peaceful protest, which was met by brutal suppression and force from local yeomanry and militia. Mark
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When the owner of Tara Mines, Boliden, took aggressive action to lay off workers last month, the workers responded swiftly by blockading the mine. John Whelan reports on the background to the dispute and how it developed. Tara Mines: A Background Tara Mines is a zinc and lead and silver
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Iceland workers are fighting back after being shorted wages they are owed. An occupation at the Talbot Street store has now entered its second month. Bernard Mulvany reports. There were rumours and speculation that things were not well in the Irish division of supermarket chain Iceland for a while. Then
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Hundreds of people turned up at Cork City Library on Friday to stand in solidarity with library workers who have been targeted, abused and harassed by far-right agitators. Darragh Adelaide reports on the day and its significance in the wider fight against the far-right. Protestors turned out in
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Despite an overwhelming vote by workers in favour of strike action, NIPSA’s Civil Service Executive Committee has stopped short of following through on their wishes. We publish this piece by a NIPSA activist based in Belfast, urging them to respect the democratic expression of the members, and in turn
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French workers will take to the streets for another general strike tomorrow in protest of President Macron’s proposal to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. Catherine Curran Vigier writes about the strength of the movement and the challenges the workers are facing. The demonstrations against Macron’s
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The British Government and the European Union have agreed a deal on the Protocol. Somhairle Mag Uidhir analyses what The Windsor Framework might mean for the DUP, and for politics in the North more generally. Rishi Sunak’s Windsor Framework may have a grander title than its predecessor, The Protocol,