The Republic of Ireland has the highest student contribution fee in the EU, with our peers in the North paying even more. #WhatAmIPayingFor
Students (and their Parents) are still paying full fees for a fraction of the education Read More »
With the outbreak of World War I in 1914, suffragette movements across the world followed in behind empires that had beaten them for decades but not Irish Suffragettes.
Black Friday of 1910 & the Irish Suffragettes Read More »
On the 25th of November, Cuban Ambassador to Ireland, Hugo René Ramos Milanés, addressed the Connolly Youth Movement at a talk held to remember Fidel Castro, on the 4th anniversary of his death.
Remembering Fidel – Defending Cuba Read More »
107 years ago the Irish Citizen Army made their first public appearance, as we remember them and their commitment to the cause of labour, what lessons can we learn from their example?
For the Citizen Army – 107th Anniversary of the ICA Read More »
The CYM held a talk to commemorate the 103rd anniversary of the October Revolution two weeks ago, including a report by the National Education Officer and a talk by Roman Kononenko, secretary of the Komsomol and a central committee member of the KPRF. The following is a report by DG who attended the meeting as well as the National Education Officer’s lecture.
Notes from the 103rd Anniversary of the October Revolution Read More »
We celebrate the event that launched a thousand struggles – the Great October Socialist Revolution, and remember its lessons for communists today.
103 Years Since the October Revolution Read More »
The results of the Bolivian election hold key lessons for the Left. The Bolivian situation warns of the dangers faced by social movements of right-wing violence but are also an optimistic sign of what can be achieved when popular mobilisation against imperialist intervention occurs.
Why Bolivia Proves Socialists Right Read More »
The current narrative of the dominant imperial powers seeks to pit “Western values” against Islamic extremism in a cultural struggle of civilisations – the geopolitical factors driving imperialist intervention in the Middle East and the backlash run much deeper and according to the lines of material self-interest. of the capitalist class .
The US Fuels the Extremism it Condemns Read More »
Across Europe the fires of revolution burned bright. From the battlefields of the Russian Civil War to the streets of Berlin, from Italian factories to the Irish countryside, civil disorder and outright rebellion were the order of the day. The Monaghan Soviet was one of the major acts of resistance in Ireland that would set the tone of aspiration and solidarity for the Irish left into the future.
Peader O’Donnell and the Monaghan Soviet Read More »
With the considerable amount of leisure time resulting from a universal eight-hour day (an anomaly for the era), a passion for mass activity, excellent facilities available at no cost, public transport and free access to services, in 6 of the 8 Summer Olympics they competed in, the Soviet Union was at the top of the medal count.
How the Soviets dominated the world of chess – The Queen’s Gambit Read More »