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From Bread Riots to #Girlbosses: The Liberal Bastardisation of International Working Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2022March 7, 2022 by CYM Committee

The socialist roots of International Working Women’s Day have been consigned to the history books, supplanted by a liberal feminist celebration devoid of a class character. Gone are the days of mobilisation for women’s liberation; in their place are shallow displays of white feminism – the alienation of exploited, marginalised women and the upholding of the patriarchal capitalist system. This is a call to reclaim the origins of a celebration, a day recognising the power of working women from all backgrounds to change the world as they have done in the past and will do again.

Remember the Fenians

Posted on March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 by CYM Committee

The best way to remember the Fenians – and every other republican – is to make their ambitions a reality. Fight against the apathy that is so prevalent; agitate for a better future. Educate people on what the cause of societies problems are and what can be done about them. Organise in your workplace, in your community, and in your college to make the Republican ideal a reality.

Frantz Fanon & Algeria’s Liberation Movement

Posted on July 20, 2020July 19, 2021 by CYM Committee

In the same vein as many contemporary and later African socialists, Fanon saw a uniquely African situation that required a rethinking of orthodox Marxist analysis.

Nkrumah’s Liberation of Ghana from Britain

Posted on July 1, 2020July 19, 2021 by CYM Committee

‘Aid to a neo-colonial State is merely a revolving credit, paid by the neo-colonial State and returned to the neo-colonial master in the form of increased profits’

No, a Pandemic is Not Good for the Environment

Posted on April 4, 2020July 19, 2021 by CYM Committee

Some are calling the crisis a ‘cleanse’ of the planet, that because it disproportionately affects older people, it’s the Earth’s revenge against ‘boomers’ and that humanity really needed to ‘check itself’ or let the planet breathe.

Burnout or Bust: Capitalism & Health (Part I)

Posted on March 14, 2020March 27, 2022 by admin

The idea of performing meditation during a stressful or hectic shift is laughable but even more so is the initial suggestion of adopting aspects of eastern philosophy to enhance work life. Trying to sanitize and repackage the teachings and reflections of eastern philosophers which centre around harmony and balance are bizarre suggestions by themselves and completely ill-fitting within a corporate environment.

If Coronavirus Was to Wipe Us Out, We’d Probably Never See It Coming

Posted on March 3, 2020July 19, 2021 by CYM Committee

Complex subjects, particularly those of a scientific or political nature, are most commonly sensationalised. So much so that we end up with a Media Who Cried Wolf situation. When every trending disease around winter time is looking to wipe out humanity, one that actually could, would be impossible to ever believe.

The European Union’s Campaign to Rewrite History

Posted on February 12, 2020July 19, 2021 by CYM Committee

In order to undercut any potential resistance to the European Empire, it is engaging in the historical comparisons of the Socialist countries to Nazism.

Why Does the EU Make the Housing, Health & Climate Crises Worse?

Posted on February 9, 2020July 19, 2021 by CYM Committee

Basic functions of a state, such as public investment, have been restricted to an unprecedented degree. Karl Marx saw that national debt is the means by which the modern state is sold to the capitalist class, determining which section of that class will be in control.

Supermac’s – The Myth of Capitalist Innovation

Posted on November 17, 2019November 19, 2019 by CYM Committee

Part of their strategy is to donate some of their super profits to charity or to sporting organisations such as the GAA. They do this for local and political clout, to be seen as ‘benevolent capitalists’ and obscure the fundamental social relation of production: workers create all of the wealth and have to sell their labour power (time) to employers to get by, while Pat McDonagh lives opulently, holidays and expands his capital in every direction using the wealth he has stolen from his workers.