Described by Golda Meir as “a great colonizing agency”, Histadrut has served as one of the foremost weapons of Zionism. As the national trade union centre of the Zionist occupation formed in 1920, Histadrut was crucial in the formation of the Zionist state, being one of the most powerful forces in the Zionist settlements. Led […]
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The Connolly Youth movement expresses its full solidarity with the working youth and people of Turkey, who are currently facing increased anti-democratic measures from the Erdoğan regime, which have been followed by brutal assaults and repression against demonstrators, journalists and members of the Turkish Communist Party and Youth. We concern the attempts made by the
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In the first publicly known implementation of Trump’s policy to deport Palestine solidarity activists, Mahmoud Khalil has been threatened with the revoking of his green card. Khalil, a permanent resident of the US, has not been charged with or convicted of any criminal offences. He has been targeted due to his participation in protest at
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Dorcha Lee’s recent article in the Irish Examiner, advocating for increased Irish military expenditure and closer alignment with EU militarisation and NATO, fundamentally misrepresents both the nature of Ireland’s geopolitical situation as well as the broader context of global conflict in 2025. This argument is presented as a pragmatic and experienced analysis – from a
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The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria is a major victory for the Euro-Atlantic alliance. Western governments have welcomed the new regime, made up of members of the jihadist group Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and led by formed Al-Qaeda member Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa. Already the US and EU have eased sanctions on Syria and have
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On Monday EU leaders met with UK prime minister Keir Starmer and NATO secretary-general Mark Rutte for an informal summit about European defence. At the meeting a letter signed by 19 EU leaders (not including Ireland) was tabled, stressing the need for Europe to rapidly militarise, with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to lead the
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This week, Palestine solidarity activists in Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) succesfully disrupted a recruitment fair for arms companies on campus. Companies complicit in the Palestinian genocide were again denied the opportunity to recruit on campus. As the protest began, activists were approached by university staff and asked what companies they were targeting. These companies were
Lupilu baby wipes have become the target of a nationwide campaign, as part of the broader BDS movement targetting Israeli goods. As the campaign escalates, it is worth looking back at the history of the land on which they are produced to understand why they are an important target of the BDS movement in Ireland.
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