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The imperialist push for militarisation and the myth of a defenceless Ireland

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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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West reaps benefits of ‘Free Syria’

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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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Micheál Martin gives go-ahead for EU militarisation

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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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“Total Victory” for Palestine solidarity activists in Belfast as arms manufacturers and BDS target Coca-Cola are forced out of a campus recruitment fair.

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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

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Wexford stands with Palestine

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On 13 October, the Wexford Cumann of the Connolly Youth Movement organised and attended a solidarity march for Palestine with the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign at Wexford Bridge. The demonstration was to show support for the unified Palestinian resistance against apartheid and the attempted ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the Gaza strip. We had a

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