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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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British capitalism attempts to wipe Grenfell from memory

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Almost 8 years ago, on 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the Grenfell Tower apartment block. This tragedy took the lives of 72 men, women and children, the youngest of whom was the 6 month old Leena Belkadi who died in her mother’s arms while she was attempting to escape the inferno that

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Abtran fires union activist

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Call centre company Abtran has illegally fired a worker in Cork who was a vocal supporter of the ongoing unionisation effort. This comes after months of campaigning by members of the Independent Workers’ Union to obtain better pay and conditions in Abtran. In May workers delivered a pay claim to the company demanding, among other

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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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Free State Government reaffirms its support for Zionism

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The newly re-elected Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil coalition, backed up by several independents, has already commenced its victory lap, reaffirming its support for Israel and Western imperialism. While the Irish government have tended to portray themselves as defenders of Palestine on the international stage, they have refused to stop US war planes using Shannon airport to

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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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Imperialism and the myth of a “Green Transition”

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As the climate crisis worsens, capitalists and their political representatives have put forward the “Green Transition” as the solution. The basis of this claim is that the market will find technological solutions for climate change and that capitalism can exist in harmony with the environment. Certainly the rise of green technology – electric vehicles (EVs),

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How the west uses scaremongering about Russia to excuse its election interference

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We are constantly told that democracy is synonymous with the West. Western media consistently places Russia and its president Vladimir Putin in opposition to core European values. We are told that Russia is a threat to the freedom of the Western world, that it is tirelessly plotting to subvert elections and create a new Russian

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Flash Floods in Valencia display the inhumane “logic” of Capitalism

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This week has seen flash floods raging across the Valencian Community of Spain as well as other parts of the South-East with the death toll already above 200. While this has been a terrible natural disaster the blame for such a high death toll and risk to human life lies squarely at the far right-wing

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Cork councillor’s callous disregard for City’s working-class

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Fine Gael councillor and general election candidate for Cork South-Central Shane O’Callaghan recently submitted a motion to Cork City Council regarding policing in the city. The motion blames increased anti-social behaviour and crime in the city on a lack of resources for Gardaí and lenient sentencing, and calls on the council to write a letter

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