Current Affairs

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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Technological advancement under capitalism is being hamstrung by imperialist monopoly

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Last month, the US House of Representatives introduced the Semiconductor Technology Advancement and Research (STAR) Act, 2024. The legislation represents the latest attempt by US officials to rescue their chip manufacturing industry and compete with China. The act introduces a 25% tax relief for companies engaging in chip design in the US.  The chip manufacturing

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Britain preparing for war ‘in three years’

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So why does this mean that Britain must prepare itself for war? According to Walker, Britain has “an absolute urgency to restore credible hard power in order to underwrite deterrence”. Veiled in diplomatic language, the real reason for this commitment has been made clear in the above sentence – to reassert Britain’s interests, with an

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Ireland to provide over €12 million to rearm EU militaries

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The Irish state will contribute €12 million to a European Union scheme to arm EU countries with missiles, artillery shells, and explosives This money will form part of a €1 billion initiative aimed at “incentivising the defence industry through a one-off grant to encourage faster production” of explosives. The stated rationale behind the move is

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