Dublin Bar Still Doesn’t Understand the Problem After Comparing the Lockdown to a Genocide
‘We’ve had our pubs, gigs & festivals taken from us. We’re like the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto being told to hop on the train to Auschwitz’
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Why James Connolly was Executed
The crisis of 2020 can be a rupture in the status-quo of capitalism as much as the First World War and the 1916 Rising was. We must look at his contributions to applying Marxism to the Irish context, and his unique ability to recognise the political moment he was living in. For Connolly, Marxism was not an abstract theoretical position to be talked about in universities, nor a dogma to be appealed to as an authority. Marxism was simply a key to be used to unlock Irish History.
A Red Response to COVID-19
Now more than ever, a communist response is needed – one that will transcend the false dichotomy of economic stability vs. human life and protect workers’ livelihoods while defeating the virus.
Sexual Abuse in Your Party – An open letter to Mick Barry, Richard Boyd Barrett, Gino Kenny, Paul Murphy & Bríd Smith
We urge any of your members reading this to come forward. We will believe them, just as many other comrades in the Irish left will. The majority of socialists in this country completely reject misogyny, predatory behaviour and the cynicism coming from senior members that punish and demean members for standing up against abuse.
Freedom of Discussion, Unity of Action – CYM 2020 Ard Fheis
Nobody’s voice was above any other. Our mandate comes from ourselves, open debate and discussion drawing us to unity. I challenge the reader to find a political organisation on our island that operates in so democratic a manner.
The Meaning of ‘Power’ in a Post-GE2020 Ireland
Negotiation means dilution and this occurs all the time. It is possible that tweaks and quick fixes will be offered to the more chronic problems facing Ireland and working class people will temporarily get more breathing room.
Emigration or Suicide – Young People Must Take a Stand on Feb 8th
Join the campaign to unseat the vampires who have led Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil in bleeding near dry the spirits and hopes of Ireland’s youth.
Make Revolution Your 2020 Resolution – Hope in the New Roaring Twenties
Fritz Lang’s 1926 silent era sci-fi masterpiece, Metropolis, depicts downtrodden workers rising up against billionaire industrialists. It opens with; ‘The year is 2026, a Dickensian “best of times, worst of times,” total oppression and manipulation of the masses is wielded by the unquestionable power of the few.’
Sleepwalking into Oblivion – Socialism or Death
The patching up approach of Green Capitalism is simply capitalism’s latest attempt to annex subversive politics into its fold, creating profitable spaces in renewables while intensifying the destruction of the environment, stifling emerging consciousness and tricking our generation into sleepwalking into oblivion.
Connolly Youth Movement statement on the divorce referendum
We, the Connolly Youth Movement support the YES vote in the upcoming divorce referendum on Friday the 24th of May 2019, currently, the law according to the constitution of the twenty six mandates that a married couple must be separated for four of the last five years to be granted a divorce, if the yes … Read more