Connolly Youth Movement
Now is the perfect time to reflect on the problem of the second shift faced by women in the workplace and home. This article reviews Working Parents and the Revolution at Home by Professor Arlie Hochschild and explores how men can behave more responsibly in the division of labour.
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Here we can see the working class of Ireland recognise their position, they can see very clearly the problems capitalism produces, namely, the health and housing crises. Here Sinn Féin had the opportunity to exploit the gap in anti-austerity politics that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil structurally support.
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Some are calling the crisis a ‘cleanse’ of the planet, that because it disproportionately affects older people, it’s the Earth’s revenge against ‘boomers’ and that humanity really needed to ‘check itself’ or let the planet breathe.
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Banking in Ireland has a rightly deserved negative reputation, with private developers exploiting the public exchequer to rack up immense profits while engaging in socially irresponsible and reckless practices. This article asks the question – is another way possible?
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It exists almost as if to affirm that capitalism is the only viable option, and feeds into the western idea of restricting socialism to its most minimal form. Furthermore, the Nordic welfare model cannot be presented as an alternative to both socialism and capitalism, it works mainly as a form of appeasement, keeping the working class quiet while still supporting free market capitalism.
Read moreThis essay is from the book ‘Blackshirts and Reds’ and has been republished due to the on-going propaganda
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Self proclaimed socialists such as Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Corbyn have seen moderate success in electoral politics which has opened up a space for socialists to introduce their ideas to a much larger audience.
Read moreThis is one of a series of articles written by the Irish Marxist, James Connolly, in the newspaper Workers’ Republic
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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.
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Almost 30 years after the fall of the USSR, it’s become quite clear that our welfare state was little more than pacifying piecemeal for the masses of Europe and the US – the Covid-19 Pandemic has placed all eyes on this reality.
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