Anti-imperialism

Reasonably Revolting: The “Socialism” of Jacobin

May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments Anti-imperialism, China, Jacobin, Sanders, US Election

Jacobin is not a socialist paper. It exists because the US capitalist media allows it. Their ideology is characterised by their inability to see beyond electoral politics even in the face of persistent failure, and their role as a mouthpiece of US imperialism. Despite their aesthetic, the “Brooklyn Socialism” of Jacobin amounts to little more than the same meek demands of democratic socialism, but in radical dress.

Irish Society

Conspiracies vs Class Consciousness

April 13, 2021April 13, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments Anti-imperialism, Class, conspiracies, liam mellows, Trump

Americanisation has taken root and Ireland requires an intellectual revolution, rooted in Gaelic culture, Republicanism, and anti-imperialism. So that, someday, some people of Ireland will not stage protests outside the GPO against the Bill Gates-George Soros conspiracy, but instead engage with the concrete political and economic issues we face.

Ireland Irish History

Seán Mac Stíofáin: An Unyielding Revolutionary

February 17, 2021February 19, 2021 CYM Committee 1 Comment Anti-imperialism, Opinion, Republican, Republicanism

The far-right has taken the initiative in trying to claim our republican history for their own, but the history couldn’t be further from the truth. To look at the reality, there is no better example than to look at Seán Mac Stíofáin, the English-born Irishman who fought not only for the liberation of Ireland, but of all peoples.

Education Forward

Nkrumah’s Liberation of Ghana from Britain

July 1, 2020August 12, 2020 CYM Committee 0 Comments Africa, Anti-imperialism

‘Aid to a neo-colonial State is merely a revolving credit, paid by the neo-colonial State and returned to the neo-colonial master in the form of increased profits’