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ISRAEL HAS INTERCEPTED THE FLOTILLA: BLOCK EVERYTHING! – FOR A WORKERS’ BOYCOTT AND GENERAL STRIKE!
At around 6pm GMT on 1 October, Israeli armed forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla of over 40 vessels which had been travelling towards Gaza to break the naval blockade and deliver humanitarian aid. By this morning, 2 October, the…
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Sectarian attacks in Oldpark: transition has failed, we need a revolution!
Several Catholic families have been forced to flee a mixed-housing estate in the Lower Oldpark area of North Belfast after renewed intimidation, violence and threats of petrol bombs. In nearby Manor Street, a migrant family was also attacked, their windows…
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The history of Israel-Palestine to 1993
Trotsky warned in 1940 that the attempt to solve the ‘Jewish problem’ in Europe through the dispossession of the Palestinians would be a “bloody trap”. These words ring true to this very day. But the real history of Israel-Palestine has…
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Trump at the United Nations
“He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.” – Berthold Brecht They sat there in stunned silence, petrified, like a row of stone statues staring at their highly polished footwear. They resembled nothing less than a group of…
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Trotsky on the Communist Manifesto
Written in 1847 by Marx and Engels, the Communist Manifesto retains an astonishing vitality today. We publish below an article by Trotsky written in 1937, during the intense crisis of capitalism before WW2, on the occasion of the Manifesto’s 90th…
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The world turned upside down – a system in crisis
Momentous events are transforming the world as we know it. With Trump causing political and economic upheaval globally, the pent-up contradictions of nearly two decades of capitalist crisis and stagnation are reaching a fever pitch. From the genocide in Gaza…
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“Is that homelessness?” – As Martin scoffs the housing crisis intensifies
“But if the house has been offered… those people are still on the list, still in emergency accommodation, and they’re being counted. And I question then is that homelessness?” So Micheál Martin sneered at the latest bleak milestone set under…
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Digging up the Church’s legacy: Tuam excavations begin
More than 900 of the 3,349 children held in the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam – known as ‘The Home’ – died in their ‘care’. The figures paint a horrifying picture. 80 percent were less than a…
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How the Communist International was built
Capitalism is a global system, and the struggle to overthrow it, therefore, has to be global. That explains why since the days of Marx and Engels, Marxists – revolutionary communists – have organised on an international level, from the First…
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Harris says: guns not butter!
The government’s new National Development Plan commits to ramping up capital spending on the military from €215 million in 2025 to €300 million in 2026, and €360 million by 2029. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael intend to pour €1.7 billion…
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New issue of the Revolutionary Communist out: Ireland on the edge – tariffs, crisis and the coming storm
The sixth issue of the Revolutionary Communist is now out! Read the editorial of this issue below, and set up a physical or digital subscription now. Or meet us at one of our regular stalls to buy a copy directly…
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Bloody Sunday: one soldier prosecuted – but still no justice
A shocking 53 years after the events of Bloody Sunday, the trial of “Soldier F” is finally due to begin next week. Below, we republish an article from 2019, written when the Public Prosecutor first announced the decision to bring…