HIGHLIGHTS
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Picking the Triple Lock
The bill to scrap the Triple Lock – the mechanism which requires approval from the Irish government, Dáil, and United Nations Security Council before more than 12 Irish troops can be sent abroad – is set to come before the…
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‘Russia will collapse tomorrow’ – ‘and invade Europe in five years’
‘Russia is about to collapse.’ The economy is apparently cracking at the seams. Sanctions have finally worked. Oil refineries are going up in flames one after another. Ukrainian drones have paralysed half the country. There is no petrol, no money,…
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The Revolutionary Communist goes monthly!
“The publication of an all-Russia political newspaper must be the main line by which we may unswervingly develop, deepen and expand the organisation” – V.I Lenin It is only one year since we relaunched the Revolutionary Communist – the organ…
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The third congress of the Revolutionary Communists of Ireland!
Comrades from across Ireland gathered in Dublin on the 11th and 12th of April for the 3rd congress of the Revolutionary Communists of Ireland. This was our first congress as an official section of the Revolutionary Communist International, a fact…
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2026 perspectives for the Irish Revolution
The following document was passed unanimously at the third congress of Revolutionary Communists of Ireland. Here, we offer our perspective and analysis of the main trends that are shaping Irish politics and the class struggle. If you agree with the…
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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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Permission granted to cement over mother and baby home
Despite decades of promises and apologies, the church and state are attempting to pave over historic abuse on the site of the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork. At least 923 children died at Bessborough between the 1920s and…
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Donaldson’s fall and the DUP’s crisis
The unprecedented scandal surrounding former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson, who has been convicted of 18 counts of sexual abuse against children – including one count of rape – has shaken the DUP to its very core. For the first time…
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Declaration of the Editorial Board of Iskra
We republish below the Declaration of the Editorial Board of Iskra, written by Lenin in September 1900 on the occasion of the launching of Iskra as an All-Russian Marxist newspaper. The Declaration launches a bold attack against reformism, all gradations…
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Where to Begin?
On the occasion of the transition of the Revolutionary Communist to a monthly publication schedule, we republish below a short, but pivotal text written by Lenin in 1901, which laid out many of the tactics and methods that would play…
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Opinion polls, ballot boxes and Sinn Féin
The latest LucidTalk poll has sent shockwaves through the political establishment in the North. The three parties that came out on top in the last Stormont elections are now all but bleeding support. Jeffrey Donaldson’s conviction for child rape and…
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NHS: pay rises for the bosses, austerity for us!
The bigwigs lording over the NHS in the North of Ireland have put it upon themselves to increase their salaries by 50 percent in the past three years. The result? The top brass in Stormont’s Department of Health now commands…
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