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Bond market troubles reveal impending crisis
The US government is having to pay increasing amounts of interest to borrow money. For the first time since 2007, interest on its 10-year debt has reached five percent. The crisis in the bond markets reflects the pressures arising from…
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The ghosts of Drumcree
On the morning of Sunday 27 September, it seemed the North stood on the brink of the abyss. As the Orange Order was gearing up for a march down the Garvaghy Road, loyalists gathered in Portadown city centre to welcome…
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Germany: why did the AfD win in Saxony-Anhalt?
The election result in the poor, rural East German state of Saxony-Anhalt, home to just 2.1 million residents, has hit the German ruling class like a thunderclap. Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has won nearly 44 percent of the vote, up…
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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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Plugging leaks – Ireland’s crumbling water infrastructure
With long, warm summers set to become the norm for Europe, the crisis of Ireland’s water infrastructure is reaching boiling point. At the end of July, a nationwide hosepipe ban was brought in and has been extended until the end…
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Tickets on sale NOW for Revolutionary Communist Day School — Ireland: From Conquest to Re-conquest
“The conquest of Ireland had meant the social and political servitude of the Irish masses, and therefore the re-conquest of Ireland must mean the social as well as the political independence from servitude of every man, woman and child in…
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Stop the game! Fight Imperialism and its lackeys!
On 27 September, Ireland will play Israel over 2,500km away from Ireland in Hungary. On 4 October, Ireland’s ‘home’ leg shifted to a ‘neutral’ ground in Serbia. At both matches, no Irish supporter will be let through a turnstile. On…
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The Mary Wallopers’ ‘Paddywhackery’: an antidote against pessimism
The Mary Wallopers third album, ‘Paddywhackery’, is their best to date, writes Will Collins. A clarion call to the working class and the oppressed to recognise their collective power and refuse to submit to the rich and powerful, this album…
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Donald Trump’s contribution to the discussion on a United Ireland summed up
Donald Trump has some choice words on Irish unification when he took a detour from his golf trip last week to visit the Taoiseach. At their meeting he unexpectedly announced: “They’re Irish people. How can they be bad, right? I’d…
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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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