Category: News & Analysis
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The ‘Re-conquest of Ireland’ Day School – a tremendous step forward!
On Saturday 17 October, the Revolutionary Communists of Ireland held a national Day School titled ‘Ireland: From Conquest to Re-Conquest’ in Dublin. This was the best event our organisation has ever put on – proven not only by the number in attendance, but also by the depth and quality of the discussions held throughout the…
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Will the ‘Celtic Alliance’ break up the United Kingdom?
Last month, the nationalist first ministers of Scotland, Wales, and the North of Ireland – representing the Scottish National Party, Plaid Cymru, and Sinn Féin respectively – held what has been dubbed the ‘Celtic summit’ in Cardiff. [Originally published on communist.red] Predictably, the bourgeois media was awash with catastrophic declarations about the end of the…
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Brazil: mass mobilisation defeats Bolsonaro – build the communist alternative!
In an unprecedented turnaround, Lula has won the second round of the Brazilian presidential election. Such a turnaround had never happened before. Lula received 53.8 million votes (45 percent) in the first round. He now received over 64 million (51 percent) votes – that’s an increase of over 10 million votes. Meanwhile, Bolsonaro went from…
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Fight the fare hikes with class struggle!
On 3 September the National Transport Authority (NTA) announced a 15 percent increase on average in the fare price of TFI services, coming into effect January 2027. Despite these increases the announcement bragged “Ireland’s public transport fares remain extremely competitive by European standards, with single-trip fares in Dublin comparing favourably with those in cities including…
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Europe’s Red Autumn
At its height, the movement this weekend saw the French masses fight the police to within 300 metres of the steps of the Elysée Palace. We can only imagine the tension in the President’s office. Across the country a million, perhaps two million people were mobilised. The ruling class has been shaken to its core.…
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Micheál Martin’s ‘bold stand’ on genocide
On the 25th of September, Micháel Martin delivered a speech to the UN. Headlines have cooed over his ‘scathing’ proclamations. In front of the delegates, he says that “we have failed Palestine”. Many nod their heads in support and praise his salient point. I too agree with his startling recognition. Everyone in that room has…
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France: 17 October mobilisations put revolution on the agenda
The massive wave of protests in France on Saturday was a militant escalation of a movement that has swept the country and is striking fear in the heart of the Macron government. Despite brutal repression, workers and youth have continued to mobilise in increasing numbers. With a bold, revolutionary programme, these protests have the potential…
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Unionist establishment draw line at Good Jobs Bill
True to form, Sinn Féin and the DUP have found themselves at loggerheads in Stormont. This time over SF’s proposed ‘Good Jobs Bill’, which seeks to improve workers’ rights in the North of Ireland. Predictably, the DUP are digging their heels in, cynically claiming the bill “risks costing NI jobs”. Though the exact legal text…
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No to data centre in Naas
Kildare County Council has recently granted permission for the building of a €3 Billion data centre in Jigginstown, Naas. Such a site is expected to consume three times as much electricity as the entirety of county Kildare, as well as using 18,000 litres of water every day. This is coming at a time when our…
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Germany: elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania another blow to the CDU
Two weeks after the political earthquake in Saxony-Anhalt, the state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania have dealt another blow to the ruling CDU-SPD coalition. Chancellor Friedrich Merz is in a difficult position. Visibly shaken on election night, he vowed to continue with his government’s programme of ‘reforms’ – read: an all-out assault on pensions,…