Category: News & Analysis
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United States: anti-ICE rage surges in Minnesota – prepare for a general strike!
Two weeks since ICE agents in Minneapolis murdered protester Renee Good, the movement that erupted in response to her killing continues to gain momentum. In the epicenter of 2020’s George Floyd uprising, protesters have clashed with police and ICE thugs. Ordinary workers are organizing and strategizing to safeguard their neighbors and coworkers, and the idea…
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The ‘menace’ of Russia: neutrality and militarism
The Irish press has been taken over by an endless stream of fearmongering about the ‘imminent threat from Russia’. Be it ‘hybrid warfare’, ‘the shadow fleet’, or ‘disinformation campaigns’, there seems to be no end to this media offensive. You do not need to be a friend of Putin to recognise this propaganda for what…
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New issue of the Revolutionary Communist out – the year ahead: imperialism, militarism, and class struggle
The eighth 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 from our comrades. Every subscription and paper bought will help us strengthen the revolutionary press,…
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Trump’s attack on Venezuela: condemn this act of criminal aggression! – RCI statement
At 2am Caracas time, US imperialism launched a criminal military attack on Venezuelan soil. There are reports of about six large explosions in the capital, Caracas. There have also been military strikes in El Higuerote, Miranda, La Guaira, and also in Aragua. US military helicopters have also been seen flying over Caracas. Trump has announced…
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Britain: Palestine hunger strike – free the Filton 24! Lock up the real terrorists!
Eight political prisoners locked up for the ‘crime’ of fighting the genocide in Gaza have been starved and left to languish by the British state. If they die, the blame will lie with Starmer’s government and the system it upholds. Free the Filton 24! Lock up the real terrorists! [Originally published at communist.red] Starved, neglected,…
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Zelensky’s ‘historic’ visit to Ireland
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky must have been terribly jet lagged by the time he arrived in Ireland last Tuesday as part of his European tour. Before landing in Dublin he had already met with the great and the good of Athens, Paris, Madrid, Ankara and Paris again. And since, he’s been to London, Brussels, Rome,…
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University College Dublin is complicit in genocide
Since its invasion of Gaza in 2023, Israel has murdered more than 66,000 Palestinians. And these are only the official figures, the reality is many times worse. Meanwhile University College Dublin, which proclaims itself a champion of human rights, is seemingly addicted to entering academic partnerships with Israeli universities that wear their direct complicity in…
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Israel rampages towards catastrophe on the West Bank
Trump’s peace plan in Gaza is unacceptable to the Jewish supremacists in Israel’s ruling coalition. Even though it submits Gaza to an American-led occupation, even though it gives Israel a free hand to kill as it pleases, it holds out vague hope for a Palestinian state, at least in words. Their whole programme is to…
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A 2008-themed Christmas this year
With no elections around the corner, the government has gifted Ireland a miserly budget this year. For many working families this will be the toughest Christmases since the peak of the 2008 crisis. Energy bills are up €500–700 more on average per year since 2021, compounded by 10-12 percent of households in Ireland experiencing food…
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COP30: capitalism’s steady march towards climate catastrophe
The latest round of COP talks, which concluded last week, have ended just as we might have predicted. The final agreement contains no direct mention of fossil fuels whatsoever, and is a vague and purely voluntary commitment to ‘begin discussion’ on a roadmap to eventually phase out their use. More than ever, COP is no…