Category: News & Analysis
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A wave of radicalisation is sweeping through Brazil
The largest street protests in Brazil’s history, lasting three weeks, resulted in an unprecedented electoral turnaround that had been deemed almost impossible by virtually all analysts. [Originally published in Portuguese at brasilcomunista.org] Lula finished the first round 2.2 million votes behind Flávio Bolsonaro. In the second round, Lula finished 4.4 million votes ahead, even though…
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Winter is coming
The heads of almost every Emergency Department (ED) are “very” or “extremely” concerned over the additional pressure winter will put on the North’s healthcare system. Those who run our hospitals day in and day out are blaring the warning sirens. Stormont’s response? To sail merrily along straight towards the iceberg ahead! But fear not, “the…
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Drumcree, Stormont and the DUP
After a two-week-long stand off in Drumcree, Secretary of State Chris Bryant was forced to reverse the Parades Commission’s decision and ban the Orange Order from marching down the Garvaghy Road. An important victory for the nationalist residents of the area was won not through political manoeuvring at Stormont, not through clever arguments in the…
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WRC talks collapse, all out for 12 November!
On Friday, talks between the government and the trade unions in the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) collapsed after ten days. On Monday morning, unions announced that a second public sector strike will take place on Thursday 12 November. This time, the strike action will be accompanied by a rally in Dublin and other locations. This…
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Sally Rooney banned from selling books for courageous pro-Palestine stand
The publisher of best-selling author Sally Rooney has announced that her books will no longer be published or sold in the UK. This means that popular titles like Normal People and Conversations with Friends have effectively been banned from sale. [Originally published on communist.red] This is due to a block on all proceeds going to the author, under Section 15 of…
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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.…