Category: News & Analysis
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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 of the Revolutionary Communists of Ireland – as a bimonthly publication. And it was only…
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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 abuse has plunged the DUP into crisis. Alliance is now polling at its lowest in…
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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 more than a staggering £2 million in annual salaries! At the best of times, this…
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Public sector unions ballot for action as Harris prepares anti-worker budget
Ballots for industrial action have been underway among public sector unions after the breakdown of negotiations for a new public sector pay deal. Already, SIPTU members have voted 98 percent in favour of industrial action and 97 percent for strike action. Workers in Fórsa, the largest public sector union, have voted 96.6 percent for industrial…
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The existential crisis of European capitalism
The following is based on a speech delivered by Jorge Martín at a recent meeting of the international leadership of the Revolutionary Communist International. In it, he analyses the existential crisis of European capitalism, and the impact this will have on the class struggle. [Originally published on Marxist.com] European capitalism is facing an existential crisis.…
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The stark fate of Kashmir
The situation in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is on a knife edge. The mass movement, which was forged over the last three years and which has now reached revolutionary proportions, is on the move. As it has grown in size, so have its demands. By such actions, it has thrown down the gauntlet to the Kashmiri authorities…
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Defend the Cuban revolution! Defeat US imperialism! Fight for world socialism!
This statement was passed unanimously at the summer meeting of the leadership of the Revolutionary Communist International. We say: Defend the Cuban revolution! Defeat US imperialism! Fight for world socialism! Emboldened by the immediate success of its January 3 attack on Venezuela, US imperialism has launched an unprecedented campaign of economic asphyxiation and military bullying…
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India’s Cockroaches rise: no retreat until Modi falls!
India has just seen a week where decades happened. Against brutal repression, mass demonstrations organised by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have forced the resignation of India’s hated education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan. This is an important and rare victory, which has sent shockwaves across the country. But at the moment that tens of thousands were…
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The Spanish civil war and the crimes of Stalinism
During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the working class showed all the determination, self-sacrifice, and organisational ability to carry out not one, but ten revolutions, as Trotsky stated. And yet they were ultimately frustrated – betrayed as they were by all their leaders. Of these leaders, the Stalinists played the most counter-revolutionary role. Joseph Stalin…
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The Irish ruling class has blood on their hands
On February 28, 156 people – mostly school girls – in the Shajareh Tayyebeh School in Minab, Iran, were murdered by a missile strike. The blame for this atrocity – and the wanton killing of more than 7,000 others in Iran and Lebanon – lays at the feet of US and Israeli imperialism. In particular…