Category: News & Analysis
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Harris says: guns not butter!
The government’s new National Development Plan commits to ramping up capital spending on the military from €215 million in 2025 to €300 million in 2026, and €360 million by 2029. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael intend to pour €1.7 billion into new military infrastructure – a staggering 144 percent increase compared to the last five…
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New issue of the Revolutionary Communist out: Ireland on the edge – tariffs, crisis and the coming storm
The sixth 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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Bloody Sunday: one soldier prosecuted – but still no justice
A shocking 53 years after the events of Bloody Sunday, the trial of “Soldier F” is finally due to begin next week. Below, we republish an article from 2019, written when the Public Prosecutor first announced the decision to bring Soldier F to trial.
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Charlie Kirk assassination creates a martyr for MAGA
If it is enough to arm oneself with a pistol in order to achieve one’s goal, why the efforts of the class struggle? If a thimbleful of gunpowder and a little chunk of lead is enough to shoot the enemy through the neck, what need is there for a class organization?
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Rulers cower as Nepalese masses seek to burn the system down
Protesters have set fire to the federal parliament, Supreme Court, political party officers and homes of senior politicians. The Prime Minister has resigned, along with a whole host of cabinet ministers. The army is evacuating politicians from their homes. After putting up with years of crushing poverty, the Nepalese youth have had enough. They have…
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Casement Park: yet another insult against West Belfast
West Belfast has been promised a rebuilt Casement Park for decades. Yet to this day, not an inch of progress has been made. In fact, quite the opposite has happened. Abandoned and left to decay, Casement Park lies in ruins.
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Endometriosis and the crisis in women’s healthcare
Women’s healthcare has been left in the dust by capitalism. Across Ireland, women are forced to travel abroad to receive diagnosis for the second most common gynaecological condition, endometriosis.
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Indonesia: the wheel of revolution has turned
Within a week, what began as demonstrations with a semi-insurrectionary character have turned into an open revolutionary uprising which shows no sign of stopping. It is not only tearing down government buildings and police stations, but more importantly, it is shattering the mass stupor that has kept the people in chains. A revolution has begun.
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The Occupied Territories Bill de-fanged: no more trust in Leinster House!
For seven years Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have played hide-and-seek with the Occupied Territories Bill. What began in 2018 as a stand against Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians has since been delayed, shelved, rewritten – and, most recently, gutted of all substance.
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Victory to the secretaries and caretakers!
Over 2,800 school secretaries and caretakers have decided that enough is enough. They have now entered indefinite strike action. We say: victory to the secretaries and caretakers! Strike until all demands are met!