Category: News & Analysis
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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…
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The case of Pat Finucane and the role of the British State
The newly established public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane is set to shine further light onto the bloody role of the British state in Ireland. The murder stands as one of the most notorious killings of the Troubles – not because it was unique, but because of the level of state collusion involved.…
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15 July Long March in ‘Azad’ Kashmir: all power to the committees!
The mass movement in Pakistan-administered Kashmir led by the Awami Action Committee (AAC) has arrived at a decisive point, as the leadership has announced that the Long March will once again recommence on 15 July. At the moment, around 100,000 people are gathered in six different sit-ins around the city of Rawlakot, where there is…