Category: News & Analysis
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Sectarian attacks in Oldpark: transition has failed, we need a revolution!
Several Catholic families have been forced to flee a mixed-housing estate in the Lower Oldpark area of North Belfast after renewed intimidation, violence and threats of petrol bombs. In nearby Manor Street, a migrant family was also attacked, their windows smashed and “locals only” daubed across their garage. This outrageous episode is but the latest…
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The history of Israel-Palestine to 1993
Trotsky warned in 1940 that the attempt to solve the ‘Jewish problem’ in Europe through the dispossession of the Palestinians would be a “bloody trap”. These words ring true to this very day. But the real history of Israel-Palestine has been buried under mountains of falsification. In this article, Francesco Merli explains the shady dealings…
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“Is that homelessness?” – As Martin scoffs the housing crisis intensifies
“But if the house has been offered… those people are still on the list, still in emergency accommodation, and they’re being counted. And I question then is that homelessness?” So Micheál Martin sneered at the latest bleak milestone set under his government. Apparently – if we believe our ever-wise Taoiseach – a record-breaking 16,353 people…
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Trump at the United Nations
“He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.” – Berthold Brecht They sat there in stunned silence, petrified, like a row of stone statues staring at their highly polished footwear. They resembled nothing less than a group of naughty children, suffering the pitiless admonishments of a sadistic headmaster in a draughty school assembly…
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Digging up the Church’s legacy: Tuam excavations begin
More than 900 of the 3,349 children held in the Bon Secours Mother and Baby Home in Tuam – known as ‘The Home’ – died in their ‘care’. The figures paint a horrifying picture. 80 percent were less than a year old. Across these institutions, infant mortality rates were four times higher than the national…
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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…