Category: News & Analysis
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Renters thrown to the vultures with new housing bill
Continuing to fall far behind housing completion figures promised in the programme for government, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have doubled down on sacrificing renters at the altar of multinational investment funds. A bill enacted on the first of March allows new tenancies to start at the highest market price. Afterwards, rents can be increased…
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‘The revolution will not be televised’ – the Bolivarian Revolution on camera
The criminal offensive by US imperialism against Venezuela on 3 January has put the country back in the international spotlight. The outrage sparked by this military aggression has been accompanied by a discussion on the left about the Bolivarian Revolution that developed after Hugo Chávez’s victory in the 1998 presidential election. [This article was originally…
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Pakistan: Ehsan Ali and AAC leaders arrested again on charges of terrorism
Comrade Ehsan Ali, chairman of the Awami Action Committee of Gilgit Baltistan and central leader of RCP in Pakistan, was arrested on the night of 10 March from his home in Gilgit, when police raided his home. After that, the homes of several other leaders of the AAC have been raided and four more have…
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Bombs, blood and bowls of Shamrock
The ninth issue of the Revolutionary Communist is coming out this week! 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…
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Boutcher and the RIC – who are the real terrorists?
Jon Boutcher, the PSNI’s chief constable, while speaking at a commission on the Kenova report, remarked: “I was at an event on Sunday for … Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) officers murdered before the creation of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) by terrorism.” We hope the irony will not be lost on our readers. While denying…
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Trump’s massive Iran aggression gamble becoming a catastrophic miscalculation
Drunk with success in Venezuela, Trump thought that the same methods could be used to force Iran to submit. Either a threatening naval force encircling the country would lead to capitulation, or a short sharp decapitation strike would produce regime change through the emergence of a new leadership willing to comply with imperialists’ demands (a…
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The war on Iran: where do communists stand?
In the morning of Saturday 28 February, Tehran was shaken by a series of loud explosions as US and Israeli missiles struck the capital of Iran. Clouds of smoke were also seen rising from Tehran, Qom and other Iranian cities, announcing the commencement of war. At a stroke, the endless parody of meaningless negotiations was…
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Trump prepares for war with Iran – down with imperialist aggression!
Once again, the eyes of the world are fixed on every word and gesture of the man in the White House, Donald J. Trump. With one third of the entire American Navy assembled in the region, and with Trump oscillating between threats and calls for negotiations, the question on the lips of millions is: will…
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Houses decay from disuse while homelessness rises
Despite huge demand for decent homes in Cork, ten houses in Carrignavar have been abandoned for fifteen years, even though they are nearly finished. All they are waiting for is to be connected to the sewage network. Instead they have been withering away in a village where people are “crying out for homes”. New housing…
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A generation pushed to the brink
Students in the South are facing a worsening education system, deteriorating living conditions, and a decline in every aspect of student life. From soaring rents, to a crumbling health-care system, students have been left without meaningful support – financial or otherwise. Even with grants such as SUSI, the limits of the marketisation of higher education…