Category: News & Analysis
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Apprenticeships Ireland: A rigged system
To say that the apprenticeship system in Ireland is broken is quite the understatement. For anyone unfortunate enough to have slogged through the bureaucratic swamp that is SOLAS (who works with the educational training board in Ireland), like myself, will see it for what it truly is, a rigged system that serves no purpose other…
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2025 Perspectives for the Irish Revolution
The following document was passed unanimously at a recent meeting of the Central Committee of the Revolutionary Communists of Ireland. Here, we offer our perspective and analysis of the main trends that are shaping Irish politics and the class struggle. The rise of imperialist tensions, the election of Donald Trump and the death throes of the…
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Trump’s presidency creates enormous turbulence across the world
The following is a serialisation of a speech on world perspectives, given on Tuesday 28 January at a meeting of the International Executive Committee of the Revolutionary Communist International.
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Ireland’s role in the imperialist war machine
The Irish state has once again proved itself to be a faithful little servant to its Western imperialist masters. This time, through the aiding and abetting of the genocide of the Palestinian people at the blood soaked hands of Israel and its Western allies.
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Trump: US to ‘take over’ Gaza, expel 2 million and create ‘Riviera of the Middle East’ – real estate tycoon proposes a new Nakba
Late on 4 February, in a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump proposed that the US should take over Gaza and force the whole of its population (2 million Palestinians) to relocate to other “plots of land” (in Jordan and Egypt) so that the area could be rebuilt as…
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New Issue of the Revolutionary Communist out – Poverty amongst plenty: build the communists!
The third issue of the Revolutionary Communist is now out! Read the editorial of this issue below, and get in touch to order your copy now! You can also pick up a yearly subscription for 10 euros, or pay a solidarity subscription of 20 euros (or more) to support the communist press.
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The fallout of Israel’s failed attempt to crush Gaza
The guns have fallen silent in Gaza, for now. After fifteen months, a ceasefire agreement has brought a pause to the relentless genocidal killing of tens of thousands of Palestinians and the near total destruction of the Palestinian enclave by the state of Israel. The first thing to note is this: the Palestinians did not…
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New coalition formed: prepare for crisis
After 4 weeks of ‘tireless’ campaigning, almost 50 days of ‘intense’ negotiations and ‘late night’ meetings, a new coalition has been formed. It will be composed of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, together with the Regional Independent Group and the Healy-Raes. And it has just released their draft programme for government, Securing Ireland’s Future. We…
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Car industry closures reveal depth of European crisis
The European economy is facing its biggest crisis in a decade. Over the past few months, announcements of layoffs in France and Germany have come thick and fast. Hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk as companies attempt to cut costs. At the same time, the European Central Bank (ECB) is cutting interest rates…
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Tectonic shifts in world relations provoke volcanic explosions
The whole world situation is dominated by enormous instability in international relations. This is the result of the struggle for hegemony between the US, the world’s most powerful imperialist nation, which is in relative decline, and other weaker but nonetheless rising powers, above all the younger and more dynamic China. The relative decline of US…