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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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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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Communist School of anti-imperialism: a fantastic success!
This past Saturday, October 18th, the Revolutionary Communists of Ireland hosted our largest event to date: The Communist Day School of Anti-Imperialism. The energy at the School was palpable, with over 60 attending throughout the day. The growing turnout at our meetings is testament to the growing thirst among the youth for the ideas of…
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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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First national meeting of the Irish Marxists a big success!
9 September marked the first All-Ireland meeting of the International Marxist Tendency (IMT) which met in Dublin. Comrades came from around the country including Dublin, Belfast, Derry, Meath and Limerick, with a comrade attending from the international centre of the IMT, making a total of 15 attendees.