Tag: Ireland
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Second issue of Marxist Voice out: Are you a communist? Then get organised!
The second issue of the Marxist Voice is now out. Read below this issue’s editorial and get in touch to order your copy now!
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Why I left People Before Profit and joined the Irish Marxists
A comrade from the Irish Marxists explains why he left People Before Profit (PBP), Ireland’s largest self-styled ‘Marxist’ organisation, to join the International Marxist Tendency. Unsatisfied with a lack of attention to theory and the electoral reformism of PBP, Nathan explains why the IMT in contrast fits the bill as the serious, revolutionary outfit he…
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Build a Marxist Student Society
Before the summer, our comrades in Trinity college set about organising a Marxist society on campus. We collected signatures of interested students, and requested a meeting with the Central Society Committee (CSC) – a student body who apparently gets to decide what societies are or are not allowed to operate in Trinity.
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Crisis of Unionism: Reckoning with the betrayal of Britain
The world bore witness to historic defeats for Unionism in the latest Assembly and Council elections which propelled Sinn Féin to the biggest party on both occasions. This situation is hurling the DUP and Unionism into an ever deepening quagmire. Many Unionist workers and youth feel abandoned by the DUP due to the ever increasing…
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The waning sham ‘neutrality’ of the Irish ruling class
The right-wing coalition government of Varadkar and Martin has decided that now is the time to test the water on ditching so-called Irish ‘neutrality’. No doubt they would love to bounce Ireland into NATO, finally ending decades of sham neutrality in favour of open recognition of the 26-county state’s actual position: that of a pawn…
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Catholic Church: scandals, abuses and cover-ups
Yet another abuse scandal involving the Catholic Church has come to light, this time uncovered by the RTÉ documentary “Blackrock Boys”, which tells of a Spiritan priest who abused his position as an ‘educator’ to prey on young children and eventually rape two brothers at Blackrock College during the 1970s.
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First issue of Irish Marxists’ magazine: Marxist Voice – out now!
We are proud to announce the publication of the first issue of the paper of the International Marxist Tendency in Ireland – the Marxist Voice! This is a landmark moment for the building of the Marxist tendency in Ireland.
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Climate Chaos
2022 marked Ireland’s warmest year since records began. This is not an isolated phenomenon – the years since 2015 have been the Earth’s eight warmest years on record. The terrifying consequences of the climate crisis that have afflicted the so-called ‘Third World’ have also come back to bite western countries, with this summer’s wildfires in…
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Republicanism and Revolution: “the rich always betray the poor”
In 1798, the first uprising took place against British rule in favour of a Republic in Ireland, inspired by the democratic ideals of the French and American revolutions.
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Housing crisis: a government of landlords for landlords
The housing crisis in Ireland continues to deepen. The situation moves from bad to worse, month by month, year by year. Homelessness figures continue to soar, having reached a new record high of almost 11,000 people in emergency accommodation.