Tag: News
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Israel’s ‘Gazafication’ of Lebanon
Israel is subjecting Lebanon to a campaign of ‘Gazafication’ – systematically levelling villages, displacing populations and targeting journalists and medical staff – under the pretext of ‘fighting Hezbollah’. Their intention is clearly to prevent any ceasefire between the US and the Iranians, and to seize Lebanese territory by force of arms while much of the…
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“Not One More” – fight the epidemic of violence against women!
On Saturday, April 25, thousands of outraged workers and young people filled the streets of Belfast, rallying under the call “Not One More” in response to the ongoing epidemic of femicide, which has claimed 30 women’s lives in the North of Ireland since 2020. In a chilling continuation of this violence, just prior to the…
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United States: “All you had to do was pay us enough to live” – warehouse arson vents class rage
“A lot of people are going to understand,” Chamel Abdulkarim reportedly told his girlfriend over the phone just moments after burning down the 1.2 million square foot Kimberly Clark distribution center where he worked. [Originally published at communistusa.org] He wasn’t wrong. A lot of people did understand. Regardless of whether one condemns or condones arson…
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Trump’s defeat in Iran and its worldwide consequences
The war in Iran, which started as a reckless gamble on the part of Trump, is developing into a significant strategic defeat for US imperialism, which can have important consequences for the world economy, the position of America as a world power, and world relations in general. We are now in the seventh week of…
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Iran ceasefire: Trump’s humiliating climbdown
“Total and complete victory. 100 percent. No question about it.” With these words, Donald Trump described the two-week ceasefire with Iran announced last night. Just hours prior, Trump had threatened that “an entire civilization will die” – which elicited not a word of criticism from America’s allies. But shortly before his own deadline expired, Trump…
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SNA Backlash exposes the weakness of the government
In the first weeks of February, letters landed at schools across the country from the National Council for Special Education. 194 schools were informed that their Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) – staff who provide support to children with disabilities – would be reduced and reallocated. It wasn’t long before local TDs were flooded with emails…
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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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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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2026 perspectives for the Irish Revolution
The following document was passed unanimously at the third congress of Revolutionary Communists of Ireland. Here, we offer our perspective and analysis of the main trends that are shaping Irish politics and the class struggle. If you agree with the ideas here explained, then there is no time to lose. Write to us today and…
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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…