Tag: News
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Government attacks tenants with RPZ ‘reform’
Renters across Ireland recently woke up to the news that the entirety of the 26 counties now falls under a Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ). Was Micheál Martin visited by three ghostly figures who awoke him to the suffering of tenants across the country? What else could have prompted him and his Housing Minister James Browne…
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Down with the war on Iran! Down with US imperialism!
“NOW IS TIME FOR PEACE,” wrote US President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Saturday. On the same day, the US carried out its biggest military attack on Iran in modern history. Trump was backed by European leaders, including his obedient servant in Downing Street, all of whom have been calling on Iran to show…
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Iran war: “those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad”
As I write these lines, the attention of the entire world is focused on one man. His every word is studied, dissected and analysed in the most extraordinary detail, in the hope that one might derive some sense as to what it may, or may not, signify. The efforts of the self-styled experts closely resemble…
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Ballymena: Unionist establishment reap what they sow
Far-right mobs have taken to the streets in race riots which have swept across Ballymena, targeting the homes of foreign families with arson attacks. The outrageous scenes of violence from loyalist thugs – almost certainly coordinated with the help of the UDA – are reminiscent of the pogroms which, in 1969, sparked the Troubles. The…
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Rotten to the core: the British state, child abuse, and the Kincora cover-up
A new book by Belfast-based investigative journalist Chris Moore casts a searing light over the sexual abuses of a ring of establishment paedophiles, and their scandalous, systematic cover-up orchestrated at the highest level of the British state.
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Irish referendum – revolutionary implications
Ten years ago today, Ireland became the first country to enact marriage equality by popular vote. This result was a massive blow against the church and the political establishment which rested upon its moral authority. It was a testament to the growing power of the working class and youth in this country, as well as…
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New Issue of the Revolutionary Communist out – Ireland and the storm ahead
The fourth 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 to support the communist press.
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Stormont reel back rehab centre in Derry: no money for healthcare, plenty for warfare!
The reality of the situation in Derry is broken promise after broken promise from both Stormont and Westminster. The latest outrage? Yet another decision to abandon the most vulnerable in our city.
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India and Pakistan enter another war: only class war can end all wars
Another war has begun between arch-rivals India and Pakistan, in which both have claimed victory so far. In the early hours of 7 May, the Indian Air Force carried out nine attacks inside Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir. In retaliation, Pakistan claims to have downed five Indian jets, which India has so far denied.
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State repression of the Palestine movement intensifies
On Mother’s Day, Mothers against Genocide held a candlelit vigil followed by an all-night camp outside the Dáil. They held a letter outlining their demands for the Government in regard to its complicity in the genocide in Palestine.