Vigil Called After Black Man Dies Following Excessive Use of Force Outside Arnotts

The Congolese Community in Ireland (CCI) has called a vigil on Dublin’s Henry Street from 12-2pm, Tuesday 19 May, in response to the alleged killing of Yves Sakila on Friday 15 May.

Organisation, Not Just Protest, Is Necessary For The Working Class Movement

Organising means more than temporary protest or support for individual politicians. It means building lasting structures rooted in the working class: unions, tenant groups, community organisations, education circles, and a disciplined vanguard party.

Will the Left Learn the Lessons from the Failure of Past Counter-Demonstrations?

The point of this article is to point to a series of 'teachable moments' that seem to have not been learned. The focus of this article will be the tactic of countering 'Nativists' or, if you want to show off, the 'Nazis' or 'Fascists' on our streets.

Bend That Stick! Historicizing Lenin's What Is To Be Done?

An explainer of Lenin’s What is to be Done? (1902), its historical context and thoughts on the latent confluence between the anarchist and Leninist concept of the vanguard.

Socialist Republicans Slam IPSC for Loyalist Appeasement

Socialist republicans have slammed Lurgan IPSC for distancing a Palestine solidarity march from political republicanism following Loyalist threats.

Outrage As ASTI Bureaucrats Shamefully Encourage Members to Accept Bad Senior Cycle Deal

The fat cats in the trade union leadership are at it again, and members are outraged. The ASTI second level teachers' union are recommending to their members that they accept the senior cycle reform deal struck with the government. This deal, it is argued, would massively increase workload for

The Traumatic Aftershock of Communist Defeat in the 20th Century

The 1917 October Revolution promised a world based on self-management, and real democracy for the masses, a liberated humankind. However, a tragic series of disagreements, betrayals and lost possibilities have engendered collective trauma.

Why the Left Should Learn to Stop Worrying and Love Nuclear Power

One might expect, then, that the announcement of a bill to repeal the nuclear ban would be celebrated on the environmentalist left.

Public Meeting Calls for Break with EU, America and the British for a Sovereign Ireland

A meeting organised in Connolly Books on Saturday heard calls to reclaim Ireland’s sovereignty from the trifecta of the European Union, American foreign direct investment and British occupation in the North. 

Fine Gael TD Candidate and Lord Mayor Ray McAdam Refuses to Sign SNA Pledge

At a meeting on Wednesday organised by the Save our SNAs campaign, Dublin Lord Mayor Ray McAdam refused to sign a pledge presented by campaigners.

In Defense of Political Maturity

“How you are right does not matter if you are right in the wrong way,” argue Leandra Tolentino and Owen Buchanan in this piece.

What Should Aontacht Be?

Aontacht will be a newspaper which reports on events from a socialist perspective, as well as hosting theoretical debate. If Gript are the right-wing Gramscians, we will be the left-wing Gramscians.