Aontacht Media

Dublin is rotting to its core right in front of our eyes, but the myths and narratives being spun would have you think otherwise. On the one hand, you have the uniparty line of a modern and prosperous European city, full of commerce, technological advancement and hope for the future (a brief look at the cracks in the pavement show otherwise). On the other hand, you have an increasingly loud minority screaming about how the quaint village of Dublin is being invaded by those of a darker complexion, losing its entire identity at the hands of those more able to get a tan than us pasty folk. This again is a myth, indeed from the same source, though one that is gaining traction in a land that has lost its identity.

The purpose of this text is to assess the shortcomings, failures and issues that surrounded the split of the communist movement in Ireland. The analysis is based on discussions with former and current members of the three different communist organizations in Ireland, but presented in a non-exhaustive and personalised way i.e through the prism of my personal experience, therefore parts of it are without a doubt specific to my own experience.

It is true that Iranians are not free people, neither by prevailing liberal standards of human rights nor by libertarian socialist standards of autonomy and equality. But invasions have seldom changed this.

In this piece, Omar Afzal briefly examines the South Asian middle class in Ireland, criticising their attachment to the FDI regime and maintenance of the pervasive ‘culture of silence’ that acts as a barrier to true integration. The author suggests public disruption of this ‘culture of silence’, critical support to the South Asian Left, and migrant unionisation as first steps.

An Irish socialist perspective on ICE, weaponised innocence, & the pedigree of exclusion.

The bourgeois press does not defend democracy or the national interests, it defends property. Its moral outrage is selective. When power drops bombs, it calls it “defence”. When the powerless resist, it calls it “terrorism”. When elites break laws, it calls them “reforms”. When ordinary people rise up, it calls them “riots”.