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When the Left Stops Listening: an Agenda Mismatch, Moral Absolutism, and the Collapse of Persuasion Hand Power to the Right Basim Mutaal The left does not lose because its values are unpopular. It loses because it has grown better at talking to itself than anyone else. Across the US, UK,
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Letter to the Irish Media on Iran By Siraj Zaidi, Edited by Peter Irvine Dear Editor, This letter addresses the lack of genuine and fair coverage of the present disastrous, imposed war on Iran by the USA and Israel. What is shocking and sad to observe is the total lack
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Notes by Cillian Ó Riain, in collaboration with Saoirse Ní Bhaoighealláin Introduction The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles. The future of Ireland is to be determined by the revolutionary class struggle to come. The objective conditions for this revolutionary class struggle are to
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“If you remove the English Army tomorrow and hoist the green flag over Dublin Castle., unless you set about the organization of the Socialist Republic your efforts will be in vain. England will still rule you. She would rule you through her capitalists, through her landlords, through her financiers, through
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Lismore and the Question of the Land Peter Irvine There is widespread and justified outrage at the situation now unfolding in Lismore, County Waterford. Hill farmers, many of whose families have worked the same ground for generations, are facing rent increases reported to be as high as 900%. For some,
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Sinn Féin will not save us By Red-wing The previous article that was published on Aontacht on Friday titled “Where have all the republicans gone?” attempts to give an analysis of the republican movement (or lack thereof) within the Free State electoral apparatus, mainly in Leinster House. In this piece
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Dublin tenants protest planned rent increases amid housing concerns Tenants gathered outside Dublin City Hall on Saturday to protest planned rent increases by Dublin City Council, with demonstrators warning the changes will place further strain on households already struggling with the rising cost of living. The protest, organised by Community
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Where have all the Republicans gone? A simple solution for a country in need of a lodestar Jacques Seomra Since putting aside their differences in 2016, Fine Gael (The United Ireland Party) and Fianna Fáil (The Republican Party) have managed to cling on to power for another decade through exploiting
The Parish Hall Empire: Unpicking the origin myth of middle class Ireland, so we can build a future. April Maria Sheehan Corkery Part 1: The mythologised past So the story goes that we emerged proud brave modern Europeans out of nothing but comely maidens dancing at the crossroads, god fearing
Recent years have seen the emergence of immigration as a major issue in Irish political discourse, coinciding with the rise of a serious right-wing populist movement in the country. The crash of 2008, combined with the economic uncertainty of the recovery that followed, have created fertile space for a politics
We must realise the class first perspective of Aontacht’s theory has been largely speculative and uninvolved with the actual practice within the Marxist movement in Ireland. The Socialist Republican and Marxist Leninist parties and party like organisations have found themselves less involved in the basic organisation of the working
As the country prepares to green fountains and dust off leprechaun hats for the national day, a coalition of grassroots activists is planning a very different kind of St. Patrick’s Week demonstration. The Munster section of Keep Left, alongside The Roots Party, has announced a two-day protest dubbed “No
Environmental activists gathered outside the Four Courts in Dublin this week to protest the proposed expansion of the Aughinish Alumina refinery in County Limerick. Demonstrators were there to support a judicial review brought by Environmental Trust Ireland, which challenges the expansion on environmental grounds. Campaigners argue that the refinery plans
Dirty Old Town – The Myth of Dublin Domhnall O’Gaothne Despite what many may assume, the song Dirty Old Town was not about Dublin but instead Manchester, though if it were to be written today, would there be a place more fitting? Dublin is rotting to its core right in
The Communist Split in Short Alexander Homits Introduction 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,
Why We Need to Finish Our Fight for Independence – No Shamrocks for Shysters protest 6th & 7th of March. An analysis of our loss of sovereignty & dignity as well as a call to join the author at a protest against it. April Maria Sheehan Corkery We celebrate the men
Kilkenny Says No to the Privatisation of Social Housing Stephen Delaney The city of Kilkenny was the setting for a small but important protest on Saturday gone, where the issue of social housing privatisation was brought to the fore by a small group of activists from mixed backgrounds, Nationalist, Republican
War in Iran By Alexander Rakhmetov We awoke last morning to the United States of America invading Iran and greeted the evening with the news that Khamenei is dead. It has legitimated this using the standard clichés of bringing democracy to the Middle East. Memories of Iraq spring forth to
Omar Afzal An Irish Pakistani TikToker has recently received death threats from her co-ethnics for publicly sharing her experience of abuse and integration difficulties within the Irish Pakistani community[1]. This extreme reaction is nothing out of the ordinary – many South Asian communities across the Western world expect their members