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 I will attempt to critique the positions held in the original article, from a revolutionary republican perspective.
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 government parties do not enjoy support from a majority of the population, but the failures of the opposition to provide an exciting alternative have allowed them to stay in power. In this moment Republicanism is the only organizing principle that can garner the enthusiasm necessary to oust the government.
The “parish pump politics” the young educated class decry is how a century of power has been built. It’s how they became the young educated class in the first place, because, as their auldlad might say “My father voted for his father, & by god you’ll vote for his son.” It is a microcosm of how global empires build “soft power”. It’s the empire of the parish halls,
In this long-form article, Dylan Tchang outlines a left populist, Socialist-Republican position on immigration.
Saoirse Éireann is a socialist republican community activist in county Cavan in this article she critiques the dominant attitudes on the left towards mass organisations from a rural organising perspective and advocates for line struggle against liberal ideas.
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 Shamrocks” to be held on Friday, March 6th 4-6pm, and Saturday, March 7th 2-4pm, on Kildare Street, Dublin outside the Daíl.
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.
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.
