About this site

Sovereignty. Housing. Democracy.

Aontacht is a non-sectarian media collective that challenges the system from the perspective of everyday people with various members from Political Parties, Tenants’ Unions, Students Groups and Workers’ Interest Groups. It accepts articles, videos, photos and general media submissions from any who prescribe to a revolutionary socialist perspective.

Editorial Ethos

“On the standard we raise is written—'This before God we believe to be true.' That is the only test we shall set our contributors; that is the only test our readers should apply to us, for that is the only test one errant and erring human being can set another as errant and as erring. - We believe “the hour is come” when men must face the naked truth so that they may be powerful to strip the sophistry to its naked falsehood. Therefore we shall reject no man’s opinion, whether we personally consider it to be vital truth or vital falsehood, so long as it be vividly presented and fearlessly expressed, for only by such means can we separate the tares from the wheat, the shadow from the substance, when the crisis is upon us.”

This was the Editorial policy of the Red Hand magazine, an Irish Republican work disseminated throughout Ulster during the revolutionary period, and we at Aontacht find the attitude of such a work during this time suited to our own; that at a juncture when the class and its movement has outpaced the conspirated and amateur outlook of the Socialists, a relentless honesty and culture of autocritique on an open playing field must be adopted to reconcile errors and to capture working class politics into a united and credible social force fit for social revolution. Subsequently, the initiative of this publication is to stress the need for and work towards the core aims of Class Independence, Unity of Socialists, Communists, Republicans and all revolutionary traditions within the country, and to work towards a competent Vehicle by which to recover and develop a Socialist programme and platform. From this we pledge to work against errors of parochialism, errors of sectarianism and errors which compromise class independence.

"We expect those readers who frankly disagree with certain opinions of ourselves and our contributors to state as frankly exactly where they differ from us, and to any such resilient grappling with any issue raised in this magazine ‘our columns are always open.”

Code of Conduct

Find below Aontacht’s editorial guidelines and code of conduct for publishing and comments. Please familiarise yourself with these before either writing an article or engaging in debate. Any queries relating to the editorial policy can be forwarded to contact@aontachtmedia.ie and we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.

1) Aontacht and all of its related media (including, but not limited to, the blog, Facebook page and Twitter account and Instagram account and TikTok account, as well as the members’ WhatsApp groupchat) will strive to uphold the equivalent standards of a ‘safer space’ – this means that articles and media and comments posted as Aontacht content may not propagate oppressive or discriminatory language, behaviours or ideas or contain any content that is deemed to be sexist, homophobic, racist, transphobic, classist or ableist.

1a) Articles or other media which do contain oppressive or discriminatory content may be linked to or quoted for the purposes of discussion/criticism only and must be labelled appropriately.

2) Comments on all Aontacht pages, as well as the members’ groupchat will be moderated. While Aontacht Media is intended to stimulate discussion and debate, this must be done within a mutually respectful environment. Comments containing oppressive or discriminatory content as outlined in point (1) will be removed at the discretion of Aontacht content editors. Abusive, threatening and intimidatory behaviour is not permitted and any such content will be removed. Repeat offenders may be banned, or banned after a single infraction, at the discretion of Aontacht oversight committee.

2a) Deletion of comments and sanctions may also extend, within reason, to ‘trolling’ or deliberate attempts to derail discussions, at the discretion of the Aontacht oversight committee.

3) All content that is potentially triggering for survivors of rape, sexual assault, abuse, self-harm or suicide (or for other reasons) must be labelled with visible and appropriate trigger warnings. Users may request that a trigger warning be placed on any content deemed potentially triggering.

4) While every effort will be made to ensure the standards set out above will be applied, users of Aontacht pages must bear in mind that the internet is often unpredictable and uncontrollable, as is human behaviour, and that the Aontacht cannot guarantee that all content will be moderated perfectly, and that they use Aontacht Media at their own discretion.

5) Aontacht operates under a strict ‘No Platform For Fascists’ policy. The oversight committee may judge content as fascist at its discretion and prevent its publication.

6) Articles or other media intended for Aontacht Media should be posted in advance, internally, for review by the members of the oversight committee. Content creators should only be prevented from posting their content to Aontacht media if the content is not in accordance with the basic standards and principles of Aontacht. All Aontacht content should aim for the highest standard of quality. 

7) Aontacht is a broad-left, revolutionary socialist, pro-feminist, pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ liberation, anti-imperialist, anti-racist, pro-Palestinian liberation publication and all content should reflect these basic standards. Political diversity and difference must be respected and no one particular ideology beyond these basic standards is paramount.

8) Decisions about Aontacht and its content should be open by all members of the collective, and no group, organisation, faction or clique holds any special rights or privileges, with the oversight committee upholding these decisions. 

9) Anyone posting content as Aontacht must be aware that they are representing Aontacht. Aontacht Media is not to be used for trolling or petty arguments. We accept personal editorials and debate but these should keep in line with our constitution and values.

10) These guidelines are a reflection of the collective positions of Aontacht and are subject to review at the discretion of the collective.

-Ní síocháin go Saoirse.

Submission Guidelines

Each submission should include a title, the author’s full name (a pseudonym may be used), a cover picture, and an excerpt suitable for social media. Please provide separate excerpts tailored for Facebook, Twitter (250 characters), and Instagram (maximum 100 words), taking into account the appropriate length for each platform. Send the social media accounts you wish to be tagged upon publication. The article itself should follow, and all contractions must be spelled out (for example, “do not” instead of “don’t”). Please note that we reserve the right to amend citation formats in your article to align with the Chicago 18th Notes and Bibliography (NB) style.

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Our email is contact@aontachtmedia.ie - we will do our best to get back to you as soon as possible.