Aontacht Media

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.”

Editorial Policy 

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 Editorial Board.

2a) the Editorial Board is a body consisting of 12 members, with the following roles. The general membership creates sub-groups for these roles, which are open, and from which then the leads are elected, either by consensus, or, if they are contested, by an election. 

International & Palestine

North Of Ireland & Republicanism

Housing & Students

Rural Affairs & Agriculture

Physical Paper & Experimentation

Reels & Aesthetics

Trade Unions & Workers' Movement

IPAS & Immigration

Sovereignty & Neutrality

Healthcare & Civic

HR Lead & Chat Moderator

IT Lead

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

2c) The supreme body of Aontacht is the general membership, which the Editorial Board is beholden to; it has the right of recall, as well as the right to call new elections, and the ultimate right to oversee its functioning, if it deems that the duties of the Editorial Board are not being performed to the standards it deems fit. 

2d) The Editorial Board must serve as a working body, with the core function of carrying out practical duties and organised on the same basis.

2e) All Editorial Board matters should be conducted with complete transparency unless in the extraordinary case where private information has to be discussed by the whole Editorial Board together and the conversation should be kept out of publicly viewable channels. This should, in all cases, be justified to the membership in advance of such an “in-camera” session being held.  

2f) The Editorial Board should regularly issue updates to the general membership.

2g) Aontacht Media will be operating a dual-power structure, the Editorial Board sharing power with the community groups through a new consensus-based structure.

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 Editorial Board 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 Editorial Board. 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 Editorial Board 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.

11) Aontacht operates under the idea of ‘Productive criticism’. The Editorial Board may judge content at its discretion and alter it with the author’s consent if the content engages in “conspiratorial behaviour”. That is it makes claims that are not widely known, agreed with or understood without evidence or elaboration. If and only if no agreement can be made on editing the Editorial Board may block the article from being printed.

12) Aontacht will attempt to endeavour towards respectful dialogue and criticism between members, contributors, and so on.

-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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Privacy Policy

Aontacht Media respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect and use your personal data when you subscribe to the Aontacht Media newsletter.

This notice applies specifically to our newsletter and should be read alongside any wider Privacy Policy published on aontachtmedia.ie.

1. Who is responsible for your data?

The data controller responsible for your personal data is:

Aontacht Media
Website: aontachtmedia.ie
Email: contact@aontachtmedia.ie

2. What personal data do we collect?

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we may collect:

• Your email address
• Your name, if you choose to provide it
• Your newsletter subscription preferences
• Your consent and subscription records, including when and how you subscribed
• Information about your interaction with our emails, such as whether an email was opened or a link was clicked, where this functionality is used by our email service provider

We only ask for information that is reasonably necessary to operate and administer the newsletter.

3. Why do we use your personal data?

We use your personal data to:

• Send you the Aontacht Media newsletter and related communications you have requested
• Provide you with news, updates, articles, announcements and other content relating to Aontacht Media
• Manage your newsletter subscription and preferences
• Keep a record of your consent where consent is required
• Monitor and improve the performance and relevance of our newsletter
• Process unsubscribe requests and maintain suppression records so that we do not send you unwanted marketing communications

4. Our legal basis for processing

Where the newsletter constitutes electronic direct marketing, we generally rely on your consent as the legal basis for sending it to you.

Under Irish law, electronic direct marketing is also subject to the ePrivacy Regulations (S.I. No. 336 of 2011), which operate alongside the GDPR. The general rule is that electronic direct marketing requires the recipient's prior, clear and affirmative consent.

Your consent must be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous. Pre-ticked boxes, silence or inactivity do not constitute valid consent.

5. You can withdraw your consent at any time

You can unsubscribe from the Aontacht Media newsletter at any time by clicking the "Unsubscribe" link included in our emails, or by contacting us using the details above.

Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before you withdrew your consent.

We will make withdrawing consent as easy as giving it. You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data for direct marketing purposes at any time.

6. How long do we keep your information?

We will retain your email address and related newsletter subscription information for as long as you remain subscribed to the newsletter.

If you unsubscribe, we will stop sending you the newsletter. We may retain limited information, such as your email address and unsubscribe status, where necessary to ensure that we respect your decision not to receive further marketing communications.

We will otherwise retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or where we have a legal obligation or legitimate reason to retain it.

7. Newsletter service providers

We may use a third-party email marketing platform to manage subscriptions and deliver our newsletter.

Where we do so, your personal data may be processed by that provider on our behalf. We will take appropriate steps to ensure that such providers process your personal data in accordance with applicable data protection law and only for authorised purposes.

Newsletter provider: Ghost / MailGun

If our newsletter provider processes personal data outside the European Economic Area (EEA), we will ensure that an appropriate GDPR-compliant transfer mechanism and safeguards are in place where required.

8. Email analytics

Our newsletter platform may use technologies such as tracking pixels or similar tools to tell us whether an email has been opened or whether links have been clicked.

Where we use such technologies, we use the resulting information to understand engagement with our newsletter, improve our content and maintain the effectiveness of our communications.

9. Your data protection rights

Under the GDPR, you have rights in relation to your personal data, subject to applicable legal conditions. These may include the right to:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing
• Object to certain processing, including direct marketing
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Request portability of certain personal data

To exercise your rights, please contact us using the contact details provided above.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) if you believe that your personal data has been processed unlawfully.

Data Protection Commission:
dataprotection.ie

10. Changes to this notice

We may update this Newsletter Privacy Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology or legal requirements.

Any updated version will be published on our website and will include the date on which it was last updated.

Last updated: 9 September 2026.