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Where have all the Republicans gone?
Republicanism, even when used as a mere rhetorical device to whip up furore, can bring about the necessary enthusiasm.
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The Parish Hall Empire: Unpicking the origin myth of middle class Ireland, so we can build a future.
So the story goes that we emerged proud brave modern Europeans out of nothing but comely maidens dancing at the crossroads, god fearing eat the dinner in the middle of the day conservatives, sheer grit, determination & hard work.
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For a left populist, Socialist-Republican position on immigration
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.
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Suggestions on Organising from a Rural Activist Perspective
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.
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Dirty Old Town - The Myth of Dublin
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?
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The Communist Split in Short
The purpose of this text is to assess the shortcomings, failures and issues that surrounded the split of the communist movement in Ireland.
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Why We Need to Finish Our Fight for Independence - No Shamrocks for Shysters protest 6th & 7th of March.
We celebrate the men & women of 1916, the heroes of the War of Independence, & we remember the Civil War with solemn respect. We tell ourselves that their sacrifice gave us this Republic. But did it?
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Kilkenny Says No to the Privatisation of Social Housing
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 and Socialist and a handful of concerned locals.
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War in Iran
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.
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Integration Requires Interruption
The dismantling of this culture of silence is key to the bridging of divides between South Asian communities – steered by our large middle class, the primary beneficiaries of this silence – and the broader Irish working class.
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They Are Killing the Dogs, They Are Killing the Cats: The Calculating Cruelty of Colonial Deflection
An Irish socialist perspective on ICE, weaponised innocence, & the pedigree of exclusion.
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Why the Bourgeois Press Still Smears Us
From the birth of our Republican struggle, the pen of the oppressor has always sought to drown out the voice of the Republic.