Critical Analysis
Your Party’s Over
The test of a new political party is not how loudly it launches, but whether it can hold serious people together once the excitement fades. By that measure, Your Party has already failed.
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Letter: Where is my Students' Union?
I am standing outside the Dáil as I write this and not only are the Trinity Students' Union not present but have instead spent the day running ad-campaigns with local food chains on their Instagram story, their main form of communication to the student body.
Critical Analysis
The Revolutionary Legacy of Karl Kautsky
Many on the left know of Karl Kautsky, but few understand him. He is denounced as a reformist and his politics as anathema, but the reality of the fact is that he is one architect of the European revolution of 1917.
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A Taxonomy of Contemporary Irish Trotskyist Organizations
An ever growing critical mass of young students is drawing the correct conclusion that Trotskyism is a fifth column and an ideological disease that operates in the interests of capitalism and imperialism.
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In Defence of Oil Price Caps
This evening I was browsing Instagram when I saw a new article comparing Paul Murphy to Lizz Truss. Yusuf Murray criticised Paul’s call for a price cap on petrol and diesel. He accused the policy of being a blank cheque to Shell, BP and ExxonMobil.
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University Debates, Myself and László Molnárfi
Saoirse Éireann’s response László Molnárfi’s speech to the “has the left failed the working class” debate defining her agreements and disagreements in a comradely manner.
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Is this a nightmare or have PBP-S finally gone full Liz Truss?
A price cap on oil is a blank cheque, signed by me and you, to the likes of Shell, BP and ExxonMobil.
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Internationalism’s Failings - Solidarity Must Start At Home
Internationalism, the holy gospel of the left, has been failing us here in Ireland. People have become so obsessed with the international issues that we are forgetting our own struggles. This reeks of the activism of the comfortable classes.
Critical Analysis
The Indo's Takes Have Always Been Shite. Now Their Maths Is Too.
The Indo's polling just doesn't add up: at this margin of error, public support for the protests could be as low as 47.55%.
Critical Analysis
The Fascist Tiger and the Fragile Left
A post-Water Charges retreat to the cosy consensus of left liberalism, data-driven electoralism, and the reign of the slick SPAD has left us unable to run a bath.
Critical Analysis
Gavin Reilly Is Wrong About Carbon Taxes
Gavin Reilly is wrong about carbon tax. It can be lowered if the regressive rebate scheme is shelved. Furthermore, Spain and Poland have gone ahead and lowered VAT in conflict with EU law and have so far gotten away with it, so could the carbon tax be shelved as well too?
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Strike While The Iron Is Hot
How we feel about the fuel protests doesn’t matter as much as the opportunity they have given us! If everyone, at this historical moment, rises up in unison and puts them under pressure, we all stand a better chance of winning our demands.