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The Essence of the Laclau-Mouffe versus Geras Debate
A specter is haunting orthodox Marxism – the post-Marxist specter of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe.
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The Topology of Revolution
The process of revolution, the overthrow of one concrete set of social and productive class relations and their substitution by another, can be understood through the lens of scientific socialism as a problem of social geometry.
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God Through Humanity
The structure of mankind has existed according to materialism, as suggested by Marx two centuries prior to writing this blog, for as long as humanity has existed.
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What is Revolutionary Violence?
In this speech, I will elucidate the necessity and justification for civil disobedience, protest which falls outside the realm of liberal respectability, in reference to the Palestine solidarity movement which has swept the Irish nation in recent years.
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Warning from Citywest: How the Left Let the Right Set the Agenda
The Left and the Government have entered into the holy alliance of liberal respectability politics over Citywest.
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The Case of CATU v Social Democracy
A few weeks ago, the Community Action Tenants’ Union (CATU) issued a call for an all-Ireland national housing demonstration.
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Lessons of Your Party
Those keeping track of British politics as of late are likely familiar with the emergence of Your Party.
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Liberal and Revolutionary Protesting
When I attended a pro-Palestinian protest at Shannon Airport last year, I immediately noticed in the air a confrontational attitude among the protestors.
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UCD Palestine protest camp enters its tenth week
The pro-Palestine protest encampment at University College Dublin (UCD) has entered its 70th day.
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László Molnárfi is late to the party: a postmortem on dirtbag leftism
At 4:03am on September 27, László Molnárfi sent me a link to the Wikipedia page for ‘Dirtbag leftism’.
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Reports from the Port
Here are two articles by eyewitnesses, one by Marxist László Molnárfi and the other by anarchist Alexander Rakhmetov, analysing the attempted blockade of Dublin Port by pro-Palestine activists on October 4th 2025, the ensuing violent suppression by Gardaí, and the next steps for the movement.
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Endorsing Catherine Connolly is in the Student Interest
A spectre is haunting the student movement - the spectre of apoliticism.