Month: August 2017
9 posts
How can Palestinian freedom be won?
On the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War and the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration,…
US: neo-Nazi violence reawakens resistance
The vicious white nationalist violence in Charlottesville and across the country this weekend has acted as a collective…
Review: Sound System: The Political Power of Music
Sound System: The Political Power of Music By Dave Randall Published by Pluto Press, 2017 Reviewed by Dean O’Donnell…
Why capitalism must be challenged: Coalition & Sinn Féin’s shift to the right
The failure of the economic recovery in Ireland to deliver for the needs of working-class people is becoming increasingly clear, if anything living standards are worsening.
Review: When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer As A Young Wife
When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer As A Young Wife By Meena Kandasamy Published…
Dublin Bus routes privatisation – a rotten deal
The National Transport Authority are privatising one-tenth of Dublin Bus. From November 2018 they will outsource the routes to UK company Go-Ahead. The NTA says they are “confident that passengers will benefit from this decision,” but socialists and trade unionists are absolutely certain that workers will suffer from this decision.
Marx’s Capital at 150: an unequalled analysis & critique of capitalism
By Robin Clapp, from The Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party in England and Wales The Daily Mail reacted…
Venezuela: Imperialist offensive sharpens following Assembly elections
By Izquierda Revolucionaria Venezuela & Socialismo Revolucionario (sister organisations of the Socialist Party in Venezuela) On 30 July, elections…
“Finland Station” and the struggle for socialism today
At the end of June, in the midst of a growing discussion about socialism in the United States,…