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The roots and realities of racism in Irish society
By Manus Lenihan and Myriam Poizat Mass protests of young and working-class people have spread across the US in…
Review: One Man’s Terrorist
Reviewed by Seán Burns This year marks the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Provisional IRA. This…
Keynes, the crisis of neoliberalism and why capitalism can’t be reformed
Covid-19 has turned the world upside down, making all that was considered impossible now seem possible. In the…
Covid-19, Disaster Capitalism & the Urgent Case for Socialism
By Eddie McCabe & Keishia Taylor, from the Summer 2020 edition of Socialist Alternative, the political journal of…
Transphobia & the Left: bogus science and bogus Marxism
The question of fighting Transphobia, like all forms of oppression, is a crucial part in the struggle to…
April 1920: Revolutionary General Strike in Ireland
One hundred years ago this month, workers downed tools and took over their workplaces and towns. What began…
Socialist classic ‘Divide and Rule’ republished
by Kevin Henry Today, 5 May 2020, marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Peter Hadden, a…
Top Ten Reads for Lockdown
By Amy Ferguson, Socialist Party member and Unite Hospitality branch secretary (per cap.) If you’re anything like me,…
Economic crash shows who the real wealth creators are
By Mike Murphy Plans by governments and central banks to deal with the economic consequences of the Covid-19…
Lenin — 150 years since his birth.
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known by his revolutionary alias, Vladimir Lenin, was born in the city of Simbirsk,…