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New movements, old dilemma- Reform or Revolution today
The election of the Syriza government in February 2015 was greeted with enthusiastic support by working class people…
Neo-Liberalism: The 1%’s war on our living standards
What do the ideas neo-liberalism mean?
Why this rotten system can’t be reformed
By Kevin McLoughlin On 12 July in Paraguay the Pope told young people to “make a mess” in…
Rosa Luxemburg’s “Junius Pamphlet”
Review of a socialist classic
North: When workers stood united against sectarianism
There is a hidden history to the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland. That is the role played by the organised workers’ movement in opposing sectarian violence.
Bolivia, April 2000: Uprising defeats water privatisation
By Manus Lenihan “I want to denounce the subversive attitude [which is] absolutely politically financed by narcotraffickers, who…
Why we need a left government
By Laura Fitzgerald Austerity is a one-sided class war. The politicians hand in hand with the major employers…
May Day: Why the red flag of socialism
Why we need working class unity
The State – a tool to defend the rule of the 1%
The Occupy movement that began in the US in 2011 coined the terms, the 1% and the 99%. The movement was evocatively referring to the existence of a ruling class, encapsulated in the term the 1% a – the super-rich elite that owns and controls the key global wealth, resources and means of production.
Review “The Entrepreneurial State” by Mariana Mazzucato
By Tim Heffernan Somewhere along the line, we’ve all heard these arguments in favour of capitalism: progress is…
