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Independent Left statement on the launch of Le Chéile

December 4, 2020 By admin 1 Comment

They Shall Not Pass Battle of Cable Street Independent Left and Le Chéile

The growth of fascism in 2020 was a disturbing development in Irish politics and one that needed a coherent response from the left. Fascists were able to capitalise on discontent at the COVID restrictions and insert themselves into anti-mask protests. At the same time, socialists, appreciating that anti-mask is anti-worker and insisting that the government […]

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Socialists and Scottish Independence

October 17, 2020 By Colm Breathnach 1 Comment

Socialists and Scottish Independence

Socialists support Scottish independence because it would create better conditions for short-term working-class victories and the long-term struggle for socialism. It would also herald the end of the imperialist British state. Socialists support the right of self-determination – in this case the right of the people of Scotland –  to decide their own future democratically. […]

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Irish Relationship and Sexuality Education should be secular and not controlled by Catholic bishops

August 5, 2020 By Aislinn Wallace 1 Comment

Sexual Health, SPHE, RSE

The challenge of obtaining secular Relationship and Sexuality Education in Irish schools has been ongoing since 1995, when the teaching of RSE was first introduced to Irish schools. The main thrust for the introduction of the programme was a sharp rise in teenage pregnancies and the AIDS epidemic. The Irish constitution recognises the role of […]

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Ireland after COVID19: Unite the Union’s ‘Hope or Austerity’ road map

May 6, 2020 By John Lyons Leave a Comment

Debenhams workers in masks picket line

To date 3.6 million people worldwide have been infected by Covid-19, with over a quarter of a million (258,000) dying from the respiratory illness that attacks the lungs and airways. From December 2019 the virus travelled from its original source in southern China to all of Asia, Europe and the rest of the world in […]

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Brexit: What Should Irish Socialists Say?

October 19, 2019 By Conor Kostick 1 Comment

Nigel Farrage the man behind Brexit gets hit with milkshake

Short version: Independent Left advocate Remain. At the time of writing, there is still a lot of uncertainty around whether and under what conditions the UK will leave EU. On Saturday 19 October, it seemed possible that Boris Johnson would just about get a Brexit deal through the UK parliament, only for him to be […]

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