Is ecosocialism a fraud? It’s a harsh question, but it arises because the term ‘ecosocialist’ has been gathering momentum among the Communist and Trotskyist left for the past two decades and now there’s hardly a party on the left that doesn’t describe itself as ecosocialist. At the same time, none of these parties, to my […]
Warning: Far Right Ireland and Elections
It’s time to face a harsh reality: the far-right in Ireland is likely to make an electoral breakthrough in the next few years. The recent upsurge in anti-immigrant street activity, the strength of the far-right presence on social media and the propensity of some parts of the “mainstream” media to amplify far right Ireland’s messages, […]
Gerrah Selby: End the Prison System; End Animal Cruelty
Gerrah Selby spoke to Independent Left in August 2023 The SHAC campaign stands for Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty. SHAC formed in 1999 to close down Huntingdon Life Sciences, which was Europe’s largest animal testing laboratory, killing 500 animals every single day. It formed after there was a Channel 4 investigation of the laboratory. And there […]
James Connolly and Ukraine
The war in Ukraine is a political earthquake. It has divided the left internationally. I am one of those who believes that the defeat of Russian imperialism by the people of Ukraine is vital for the future of humanity. Either the far-right and authoritarian governments are going to be strengthened or they will be thrown […]
Support Disability Power March
Independent Left stands in full solidarity with DPI and disabled activists as we march to mark Disability Pride month’s campaign for basic rights, destigmatisation of disability and to celebrate being disabled and the positivity of the community. Disabled people are so often ignored pushed aside and their issues and campaigns are often argured for by […]