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Socialism and Sinn Féin

July 14, 2020 By Ciarán O'Rourke 1 Comment

Sinn Fein press conference during COVID19

“Sinn Fein has won the election,” declared party leader Mary Lou McDonald (with some justice) in early February, as results confirmed that for the first time in the history of the Irish State, neither Fianna Fail nor Fine Gael had achieved a clear majority or path to forming the next government, while “Ireland’s left-wing nationalist […]

Filed Under: All Posts, Irish Political Parties

Independent Left Reply to People Before Profit

July 2, 2020 By admin 5 Comments

Independent Left banner Irish socialists protest

Socialists and left unity in Ireland 2020 To members of People Before Profit, We commend your initiative, ‘let’s bring the left together to fight this government’. Although the formation of a conservative government is a threat to working class communities, it is a threat that we can meet. The fact that Fianna Fáil and Fine […]

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Pulling down Statues in Ireland

July 1, 2020 By admin 1 Comment

Sean Russell bronze statue Fairview park

By Shane McNally On 7 June 2020 the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol was toppled and then thrown in the harbour by Black Lives Matter Protestors Black Lives Matter. A call for something so simple such as the basic right to live should not need to be the cry of a movement in the […]

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Black Lives Matter: a view from the streets for Irish socialists

June 4, 2020 By Conor Kostick 1 Comment

I can't breath Black Lives Matter logo

An interview with Paige Graffunder, Seattle 3 June 2020 Paige Graffunder is an activist in Seattle, involved with Revolution Books and Black Lives Matter Seattle. For the benefit of socialists in Ireland, where many of us see events through official news channels, which never drill down enough, I’m hoping you can give our readers some […]

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Review: Reading ‘Capitalism in the Web of Life’ by Jason W. Moore after COVID19

June 2, 2020 By Ciarán O'Rourke Leave a Comment

Cover of Capitalism in the Web of Life

A few weeks into the current lockdown, as fatalities and reported cases of COVID19 were continuing to rise, news from the frontlines of Ireland’s food production and agri-sector began to arrive, casting an unsettling light on the many – and now overtly dangerous – levels of exploitation on which this cornerstone of the national economy […]

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