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Socialists and Scottish Independence

17/10/2020 By Colm Breathnach 2 Comments

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. […]

Filed Under: Independent Left Policies

The Kilmichael Ambush

15/10/2020 By Conor Kostick 15 Comments

A burned out lorry after the Kilmichael Ambush

The Kilmichael Ambush took place on 28 November 1920, when Tom Barry, Commandant of the Third West Cork Flying Column, led his Irish Republican Army unit into battle against two lorries, each carrying ‘Auxiliaries’, veteran soldiers especially recruited to support the police and organise reprisals against the Irish national movement. The ambush was a major […]

Filed Under: Irish Socialist History

Did Seamus Heaney write political poems?

10/10/2020 By Ciarán O'Rourke 3 Comments

Roy Foster's On Heaney skirts the Seamus Heaney's Political Poems

A review of On Seamus Heaney by Roy Foster Although known for his active support of the South African anti-Apartheid movement and for his open opposition to the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, Irish poet and Nobel-prize winner Seamus Heaney was not famous for his politics. This has led some sceptics to dismiss the […]

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DCC’s Oscar Traynor Road Development Plan

06/10/2020 By John Lyons 1 Comment

Zoning map Oscar Traynor Road near Coolock Lane

And why public land should be used for public housing On 16 November 2020, at a meeting of Dublin City Council, by a vote of 48 to 14 (1 abstention) councillors voted not to gift the 42 acres of prime council-owned land of the Oscar Traynor Road Development in Coolock to the property developer Glenveagh. […]

Filed Under: Dublin City Council Housing

The best revolutionary film of all time?

10/09/2020 By John Flynn 1 Comment

Queimada Poster: Marlon Brando, Evaristo Marquez directed Gillo Ponecorvo

A review of Gillo Pontecorvo’s The Battle of Algiers and Queimada If you are looking for a recommendation for socialist or revolutionary cinema, then you should start with The Battle of Algiers and Queimada by Gillo Pontecorvo, both of which are contenders for the best revolutionary film of all time. He’s the most dangerous kind […]

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