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Solidarity Has No Nation
At the 2016 Jim Connell Red Flag festival in county Meath in May, SIPTU researcher Tish Gibbons delivered a powerful message on the importance of international workers solidarity.
A Battle Won, But Water War Still Rages
The announcement in May that water charges will be suspended from the Autumn of 2016 has been greeted by most campaigners as a major victory in the struggle to prevent the privitisation of water provision.
World
US to station troops in Norway
On the 24th of October the conservative government of Norway, informed the Norwegian Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee that 330 US marines will be stationed in Norway from 2017.
Ten years of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign
Kevin Squires discusses the growing movement to support Palestine with Riya Hassan.
Preparing for a brighter future
After a strong result for the left in Portugal’s elections, the Portuguese Communist Party looks set for a decisive role in the future of its country. Áine Mannion spoke with Laura Almodôvar of the Portuguese Young Communists about the party’s work.
Opinion
The Case for a Public Bank
Michael Noonan and Fine Gael have made it clear that they plan to sell 25% of the shares in AIB to the private market in the coming days. AIB is our bank. We bought it. It was a terrible deal when we did, but now that we’ve nursed it back
12 blueshirt successes in 12 months
The Government has managed to make it to one whole year in office and all anyone can talk about is what the blueshirt-independent coalition supported by Fianna Fáil has failed at. But what about its successes?
Trump: why the right are winning and what to do about it
The election of Trump was a surprise to many, including myself. Clinton was raising money at 20-1 among billionaires. Neo-cons such as Wolfowitz decided they were on board with Clinton. George Herbert Walker Bush, former CIA head and former President, was in the bag for Clinton. The media consistently portrayed
Interviews
Interview with MLKP Rojava
Could you explain the beginning of the Rojava revolution and the historical background of the region? The region of Rojava (West Kurdistan) had been deliberately impoverished in every aspect. The Syrian regime tried to leave it without a unique identity. Kurdish people in Syria are in reality a people who
Ten years of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign
Kevin Squires discusses the growing movement to support Palestine with Riya Hassan.
History
Official Provisionals
Martin McGuinness, Political Strategy and the Civil Rights Movement
To the women of 1916
Constance Markievicz Rosie Hackett Elizabeth O’Farrell Margaret Skinnider Kathleen Lynn
The Other 1916
Eoin O’Mahony reports on a discussion with Loyalist ex-prisoners on the memory of 1916.
Sport
Terraces of Hope
From the terraces of the League of Ireland to Bundesliga cauldrons, progressive football fans have delivered the message that refugees are welcome and xenophobia is not, reports Francis Donohoe.
The Red Army
Chris Bailie and Paddy Wilson take a look at how the fans of Cliftonville football Club in North Belfast have attempted to tackle sectarianism in Irish League football and make space for a radical, inclusive style of support. The 13th April 2013 was a red letter day for Cliftonville. That