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The Break the Academic Chains of Zionism (BACZ) encampment at University College Dublin (UCD) is now the longest-running university encampment in Ireland. It has done more than expose the complicity of Irish academia in the machinery of Zionist settler-colonialism. It has revealed something deeper and far more damning: the profound […]
The 15th World Socialist Forum (3-4 November, Beijing, Chinese Academy of History) and the Zhejiang University International Academic Forum (7 November, Hangzhou, Zhejiang University Library) hosted by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) are important platforms for academics, social scientists, Marxists, and activists to exchange ideas. They are particularly […]
The outcome of the presidential election with the victory of the independent left candidateCatherine Connolly is to be strongly welcomed. Connolly captured the mood of the peoplewith her message of a new, a different “Republic”. She presented a positive vision of adifferent Ireland, an Ireland of equality, of justice and […]
Ireland’s working-class communities have lived with the shadow of the drug trade for decades. From the heroin epidemic of the 1980s to today’s cocaine economy, drugs have carved deep scars through families, schools, and neighbourhoods. Entire generations were written off, while governments looked away. Today, the problem remains as sharp as ever. […]
The Presidential election provides all those who are concerned about Irish neutrality and the Triple Lock with an opportunity to raise this critical issue. On Friday the 24th of October, we will be asked to vote for a new President of the State after the current holder of the office, […]
Many working families will face very difficult choices this coming winter regarding putting food on the table or heating their homes. The unit rates for electricity, as well as the standing charges, will each increase by 9.5%. While the price of food continues to increase, between June 2024 and June 2025 food and non-alcoholic […]
Forbes magazine is calling them a “good investment”, a “strong market collectible for years to come”. From K-pop superstars Blackpink, to Karl Marx’s grave in London’s Highgate Cemetery, Labubus (small, rabbit-eared plush toys) are taking the world by storm. With the rarest varieties selling for up to $150,000, fans have […]
I want to start with an expression of sympathy, solidarity and pride that we’re all out here today. The outpour of solidarity has been so important and so big throughout this week, with people coming together from all walks of life. But what I want to talk about today is […]
The government continues its strategy of absolute subservience to the needs and interest of global imperial interest in relation to foreign policy, its ongoing efforts to undermine and get rid of Irish neutrality and the Triple Lock and its absolute unquestioning commitment to market forces solving the housing crisis. Despite […]
As recent announcements indicate, both the European Union and the British government have markedly oriented public spending policies towards militarisation. The North of our island has been a direct recipient of such expenditures, notably Thales in Belfast. Military expenditure historically plays three important roles in capitalist societies: it protects the […]
There has always been great talk in Ireland that Ireland is a neutral country. Nothing could be further from the truth. The evidence for this is based on our 900 years of occupation by British Imperialism. Non-neutrality was reinforced by the outcome of the 1922 counter-revolutionary civil war in Ireland. […]
The war between NATO/EU and Russia continues but an end seems in sight. However, whether the war ends soon, or whether the EU and Britain manage to prolong it, the future for Ukraine looks bleak. Its ruling class has been a willing pawn in US plans to reimpose its dominance […]
Are we are now seeing a different side of Donald Trump? Is this to be the no-nonsense bringer of peace to Eastern Europe. The man who will end the NATO-led proxy war against Russia. There can be little doubt that the US president has dramatically altered the situation vis-a-vis Ukraine […]
Politicians and media once again are nauseatingly pumping out pro-war materials, under the guise of defence and security, attacking our long-held position of neutrality and the more recent mechanism of securing it under the triple-lock. This mechanism, a compromise won by the people’s rejection of Nice 1, aligns to the […]
In the previous issue of Socialist Voice, Barry Murray asked a crucial tactical question: “Are street demonstrations working?”[1] What has been achieved for the cause of Palestinian liberation in more than a year of mass street demonstrations? Murray diagnoses a central educational issue in the movements coming together over the […]
The results of the General Election are now in, with the two major establishment parties – Fianna Fáil (48 seats) and Fine Gael (38) just falling two short of securing an overall majority with 86 TDs combined. Elsewhere, Sinn Féin won 39 seats, the Labour Party won 11, the Social […]