The ‘Break the Chains of Academic Zionism’ encampment at University College Dublin is heading into its third week. What began on 7th September 2025, with one lone Social Rights Ireland activist refusing to stay silent about UCD’s collaboration with the Zionist entity, has grown into a determined camp of resistance. […]
Ireland
The Presidential Race and Irish Neutrality
The three-way presidential race between Catherine Connolly, Jim Gavin, and Heather Humphreys has helped bring the Triple Lock into the conversation. However, the media and the government candidates are at pains to ensure the issue is not conflated with abandoning Irish neutrality. Humphreys and Gavin have faced no challenge in […]
The Communist Party as the Vanguard – Lenin’s Lessons for Today
Over the first seven articles in this series, we demonstrated how public ownership, democratic planning, and socialist economics offer a compelling alternative to the chaos, inequality, and destruction of capitalism. But economic theory—no matter how coherent—remains inert without the political power to implement it. Equally, political power without a class-based economic programme devolves […]
Legacy Issues: Brits Continue to Drag Their Feet
Last month, the Irish and British governments launched their joint Legacy Framework proposals. The stated aim is to provide families of Troubles-related dead with, “… a fair, proportionate, and transparent system to seek answers.” This initiative is being described by both states as a means of undoing a flawed and […]
Crime, Drugs, and Class: Breaking Ireland’s Cycle of Despair
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. […]
Arthur Guinness Turns 300
Fun fact: Guinness, the quintessential Irish drink exported worldwide, originated in the working-class pubs of early 18th-century London. Known as porter, this dark beer was invented as an affordable, nutritious, and consistent alternative to the custom-mixed blends patrons often bought. Its name came from its immense popularity with London’s dockworkers […]
They Destroyed Our Estates for Their Rich Capitalist Mates
I remember Fatima Mansions flats had a live-in caretaker when I was there as a kid. They removed the caretakers as part of a general attack on social housing. At the start of the 1980s, they were building 8,000 homes a year; by the end, it was just 800. They […]
Vote For Catherine Connolly
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, […]
Cost of Living Under Capitalism
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 […]
Stand Up For The Flag !
I am not embarrassed by the Irish tri-colour. I am not ashamed of the Irish tri-colour. I never was and I never will be. I am proud of what it stands for, I am proud of its meaning and I am proud of its history. At the same time I […]
Unionism Continues to Flounder
With the traditional Orange marching season now ended, it is timely to review certain events in the North. Unlike times past when assessing summer in the six counties, this year attention has turned towards differences within sections of the pro-union community rather than confrontations with their neighbours. To be precise, […]
Twenty Years On: The Beating Heart of Injustice for Terence Wheelock
Twenty years ago, on 16 September 2005, Terence Wheelock died after weeks in a coma. He’d been arrested on 2 June 2005 and taken to Store Street Garda station in Dublin’s north inner city. The Guards claimed he hung himself. But their story didn’t add up. The Wheelock family have […]
Irish Neutrality – Part of the Struggle for World Peace
The struggle for Irish sovereignty, encompassing national reunification and the defence of Irish neutrality, is more than an Irish or a regional issue. It represents a potential front in the global confrontation against a US-led imperialist bloc, spearheaded by NATO and the EU, which is preparing for war against Russia […]
Racist Division is the Enemy of Workers
The brutal attack and humiliation of an Indian immigrant in Tallaght, based on false narratives, is contemptible and abominable. There have been racially motivated attacks in Ballymena earlier, and violence targeting immigrants in Dublin a year ago. What used to be isolated attacks are growing into an epidemic; a Pakistani […]
Migration, Borders, and Class: A Marxist Response
Migration has become one of the sharpest dividing lines in Irish politics. Across estates, villages, and towns, people feel the crunch of housing shortages, collapsing health services, and precarious work. The far right has seized on these frustrations, directing anger at migrants instead of profiteers. Meanwhile, parts of the left […]
Freedom and Sovereignty
One of the latest in a series of high-profile attacks on Irish neutrality came from the Minister for Health, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, at a Béal na Bláth Michael Collins commemoration. In concert with the media campaign for the removal of the Triple Lock, MacNeill and the rest of the government speak […]