Union of Students in Ireland: Radicals or Opportunists
Socialists in Ireland must ask themselves if the USI is genuinely an ally in our fight for the liberation of
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Youth Participation and Youth Employment
Youth participation in unions in 2012 sat below 5% in Ireland (Vandaele, 2013), with this fact being mirrored in numerous
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Ireland Without Unions is an Ireland Without Revolution
For a decade now, the people of Ireland, North and South of the border have been crucified by a cabal
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How Communists Can Use Elections
“The semi-radical phrases with which the middle-class Home Rule Press and politicians so often duped the public (and sometimes themselves)
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Why the ‘Left’ Missed the Mark in the 2019 Elections
Left wing parties have essentially fallen down the trap of trying to compete in a field that is orientated around ensuring the hegemony of the large traditional parties. To compete against Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and the Labour Party at a game that they have excelled at for almost a century is a waste of time but also serves to undermine ones own political organisation and struggle for socialism.
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Connolly Youth Movement statement on the divorce referendum
We, the Connolly Youth Movement support the YES vote in the upcoming divorce referendum on Friday the 24th of May
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What a Capitalist Pill Cannot Fix
We were raised on false promises of white sands and opportunity, leaving us with only ourselves to blame for our failures. Last year in the 26 counties, every day that passed, another person lost the battle with their supposed failures and ended their life. The cultural hegemony that guarantees peace, in exchange for our labour, turns our mind into a warzone when our own realities come to light.
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Self-Determination in Spain – A Brief History of Catalonia
1- Catalonia … nation? To answer this we must start by analyzing the formation and historical development suffered by the
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Connolly Youth Movement statement on Fine Gael meeting protest
Forgive the interruption, but there is no way that we could allow for an event involving Leo and Simon to
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The Importance of The Limerick Soviet Today
‘On Monday, April 14th, there began in limerick city a strike protest against military tyranny, which because of its dramatic
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