Connolly Youth Movement
Communists and other socialists need to rethink how we have historically and, in many cases, continue to regard and treat sex workers. We cannot effectively oppose capitalism or the patriarchy while attacking or punishing sex workers. To fight for sex workers is to fight for all women, all workers, and everyone who is harmed by capitalism.
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Political power must be re-created from the earth, from the mass organisations and it must find political expression only in representation of the interests of its mass organisations and in contradiction to the interests of the capitalist class — not in compromise.
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The CYM does not have any wealthy financial backers to bankroll its activities and as a result it does not have any full-time organisers. The organisation finances its day to day activities on the principle of from each according to their ability, to each according to their need.
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New Zealand’s reaction to COVID-19 has been lauded by many voices in the media, but on closer examination, its stimulus package serves the same function at the core of neoliberal economics – the transfer of wealth from the people to businesses and landlords.
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Working class communities in Dublin like Crumlin and Tallaght were underfunded and neglected from their inception, but the people themselves have now taken the lead in building a better future and like any revolution – music is at the heart of that.
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Labour in Irish History is considered one of Connolly’s central work. It arose out of a desire to crystallise 200 years of experience of class struggle. This series introduces and analyses a text which is still highly relevant today.
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Cold sweats, mental breakdowns and social isolation. The points race is an outdated concept based around a carefully designed high stress environment,, but the government’s COVID-19 plan is guaranteed to fail students on an unprecedented scale.
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One hundred and fifty years have passed since the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, known to the world as Lenin. Today, the Connolly Youth Movement celebrates the life of a revolutionary vanguard.
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Grand Theft Auto is a series with a justified reputation for excessive violence and hedonistic lifestyles, but is it possible to draw an anti-capitalist narrative from what might otherwise read as glorification?
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Now is the perfect time to reflect on the problem of the second shift faced by women in the workplace and home. This article reviews Working Parents and the Revolution at Home by Professor Arlie Hochschild and explores how men can behave more responsibly in the division of labour.
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