editor

A Chapter of Horrors: The Great Hunger in Irish History

January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 editor 0 Comments an gorta mór, landlordism

This article is part 2 in the first CYM Education Series: “Lessons of History”. Its origins are in a reading

American Affairs Forward

It’s the Wrong Uncle Joe in the White House

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 editor 0 Comments Biden, fake left

Contrary to widespread belief and misinformation from the far right, Joe Biden and the Democrat Party are neither left wing nor communists, in fact, they are politically and economically identical to their Republican counterpart. They simply wrap themselves in the flag of social justice and smile at you while they deprive you or drone strike villages in the Middle East.

Statements

CYM Statement on Mother and Baby Homes

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 editor 0 Comments church, mother and baby homes, religious crime, state

In recent years we have seen that the disdain for single mothers has not altogether disappeared. They endure humiliating means testing for social welfare payments, with social welfare officers showing up to their homes and searching their belongings for evidence of a secret man in the house.

Statements

CYM Statement on Disaffiliation

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 editor 1 Comment ard fheis, disaffilliation

PUBLIC STATEMENT CYM Ard Comhairle, 18/01/21 On the 9th of January, 2021 the Connolly Youth Movement convened an Extraordinary Ard

Anti-Imperialism Forward

Comments on a Failed State

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 editor 0 Comments Biden, Empire in Decay, Trump

As the US continues to drift towards greater political division, the latest presidential election is a perfect example of what pathological denial can produce when it is utilized by those trying to avoid awkward political issues. Now that Joe Biden has been proclaimed as the winner of the heavily contested US presidential race and with what appears to be the formation of a coup attempt by Trump, the question on everyone’s lips is now what?

Forward Health

Smear Campaigns Won’t Beat the Epidemic

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 editor 0 Comments China, covid-19, Vietnam

Governments across the world are desperate for someone else to blame. Their mishandling of the Covid-19 crisis has led to countless unnecessary deaths, mainstream media, are redirecting public anger by capitalising on people’s misconceptions about China to whip up negative sentiment towards its people.

Forward

How the Irish Judiciary Became Political Appointees

December 10, 2020December 10, 2020 editor 0 Comments

The recent controversy around the failure of Séamus Woulfe, a Fine Gael political appointee to the Supreme Court, to resign after his implication in Golfgate has raised serious questions about how judges are appointed in Ireland, and how it came to be that party political appointments to the judiciary are the norm. What are the roots of the class bias in the Irish legal system, and how can we create a form of justice that serves the people instead of the elite?

Events Reports

Remembering Fidel – Defending Cuba

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 editor 0 Comments Cuban Revolution, Hugo Ramos

On the 25th of November, Cuban Ambassador to Ireland, Hugo René Ramos Milanés, addressed the Connolly Youth Movement at a talk held to remember Fidel Castro, on the 4th anniversary of his death.

Reports

Notes from the 103rd Anniversary of the October Revolution

November 18, 2020November 18, 2020 editor 0 Comments october revolution

The CYM held a talk to commemorate the 103rd anniversary of the October Revolution two weeks ago, including a report by the National Education Officer and a talk by Roman Kononenko, secretary of the Komsomol and a central committee member of the KPRF. The following is a report by DG who attended the meeting as well as the National Education Officer’s lecture.