Elections vs Direct Action
Disillusionment with electoral politics is at an all time high. Voter turnout in Ireland and across the OECD has
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Elections
The Haunted Halls of Parliaments
Some months ago, I was approached by an old friend with a query. A work colleague of his was exploring
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Electioneering for the Apathetic
For their rejection and/or indifference to the repetitive whingeing of career politicians, the youth of Ireland is often subjected to
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The Failure of Environmentalist Politics
Capitalists will not act in the interests of all of humanity because it would mean acting against profit. Capitalists cannot act on the benefit of the earth because it means they would lose profit, and could potentially lose power to other capitalists. In order to maintain power, Capitalists will always put the interest of the company first.
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Sinn Féin’s Soft Touch
There appears to be a common theme among ‘leftwing’ parties who enter into mainstream politics; a soft approach which tends
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What Connolly Teaches Us About Elections
The recent results of the local and European elections were a brief insight into how each political party is performing,
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The Spoiled Ballot
‘Spoiling a ballot’ is the act of defacing one’s electoral ballot so as to invalidate it, meaning that the vote
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Pink Capitalism is anti-Queer: Maria Walsh and the Exploitation of the LGBTQ+ by Fine Gael
One of the newly elected EU representatives for the Midlands-West of Ireland is Maria Walsh. At only 31 years old,
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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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10 Arguments Against Running in Capitalist ‘Democracies’ – Building Revolution
There is no greater lie being spread by the multitude of parties purporting themselves to be left-wing than that a
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