Orange Order parade cannot be imposed – Solidarity with the Garvaghy Road residents

The notification of an Orange Order parade along the Garvaghy Road in Portadown, following the recent High Court decision overruling the Parades Commission’s ban on the route, has re-opened painful...
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The Cockroach Movement: Gen Z uprising against paper leaks in India

Article originally published on inquilabileninist.substack.com  For the first time in 12 years of the Modi regime, a sitting Union Cabinet minister – Dharmendra Pradhan – has been forced to resign....
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Review: We Only Want the Earth: The Life & Ideas of James Connolly, directed by Alan Gilsenan

Reviewed by Chris Stewart By Chris Stewart There is perhaps no figure in Irish history whose legacy is more distorted than James Connolly. Time and again, pro-capitalist politicians invoke his...
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Belfast Fleadh 2026: Class, Culture, and Lessons

​By Eóin Dawson Belfast is buzzing following the Fleadh. By any objective standard, the hosting of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Belfast was historic, drawing a record-breaking crowd well in...
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Trump’s visit to Ireland – protest the fascistic, rapist, warmonger 

By Eoin Madigan The warmongering, corrupt and fascistic US President Donald Trump will visit Ireland in September to attend the Irish Open golf tournament at his property in Doonbeg, Co....
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Is economic growth ecologically sustainable? 

By Conor Payne The climate and ecological crisis is an existential threat that’s only becoming more severe – it will increasingly intrude into all areas of life, shaping the economy,...
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Ruth Coppinger report from visit to Ulm 5 trial in Germany

The trial of the Ulm 5 in Stannheim, Germany, wasn’t like anything I’ve seen before. In Ireland I would’ve attended the Jobstown trial – for anything near comparable in terms...
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Solidarity with the Ulm 5 – Palestine solidarity activists on trial in Germany

By Matthew Delany In Germany, five Palestine solidarity activists known as the Ulm 5 are in a worrying ongoing trial about an alleged break-in and civil disobedience at Elbit Systems....
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Europe’s scorching heatwave – capitalist climate crisis intensifies

By Jake O’Brien “This heatwave is a dress rehearsal… they are getting more frequent, stronger and lasting longer. Every summer we fail to prepare for them is a summer we...
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Data Centres: Why Ireland is being sold to Big Tech

By Aaron Ó Sceacháin The 130 data centres currently operating in Ireland guzzle obscene amounts of electricity. In the same week that Uisce Éireann instigated a hosepipe ban across large...
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