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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…
1926 general strike: Workers on the cusp of power
By Thomas Carmichael As we stand in the middle of the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, it…
Reclaiming the Radical Roots of International Women’s Day
Did you know that International Women’s Day (IWD) was actually born out of the women led, anti-capitalist struggles against war and imperialism?
The revolutionary ideas of Karl Marx – building the struggle for socialism today
Even 175 years after writing the Communist Manifesto, the ideas of Karl Marx remain as relevant as ever. Together with his friend and co-thinker Friedrich Engels he penned this text that not only contains their core analysis of capitalism but also a call to working-class people around the world to unite - to get organised to overthrow the moribound capitalist system because we have nothing to lose but our chains!
Socialism 101: Why can’t we just reform capitalism?
No doubt it would be a lot easier if we could just reform capitalism, but revolutionaries argue for its overthrow not because we’re more radical for the sake of it but because of an understanding of what capitalism actually is and how it works.
Socialism 101: Why socialists see the working class as the force for change
A 2021 Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) survey found that 67% of UK residents surveyed between the ages of 16 and 34 would like to live in a socialist economic system. Younger generations that have grown up in the context of increasing precarity and uncertainty under capitalism, are looking for a solution that centres human need, not capitalist greed.
How workers ended the First World War
“The old lie: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” - It is sweet and honourable to die for ones country. This is how Wilfred Owen summed up the attitude of a generation sent to war under the illusion that it would be a short and glorious conflict. Owen himself was one of the last killed in a war that saw an estimated 40 million soldiers and civilians die as a bloody stalemate ensued over four years. Both sides only ever managed to advance of couple of kilometres against their respective enemies.