Statement on #ge2024
THIS week a general election will take place in the South, and the electorate have the chance to pass their verdict on the outgoing government – a government that has failed completely to tackle the crises in housing, health, rural development; or to even contemplate tackling the inequalities in Irish society. This failure is not …
Make neutrality a central issue in this general election
WITH the election campaigns now in full swing in the South, the key issues of housing,health, cost of living and economic development have rightfully been the main focus.The government parties, of course, want to limit as much as possible any discussion of theirabject failures in these areas, and are raising the spectre of economic instability …
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Global consensus
JOE Biden has now decided to use long range missiles against Russia-obviously to escalate hisUkrainian war and trap Trump within it. This is putting the world in greater danger by escalating thewar. In January 2025 Donald Trump will begin his second Presidency of the US. The choice of eitherDonald Trump or Kamala Harris was of …
The Election Won’t Bring Change: Only More of the Same
Eoin Ó Murchú analyses the results of the general election in Britain and Northern Ireland, commenting on the innate limitations of establishment electoral politics in delivering results for working class power and Irish unity.
Unity Durham Miners’ Gala
The Irish Communist Party has prepared a special supplement for this week’s edition of Unity to coincide with its participation at the Durham Miners’ Gala. Now available here.
The housing crisis is creating the anti-immigration wave
Alex Homits writes for Unity on the symbiotic relationship between the failed neoliberal capitalist system in Ireland and the re-invigoration of the far-right. The far-right itself serves the interests of the establishment in many ways by scapegoating minority groups for the vicious exploitation of finance capital.
Sinn Fein’s Setbacks
Eoin Ó Murchú writes for Unity on the causes and context of Sinn Féin’s mediocre result in the 2024 local and European elections, as well as its implications for progressive politics in Ireland.
Statement on Irish Recognition of Palestinian Statehood 29/05/2024
The Irish Communist Party welcomes the recognition of the Palestinian state by the Irish government under Simon Harris. This is a step in the right direction insofar as it recognises the right of the Palestinian people to statehood and national self-determination. The battle for an actualization of this Palestinian state is still being played out …
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East German Literature: Challenges and Triumphs in Cultural Recognition
Jenny Farrell writes for Unity on Jenny Erpenbeck’s novel Kairos which provides a new and insightful view of life in the German Democratic Republic. Since the time of writing, the novel has won the International Booker Prize.