THE visit by a group of Unionists to Israel this week has created a fair amount of coverage in the news. The group, including members from all three main unionist parties, embarked on their trip to Israel last week, lasting several days. The trip was organised and funded by the Israeli government.
Thirty-five years after reunification,
East Germans earn less, hold fewer top positions, and
no significant government posts,
remain defined by narratives
written in the West. And as long as the East keeps working for free, and the West keeps defining what “normal” means, the country may be united on paper — but not in experience.
Despite Trump’s usual hyperbole, the super-heated US economy is substantially more fragile than it appears. When the downturn becomes impossible to ignore – how many more statisticians can he possibly sack? – the tend will be to blame it on external and internal enemies. The predictable response will be to accelerate the authoritarian measures already being implemented.
THE satirist Tom Lehrer once commented that “Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize.” What would he have made of its recent award to Venezuelan “opposition” leader Mara Corina Machado or that the person who covets it most, Donald Trump does so for no more profound reason than self-aggrandisement?
As Marxist-Leninists we must analyse the cause and effect of this assassination, and discuss what it means for the communist movement more broadly. With this in mind it is beyond understandable as to why many on the left celebrated his assassination. He certainly does not deserve to be remembered fondly and the policies he supported and his efforts in promoting them laid the foundations for his assassination.
CHINA has emerged as the driving force of the global energy transition, reshaping power generation through record-breaking investments in renewable technologies. Over the past two decades, it has aligned industrial growth with green energy, setting benchmarks in solar, wind, batteries, and electric mobility. The scale and speed of this shift are unmatched worldwide.
Catherine Connolly would be a President who reflects the demands and aspirations of the Irish working class — ensuring that our voice is heard and our values advanced. Her campaign can serve as both a rallying point and a test for the progressive forces in Ireland, proving that unity and coordinated struggle against imperialism and neoliberalism are not only possible but necessary.
As the repercussions from Gaza play-out in the international arena, danger looms of a wider war. International instability is accompanied by domestic divisions. Gaza has exposed democratic deficits throughout the West. With dissenters labelled terrorists and threatened with jail, democratic states rival their authoritarian counterparts.
IN 2006, the International Brigade Commemoration Committee (IBCC) held a very successful event on Saturday with a meeting in Transport House followed by the unveiling of a plaque to the Brigaders and also the Belfast book launch of Bob Doyle’s book.
Mary Horton looks back at events in this article for Unity ahead of the International Brigade Memorial Trust AGM on October 4th this year, amidst a weekend of planned events in commemoration of the International Brigades.
John Molloy writes for Unity on the stagnation of public life and the narrowing scope for civil dissent. Will the next civil rights struggles for the island be fought for accountability and democracy?