NEC: Political Statement 10/09/2025

Throughout Europe, the capitalists powers are in decline as their model continues to fail and contradictions continue to mount. The future is socialist, and the refrain of all workers must be then as now: all power to the Soviets – expropriate the expropriators.

Galway Takes More Action

Lynda Walker documents the continuing dedication of activists in Galway to demand peace, demonstrating solidarity with Palestinians by opposing US war flights through Ireland.

Laughing All the Way to the Bank

From Clerys to Debenhams to Iceland, time after time again, wealthy employers have been allowed to walk away from the consequences of their greed, leaving workers shortchanged and the State holding the bag for the payment of Statutory Redundancy. Now the closure of Poundland stores across Britain following a shady transfer of assets between companies has raised questions about job security for the same company’s Dealz workers in Ireland. Why does the system take such extraordinary measures to protect the rich at all costs?

Rental Lobbying: Bog Profit Business

Eoin Ó Murchú writes for Unity on the shadowy business interests lobbying the Irish government for favourable changes to conditions in the rental market as we face into a new set of “reforms” that will only aggravate the enduring harm being inflicted on tenants. We need to build homes, not a rental bog profit bonanza for gombeen landlords.

Showmanship Without Substance

As the Israeli narrative flounders, showmanship eclipses substance. Public relations exercises staged for global and domestic consumption amid rising anger, mounting protests and the threat of judicial accountability.