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?
W. Owl writes for Unity responding to a recent article by Sinn Féin chairman Declan Kearney, arguing that neither Irish Unity or workers’ rights will be furthered by a rehash of the tired cul de sac of the social partnership model for trade unions.
This article first appeared in Unity, the weekly publication of the Irish Communist Party. Newry was a place of hatred and division earlier this September when hundreds of people took to the streets over immigration. The council decision to put forward a motion for it to become a ‘City of Sanctuary’ which will work with …
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Mike Morrissey writes for Unity on the tension between utopian progress and dystopian stagnation wrought by the emergence of AI. Will the new technological wave empower workers or Capital?
Jenny Farrell writes for Unity on the febrile post-election atmosphere in South Korea as the country continues to reel from a failed military coup d’etat and struggles to chart a course of peace against the pressure of US war-mongering.
Lynda Walker documents the continuing dedication of activists in Galway to demand peace, demonstrating solidarity with Palestinians by opposing US war flights through Ireland.
Eoin Ó Murchú writes for Unity castigating the continued intransigence of Western governments as a genocide unfolds in Gaza on our screens.
Eoin Ó Murchú writes for Unity on how the increasingly aggressive trade policy of the United States reveals the shaky foundations in Ireland’s outdated neoliberal economic model. Only a socialist approach can restore national autonomy and avoid the dead end ahead.