Jenny Farrell documents the descent of even previously pro-peace parties in Germany like the Green Party into war-mongering and hawkish rhetoric. As Germany enters a war footing in a geopolitical environment rapidly heating up, voices for peace are increasingly drowned up by the clamor for armament and adventure.
Trump’s disgraceful statements on Palestine should come as no shock to those familiar with the long and ignoble traditions of American exceptionalism and imperialism. Ireland must take a principled position, not just against Trump, but the entire accumulated weight of US foreign policy.
As the NHS enters a new period of outsourcing and normalisation of poor service delivery with privatisation as a long-term goal of both Labour and Tory governments, communists need to put forward the argument for a better way.
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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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 …
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lynda Walker criticises attempts by unionist leaders to spin the recent developments at Stormont and focuses on the necessity to develop a strong working class position as the devolved state enters a new government amidst growing desperation to protect the union.