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Unity on how the increasingly aggressive trade policy of the United States reveals the shaky foundations in Ireland’s outdated neoliberal economic model.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.

Lynda Walker writes for Unity on the suppression of Palestine Action in Britain.

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?

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.

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.