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Unity on how the increasingly aggressive trade policy of the United States reveals the shaky foundations in Ireland’s outdated neoliberal economic model.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