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Remembering Volunteer Paddy McLogan

Volunteer Paddy McLogan was born in Armagh in 1899, and was sworn into the Irish Republican Brotherhood by his Uncle in 1913, aged just 14. Later that same year he joined the Irish Volunteers at its formation and for the rest of his life, until his death in suspicions circumstances, remained a uncompromising militant and […]

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Socialist Republicans honour Tone at Bodenstown

On Sunday July 11, Socialist Republicans from across Ireland gathered in Bodenstown to pay their annual respects to the Father of Irish Republicanism and the Leader of the 1798 Uprising, Theobald Wolfe Tone. Since the days of Thomas Davis in the 1840s, Visits to the grave of Tone have been an important event for the […]

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Why are gangs of fascists screaming “paedophile” at young people?

In Ireland today we have the spectacle of packs of wild eyed frothing middle aged mostly men screaming “Paedophile!!” at mostly women and mostly young people who want to protest against their bigoted views. How have we arrived at this situation?Who are the screamers? Why are they screaming “paedophile” at young people? Who are the […]

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Peter Tatchell’s Pink Imperialism to Barret’s Blueshirts: the Free States flavours of child abuse

Widespread controversy has erupted in Ireland upon the Free State Frankenstein coalition shambling into office and being hit immediately with a scandal involving past pictures of the newly appointed Minister For Children associating with “activist” Peter Tatchell. Tatchell has a long history. A gay rights and supposed “humanitarian” campaigner since the 70s, it has been […]

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Drugs As Weapons Against Us

People in Ireland know all too well how drugs can be used against us. John Potash wrote a book studying the many ways, over many decades, how drugs have been used to destroy countries, communities, revolutionaries, activists and musicians. We discussed this book Drugs As Weapons Against Us with John, touching on topics such as […]

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The People’s History Of Ideas podcast

We spoke with researcher Matt Rothwell about his ongoing podcast series The People’s History Of Ideas. This is a podcast detailing the history of the revolutionary ideology of Maoism as it developed in China and spread around the world. The podcast explains the material and context in great depth, helping us to understand the material […]

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“Thy Will Be Done” – evangelical imperialism in Latin America discussed by Hugo Turner

We spoke with anti-imperialist researcher Hugo Turner on a book and topic he has recently been looking into: ‘Thy Will Be Done’ – The Conquest of the Amazon : Nelson Rockefeller and Evangelism in the Age of Oil. Hugo answered for us the following questions: How does corporate power shape government and academia? How has academia […]

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Samee’s Story: a life ruined by French imperial death-squad capitalism

We recently came across this fantastic investigative journalism by 14 mm about the case of French multinational Lafarge and their investments in Syria. This is a case of imperialism, global capitalism, worker exploitation, contra death squads, impunity of global elite and the ruined lives they leave behind. The investigation is here: https://14milimetros.com/the-voices-of-jalabiya-the-cement-of-terrorism/ We got in […]

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Fianna Fáil and the Bank and Tans

An opinion piece submitted by ‘The Mutineer’ The Return of Fianna Fáil – The Soldiers of Destiny?, or the Soldiers of Exploitation and Greed. The Free State has witnessed a ‘Lazarus’ moment with the return of the most corrupt political party, whose cauldron is full to the brim with crony and comprador capitalism.  Fianna Fáil […]

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Interview with Tjen Folket Media

We recently spoke with Maoist political organisation of Norway Tjen Folket (Serve The People) Media. They provided us with an overview of their history, a description of their mass work, and some of their analysis of imperialism and social-democracy in Norway. A chara, could you give us a brief history of your organisation? Firstly, I […]

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Analysis of the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

We conducted this interview with a group who are ‘exposing the truth of the non-profit industrial complex, the consulting industry, media, unions, politicians and entitled progressives’. Non-profits, NGOs, social enterprises and foundations have been performing an aggressive hostile takeover of radical campaigns for decades. They are one of the largest industries in the world and […]

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Republicans Take to the Street Against Extradition

On Saturday July 4, up to 100 people attended a stop the extradition of Liam Campbell protest in Dublin. The event jointly organised by Anti Imperialist Action Ireland and Macradh ISR Youth was attended by members of the Campbell family, Independent Republicans, Anarchists and a number of other Republican organisations including Saoradh, Republican Sinn Féin […]

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Support Irish and International Political Prisoners

Members of Anti Imperialist Action Ireland and Macradh- ISR Youth attended today’s Picket in support of Irish and International Political Prisoners in Dublin. The event was organised by the Anti Internment Group of Ireland and took place at the junction of Henry Street was Liffey Street, outside the Ilac Centre. There was strong support from […]

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It is right to tear down reactionaries. Hands of our patriot dead!

The Uprising in the US following the police murder of George Floyd has seen actions to attack and tear down the statues of racist cops, Confederate soldiers and genocidal colonizers. As the rebellion spread beyond US borders, Black protesters of Bristol city in Britain tore down the statue of slave trader Colston. This is good […]