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Anti-racist protests in Dublin – important steps in the fight against racism

By Summer Conneely Last weekend saw three anti-racist protests in the aftermath of a brutal racist assault on an Indian national in Kilnamanagh, Tallaght. On Friday, a protest in Tallaght itself was held with 400 in attendance. While a far-right counter-protest was

Jul 30, 2025

Reviews and Culture

Why does my guilty pleasure feel like a case study in coercive control? – love as labour on ‘Love Island’

By Kate Quinlan and Carla Grainger We used to call Love Island our guilty pleasure. Now the guilt is doing most of the heavy lifting. What once felt like lightweight reality drama has started to look a lot more like televised coercion.

Jul 30, 2025

Palestine solidarity·World News

It’s a new holocaust – stop the genocide in Gaza

By Donal Devlin Amid the unrelenting, indiscriminate shootings and bombings that terrorise the people of Gaza, the Israeli State has created famine, making Gaza what the United Nations has called “the hungriest place on earth”, where “starvation is knocking on every door”.

Jul 24, 2025

Vicious racist attack in Tallaght demands an active response – join the protests

By Conor Tormey Last weekend, an Indian man who had been in Ireland for just over a week was viciously attacked in Kilnamanagh, Tallaght, by a gang of ten people who beat, stabbed, robbed, filmed and humiliated him, falsely accusing him of

Jul 23, 2025

Reviews and Culture·Theory & History

Frantz Fanon at 100: Review of ‘A Dying Colonialism’

By Manus Lenihan Today marks one hundred years since the birth of Frantz Fanon. A psychiatrist by profession, Fanon as a writer explored the morbid delusions and hallucinations of racism, empire and capitalism in celebrated works such as Black Skin, White Masks

Jul 20, 2025

Theory & History

Masculinity & violence – the manosphere goes mainstream

In this article, James McCabe investigates the roots of patriarchy and the often overlooked connection between masculine norms and violence. When we understand that men’s violence is not a natural phenomenon but a product of particular social conditions, we can grasp how

Jul 18, 2025

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·World News

Zarah Sultana & Jeremy Corbyn to launch new party – build a left wing alternative now

By Conor Payne One year on from their election amid a landslide defeat of the Tories, Keir Starmer’s Labour government has exhausted any goodwill it had to draw upon. Recent polls show public approval for the government at just 13% and approval

Jul 16, 2025

Disgusting burning of effigy – scourge of racist & sectarian intimidation must end

The placing of effigies of migrants on the Moygashel Bonfire is a violent act, and a disgusting attempt to whip up division and hatred. It is targeting and intimidating people who are fleeing from war, persecution and poverty. Following the racist riots

Jul 10, 2025

LGBTQ·News & Analysis

The ongoing scandal of Ireland’s trans healthcare system

By Chloe McCarthy The Irish state presides over the worst trans healthcare system in the European Union, the National Gender Service (NGS): Even by HSE standards, this system is laughably inadequate. Yet, it clings to its control over our bodies, monitoring hormone

Jul 9, 2025

World News

Workers’ action needed to stop the Israeli genocide machine

By Caitríona Ní Chatháin On 4 June, dockworkers in the French port of Fos-sur-Mer, Marseille, refused to load arms components bound for Israel. These arms components – metal links for machine guns – were produced by the French company Eurolinks and scheduled

Jul 8, 2025

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