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What is Socialism?

Socialism 101: Zionism and the destruction of Palestine

By Donal Devlin It is not possible to chronicle the litany of crimes perpetuated against the Palestinian people that have culminated in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, in such a short space. Suffice it to say that all of these criminal and

Sep 17, 2026

Featured Articles·Reviews and Culture·Theory & History

Review: Big Farms Make Big Flu by Rob Wallace

By Ben Samson Covid-19 is spreading across the globe at an alarming pace, overwhelming health infrastructure and killing thousands, many of whom are frontline healthcare workers and poor people who lack early access to testing. Covid-19 is the acute respiratory disease caused

Apr 6, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles·Theory & History

Covid-19: Capitalist market & the PPE shortage

By Conor Burke Throughout the COVID-19 crisis workers in various essential services have gone beyond the call of duty to help the rest of us feel safe and secure, from supermarket staff to pharmacy workers to public transport personnel and others. Arguably,

Apr 5, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Theory & History

Capitalism and the Spanish Flu of 1918-1919

By Keishia Taylor The 1918-1919 “Spanish Flu” killed between 50-100 million people, more than the number of deaths in the First and Second World Wars combined. According to expert Laura Spinney the Spanish flu “re-sculpted human populations more radically than anything since

Apr 1, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Theory & History

1930s Great Depression & global crisis today

“The shock to the global economy from COVID-19 has been both faster and more severe than… even the Great Depression.” That comment by economist Nouriel Roubini on 24th March indicates the growing possibility of global events entering an entirely new period. One

Mar 29, 2020

Theory & History

Fine Gael forced to back down from celebrating repressive colonial police

By Manus Lenihan Widespread anger has forced the government to retreat, at least temporarily, from holding a commemoration for the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP). These two police forces upheld colonial, landlord and capitalist rule in Ireland. They

Jan 7, 2020

Theory & History

Shortages and expensive prices. Medicines and vaccines: the market makes us sick!

This article by a trade union shop-steward in a major pharmaceutical company was first published in Lutte Socialiste/De Linkse Socialist, monthly paper of PSL/LSP – our sister organisation in Belgium. In recent weeks, a number of scandals connected to the pharmaceutical sector

Dec 29, 2019

Reviews and Culture·Theory & History

Review: People’s Republic of Walmart

People’s Republic of Walmart: How the World’s Biggest Corporations Are Laying the Foundation for Socialism By Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski Verso Books, 2019 Among the most common arguments conservatives hurl at socialism is that planned economies always fail. Typically capitalists argue

Dec 22, 2019

Theory & History·Uncategorized

The Berlin Wall comes down as power lay in the streets

On 9th November 1989 the Berlin Wall was pulled down in dramatic scenes. In the latest of our series marking the events of 1989 in Eastern Europe, Ingmar Meinecke of SAV (German section of the CWI-majority), who as a teenager participated in

Nov 8, 2019

Reviews and Culture·Theory & History

Review: From Lucifer to Lazarus – A Life on the Left

From Lucifer to Lazarus – A Life on the Left By Mick O’Reilly Published by Lilliput, 2019 Reviewed by Michael O’Brien This autobiography by the former Irish Regional Secretary of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers’ Union (ATGWU, since renamed Unite) is,

Nov 6, 2019

Theory & History

Capitalist rivalry, trade wars & Globalisation Today

The last year-and-a-half has seen a steady escalation of a trade war between the world’s two major capitalist powers, the United States and China. This dispute takes place against the background of the world economy undergoing a period of what has been

Oct 31, 2019

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