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What is Socialism?

Hungary 1956: Workers’ revolution against Stalinism

By Manus Lenihan In October 1956 a revolution swept the Hungarian government from power. On the 23rd, protesters filled the streets of Budapest in their hundreds of thousands. For five days rebel groups held barricades and ambushed tanks. They fought against the

Oct 29, 2026

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

New movements, old dilemma- Reform or Revolution today

The election of the Syriza government in February 2015 was greeted with enthusiastic support by working class people in Greece and across Europe, only to turn into bitter disappointment after its capitulation to the Troika in July. As inequality and austerity continue

Jan 13, 2016

Theory & History

Neo-Liberalism: The 1%’s war on our living standards

What do the ideas neo-liberalism mean?

Oct 13, 2015

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Why this rotten system can’t be reformed

By Kevin McLoughlin On 12 July in Paraguay the Pope told young people to “make a mess” in their struggle against capitalism. On the same day as the leader of one of the most conservative institutions on earth made this call, Syriza

Sep 15, 2015

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Rosa Luxemburg’s “Junius Pamphlet”

Review of a socialist classic

Jul 29, 2015

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North: When workers stood united against sectarianism

There is a hidden history to the ‘Troubles’ in Northern Ireland. That is the role played by the organised workers’ movement in opposing sectarian violence.

May 6, 2015

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Bolivia, April 2000: Uprising defeats water privatisation

By Manus Lenihan “I want to denounce the subversive attitude [which is] absolutely politically financed by narcotraffickers, who aim to destabilize the constitutional democratically elected government.” These words were spoken in response to water charge protests, but they did not come from

Apr 23, 2015

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Why we need a left government

By Laura Fitzgerald Austerity is a one-sided class war. The politicians hand in hand with the major employers have waged a war on the pay, conditions and living standards of the broad working class through swingeing cuts to public sector pay and

Apr 20, 2015

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May Day: Why the red flag of socialism

Why we need working class unity

Apr 19, 2015

Theory & History

The State – a tool to defend the rule of the 1%

The Occupy movement that began in the US in 2011 coined the terms, the 1% and the 99%. The movement was evocatively referring to the existence of a ruling class, encapsulated in the term the 1% a – the super-rich elite that

Mar 16, 2015

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Review “The Entrepreneurial State” by Mariana Mazzucato

By Tim Heffernan Somewhere along the line, we’ve all heard these arguments in favour of capitalism: progress is based on competition, risk taking and innovation – capitalism encourages risk takers and rewards them;we might need state ‘enterprise’ for essential infrastructure like water and

Mar 10, 2015

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