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Echoes of ‘68: Student revolt rocks France & inspires millions

Oct 12, 2026
By Philipp Chmel A momentous youth revolt has swept France over the last three weeks. Despite unprecedented police violence, it is gaining in intensity and has sparked tremendous solidarity and active support from wide layers of the working class. This is creating an explosive mix of collective anger, hope and enthusiasm

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Review: The Story of Capital by David Harvey

25 Aug 2026
Reviewed by Chris Stewart Influential Marxist geographer and economic theorist, Professor David Harvey, has helped millions of people gain an understanding of how capitalism works through his many books and online lectures. In The Story of Capital, Harvey sets out to elucidate the central ideas of Marx’s Capital, explaining how they relate to what he calls the “capitalist totality” today.

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Great Gas Give-away

Apr 18, 2009
Tax hikes and cuts while government gives away €540 billion for free! By Paul Murphy WHILE THE government puts the boot into ordinary people in another vicious budget, the giveaway of billions of euro of gas continues. Figures from the Department of
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Home help cuts hurt the vulnerable

Apr 18, 2009
By Councillor Mick Barry CUTBACKS IN the home help service are taking a heavy toll in human misery. Just before Christmas, Eamonn Timmins of Age Action Ireland went public on the story of a 94 year old woman who had been put
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Council projects worth millions under threat

Apr 18, 2009
By Councillor Clare Daly FINGAL COUNCIL’S 2009 Capital Programme could be cut by .55 million following a financial directive from the Department of the Environment that prohibits the Council from using its full reserve fund of developers’ levies. This insane advice from
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Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden

Divide & Rule: Labour & the Partition of Ireland