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1926 general strike: Workers on the cusp of power 

06 Jul 2026
By Thomas Carmichael As we stand in the middle of the centenary of the 1926 General Strike, it is impossible not to draw parallels with the situation faced by workers today. Fuel prices have been driven into orbit by the US and Israel’s Imperialist war on Iran. Workers, having never fully recovered from the 2022-23 crisis sparked by the invasion

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NI: Scrap fees in the FE Colleges

Mar 8, 2009
STUDENTS OVER the age of 18 in Belfast and other Further Education Colleges have to pay as much as £1,000 a semester for A-levels and GCSEs. The Socialist spoke to Socialist Youth member Colm Smyth, an A-level student in Belfast Metropolitan College,
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Stop the fascist Irving

Mar 8, 2009
By Richard Manton ON 19 March, the convicted Holocaust-denier and fascist David Irving will try to speak at NUI Galway. In March last year, Irving attempted to speak at UCC in Cork, but was stopped by the Stop Irving Campaign initiated by
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