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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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NI Learning from the history of the Troubles

Mar 8, 2009
By Ciaran Mulholland THE CONSULTATIVE Group on the Past, or Eames-Bradley group, has published its report on the Troubles. Lord Eames, one of the report’s authors, says it is time for a “final step out of the conflict by dealing with the
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NI: Workers unity needed to defend jobs

Mar 8, 2009
By Kevin Henry THE RECENT comments by the Northern Ireland Minister for the Environment Sammy Wilson, “that preference should be given to people from Northern Ireland” when employers are advertising jobs shows the complete inability of local politicians to deal with current
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NI: Fight the health cuts

Mar 8, 2009
Hands off our health service By Pat Lawlor, health worker RVH Belfast IN 2007, the Northern Ireland Executive introduced its Programme for Government for health. It was heralded as a means to enhance the health and well-being of the people of Northern
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