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US: Socialists and the state — how to end racist policing

By Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative USA The nature of policing in the United States is inseparable from the violent, racist history of capitalism in this country. From slave patrols; to Bull Connor’s unleashing dogs and fire hoses against black protesters in Montgomery

Jun 19, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles

COVID-19: No attacks on democratic rights

By James McCabe Across the globe, governments are introducing sweeping curtailments of basic democratic rights in the name of tackling the Covid-19 pandemic. In some countries this has even led to the “temporary” dissolution of parliament. Many governments have thankfully, if belatedly,

Apr 5, 2020

Reviews and Culture

Review: ‘The Guards: Inside the K’

By Dean O’Donnell The first episode of Virgin Media’s new 5-part docuseries The Guards: Inside the K aired earlier this week to widespread acclaim from viewers and critics alike. Set in the “K-district”, a term that describes the policing precinct encompassing Blanchardstown,

Mar 8, 2020

Theory & History

The State: An instrument of capitalist rule

By James McCabe The depraved witch-hunt against Garda whistleblower, Maurice McCabe, by a cabal of senior level Gardaí in revenge for exposing corruption within the force sparked such mass revulsion that it threatened to bring down the government. Following other recent revelations

Mar 7, 2017

News & Analysis·The North

Collusion: The British State’s dirty war

By Stephen Boyd The BBC Panorama programme ‘Britain’s Secret Terror Deals’ has shed light again on the murky world that was the dirty war fought by the British state in Northern Ireland. This harrowing documentary focused on high-profile sectarian killings and assassinations

Jun 16, 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

The State

US: Socialists and the state — how to end racist policing

COVID-19: No attacks on democratic rights

Review: ‘The Guards: Inside the K’

The State: An instrument of capitalist rule

Collusion: The British State’s dirty war

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

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden

The State

US: Socialists and the state — how to end racist policing

COVID-19: No attacks on democratic rights

Review: ‘The Guards: Inside the K’

The State: An instrument of capitalist rule

Collusion: The­ British State’s dirty war

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

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden

Collusion: The British State’s dirty war