National politics

Greenland – independence and the imperialist scramble for Arctic dominance

Warship in the Arctic sea
News and analysis, National politics, Imperialist conflict and war, Europe  

By Paul Smith, 14 February 2025 Trump’s threats accelerate Greenland’s push for independence, amid growing dangers of imperialist exploitation and conflict, as the Arctic becomes a new battleground in the global struggle for power, natural resources and strategic dominance. In 2019, Donald Trump’s proposal to purchase Greenland, reducing the future of the country to a […]

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Save Nursing in Wales – Lessons of a campaign

Student nurses demonstrate against closure of Cardiff University course
Workers' struggle and solidarity, National politics, PRMI, Europe  

PRMI reporters spoke to Cerys Keane, Organiser of the “Save nursing” campaign. 14 February 2025 When Britain’s National Health Service is facing a severe crisis, in part due to the lack of qualified staff, the decision by the management of Cardiff University to consider closing the Nurse training course, along with several other important programmes

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BIMM Dublin: A cultural and educational crisis driven by capitalist greed

Concert at BIMM in Dublin
Art and literature, Workers' struggle and solidarity, News and analysis, Europe  

By Kate Quinlan, BIMM graduate, class of 2024, 14 February 2025 The proposed mass redundancies at BIMM Dublin, one of Ireland’s most prestigious music colleges, represent not just an attack on workers’ rights but the potential for a grave cultural loss. Lecturers at the institution, many of whom are accomplished musicians who have contributed to

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Masses defy arrests, bullets and teargas in Mozambique

Youthful protests demonstrate in Mozambique
Africa, News and analysis, National politics  

By PRMI reporters, 12 February 2025 The greatest mass uprising in Mozambique’s recent history took place from late 2024 to early 2025, in defiance of Frelimo’s treachery and the prospect of the party staying in power for yet another term. 8 people died in protest on the morning of Daniel Chapo’s inauguration as president on

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Trump’s abhorrent plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza

News and analysis, National politics, Imperialist conflict and war, Middle East  

By Socialist Party Ireland reporters, 6 February 2025 The Gaza genocide is continuing. Trump has announced an outrageous plan for the wholesale ethnic cleansing of its two million Palestinians, even hinting that US troops may be used to enforce this. As if talking about one of his corrupt land deals, he announced the US would

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The electoral failure, and ongoing threat, of the Irish far right

News and analysis, Racism and fascism, Europe  

By Drew Frayne (Socialist Party – Ireland) 31 January 2025 Bucking the international trend of far right electoral gains, the Irish electorate by and large rejected the far right’s programme of anti-immigration, anti-LGBTQ, ultra conservative policies. The surge in anti-immigration protests in the preceding year, the momentum built in the local elections in June and

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Brazil: Between Barbarism and Dismay, Conciliation and Coup-Plotting

News and analysis, Americas, Racism and fascism  

By PRMI reporters in Brazil, 23 January 2025 This article can also be accessed in Portuguese here 2024 was an apprehensive and discouraging year for left-wing and progressive people in Brazil. In the midst of so many crises, such as the environmental one, and the urgent need for social transformation, the conservatives and the right

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The return of Trump and the fascistic billionaire regime

News and analysis, National politics, Americas  

By Donal Devlin Socialist Party Ireland, first published 19 January 2025 Two related stories featured in the news in the weeks before arch-climate change denier Donald Trump was sworn in to serve his second term as US President: 1.     In 2024, the global average temperature crossed a crucial barrier, exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial

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Ceasefire in Gaza: The struggle against Genocide and Occupation isn’t over

Destroyed areas of Gaza
News and analysis, Imperialist conflict and war, Middle East  

By PRMI reporters 18 January 2025 “This is a day of happiness, and sadness, a shock and joy, but certainly it is a day we all must cry and cry long because of what we all lost. We did not lose friends, relatives, and homes only, we lost our city, Israel sent us back in

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Syria after Assad: rising from the ashes, the struggle for liberation continues

News and analysis, Middle East  

By Serge Jordan 12 January 2025 The collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s decades-long dictatorship last December has dramatically reshuffled the cards of Syria’s future. A sense of freedom and jubilation broke through among many Syrians following over five decades of tyranny. However, it is tempered by fear and unease, as Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), now the

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