By Walter Chambers, 24 February 2025 So shocking was the speech delivered by US Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference that the Chair burst into tears during his closing speech. Barely a day has gone by since Trump’s inauguration in which a horrific new twist has not been added to the US’s […]
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By Drew Frayne, Socialist Party Ireland, 21 February 2025 Sixty years ago el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, known to the world as Malcolm X, was murdered. His life is a map of 20th Century racism, and resistance to white supremacy, in the US and across the world. The personal and political life of el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, known
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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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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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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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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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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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Part 1: Origins of the Left Opposition In coming weeks, PRMI will be publishing a series of articles on the history of the revolutionary movement following the victory of the Russian Revolution, covering the formation of the Fourth International and its post WW2 degeneration, leading up to our recent history. By Walter Chambers, 6 February
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By Steph Lacey (Socialist Party Ireland) 5 February 2025 The Substance is a satirical, body-horror film that centres around the character of Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading Hollywood star who goes to extreme lengths to try to reclaim her youthful looks and career, by taking a new, secret wonder drug called ‘the substance.’ The film aims to
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By Michael O’Brien (Socialist Party Ireland) 5 May 2025 Already the recipient of multiple nominations for various movie and TV award ceremonies, Conclave dramatises a fictional papal election and paints an entertaining picture of the Catholic Church as a highly factionalised institution. Based on a 2016 novel written by British author Robert Harris, the story unfolds from
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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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First published by Socialist Party (Ireland), 26 January 2025 Warning: Article contains distressing details of r*** and abuse In a stunning decision, Gisèle Pelicot faced down the rape culture that demands survivors of abuse carry the burden of shame and secrecy. She refused a closed trial, demanding that the public join her in confronting the
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