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“It’s boring but necessary”: An Interview with Jos Alembic (aka “Q”) on Changing Dutch Political Discourse
I recently had a discussion with Q, a member and founder of Marxist Center and the Communist Platform, a political lobbying organization in the Netherlands that seeks to inject a more traditional class-oriented slant into the national political discourse, with … Continue reading
Posted in Critique of the Left, Politics, Proletarian politics
Tagged Dutch polititics, Marxist Center, socialism
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Building Revolution — Article from the ‘United Irishman’, May 1971
During the 1960s and 1970s, the Irish Republican Movement evolved from a conventional nationalist project with a strategic emphasis – if not obsession – with militarism to an explicitly socialist project which placed a premium on mass politics. That evolution … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Proletarian politics
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The Many Prongs That Lead to Ferguson
There are a number of strands that can be picked up from the recent, much-publicized events in Ferguson, Mo. Ferguson is a suburb on the innermost ring of St. Louis’s quite extensive “fat belt”, a European term for the series … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural analysis, Culture, History, Politics
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“Tax is the Lifeblood of Democracy”: An Interview with John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network
Recently, I sat down to talk with John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network, to talk about his organisation and what it does. Topics as wide ranging as state subsidies of corporations and the role of the OECD as “a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics
Tagged democracy, development, economic justice, human rights, inequality, justice, tax havens, tax justice
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Notes on Ideology, Power, the Media and the Irish Crisis
An introduction to the study of ideological power structures and their relevance in the Irish economic crisis (Notes from a presentation to the Dublin Left Forum 10/05/2014) Introduction Since the onset of the crisis that the Irish state thus far … Continue reading
Posted in Bourgeois politics, Cultural analysis, Philosophy, Proletarian politics
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What is at stake with the Labour Theory of Value
Marx has been getting a lot of media attention recently, with articles exploring his relevance in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Magazine, Forbes and many others. A quick search on Google trends for “was Marx right” shows … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
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Strategy of Attrition: Part II
Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (Outside of the Church there is no Salvation) In order for strategies to become more permanently established they need to be theorised. Just as the Anarchists theorised the workers councils as the vehicle of liberation, Kautsky and … Continue reading
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The Strategy of Attrition: Part I
Conquest or Destruction of the State? Right from its beginnings in early 19th century, socialism has been bedevilled by debates over strategy in a way that right-wing ideologies have not. Would salvation come, as Fourier dreamed, from wealthy benefactors funding new … Continue reading
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Democracy and the role of the party
Democracy in Crisis “In sharp contradiction to the belief that democracy is only a way to Socialism is another viewpoint which is also quite popular in Socialist ranks, namely, that true democracy is possible only in a Socialist society and … Continue reading
Posted in Critique of the Left, Politics, Proletarian politics
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Socialist Party Resignation Statement
This statement has been drawn up by the following recently resigned members of the Socialist Party: Andrew Phelan, Megan ni Ghabhlain, Richard O’Hara, Pamela Rochford, Stephanie O’Shea and Jimmy Dignam. Notes: Tragically, Rob Ryan passed away before this statement was … Continue reading
Posted in Proletarian politics
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An End to Musical Chairs: A Rumination on the Basic Income
Since everyone is welcome aboard the train of life, don’t we all deserve a ticket? I was walking toward the central transit hub of my town recently, when, shortly prior to passing over the railroad tracks that the train I … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural analysis, Economics, Parable, Philosophy
Tagged basic guaranteed income, basic income, basic income guarantee
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“Wer hat uns verraten?”: Speculations on the imminent German Election
“Who’s done us in?” This ambiguous, and yet telling, interrogative was said to’ve stood on Karl Liebknecht’s desk in Berlin. Marc Uwe Kling, a contemporary political singer, comments that “a poster of the slogan is also over Oskar Lafontaine’s desk”. … Continue reading
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Tagged DIE LINKE, elections, German election, Germany, SPD
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Response to Gavin’s “Why I am no longer an anarchist”
The following text is a response to the article “Why I am no longer an anarchist” published on 3 August by Gavin Mendel-Gleason here. I don’t aspire to respond to every point made in that text, but to develop points … Continue reading
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Review and Analysis: Patterns of Betrayal
In 1992, the Workers’ Party published a pamphlet: “Patterns of Betrayal: the flight from Socialism”. The pamphlet details the events leading up to the split in the Workers’ Party, including several primary source documents. The contemporary Left in Ireland is … Continue reading
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