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national / politics / elections Saturday March 19, 2016 - 15:26 by Paddy Hackett
There is a good chance that FF will bring about a new general election in the not too distant future. This is because it is confident that there is a progressive electoral shift towards it. It is also in a buoyant mood because of its inchoate election recovery. It more than likely has the resources to fight another election. Both FF and FG expressly indicated that they would not form “a grand coalition”. The GE16 result means, in a sense, that the electorate don't want such a coalition. On the other hand SF, through Gerry Adams, indicated before the GE16 that it is prepared to form a coalition with SF. This means that the electorate may want a coalition with FF, SF and others. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday March 18, 2016 - 17:37 by Sean Throne
Weak Irish capitalism makes a deal with Catholic hierarchy in which the hierarchy get control over many areas of Irish life and in return preach and organize in support of capitalism and against socialism and as part of this against women's rights. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Monday March 14, 2016 - 13:35 by Paddy Hackett
The working must struggle for the establishment of Workers' Councils as its institutions of power. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous Saturday March 05, 2016 - 11:30 by Niamh Ui Thuama
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The following was submitted to us by a reader of our blog, and a first time writer. Though it is somewhat different to the usual Rebel City posts it is nonetheless a relevant and poignant piece addressing a widespread and often overlooked problem – the negative effects on your mental health due to personal unfulfillment. Thank you to the writer, and keep up the good work. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / health / disability issues Saturday March 05, 2016 - 11:22 by Graham
A personal account on living with the “common cold” of mental illnesses. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday March 04, 2016 - 13:37 by Paddy Hackett
Total abolition of water charges... ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Friday March 04, 2016 - 04:34 by EU-nuch
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There are a lot of rumblings now about Negative interest rates and the war on cash Lately. Negative interest rates are when the bank actually charges you interest on the money "resting in your account" in plainspeak, they will slowly rob your money. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Sunday February 28, 2016 - 11:44 by Paddy Hackett
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The working class is politically and ideologically stagnant. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday February 23, 2016 - 11:43 by Robert J. Long
The hidden agenda behind the migrant crisis. - Destroy "National hegemony" -European super-state -Cultural Marxism / Kalergi-Coudenhove ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday February 20, 2016 - 10:07 by Vince McGreal
In 1932, Ireland ratified the United Nations’ Convention Concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (1930). The Convention defines forced labour as "all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.” Eighty-four years later, Ireland is in breach of that convention. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday February 17, 2016 - 23:17 by right2water
We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland and to the unfettered control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible.’ An affirmation that should, by now, be familiar to most of us. ... read full story / add a comment
international / economics and finance Wednesday February 10, 2016 - 12:11 by Paddy Hackett
Steve Keen is the author of Debunking Economics. He is critical of Neo-Classical Economics ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday February 01, 2016 - 14:17 by PCRfan
Paul Craig Roberts clearly outlines the systematic way western financial institutions and the IMF have traditionally looted the third world and now, having exhausted that process, have turned to looting other western countries such as Ireland, Greece, Portugal, and more recently, Spain and Italy. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Monday February 01, 2016 - 10:08 by Ban Hare Coursing in Ireland
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As the three-day so-called “National Hare Coursing Festival” opens today at Powerstown Park, Clonmel, County Tipperary, CACS and other animal protection campaign groups protested outside the venue where captured hares were forced to run from hyped-up greyhounds. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Friday January 29, 2016 - 18:37 by Con Carroll
For many the knock on the door, hello sorry to disturb you, I'm canvassing for the bimbo party hoping you will consider to give us your no, 1 vote. the children have to be fed, the dog is barking. jumping over and open gates to put the leaflet through. jaysus we are great ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday January 22, 2016 - 12:58 by Paddy Hackett
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Utilitarianism is the hidden basis for the moral and philosophical basis of much of the Irish Left ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Monday January 18, 2016 - 12:51 by Billy Fitzpatrick
The level of involvement by women in the 1916 Rising is historically unprecedented. This is recognised and welcomed in the Proclamation. The Rising, and the Proclamation which attempted to explain it, is of international significance. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / politics / elections Wednesday January 13, 2016 - 19:01 by S.C. Carroll
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Fine Gael canvas through the letterbox for an election they have not even announced. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday January 11, 2016 - 20:33 by Paddy Hackett
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Society determines the character of culture. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday January 10, 2016 - 10:22 by Paddy Hackett
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Marx's morality is not materialist ... read full story / add a comment |
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