This article from Left Voice in the USA examines the prospects for neoliberalism under a Joe Biden presidency. NEO-LIBERALISM’S LAST STAND Biden’s election is an attempt to revive the neoliberal order — one that is doomed to fail. Hillary Clinton’s ignominious defeat in the 2016 elections has been widely viewed as a referendum on the…
Herd Immunity – Myth And Reality
Following our continuing series of articles on Covid-19 We are posting this piece form Socialist Democracy (Ireland) in the myth of herd immunity. While many scientific myths have emerged during the course of the global pandemic the most prominent and persistence of these has undoubtedly been that of “herd immunity”. Its basic proposition is that…
Newry, Mourne And Down Council Workers’ Strike
With employers using Covid-18 to attack workers’ jobs, pay and conditions, there has been the beginnings of a fightback. This article first posted by Socialist Democracy (Ireland) looks at the strike action taken by council workers in Newry, Mourne and Down council. Workers in Newry, Mourne and Down (NMD) took strike action on Thursday December…
Defend Our Democratic Right To Know – Free Julian Assange Now
Steve Freeman gave a talk on Julian Assange Case at an RCN Zoom meeting on 8.11.20. He has now written this up and we have posted it below. This is followed by two comments, one by Seamus McGuigan, the other by Connor Beaton of the Republican Socialist Platform. DEFEND OUR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO KNOW – FREE…
Ruling Class Corruption And Capitalist Crisis
The following article by John Tummon looks at the recent exposures of corruption in the Tory government highlighted by the cronyism for Covid-19 contracts Government Covid cronyism extends both to the appointment to key positions in its decision-making framework and to its’ award of contracts for carrying out services and providing equipment. This has now…
Biden: A Transition To Neo-Trumpist Populism?
E&L is posting the following three articles on the situation in the USA after Biden’s presidential electoral victory. Far from heralding a new “progressive” era, or even a return to “normality”, Biden is already preparing the grounds for a neo-Trumpist populist backlash. The first article by M. K. Kumar in the USA looks at the nature…
Further Political Developments In Ireland: North And South
We are posting the following two articles from Socialist Democracy (Ireland) in the current situation in Ireland, North and South. 1. STORMONT EXECUTIVE TAKES A RECKLESS TURN ON PANDEMIC For a long time Stormont has stood as a byword for sectarianism, corruption and incompetence. Under the pressure of the coronavirus crisis these features of the…
We Fought Trump, Time To Fight Biden Too
This article from Left Voice in the USA criticises those illusions in Joe Biden, similar to those in Sir Keir Starmer, who believes he can be pressured from the Left. Biden was bankrolled by major sections of Wall Street finance and Silicon Valley and these are the interests he will serve. At long last, it has…
Poppy Pushers “Fund British Terrorists”
With UK tied up with so many imperialist wars, November 11th, ‘Remembrance Day’ is pushed with ever greater official stridency. Jon Snow has called this this “poppy fascism”. We are posting this article from the Irish-based Anti-Imperialist Action which looks at the use of the poppy from their point of view of those who have…
Emancipation & Liberation – Welsh Coverage from 2002
EL&SD is posting our Welsh and related coverage from 2002 to promote a wider socialist republican ‘internationalism from below’ alliance 2023 ‘YesCymru’ buoyed by new report that says independence is “viable”- Is independence a step closer The Welsh government is following its Scottish counterparts in opposing the anti-boycott bill – Stephen Topple, The Canary The politics of…