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James O'Brien is a member of the Workers' Party Ard Comhairle.
November 28, 2020

Engels at 200

Friedrich Engels’, the co-inventor of Marxism, was born 200 years ago, on 28th November, 1820.  As lives go, Engels lived a full one: raised…

Workers of the world unite!
October 28, 2020

Thinking about the Future: Brexit and Ireland’s Orientation

In 2016, the Workers’ Party supported the Brexit referendum, largely on the basis of the EU’s extreme pro-capitalist nature. The devastation wrought by years…

October 5, 2020

Why workers need a party

When it comes to organising, progressives don’t need to reinvent the wheel – the mass workers party is the only vehicle that can bring us…

October 3, 2017

From Petrograd to Brussels: Reflections on Revolutionary Strategy then and now

The centenary commemorations of the October Revolution have, as yet, been fairly low key. Labour movement activists with a political bent and, of course,…

June 28, 2014

Catholic Marxism

At first glance Marxism and Catholicism have little in common: one is thoroughly materialist in outlook, the other a prime defender of idealism. Whereas…

April 28, 2014

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…

April 28, 2014

The Strategy of Attrition: Part I

Conquest or Destruction of the State? St Paul preaches to the Victorians Right from its beginnings in early 19th century, socialism has been bedevilled by…

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