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The 1914 Christmas truce
“Here we were laughing and chatting to men who, only hours before, we were trying to kill!” These…
Irish capitalist state responsible for church terror
From the 1943 Cavan Fire in which 35 children and one adult perished after nuns refused to let…
Iran 1979: A revolution that was taken from the working class
Why did counter-revolution triumph instead? Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, recently addressed thousands of supporters at Tehran’s Azadi (Freedom)…
First World War – millions slaughtered for capitalist greed
This year marks the centenary of the year when the imperialist powers of Europe marched an entire generation…
95 years on: Red Clydeside and The Battle of George Square
An extract from the pamphlet Red Flag Over the Clyde written by Jim Cameron and produced by Scottish…
The 1793 Dingle riots
By Joe Higgins TD, Since the centenary of the Great Dublin Lockout has been preoccupying us in 2013,…