Red Words

RED WORDS / ISSUE TWO Coming Soon!

irishsocialistjournal — Fri, 13 May 2011 10:00:59 +0000

Issue No. 2 of Red Words will be out soon.

In the meantime John Molyneux, recently returned from Egypt, reflections on the Egyptian Revolution is available to read and download.

John Molyneux, Reflections on the Egyptian Revolution READ

RED WORDS / ISSUE ONE

irishsocialistjournal — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:25:13 +0000

ARTICLES

KIERAN ALLEN / AFTER PARTNERSHIPS: WHERE NOW FOR THE UNIONS READ

MIKE GONZALEZ / VENEZUELA: THE STATE OF THE REVOLUTION READ

JAMES O’TOOLE / THE IRISH LABOUR PARTY READ (Revised and Updated)

DONAL MAC FHEARRAIGH / CLIMATE CHANGE: OUT OF THE LOBBY, ONTO THE STREET READ

SINÉAD KENNEDY / ‘SATAN’S ACCOUNTANT’: THE POLITICS OF NOAM CHOMSKY READ

REVIEWS

Marnie Holborow on Fintan O’Toole’s: Ship of Fools Read

Brian O’Boyle on Chris Harman’s Zombie Capitalism Read

Paul O’Brien on Brian Hanley’s & Scott Millar’s The Lost Revolution READ

Séan Mitchell on Robert Service’s Trotsky: A biography READ

Madeleine Johansson on Tristram Hunt’s The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels READ

Peadar O’Grady on Slavoj Žižek ‘s First as Tragedy, then as Farce READ

Kieran Allen on the Trade Unions

irishsocialistjournal — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:24:34 +0000

As public sector workers prepare to vote on the Croke Park agreement Kieran Allen examines the Irish trade union movement and asks what is the way forward for workers after the death of partnership?

To read click here Unions after Partnership

Donal Mac Fhearraigh on Climate Change

irishsocialistjournal — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:21:16 +0000

Two terrible threats define the 21st century. One is imperialist war; the other is the accelerating threat of catastrophic climate change. In the wake of last December’s fiasco at Copenhagen UN conference on climate change, Donal Mac Fhearraigh explores the politics of climate change, from the scientific debates through to Marx and the role of the working class in preventing it.

Click here to read Climate Change

James O’Toole, The Irish Labour Party

irishsocialistjournal — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:14:46 +0000

The Irish Labour Party

The Labour Party has joined Fine Gael in coalition government and has committed itself to implementing in full IMF/EU deal. Through an in-depth, historical analysis of the Labour Party and its role in Irish history, James O’Toole considers whether Labour can ever offer Irish workers a real alternative .

Click here to read The Labour Party (Revised and Updated)

Sinead Kennedy, The Politics of Noam Chomsky

irishsocialistjournal — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:07:46 +0000

Radical thinkers series: Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky is one of the most recognised names of our time, and was voted the most important public intellectual in the world today, winning almost a quarter of the 20,000 votes cast. Sinéad Kennedy assesses the writing and politics of this important left-wing intellectual.

This is first in what will be a series of articles on radical thinkers today

Click here to read

Mike Gonzalez, Revolution in Venezuela

irishsocialistjournal — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:06:07 +0000

Venezuela caught the imagination of people around the world when left-wing President Hugo Chávez famously launched his plan to create “socialism in the 21st century”. Five years after that declaration, Mike Gonzalez examines the extent to which Venezuela is moving in a leftward direction towards a new and different kind of society.

Click here to read Revolution in Venezuela

REVIEWS

irishsocialistjournal — Fri, 07 May 2010 15:05:47 +0000

Marnie Holborow reviews Fintan O’Toole best-selling critique of Ireland’s Celtic Tiger, Ship of Fools: How Stupidity and Corruption Sank the Celtic Tiger.

Chris Harman, editor of International Socialism Journal and leading member of the British SWP, sadly died late last year. Brian O’Boyle considers his final and timely book, Zombie Capitalism: Global Crisis and the Relevance of Marx.

Paul O’Biren examines Brian Hanley’s and Scott Millar’s history of the Workers Party, The Lost Revolution: The Story of the Official IRA and the Workers Party.

Sean Mitchell reviews Robert Service’s controversial new biography of revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky, Trotsky: A biography.

Madeline Johansson reviews a new biography of Marx’s collaborator Friedrich Engels, The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels.

Peadar O’Grady looks at Slavoj Žižek, ‘the Elvis of cultural theory’ recent book, First as Tragedy, then as Farce.