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Elections elsewhere

As the world churns... and burns

Even before Douglass arrived in Ireland in 1845, he was aware of the rich tradition of Irish men and women involved in the transatlantic movement to bring an end to the U.S. system of enslavement.

Irish reunification in the age of the EU

As news of crackdowns on U.S. campus protests spread, students in Ireland drew inspiration and planned a strategic path to victory.

Clair Wills’s memoir is a timely warning that sexual morality can be enforced only with violence.

Since Brexit, the conversation around a unified Ireland has taken place at a pace which people have never seen before. The chaos, the recklessness, that emanates from Westminster shows that they do not care about the interests of people here.

Feminists against dictatorship of the dollar

In an age of mass protest, why aren’t we winning?

La Via Campesina on the global political context