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Mourning Marx

Karl Marx died on this day in 1883. At his graveside, his lifelong friend and comrade Friedrich Engels predicted that Marx's work would endure through the ages.

The War on Ireland’s Neutrality

Since its independence, Ireland has maintained a decades-long tradition of neutrality – but now its commentariat has decided that the country needs to 'grow up' and learn to love NATO's war machine.

Against the Edgelords

Today's far-right has been shaped by an online landscape of edgy content. But the solution isn't to lament the internet – it's to find a way to build antifascism in its image.

Ruskin Revisited

Writer and philosopher John Ruskin is often written off as an establishment reformer, but he was also an acute critic of Victorian capitalism – which ran counter to his belief that 'there is no wealth but life.'

Nuclear Disarmament Now

The invasion of Ukraine has raised the spectre of nuclear war for the first time in a generation – and shown why we need a mass campaign for nuclear disarmament.