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Kneecap, the Movie: Our Day Will Come
Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap, Richard Peppiatt, DJ Próvaí The movie Kneecap ( Rich Peppiatt , 2024) starring Michael Fassbinder and the...
7 days ago8 min read
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Assassination & Murder: Behind the Killings of Israeli Diplomats
The recent political assassination of two members of the Israeli diplomatic mission in Washington DC has facilitated a frenzied campaign...
May 248 min read
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Lest We Forget: The Hidden History of British War Crimes in World War II
As the British state celebrates the 80th anniversary of the so-called Victory in Europe, the real truth about WW2 is being buried under...
May 68 min read
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Ukraine: The Dividends of War
[This is a shorter, more conjunctural,piece and is best read alongside the article, The War Over Ukraine: A Class Perspective,...
Feb 265 min read
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Ideas Don't Die: Socialism, Youth & the Cuban Revolution
[ Author's note: this piece is an extract from the book, Imperialism, War & Revolution , Brian Lyons,2024, which is available on all...
Feb 333 min read
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Dynamics of the Syrian Revolution (2)
Part Two: Capitalism or Socialism: Challenges of the Revolution [Author's note: this is the concluding part of the series. To read Part...
Jan 2517 min read
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Dynamics of the Syrian Revolution (1)
Part One: Independence, class struggle and state capitalism [ Author’s note : this is the first instalment in a two-part series, ...
Jan 1820 min read
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Labour, Capital & the Great Tax Con
The sweeping electoral victories of Donald Trump and the British Labour Party, have registered a shift to the right in bourgeois...
Nov 11, 202410 min read
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Crisis en Venezuela
El resultado oficial de las elecciones presidenciales del 28 de julio en Venezuela, en las que el actual presidente Nicolás Maduro fue...
Aug 7, 202432 min read
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CRISIS IN VENEZUELA
The official result of the July 28 Presidential election in Venezuela, in which the incumbent Nicolás Maduro was declared the winner by a...
Aug 6, 202429 min read
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Warm Welcome to New Readers
Bienvenue Bienvenida Huānyíng Dobro pozhalovat' Wilkommen kalos IRTHATE Since its inception 4 years ago, Black Dwarf has...
Jul 9, 20242 min read
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OUT NOW!
As a new generation of young fighters take centre stage in opposition to the Israeli butchery in Gaza, I am excited to announce the...
May 17, 20242 min read
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Imperialism & the Yemeni Revolution
(PART ONE: THE DYNAMICS OF THE ARAB LIBERATION STRUGGLE) As Washington and Westminster use their imperial might to protect their vast...
Feb 17, 202415 min read
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Antisemitismo, fascismo y Hamás
“Casi 80 años después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, es impactante escuchar hoy cánticos abiertamente antisemitas en las calles...
Dec 3, 202330 min read
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Anti-semitism, Fascism & Hamas
“Almost 80 years after the end of the Second World War it is shocking to hear nakedly anti-Semitic chants on the streets of London today....
Nov 25, 202328 min read
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El holocausto democrático: su moral y la nuestra
Como un cadáver en descomposición exhumado de su tumba, el horror de la guerra - con sus enigmas éticos aparentemente intratables - ha...
Nov 3, 202336 min read
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Palestina: la solución final
La campaña de bombardeos genocidas del Estado israelí contra el pueblo palestino en Gaza es la última entrega de un esfuerzo de casi 80...
Oct 26, 202318 min read
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Palestine: The Final Solution
The Israeli state’s genocidal bombing campaign against the Palestinian people in Gaza is the latest instalment of a nearly 80-year-old...
Oct 23, 202317 min read
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The Democratic Holocaust: Their Morals and Ours
Like a rotting corpse exhumed from its grave, the horror of war - with its seemingly insoluble ethical conundrums - has once again risen...
Aug 16, 202334 min read
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Freedom Now: Towards A New Revolution in Ireland
Eight hundred years and counting, but still there appears to be no end in sight to British rule in Ireland. After a further quarter...
Jun 6, 202331 min read
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