The Easter Rising was heroic, but the republican elite that emerged in its wake protected the rich, using the IRA to suppress land occupations. Andrew Flood argues that left republicanism is a dead end, always subordinating social revolution to the national cause.

Republican sovereignty is a multifaceted concept, says former Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson. Drawing on her own experience as well as the broader struggle, she traces the evolution of republican thought and its application to contemporary issues.

Drawing on WEB Du Bois’ notion of Double Consciousness, Roibeard Mac an Bheatha discusses what Irishness means now in the context of colonialism past and present.

From Aristotle to the Irish Proclamation, republican thought has long held tensions, Rachel Hammersley writes. Understanding its history reveals conflicts between liberty and equality, elitism and popular rule, virtue and interest, and how these shape its evolution today.

Republicanism as a political philosophy has been both friend and foe to the left. An Clogán speaks with renowned political philosopher Philip Pettit about the ideology's past, present, limits, and potential.

for Signe Lury You wake up to the primary school bell, January blowing through the window unlatched overnight when lust’s bronchioles gasped for air. Outside, ants dissect leaves, children tread gravel and drizzle to reach the classroom, confiding yesterday’s marital disasters, dreading how far the summer break is,