In this interview, Kneecap Manager and Bohs CCO Dan Lambert discusses joining the Nuestra América Convoy to deliver aid to Cuba. He highlights the "insane cruelty" of the escalating US blockade, the cowardice behind the silence of EU governments, and the resilience of ordinary Cubans.

Socialists often claim that ending class conflict makes politics redundant. But Marx never held this view, Bruno Leipold argues. By tracing his political transition from republicanism to communism, Leipold shows how republican ideals shaped Marx's vision for a post-capitalist society.

Unionism is the most obvious form of anti-republican stance. Jack Sheehan examines three subtler types - Anglophilia, Europhilia, and Nihilism - all of which question Irish self-government, regard Irish culture with embarassment, and adopt a pessimistic view of national sovereignty.

In this essay, political philosopher William Clare Roberts argues that republicanism, despite its long pedigree in Western thought, retains a radical core: that to live under the arbitrary power of another is to be unfree.

In this interview, veteran republican leader shares views on the past and future of republicanism and socialism, plans to socialise Ireland’s means of production, sever ties with London, and counter far-right attempts to appropriate the legacy of fallen Irish volunteers.

Ireland is a unique case in Western Europe – once colonised, its history of anti-imperialism aligns it more with the global south, even while it has risen into the global economic elite. Ireland now faces a choice: uphold solidarity or become a typical first-world power shaped by capital and empire.