Father Joe Kavanagh spent three decades on the Caribbean island of Trinidad. His encounter there with the Black Power movement shaped him. Here he talks of his experiences and his view on the relation between religion, politics, and justice.

Support for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is at a historic low in Ireland. The left must seize the opportunity and forge a common platform, writes Mícheál Mac Donncha.

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.