 Ireland: fuel protests show the way“At this stage Micheál Martin is not in control. The people of Ireland are in control. They have every motorway blocked in Ireland. They have businesses shut down. [...] This is a revolution.” |  Help us free Ehsan Ali: new campaign website launched!The Pakistani state’s ruthless persecution of RCI comrade Ehsan Ali and the leaders of the Awami Action Committee (AAC) in Gilgit Baltistan continues unabated. The time has come to escalate and broaden our campaign for justice! |  [Podcast] How to destroy US imperialismAgainst the Stream is back! Since our last episode, the world has been plunged deeper into crisis. With no end in sight for the Iran War, with energy prices and inflation rising, the global economy is teetering ever more precariously on the brink of a historic slump. |  A very British catastropheNext week, the Revolutionary Communist Party in Britain will open up its Third Congress, where hundreds of communists will gather to discuss British perspectives, and the tasks of the party. Political secretary Rob Sewell gives a preview of the draft perspectives document, outlining the main processes in the British class struggle. This article was originally published on 3 April, before the Starmer government became completely overwhelmed by the Mandelson scandal. |  James Connolly and the Easter RisingToday marks the 110th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin against British imperialist rule. The outstanding leader of that movement was James Connolly. We republish here an article by Ted Grant and Alan Woods from 2001, in which they show that Connolly – often portrayed simply as an Irish nationalist – was, first and foremost, a militant workers’ leader and a Marxist. | |
