Israeli Attacks Continue in Gaza
Israel has continued its attacks against the besieged Gaza Strip for a second day. The blockaded coastal enclave has endured bombing from IDF warplanes that […]
Solidarity with Sabina Coyne Higgin’s
Communist Party of Ireland 6th August 2022 Solidarity with Sabina Coyne Higgin’s The Communist Party of Ireland expresses its solidarity with Sabina Coyne Higgins for […]
The Trumpist Supreme Court: Off the rails of democracy
Rage and confusion over the recent Supreme Court decisions is sweeping the nation. The Roe v. Wade decision (1973) establishing women’s reproductive rights has […]
We need solutions, not slogans
A recent article in the New York Times, “Relief Eludes Many Renters as Fed Raises Interest Rates,” bemoans the current conundrum facing workers with […]
Socorro Gomes: Honor the victims of the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and abolish nuclear weapons!
Friday, August 5, 2022 Statements As every year, we must take the occasion of the 6th and 9th of August to honor the victims of […]
Platform for Peace and Disarmament organises another Camp for Peace – Hundreds of young people gathered in Évora, between July 29 and 31
Friday, August 5, 2022 Statements The Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation (CPPC), one of the member organisations of the Platform for Peace and Disarmament, […]
Raoul Wallenberg – Swedish diplomat and “Righteous among the Nations”
The FIR honors with this newsletter the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, born 110 years ago, who made an important contribution to the rescue of Hungarian […]
Workers in Ireland need a substantial pay rise to match CEOs’ pay rises and profits
As every worker knows, the cost of living is spiralling far beyond pay increases. More and more working families have their backs against the wall, […]
Orpen and Keating
Two bilingual tanka, in Irish and English, “Hail the Deserters” and “Weeping in their Graves,” 31-syllable poems (5-7-5-7-7), in response to work by two Irish […]
Stranger than fiction
Anyone who is politically active knows the importance of reading—and knows the weight of books one ought to have read. It is easy to become […]