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Racism - North and South, etc.
Stop racist attacks in the Socialist, July-August 2006
Afghan asylum seekers in the Socialist, June 2006
Victory for Kurd refugees in the Socialist, June 2006
Joe Higgins Column - Racism, National Question. From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of the Socialist.
13 Migrant workers Abandoned on island - By Garrett Mullan From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of the Socialist.
Health Service - Exploitation of migrant health workers From the Socialist, August 2005. - By Ciaran Mulholland

Deportations From the April 05 edition of Socialist Voice

Joe Higgins exposes 'bonded labour'. This article was in the Feb. 2005 edition of the Socialist.
Malcolm X

"You Can't Have Capitalism Without Racism"
Looking Back at Malcolm X (1925-1965)

By Hank Gonzalez, in Justice, the paper of the CWI in the USA.
February 21 marked the 40th anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination. Only 39 years old at the time of his murder, Malcolm X would have turned 80 on May 19 of this year. Read the rest here.

Netherlands: Racist attacks increase Article from the Jan. 2005 edition, the Socialist

Mobilise against racist attacks - North and South
BETWEEN APRIL and September this year, racist attacks have doubled in North Belfast. Over this 183 day period there were 129 "hate crimes" recorded throughout the city in the Nov. 2004 edition of Socialist, the new paper of the SP

In Leaders’ Questions, Dáil Éireann, 12th October 2004 - Joe Higgins: I want to raise a number of issues concerning people originating from outside the European Union now seeking refuge and shelter in this State on humanitarian grounds.

No to racism and Homophobia Article in the October 2004 edition, Socialist Voice
OVER THE last couple of years there has been an increase in racist and homophobic attacks in Northern Ireland. Many of these can be linked to far-right groups such as the W.N.P. Such attacks do not express the view of the majority of people in Northern Ireland, but merely the simplistic views of bigots. By Aideen McMullen

Interview with Nigerian family on the citizenship referendum Article in the October 2004 edition, Socialist Voice
THE GOVERNMENT has viewed the results of last June's citizenship referendum as a green light to step up the deportation of asylum seekers. However it is clear from cases over the summer that opposition to deportations can be built amongst Irish people and asylum seekers alike. Michael O'Brien interviewed Okoro Daniel, originally from Nigeria but now living in Swords with his wife and two children for Socialist Voice

How to take on the racists
This article is from the Sept. 2004 edition, Socialist Voice
RACIST ATTACKS are now an almost daily occurrence across the North, many carried out by fascist groups as well as elements of the loyalist paramilitaries, especially in South Belfast.
By Larry Cummings
Youth Against Racism Leaflet (Text only)
Stop Racist Attacks – Halt the far-right
RACIST ATTACKS are now taking place on almost a daily basis across Northern Ireland. Last year there were 226 reported incidents and many more that went unreported. Most of these attacks are being orchestrated by far right groups such as the British National Party, the White Nationalist Party and Combat 18.

Referendum - Government divide and rule agenda July 2004 edition, Socialist Voice
fighting racism THE WAVE of racist attacks that has blighted Northern Ireland From the May 2004 edition, Socialist Voice.
THERE WERE two goals behind the government's citizenship referendum.
Reject citizenship Referendum
Working class people should oppose the Government's proposal to end the citizenship rights of children born here to non-nationals. The Referendum is formally about citizenship and the rights of refugees and immigrant workers and there is resentment among sections of society towards refugees and attempts will be made to further stoke it up. Read more here from the April ‘04 Socialist Voice.
Youth Against Racism say stop the attacks
AFTER A period of seemingly relative calm, racist attacks have once again resumed with an increased sense of hatred and viciousness in communities across Northern Ireland. By John Wood Read more here from the April ‘04 Socialist Voice.
Campaign against racism in the north
Youth against racism takes its message to the schools
Over 200 school students turned out to hear Youth Against Racism speakers in schools across the North in February.
By Chris Henry, Youth Against Racism Co-ordinator and Socialist Youth member. Read this article from Socialist Voice, March 2004.

Travellers: Out of sight, out of mind? Dublin City Council has attempted to show the city's best image to visiting EU dignitaries by keeping traveller-halting sites between the airport and the city centre hidden from view Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
France: Chirac bans headscarves. The recent unveiling of plans by the French Government to ban the wearing of religious symbols in public schools (but not private schools) has created a massive rift in French society and has provoked protests in France and across the world. Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
How to stop the racist attacks. OVER DECEMBER and January 2004 a spate of racist attacks against members of ethnic minority communities living in Belfast received international media attention. In an article on 10 January, the Guardian labelled Northern Ireland "the race-hate capital of Europe". Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Youth Against Racism: THE RISE of racism and fascism in Northern Ireland over the past number of months has shown that it is now vital for organised resistance against the ideas of the far-right to be established before they are able to gain a foothold in our society. Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Immigration Bill - Like Nazi Germany? Michael McDowell's new immigration bill is another example of this government's attempts to put up more and more barriers to keep refugees and asylum seekers out of Ireland. Read more here from the Feb. 04 Socialist Voice...
Oppose racism - Since 1997, reported racist attacks in Northern Ireland have increased by 900%. The announcement of these government figures comes amidst a dramatic increase in attacks on ethnic minorities. Read more from the November ’03 issue, Socialist Voice...
Stop racist attacks: - A SIX foot wooden plank thrown through the window, spraying shattered glass over an area where a family have just finished eating. This attack on the home of a Pakistani man and his eight and a half month pregnant sister-in-law is just one of the latest of a series of sickening racist attacks in Belfast. Read more from the January 2004 Socialist Voice...
Stop Racist attacks
One of the most vicious recent attacks was on the home of a Muslim family in Craigavon. A gang of up to ten men armed with baseball bats threatened to burn the family out; they have since left the area. Socialist Voice, July 2003.
O'Donoghue Steps up Deportations by Matthew Waine Socialist View, No. 8 Spring 2001

Referendum
Referendum - Government divide and rule agenda July 2004 edition, Socialist Voice - THERE WERE two goals behind the government's citizenship referendum.
Referendum should be rejected Michael McDowell's concern for maintaining the integrity of Irish citizenship law is unfortunately not matched by any concern on his Government's part for current Irish citizens. May 2004 edition, Socialist Voice.
Reject citizenship Referendum
Working class people should oppose the Government's proposal to end the citizenship rights of children born here to non-nationals. The Referendum is formally about citizenship and the rights of refugees and immigrant workers and there is resentment among sections of society towards refugees and attempts will be made to further stoke it up. Read more here from the April ‘04 Socialist Voice.

Religion
The Ferns report - Separate Church and State NOW! By Fiona O'Loughlin From the Nov-Dec 05 issue of the Socialist.

Rent and Rates Strike - 1971-75
History: Mass campaign of civil disobedience - The rent and rates strike. Published in Socialist View, Spring 2005.
By Ciaran Crossey

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan, hero of the right

Ronald Reagan, the B-movie actor who became the 40th president of the USA (1981-88) has died, June 2004, aged 93. Wall Street will stay closed for Reagan‘s state funeral, a salute to the godfather of today‘s stock market bubble. Read more here.......

Repartition
1972 Cabinet Papers: Repartition - Still a Threat Socialist Voice, Jan. 2003

Reviews - and a few relevant obituaries
Review: The Jungle by Upton Sinclair - A searing indictment of capitalism

Leon Trotsky's Transitional Programme, Showing the need for socialist change in The Socialist 30 November 2006 Good Night and Good Luck Added 24/2/6
Good Night and Good Luck arrives in Britain on the back of a wave of critical acclaim.
Bob Sulatycki. Read the rest of this review here.
What are the prospects for Cuba today? by Peter Taaffe, cwi, 2005.
The Cuban revolution, which triumphed over the hated Batista regime 46 years ago, in January 1959, has endured many predictions of its imminent demise. Two new timely books on the subject, ‘Cuba: A New History’, by Richard Gott, and ‘The Real Fidel Castro’, by Leycester Coltman, go a long way to explain the durability of the revolution but, at the same time, the dangers which are still posed by the implacable hostility of US imperialism – underlined by the posture adopted by George Bush in his second term.

Mao – The Unknown Story by Jung Chang and Jon Halliday
Reviewed by Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party, England and Wales

Obituary - Arthur Miller - death of a legend. Published in Socialist View, Spring 2005. by David Convery

In Green and Red - the lives of Frank Ryan. Published in Socialist View, Spring 2005. by Adrian Hoar

The Corporation. Published in Socialist View, Spring 2005. by Mark Achbar & Jennifer Abbot

Selling out? Privatisation in Ireland. Published in Socialist View, Spring 2005. by Paul Sweeney

Militant, January 1987, No. 148

Added to site, Feb. 8th 2005

Against the Tide - book review by Pat Smyth

The publication of Noel Browne's fine autobiography, Against the Tide, will make uncomfortable reading for many of our senior politicians. Their sickening complacency to the facts of poverty and cringing servility in the face of the Catholic Church have changed little since the days of Browne's ill-fated Mother and Child Scheme. For anyone who shares Browne's anger at the hypocrisy of Irish society it makes a very good read. Read the rest of the review.

Review: New Labour Plc by Dave Osler
By Paul Hunt (June 2004) New Labour as a party of business "This is not a one-night stand, it’s a long term relationship". - Alan Milburn, former Secretary of State for Health and a leading Blairite, sums up well the relationship between Labour and big business.

Oil Dynasties: House of Bush, House of Saud - Published by Scribner (New York) 2004, $15.60 - Reviewed by Geoff Jones, US-CWI
"Why did the Bush administration approve the secret airlift out of America of 140 Saudis, including two dozen relatives of Osama bin Laden, just after September 11?" This question is posed on the cover of Craig Unger's book, House of Bush, House of Saud. Although a bestseller in the U.S., this is no Michael Moore-style easy read, but a serious analytical work. Read more here..

Review: New Labour Plc by Dave Osler
By Paul Hunt (June 2004) New Labour as a party of business "This is not a one-night stand, it’s a long term relationship". - Alan Milburn, former Secretary of State for Health and a leading Blairite, sums up well the relationship between Labour and big business.

Life and Times of Eleanor Marx Review by Norma Prenderville of Eleanor Marx, Vol.'s 1 and 2, by Yvonne Kapp in Militant Irish Monthly, June 1985

The story of Eleanor Marx deserves to be widely known. It is the moving story of a strong minded, courageous and independent woman who devoted her talents ad energies, throughout her life, to the socialist cause.Read the rest here...

A painter’s tale - The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist, by Robert Tressell

Reviewed by Martyna Quirke, Dublin South East YS, in Militant, Jan-Feb. 1982

The Communist Manifesto - 'A handbook for every class-conscious worker' Finn Geaney, (Dublin Trades Council Executive - personal capacity) Militant, March 1988
140 years have passed since Marx and Engels published the Communist Manifesto. Read more here

An attack on Socialism? - George Orwell's Animal Farm, reviewed by Michael Barry in Militant, April 1987
George Orwell's Animal Farm is on the English literature reading list for the Leaving Cert again this year. Many students studying for the course find it to be one of the new books that they actually enjoy reading in preparation for the exam. Animal Farm, a satire on the 1917 Russian Revolution and its degeneration in the 25 years that followed, is a brilliantly written and very relevant novel - little wonder that it is one of the most widely read books in the English language. Read more here...

Victor - An unfinished song By Joan Jara, Reviewed by Tony Saunois
PINOCHET HAS been sent home to Chile and paid up to half a million pounds in legal costs by the British government. The same generosity, however, was not shown to the thousands of victims of his military dictatorship, prominent amongst whom was the renowned musician, Victor Jara.
The moving story of Victor Jara, told by his British wife, Joan, was first published in 1983. It was republished in 1998 to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the 1973 coup. This lively and honest biography succeeds in graphically tracing the emergence of Victor Jara's theatre, music and poems, and the crucial role they played in the Chilean workers' movement. Read more..

A STAR CALLED HENRY by Roddy Doyle
Two differing reviews of Roddy Doyle's latest novel by Michael O'Brien and Paul Dillon.
A Star Called Henry marked a new departure for Roddy Doyle who until now has concentrated on novels portraying contemporary life in Dublin. Reviews by Michael O'Brien (for) and by Paul Dillon who says "There's no good reason why a socialist should recommend a bad book just because it contains some political truth." Read these contrasting reviews.

Taliban Islam and Oil Book
The detention of 24 aid workers accused of promoting Christianity has stretched relations between Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and governments around the world to breaking point. This is the latest episode in the international power struggle around this strategically vital area of the world. PER ÅKE WESTERLUND looks at a recent book by Ahmed Rashid that details the background to the Taliban 's rise to power and the situation in Afghanistan today. Read more..

The Battle of Algiers, Reviewed by Jimi Cocking, SP supporter in Tasmania, Australia The Battle of Algiers is a must for all revolutionaries.
Empire defeated New book by Peter Taaffe, reviewed by Ashling Golden in Spring 2004 Socialist View
Review: Why Fahrenheit 9/11 makes Bush fume It's not surprising that Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 is storming the US. The film's release coincides with Americans' growing anger at George Bush and his right-wing regime. Read the rest of this review from the British cdes paper, July 2004, by Dave Carr, Socialist Party, England and Wales

Markievicz - an inspiring woman

Diana Norma's book - Terrible Beauty A life of Constance Markievicz reviewed by Ruth Coppinger in Militant, September 1988
Only two people spoke in the entire debate on the Treaty which confirmed Partition in 1922, on behalf of the Irish working class. One was Liam Mellowes, the other was Constance Markievicz. Read the rest of Ruth's book review of this.

'Outstanding Accounts Of The Miners' Strike'

IF YOU want novels or books that give you a happy ending you wouldn't necessarily choose ones about the miners' strike. After all you know the end before you start these books. 2 Reviews by Ken Smith.
GB84 by David Peace, published by Faber, £12.99
The English Civil War Part II by Jeremy Deller, published by Artangel, £19.95

Film Review: In the name of the Father - Ciaran Molloy, Militant Labour, January 1994
In The Name of the Father is one of the most powerful and emotive films for many years.
May 2004 - Michael Moore's latest film on GW Bush censored by DISNEY!!!
Mr. Moore, who will present the film at the Cannes film festival this month, criticized Disney's decision in an interview on Tuesday, saying, "At some point the question has to be asked, `Should this be happening in a free and open society where the monied interests essentially call the shots regarding the information that the public is allowed to see?' " Read the newspaper story here

Film review: Goodbye Lenin is a political love story set in East Germany (GDR) around the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
Stephen Jolly, Socialist Party, Australia A working class single mother, Christiane, and her 20-year old son, Alexander, live in a tiny East Berlin flat in the last days of Stalinism.
Michael Moore has written Dude, Where's My Country?
Reviewed by Alison Hill, SP in England
Added 23rd October 2003.

Another review by Nicholas Baptiste, in Justice Number 37, the Nov. 03 - Jan '04 paper of the US cdes.

The main aim of Michael Moore's hilarious and scathing new best-selling book, Dude, Where's My Country?, is to empower a seemingly inert anti-war and anti-Bush movement. His great purpose is to reinvigorate the movement to take the necessary action to pry the United States from the "cold, dead hands" of the right-wing, corporate Bush regime. Unfortunately, in Moore's estimation, all roads to accomplishing this goal lead back to the Democrats in 2004. Read more...

Keith Ellis, in The Socialist, 28.6.3, reviews the book which many socialists see as George Orwell's best work, Homage to Catalonia.
Just give me my equality, An obituary for Nina Simone (1933-2003)
Gary Mulcahy: Written for Socialist View No. 11, Summer 2003, but not published due to space.
Review: Planning Green Growth by Pete Dickenson by Manny Thain (March/03)
The history of the troubles, according to my da. Written by Martin Lynch, reviewed by Colin Devine, Socialist View, No. 10, Spring 2003.
2 Books on the USA - Iraq War. Reviewed in Socialist View, No. 10, Spring 2003.
Review: Fences and Windows - Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Globalization Debate by Naomi Klein by Sarah Mayo (Dec/02)
Review: Tower of Strength: The Story of Tyrone O'Sullivan and Tower Colliery by Tyrone O'Sullivan by Alec Thraves, CWI Britain (Nov/02)
Review: Empire by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri by Per Olsson, member of RS, the Swedish section of the CWI
The Real Rogue State by William Blum October 2002, Socialist Voice.
Film Review: Rabbit Proof Fence by Keiran Roberts, CWI Britain (18/11/02) The Socialist
Review: The Dancer Upstairs by John Malkovich by Niall Mulholland (Oct/02)
Obituary: Joan Littlewood - Radical Theatre Director by Niall Mulholland (25/09/02)
Review: Palestine - Still the Issue by John Pilger by Chris Newby, a member of the CWI in England (Sept/02)
Review: Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million by Martin Amis: Who Really Fought Stalin's Dictatorship by Jim Hensman (Sept/02)
Michael Moore's Stupid White Men Reviewed By Jeff Booth Issue No. 30 June-August 2002 Justice, Socialist Alternative (US-CWI) paper
Socialism in the 21st Century by Hannah Sell The Way Forward for Anti-Capitalism August 2002
Review: Anti Capitalism - The Social Economy Alternative by Chris Hill Summer 2002 by Per Olsson, member of RS, the Swedish section of the CWI (Summer/02)
Review: Senoir Service - The Life of Giangiacomo Feltrinelli by Carlo Feltrinellin by Niall Mulholland (Jun/02)
Film: Killers on the Loose - Panorama: The Dirty War on BBC Television June 2002
Obituary: Stephen Jay Gould - Outstanding Contributor to Evolutionary Theory by Pete Mason, a member of the CWI in England (23/05/02)
Review: Tate Modern - Picasso & Matisse from Socialism Today (May/02)
Review: Islam - One Thousand Years of Faith and Power by Jonathon Bloom & Shelia Blair by Manny Thain (May/02)
Review: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by Gergory Palast by Clive Bomford (April/02)
Review: NoLogo Naomi Klein by Eleanor Rodgers Socialist View, Spring 2001
The Buru Quartet by Pramoedya Ananta Toer Naomi Klein by Anton McCabe Socialist View, No 8 Spring 2001
Review: The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathan Rose by Michael Calderbank (Spring/01)
A short cut to socialism Review of Imagine a book from Alan McCombes and Tommy Sheridan By Per-Åke Westerlund, a member of the CWI in Sweden. 21st March 2001
Review: Loyalists by Peter Taylor The Loyalist Psyche by Peter Taaffe, General Secretary of the Socialist Party of England & Wales (July/99)
Review: Memoir - My Life and Themes by Conor Cruise O'Brien A Reactionary Diatribe by Anton McCabe (May 99)
‘Frantz Fanon: A Life’ Ciaran Mulhollland reviews "Frantz Fanon: A man who always asked questions" by David Macey. (Published by Granta Books, London, 2000 (paperback edition, 2001)
Review of Peadar O’Donnell, author Donal O’Driscoll – by Anton McCabe, Socialist View, Summer 2001
Review of Bread and Roses by Ken Loach – Orla Drohan Socialist View, Summer 2001

Working-class Fiction: from Chartism to `Trainspotting' By Ian Haywood, Northcote House (in association with the British Council), 1998, £8-99 Reviewed by Victor Paananen
WHEN I MENTIONED to a fellow Socialist at a meeting in London that I was teaching a course in working-class fiction, he replied that he hoped that I would tell the students about working-class reality too. Read more here...
Britain and the Nazis: The Chamberlain-Hitler collusion, by Alvin Finkel and Clement Leibovitz, The Merlin Press Ltd., 1998.
Reviewed by Paul Ursell in Socialism Today No. 37, April 1999. CONVENTIONAL HISTORY teaches us that Britain can be proud of its role in World War Two: the entire nation stood up as one to defend democracy and the rights of smaller nations, and to defeat the tyranny of fascism. Read more here...
The Human Story: Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years, By Jared Diamond, Verso 1998, £8.99.
Reviewed by Mike Watkinson in Socialism Today Sept. 1998, No.31
AT THE GRAVESIDE commemoration of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels said that he had "discovered the law of development of human history; the simple fact... that mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing before it can pursue politics, science, art, religion". Read more here...
A century of women, By Sheila Rowbotham, 1999, Penguin, £11-99 Reviewed by Clare Wilkins, Socialism Today No. 41, Sept. 1999. A CENTURY OF WOMEN is an attractive book for dipping into. Read more here...
Over the Bridge - Part of working class culture - Marc Mulholland, Militant, November 1990
This month sees the return to the stage of one of the most controversial plays in the history of Northern Ireland. The same elements which outrages the ruling class in the late 1950s, makes it of great interest today. The story of labour versus sectarianism in the Harland and Wolff shipyard reflects and now is, a part of the working class culture in the North.

The year the party ends: The Crisis of Global Capitalism, by George Soros, Little Brown, 1998, Reviewed by Victor Paananen
"THE GLOBAL capitalist system which has been responsible for the remarkable prosperity of (the USA) in the last decade is coming apart at the seams". Read more here...
Ciaran Molloy, Militant, November 1989 - Chico Mendes - in his own words: A review of Fight for the Forest - Chico Mendes in his own words
In this era of the development of 'green' politics internationally, a new publication from LAB books details the life and death of Chico Mendes, trade union leader, rubber tapper and ecologist. It is a timely reminder that the struggle against environmental destruction is inseparably linked to the transformation of society on a global scale.

'On the rack of profit - Children of the Dead End, written by Patrick McGill

Reviewed by Pat Smyth, Militant, Nov-Dec. 1982. While this is a novel, it is autobiographical, giving a graphic portrayal of conditions of migratory workers at the time, pre World War 1.

Connolly in America - James Connolly and the United States, written by Carl and Anne Barton-Reeve and reviewed by Niall Kelly, Galway, Militant Irish Monthly, February 1980.

Mary ROBINSON
2 letters about Mary Robinson Socialism Today, Issue 65: May 2002

Rossport 5
Joe Higgins Column -Free the Rossport Five From the Socialist, August 2005.
By Joe Higgins TD

Russia
CIS: Shanty town arrests in the Socialist, April 2006

Musharraf’s hypocrisy won’t end violence to women National Assembly in Pakistan passes a Bill on 'honour killings'.

Peace Movement: Labour Movement must intervene

Editorial: The Peace Movement

"You Can't Have Capitalism Without Racism" Looking Back at Malcolm X (1925-1965)