White Paper: “Reformed” and repackaged but still Direct Provision
By Conor Tormey On Friday 26 February, Green Party TD and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, released the White
“Troubled Times” republished – a Marxist guide to the national question
The national question is probably the most debated question in Irish politics. And for good reason! Irish history, especially recent history, is littered with
Year one of capitalism’s Covid crisis
Editorial from issue 12 of Socialist Alternative, the Marxist journal of the Socialist Party (ISA Ireland). Stepping back to assess the damage of the
Atlanta tragedy: Right-wing hate targets Asian women
Statement by Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) Socialist Alternative extends our condolences to the family and friends of the eight
Irish Sea border threatens political instability
By Daniel Waldron As part of the Brexit process, the Northern Ireland Protocol – which came into force on 1st January – has put
Gustave Courbet, Realism and the Paris Commune
By Conor Burke Gustave Courbet Was a French painter from the rural town of Ornans in the east of the country. He is most
“Spurn the dust to win the prize” — 150 years since the Paris Commune
By Harper Cleves 150 years ago this month, history was made when working-class Parisians established the Paris Commune on 18 March 1871. This represented
Solidarity against repression in China & Hong Kong- Free ‘Long Hair’ Leung Kwok-hung!
By International Socialist Alternative (The international socialist organisation to which the Socialist Party is the Irish section of) Since the Hong Kong mass struggles