The arts in Ireland: Starved of funding
In 2016, the Fringe festival featured a wide variety of shows, including “RIOT”, where Emmet Kirwan performed his, now viral, spoken word piece “Heartbreak”,
United States: A socialist strategy to defeat Trump
Article by Seattle Council Member and Socialist Alternative (sister organisation of the Socialist Party in the US) member Kshama Sawant on where next in
Maurice McCabe smear campaign: Rotten state exposed
By Conor Payne The revelations about the smear campaign against Maurice McCabe have lifted the lid on the workings of the tops of the
Romania: Biggest street protests since 1989
Mass street protests erupted at the end of January in several Romanian cities over the plans of the new social-democratic government to pass two
1917: How socialist revolution inspired Irish workers
By Manus Lenihan In September 1921 the workers at the port of Cork city went on strike. They occupied the port and Bob Day,
Universal basic income – what do socialists say?
By Judy Beishon, Socialist Party (England and Wales) The idea of welfare benefits being replaced by a ‘universal basic income’ (UBI) has resurfaced in
Backward ideas hold back essential HIV drugs
By Thomas White Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a new pill that prevents those who are at risk from contracting the HIV virus. It contains
The “fake news” hysteria in the US
By George Martin Fell Brown, Socialist Alternative in the US Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election signifies a war on workers, on