US: Deeply damaged, the two parties limp towards the finish line
The country is “slouching towards the mutual assured destruction of our political system.” – William S. Cohen, former secretary of defence under Bill Clinton
US: Brutal crackdown in Standing Rock
By Manus Lenihan North Dakota today is the centre of a US-wide and international movement of Native Americans and their allies in the environmental
Hungary 1956: Revolt against Stalinism
‘Hungary ’56’ was the most dramatic uprising against Stalinist dictatorship. Weeks of fearless street battles and countrywide general strike action temporarily broke the machinery
Statement from Kshama Sawant: End political repression against Standing Rock protesters
Statement by Seattle City Councilmember and Socialist Alternative (sister organisation of the Socialist Party in the US) member Kshama Sawant on the brutal repression
Our planet can’t wait: System change not climate change!
By Manus Lenihan Climate change is no longer just a distant threat. The town of Fort McMurray in Canada burned for months earlier this
Review: Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake”
By Councillor Michael O’Brien The vicious harassment of the sick and unemployed by the Tory government in Britain provoked legendary director Ken Loach, now
Sean Fitzpatrick trial: Jury selection of a different kind
By Councillor Matt Waine On 3 October, the various defendants in the Jobstown trial, accused of falsely imprisoning then Tainaiste and Labour leader, Joan
The Garda strike & the crisis for the state
Demoralisation, whistleblowers & strike action