Global capitalism’s enduring crisis
The dominant feature confronting the world working class and poor is the enduring economic crisis of world capitalism. There is no easy or quick
Young people didn’t cause the crisis
The blatant way in which young people were singled out as easy targets in the recent budget was a draconian and discriminatory attack by
Support striking Tesco drivers
Having been suspended without pay by their new employers Stobart, 25 ex Tescos truck drivers (members of SIPTU) have placed a picket on the
Joe Higgin MEP Reacts to the Brutal Budget
What a damning indictment of the Budget that alcohol was the only stimulus featuring significantly in Finance Minister Lenihan’s economic landscape.
A determined fight from unions needed to stop government onslaught
The Budget will, if the Government gets its way, mark the first of four where working people, the unemployed and those who depend on
Socialist Party MEP, Joe Higgins & senior trade union activists call For strike action
Joe Higgins, Socialist Party MEP and senior trade union activists have called for all-out resistance to the plan by the Fianna Fáil/Green Party government
Copenhagen climate crisis environment second to profit once again
With Obama’s acceptance that agreeing a legally binding framework on climate change and reductions in emissions will not be possible at the talks in
No bailout for real victims of property crash
SARAH BOUGHT her one bedroom apartment in Swords for €300,000- her mortgage repayments are €1,450 a month. When her job relocated down the country,