Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Climate change debate: The ‘overpopulation’ myth

By Manus Lenihan The latest report on climate change has been released to the accompaniment of terrible fires and floods around the world. It contains the most urgent warnings to date concerning the scale of the disaster we face. Yet there’s a

Aug 20, 2021

World News

As Taliban take over and US Imperialism is humiliated: Afghan masses pay the price

The twenty-year occupation of Afghanistan by US and allied forces has been a disaster for those living in the country. At least a quarter of a million people, both combatants and civilians, have been killed, probably many more. Corruption is rife from

Aug 19, 2021

Socialist Feminism·World News

Plymouth shootings: Capitalism, misogyny and incels

By Sarah Wrack and Becci Heagney, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) People in Plymouth and across Britain are shocked at the devastating and tragic mass shooting which took place on 12 August. 22-year-old Jake Davidson shot and

Aug 17, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·Environment·World News

Climate catastrophe and Covid spurs human catastrophe in the Global South

By Robert Cosgrave The Covid crisis, reflecting the existing global inequalities of capitalism, hit the Global South, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, with extreme severity. What measly healthcare infrastructure was available crumbled in the face of the virus. Non-existent safety nets The economic impact

Aug 16, 2021

World News

Greece: Wildfires devastate as government policy and inaction is exposed

By Eleni Vetsika As of 12 August, over 1,160 km² have been burnt in Greece, with active wildfires still threatening more virgin forests and villages as this article is being written. The first days of August saw hundreds of fires all over

Aug 15, 2021

Afghan people face the bitter outcome of U.S. occupation

By Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) Twenty years after invading Afghanistan in 2001, U.S. troops are leaving along with other allied forces. Thousands of U.S. and allied troops were killed in the endless war with the Taliban,

Aug 14, 2021

The North·Theory & History

50 years since internment – what did Marxists say?

By Kevin Henry This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of Operation Demetrius and the start of internment without trial, introduced by the reactionary Unionist government at Stormont and the British state. This brutal repressive action saw hundreds of innocent, working-class people rounded

Aug 13, 2021

Campaigns & Issues·Environment·World News

IPCC’s report shows climate cannot wait — fight for a socialist alternative!

By Robert Bielecki, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna — ISA in Sweden The new major climate report from the UN’s climate panel, IPCC, is a devastating indictment of the world’s rulers and the capitalist system. It is warmer now than it has been for 100,000

Aug 12, 2021

News & Analysis·Workplace News

Two new reports find hospitality sector rife with exploitation

By Finn McKenna Before Covid reached Ireland it was an established fact that young people are facing a future precarity, but the pandemic has worsened this prospect. Nowhere is this more evident than in the hospitality and retail sector, where exploitative conditions

Aug 11, 2021

World News

Another disaster caused by imperialism: Taliban close to taking over in Afghanistan?

By Arne Johansson, ISA in Sweden [Since the article was written, 3 August, the Taliban has taken control of the provincial capital Kunduz.] After almost 20 years of counterproductive war, the United States’ rapid withdrawal from Afghanistan means that the country is

Aug 9, 2021

Solidarity

Climate change debate: The ‘overpopulation’ myth

As Taliban take over and US Imperialism is humiliated: Afghan masses pay the price

Plymouth shootings: Capitalism, misogyny and incels

Climate catastrophe and Covid spurs human catastrophe in the Global South

Greece: Wildfires devastate as government policy and inaction is exposed

Afghan people face the bitter outcome of U.S. occupation

50 years since internment – what did Marxists say?

IPCC’s report shows climate cannot wait — fight for a socialist alternative!

Two new reports find hospitality sector rife with exploitation

Another disaster caused by imperialism: Taliban close to taking over in Afghanistan?

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