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#Merriongate: Another calamity for the out-of-touch establishment

By Pádraig O’Flynn Appointments made with a nod and a wink to state boards have no place in our democracy. – K. Zappone, 2015 Irish civil servants in the relevant departments will have been scurrying frantically in the last few days to

Aug 7, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·World News

Covid Crisis: Mandatory vaccination?

By Sonja Grusch, ISA Austria Large protests have shaken France and its President Macron, who wants to implement mandatory vaccination for at least health and care staff, firefighters and a number of other professions. Reports that 100,000 attended one protest and 160,000

Aug 6, 2021

Palestine solidarity·World News

Israel-Palestine: New capitalist government of occupation

By Shahar Ben Horin, Socialist Struggle Movement (ISA in Israel/Palestine) 12-year-old Muhammad al-`Alami, was shot to death by the Israeli army on 28 July while sitting in a car with his dad in the town of Beit Ummar in the occupied West

Aug 5, 2021

News & Analysis

Dublin Skaters VS The Temple Bar

By Finn McKenna Readers may be familiar with the events of 28 July, where an alleged assault of two teenage skateboarders by door staff of the Temple Bar pub took place. Video footage circulated online capturing the event, which resulted in mass

Aug 4, 2021

Campaigns & Issues·Equality·News & Analysis

Oppression & the Olympics: How can we challenge discrimination in sport?

By Aoife Coppinger The Norway Beach Handball team went viral recently after they were fined by the European Handball Federation for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms, with the organisation stating that it was “improper clothing”. Team captain Katinka Haltvik said that

Aug 3, 2021

Environment·Featured Articles·World News

Climate change: Prepare for mass protests at COP26

By Connor Rosoman, International Socialist Alternative We are living through a decisive period in the fight against climate change. A recently leaked report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that at current rates, we are heading for 3C of

Aug 1, 2021

Theory & History

1971: Henry Kissinger’s secret visit to China

Dahu, chinaworker.info It’s 50 years ago since Henry Kissinger’s secret mission to China which led to a ground-breaking shift in US imperialism’s foreign policy and changed the course of history “Eureka!” This was the one-word telegram sent to President Richard Nixon by

Jul 31, 2021

Uncategorized·World News

Haiti: President assassinated amid a deepening crisis

By Eric Jenkins, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) On July 7, Haitian President Jovenal Moïse was surrounded in his home by 28 “bodyguards”/mercenaries belonging to the Miami-based “CTU security”. Several then went inside of his home and shot

Jul 30, 2021

World News

Kshama Solidarity: Seattle’s billionaires target socialist city council member

By Ty Nolan The right-wing in Seattle is trying to undemocratically recall the city’s only elected socialist in 100 years. Kshama Sawant is Seattle’s socialist city council member responsible for spearheading movements to win a $15 minimum wage, the Amazon Tax to

Jul 30, 2021

News & Analysis

Katherine Zappone rewarded for loyal service to the establishment

By Michael O’Brien What Ireland lacks in a UK system of honours, knighthoods and peerages is made up for in some measure by government appointments of their favourites to various paid statutory, board and ad hoc paying positions. Katherine Zappone’s appointment as

Jul 29, 2021

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