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India: Solidarity appeal. Release Disha Ravi! Protest is not a crime!

By supporters of International Socialist Alternative (ISA) in India (The Socialist Party is the Irish section of ISA) Young Indian climate activist Disha Ravi was arrested by the police at her home in Bangalore on 13 February. She was transferred to a

Feb 24, 2021

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review: Vasily Grossman’s “Stalingrad”

Reviewed by Manus Lenihan Vasily Grossman’s Stalingrad was originally published in the Soviet Union in 1952 under the title For a Just Cause, an epic novel about the pivotal battle of the Second World War. The narrative ends a few weeks into

Feb 23, 2021

World News

Brazil: Kick out the genocidal Bolsonaro!

By Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (our sister organisation in Brazil) So far, the year 2021 has brought no relief from the ills of 2020. Rather, the problems have worsened. The second wave of the pandemic is more intense than the first, with

Feb 22, 2021

News & Analysis

Duncan Smith, the Labour Party and revolution – some home truths

By Dan O’Rourke In a recent viral Dáil debate on the topic of new Covid legislation and its potential effect on workers, Labour TD Duncan Smith attacked the Healy-Rae brothers for their “common-man” pretenses and their disingenuous concern for the working class.

Feb 18, 2021

Reviews and Culture

Film review: The White Tiger

Reviewed by Quinn Forskitt “In the jungle, which is the rarest of animals that comes along only once in a generation?” “The white tiger.” “That is what you are. The white tiger.” A dark drama based on Aravind Adiga’s novel, its stunning

Feb 17, 2021

World News

10 years since Egypt’s Tahrir: The largest movement of workers, youth & the Poor in decades

By Igor Yasin — Participant in the events of 2011 and member of Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa — our sister organsation in Russia On 25 January 2011, around 15,000 people gathered in Tahrir Square in Cairo to demand fundamental political and social reforms. The

Feb 17, 2021

News & Analysis

The “skills gap” myth- State must invest in jobs

By Leon Fitzpatrick Simon Harris, the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, last week announced what was billed as a lifeline for anxious hospitality workers impacted by the destruction caused by his government: skills! In what was hardly

Feb 16, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Covid crisis: Suppress the virus – health before profit

By Finghín Kelly Last week while being interviewed about Ryanair’s near €1billion loss Michael O’Leary arrogantly attacked the Covid-19 measures, calling for a complete re-opening of society (and crucially for him the airlines!) once over 50s have been vaccinated. Should his demands

Feb 14, 2021

News & Analysis

Organise to fight Amazon’s regime of abuse & exploitation

By Peter McGregor Amazon has decided to set up shop in Ireland. It plans to create a new ‘fulfilment centre’ at a 650,000sq ft unit in Baldonnell. The purported reasoning behind this is to avoid delays on the delivery of products and

Feb 12, 2021

Reviews and Culture

Review: It’s a Sin

By Kevin Henry The brilliant, inspiring, and deeply moving Channel 4 drama series It’s A Sin has touched a chord with many since its release last month. This five part series follows a group of friends and housemates living in London between

Feb 12, 2021

Solidarity

India: Solidarity appeal. Release Disha Ravi! Protest is not a crime!

Review: Vasily Grossman’s “Stalingrad”

Brazil: Kick out the genocidal Bolsonaro!

Duncan Smith, the Labour Party and revolution – some home truths

Film review: The White Tiger

10 years since Egypt’s Tahrir: The largest movement of workers, youth & the Poor in decades

The “skills gap” myth- State must invest in jobs

Covid crisis: Suppress the virus – health before profit

Organise to fight Amazon’s regime of abuse & exploitation

Review: It’s a Sin

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden