Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

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

World News

Mass protests after Myanmar coup will be decisive

By James Clement from Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales & Scotland) and Geert Cool PSL/PSP (our sister organisation in Belgium) Support is growing for the ‘Civil Disobedience Campaign’ first launched by medical workers from over 80 hospitals in Myanmar.

Feb 11, 2021

Cancel the Leaving Cert: Fight for a real alternative to the points system

By Keishia Taylor, Shane Finnan & Conor Tormey In 2020, as the first few months of the Covid-19 pandemic raged, students campaigned using coordinated social media actions, petitions and huge online rallies, to cancel the Leaving Cert and won. Now in early

Feb 10, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Covid, the capitalist market and the housing crisis

By Summer Conneely At the end of December 2020 there were 8,200 homeless people across Ireland. This number is an increase of 232% from when figures were first published on a month-by-month basis in July 2014. These numbers don’t include ‘hidden homelessness’

Feb 9, 2021

World News

Wall Street mayhem: GameStop & the short squeeze

By Bryce Callaway, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) The ruling class and its corporate media have always tried to convince working people that if the stock market is doing well, so are you. The year 2020 starkly revealed, amongst

Feb 8, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·World News

Vaccines and profiteering: Nationalise the pharmaceutical sector!

Interview with a worker from a big pharmaceutical plant in Belgium. Why we need to nationalize the sector and how this can be done. First published in ‘Lutte Socialiste’ and ‘De Linkse Socialist’ — monthly papers of PSL/LSP (our sister organisation in

Feb 7, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Covid-19 and healthcare crisis — end the two-tier health service

By Robert Cosgrave In the week ending 5 February there were 177 people suffering from Covid-19 in Intensive Care Units – well above half the total ICU capacity in public hospitals. This has put massive strain on hospitals which already suffer from overcrowding

Feb 6, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles·World News

What’s behind the inequities of vaccine distribution?

Wednesday, 3 February 2021 was hailed as a milestone by the Financial Times as the number of vaccine jabs administered (105 million) exceeded the number of confirmed cases of the virus globally (103.5 million). News of the development of the vaccines at

Feb 5, 2021

World News

Virtual Marxist University ISA holds biggest ever international gathering

Below is a report from the Virtual Marxist University hosted by International Socialist Alternative (ISA). The Socialist Party is the Irish section of ISA. Report by Anna Barnett from Socialist Alternative, our sister organisation in the US. Over 1,500 ISA members and

Feb 4, 2021

World News

United States: Biden’s big promises

By Rebecca Green, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) This isn’t the first time that Joe Biden has entered the White House during an economic catastrophe. It’s not his first time being sworn in while millions of Americans faced

Feb 2, 2021

Solidarity

Review: It’s a Sin

Mass protests after Myanmar coup will be decisive

Cancel the Leaving Cert: Fight for a real alternative to the points system

Covid, the capitalist market and the housing crisis

Wall Street mayhem: GameStop & the short squeeze

Vaccines and profiteering: Nationalise the pharmaceutical sector!

Covid-19 and healthcare crisis — end the two-tier health service

What’s behind the inequities of vaccine distribution?

Virtual Marxist University ISA holds biggest ever international gathering

United States: Biden’s big promises

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden