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News & Analysis·Ruth Coppinger·Socialist Feminism

Momentum grows for full ban on courts use of survivors’ counselling notes

By Laura Fitzgerald Since being elected one year ago, Ruth Coppinger, Socialist Party TD, made it a priority to campaign for justice for survivors of gender-based violence. The systemic misogyny and routine victim-blaming and re-traumatisation that survivors of gender and sexual violence

Dec 3, 2025

Environment·News & Analysis

“We Can’t Eat Money” – Indigenous resistance and capitalist disregard at COP30

By Lenn Viken As the category five man-made hurricane Melissa swept the shores and lands of Jamaica in late October this year, delegates from countries all over the world were preparing for the UN climate summit COP30, held in Belém, a large

Dec 2, 2025

Palestine solidarity·World News

Trump’s fake ceasefire – mobilise and strike against the Gaza genocide

Text of Socialist Party leaflet Palestinians and their supporters are once again being gaslit by Israel and its imperialist backers, including in the mainstream media. We’re told there’s a “ceasefire” in Gaza – but it’s been violated over 500 times, resulting in

Nov 28, 2025

World News

United States: The growing discord in the MAGA movement

By Colm McCarthy The Trump administration’s multiple climbdowns on its promise to release the Epstein files are continuing to cause issues for Trump himself amongst his MAGA support base. Like many in the top echelons of the US capitalist establishment, he enjoyed

Nov 27, 2025

World News

Socialism or Barbarism – New left parties & the struggle for revolutionary rupture

By Kevin Henry “We stand at a historic crossroads: socialism or barbarism. The stakes could not be higher. We have no choice but to win.” These are the words of Zarah Sultana at a recent rally. She is right. We are living

Nov 26, 2025

News & Analysis

What the Ivan Yates scandal tells us about the Irish media

By Cathal Curran The fallout continues post the revelation that former Fine Gael minister and failed bookmaker Ivan Yates provided media training to Fianna Fáil’s presidential candidate Jim Gavin, while simultaneously appearing on podcasts and broadcasts without disclosing this clear conflict of

Nov 24, 2025

Genocide in Sudan & the role of imperialism and capitalism in fueling the terror

By Michael Shiel The world has been captured by the devastating civil war in Sudan and the genocide perpetuated by the RSF, a war that has left 150,000 people killed and forced over 13 million people to flee their homes. Since April

Nov 20, 2025

Palestine solidarity·Theory & History

Expel and Replace: Israeli settler colonialism & the erasure of Palestinian life

By Sam Casey Despite a so-called “ceasefire”, the genocide and enforced starvation of the Palestinian people of Gaza continues unabated. Over two years, around 77,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been confirmed killed or missing. This number is set to rise drastically as

Nov 20, 2025

News & Analysis

Say no to Dublin City Council rent hikes

By Michael O’Brien Dublin City Council senior officials have announced their intention to significantly increase rents for tenants in the some 26,000 units across the city still in council ownership. Increasing the differential rent from 15% to 18% of the primary tenant

Nov 17, 2025

News & Analysis

Fastway closure – snapshot of a rotten industry

By Robert Cosgrave At the end of October, Nuvion Group, the parent company of Fastway Couriers, went into receivership. This was a result of all too common financial trickery, with venture capitalist owners saddling the company with debt that in the context

Nov 14, 2025

Solidarity

Momentum grows for full ban on courts use of survivors’ counselling notes

“We Can’t Eat Money” – Indigenous resistance and capitalist disregard at COP30

Trump’s fake ceasefire – mobilise and strike against the Gaza genocide

United States: The growing discord in the MAGA movement

Socialism or Barbarism – New left parties & the struggle for revolutionary rupture

What the Ivan Yates scandal tells us about the Irish media

Genocide in Sudan & the role of imperialism and capitalism in fueling the terror

Expel and Replace: Israeli settler colonialism & the erasure of Palestinian life

Say no to Dublin City Council rent hikes

Fastway closure – snapshot of a rotten industry

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden