Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Housing crisis continues in time of pandemic

By Emily Belton Due to government’s criminal mismanagement we are now on the brink of a second wave of Covid-19. Another lockdown before December is becoming increasingly likely in order to stop the spread of the virus. With homelessness on the rise

Oct 14, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Government indifference in face of growing mental health crisis

By Mike Murphy The pandemic continues and dominates news cycles daily. At the time of writing, the WHO reports almost 35 million confirmed cases, and over two million reported deaths. Of course, these figures understate the rates, as many asymptomatic cases will

Oct 13, 2020

World News

Guilty verdict against Golden Dawn: Victory for Greek anti-fascist movement

By Andros Payiatsos, Xekinima (ISA Greece) October 7 is a day of historical importance for the working class, the anti-fascist movement and the social movements in Greece. The trial of Golden Dawn (GD) came to its conclusion and the neo-Nazi organization was

Oct 11, 2020

Environment·World News

Government’s Climate Action Bill – a greenwashed sell-out

By Ben Samson This week, the government finally published its much-anticipated Climate Action Bill. Although there were slight improvements on the version delivered by Fine Gael’s Richard Bruton in 2019, such as the introduction of a Climate Action Council and a legally

Oct 10, 2020

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Workplace News

Defend the Debenhams strike – no criminalisation of workers

By Councillor Kieran Mahon Now is the time for all to come to the defence of Debenhams workers. The cynical and cowardly move by liquidators, KPMG, to escalate the dispute by seeking legal injunctions comes as workers prepare to mark six months

Oct 9, 2020

World News

USA: Trump madness and threats to steal election still real

By Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative USA With less than a month to go until election day, the presidential election has begun to turn in the Democrats’ favor after a disastrous debate performance by Donald Trump. This was followed by Trump testing positive

Oct 9, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Government & bosses to blame for Covid surge

By Conor Payne The last days saw the development of an open split between the Fianna Fáil / Fine Gael / Green Party coalition government and the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) which has offered public health advice on the response

Oct 7, 2020

Anti-racism·Theory & History

The Battle of Cable Street: Lessons for combatting the far right

By Thomas Carmichael 84 years ago today, on 4th October 1936, Communists and socialists came together with Jewish and Irish workers in an historic stand to stop Oswald Mosley and several thousand of his fascist Blackshirts from marching through the East End

Oct 5, 2020

Reviews and Culture·Theory & History

Review: The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins

Reviewed by Manus Lenihan The beautiful Indonesian island of Bali attracts visitors from all over the world. But most holidaymakers have no idea that just over fifty years ago the Indonesian military and police killed 80,000 unarmed civilians on that island. The

Oct 2, 2020

World News

Azerbaijan and Armenia move towards open war

Rob Jones, Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa — ISA in Russia War has once again broken out on the territory of the former Soviet Union. A long-term unresolved argument over the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh between the Caucasian republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan has escalated

Oct 1, 2020

Solidarity

Housing crisis continues in time of pandemic

Government indifference in face of growing mental health crisis

Guilty verdict against Golden Dawn: Victory for Greek anti-fascist movement

Government’s Climate Action Bill – a greenwashed sell-out

Defend the Debenhams strike – no criminalisation of workers

USA: Trump madness and threats to steal election still real

Government & bosses to blame for Covid surge

The Battle of Cable Street: Lessons for combatting the far right

Review: The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins

Azerbaijan and Armenia move towards open war

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden