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Government’s shambolic first month shows what we can expect to come

By Katia Hancke New governments often experience a “honeymoon period”: when they are given a chance to get their bearings and they are so new they can still blame the last administration for the problems in society. This government’s honeymoon period lasted

Aug 10, 2020

Debenhams workers show the way

By Michael O’Brien Four months into their fight for a decent settlement from their former employer the Debenhams strike will likely go down as the stand out workers struggle of 2020. The duration and the conditions in which the workers have had

Aug 8, 2020

Featured Articles·Theory & History·What is Socialism?

James Connolly’s revolutionary socialism

The relevance of Workshop Talks today By Kevin Henry and Eddie McCabe We live in turbulent times; just seven months into a new decade and it has been totally dominated by crises, especially in the form of the pandemic and the economic

Aug 8, 2020

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Socialism: How would a planned economy work?

By Peter Delsing, (ISA in Belgium) This article is based on an introductory speech given to a commission on ‘Marxist economics — How would a planned economy work?’ at ISA’s Virtual Marxist University in July 2020. The discussion about how a planned economy would

Aug 7, 2020

Lebanon: Explosion in Beirut

Statement by Yassine Laabadi, Tayaar al’Amael al’Qaaedi (ISA in Tunisia) The huge explosion that occurred yesterday evening in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, in the heart of the commercial port, has shocked many people the world over. It resulted in a large number

Aug 6, 2020

Theory & History

75 years on – only socialist policies offer ‘No More Hiroshimas’

By James Clement On 6 August 1945 the world first witnessed the horrific power of the atomic bomb. The bombings of Hiroshima, and Nagasaki only days later, are today still the only examples of nuclear weapons having been deployed against a population.

Aug 6, 2020

Dáil speaking time: Govt & Sinn Féin join forces to silence the Left

By Oisin Kelly The government and Sinn Féin have passed new Dáil speaking rules to reduce the impact of smaller left parties and groups. In over 100 years of the Dáil all parties spoke once in the first round of speakers with

Aug 5, 2020

Solidarity with Direct Provision protest in Cahersiveen

By Colm McCarthy A campaign by Direct Provision (DP) residents of the Skellig Star Hotel in Cahersiveen County Kerry, which culminated in the hunger strike by the 32 adult residents, has forced the government to promise to move all residents out of

Aug 4, 2020

Art or ideology? Some statues have hidden histories

By Aislinn Ní Chaoimh Listening to senator Michael McDowell on Prime Time talking about the removal of the Shelbourne statues, you might get the impression that he is some progressive pushing for non-biased history and that he is even a supporter of

Jul 31, 2020

USA: Federal troops pushed back in Portland and Seattle

By Steve Edwards, Socialist Alternative USA In a victory for mass protests in downtown Portland and in defense of democratic rights, the federal government has agreed to “phase out” all Customs and Border Protection and ICE officers from the city starting Thursday, according to

Jul 30, 2020

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