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COVID-19: For-Profit care of the elderly exposed

By Andrea Murray Going into the COVID-19 crisis the priority for the government was to “flatten the curve” in the community to preserve critical care beds and avoid a surge which would put tremendous pressure on an underfunded, under-staffed and under-resourced health

May 11, 2020

Stop attack on Covid-19 payment

By Councillor Kieran Mahon The “Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment” was introduced in March in the face of the most abrupt wave of layoffs to ever hit workers in Ireland. March CSO figures put adjusted unemployment at 16.5%, from 4.8% in February amid

May 10, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Environment

Existential threat of climate change looms large

By Ben Samson While the world reels in the face of the current Covid-19 pandemic, the climate change crisis ominously looms in the background as an ever-developing existential threat. Both crises are of course interconnected, as the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 – the

May 10, 2020

Transphobia & the Left: bogus science and bogus Marxism

The question of fighting Transphobia, like all forms of oppression, is a crucial part in the struggle to end the rule of capitalism by a united movement of the working class. In recent years sections of the left globally have unfortunately perpetuated

May 9, 2020

Green Party — Once again lured by trappings of power

By Colm McCarthy Environmental activist Greta Thunberg said recently that: “There is a lot of talk about returning to ‘normal’ after the COVID-19 outbreak. But normal was a crisis.” Taking little heed of this important warning, the Green Party has announced –

May 8, 2020

Reviews and Culture

Review: Normal People by Sally Rooney

By Harper Cleves Sally Rooney’s novel Normal People and Lenny Abrahamson’s BBC adaptation of this novel have been the subject of widespread adoration and controversy. Criticisms hurled at both works have ranged from hailing Rooney as ‘the Marxist voice of a generation’

May 8, 2020

Theory & History

April 1920: Revolutionary General Strike in Ireland

One hundred years ago this month, workers downed tools and took over their workplaces and towns. What began as a hunger strike in prison grew into a general strike against British Imperialism that pointed in the direction of socialism and workers’ power.

May 7, 2020

How Deep is the Global Depression?

By Per Ake Westerlund, Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (International Socialist Alternative in Sweden- ISA is the international socialist organistion to which the Socialist Party ) The world economy is being shaken as never before. 2.7 billion workers around the world — 81 percent of

May 6, 2020

Theory & History

Socialist classic ‘Divide and Rule’ republished

by Kevin Henry Today, 5 May 2020, marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Peter Hadden, a Marxist thinker and leader of the Socialist Party in Ireland, and of our International. In particular, Peter played a pivotal role in developing a

May 5, 2020

Oppose aviation jobs massacre – nationalise Aer Lingus and Ryanair!

By Michael O’Brien Ryanair and Aer Lingus have both announced massive cuts to jobs and pay. Ryanair is seeking 3,000 job cuts and pay reductions of 20%. Aer Lingus wants to reduce its workforce by 20%. Unfortunately, the response of both unions

May 4, 2020

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