Wuhan Lockdown Lifted After 76 Days
On 8 April, the 76-day lockdown imposed on the metropolis of Wuhan (11 million inhabitants) ended.
Sanders Suspends Campaign – Working People Need Our Own Party
By Kshama Sawant On Wednesday, Bernie Sanders announced that he was suspending his campaign for the presidency, effectively bringing it to an end. He was 300 delegates behind Biden and had a very difficult path to winning the nomination, but pulling out
Covid-19: State must act to support workers in the arts
By Martina Stafford The precarious conditions of work for artists and performers has been acutely exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Ireland’s culture of under-payment for artists’ work leaves many feeling like it is a race to the bottom for the crumbs of
Covid-19: Direct Provision system putting lives in danger
By Shane Finnan The Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the surface existing inequalities and oppression within our society, and has indeed exacerbated them. An important case in point is the open-air prison system that is Direct Provision. Direct Provision (DP) is a
End private ownership of hospitals – with no compensation
By Colm McCarthy The severe pressure the health service has come under from the Covid-19 outbreak has led the government to temporarily take over the running of private hospitals in the state. In doing so, they have acknowledged the inability of our
New abortion regulations in the North: the struggle for bodily autonomy continues
These changes are very welcome and are the result of years of campaigning by activists, including members of the Socialist Party and ROSA
How the Bolsheviks Treated the National Question
An "Eastern Orchestra" played for delegates during the September 1920 Baku Congress of the Peoples of the East.
Covid-19 and a new crisis for the European Union
This crisis will have major ramifications for the European Union, which has already been left undermined by the previous crisis.
Review: Big Farms Make Big Flu by Rob Wallace
By Ben Samson Covid-19 is spreading across the globe at an alarming pace, overwhelming health infrastructure and killing thousands, many of whom are frontline healthcare workers and poor people who lack early access to testing. Covid-19 is the acute respiratory disease caused
US & COVID-19- “We won’t die for Wall Street”
By Calvin Priest, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) In recent weeks, the bankruptcy of global capitalism has been exposed to millions as the system has gone into deep crisis and its representatives have failed to take the measures needed
Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity
Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden
