Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Socialism 101: If people work hard, don’t they deserve to be rich?

By Eddie McCabe The slogan ‘Billionaires Should Not Exist’ has become popular in recent years, and it’s one that all socialists would subscribe to. It helps that so many of these ulta-wealthy individuals more and more resemble cartoonish evil villains, but the

Sep 17, 2025

News & Analysis

20 years on – the fight for justice for Terence Wheelock continues

By Finn McKenna “My brother Terence was a fun-loving lad, everyone who knew him would all tell you the same thing. He loved life, a complete and utter prankster, a joker and always loved to laugh… he loved life” – Sammy Wheelock

Sep 16, 2025

As Gaeilge·News & Analysis

Gaeilge faoi ionsaí – Géarchéim tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht, ciorruithe agus easpa múinteoirí

Le Leah Whelan Is fadhb náisiúnta í an ghéarchéim tithíochta agus ní eisceacht na Gaeltachtaí. Tá cíosanna ag ardú as cuimse, easpa tithíochta fadtéarmach agus fadhbanna maidir le cead pleanála. (De bharr sin, tá éifeacht na ndúradán i gceist leis an teanga

Sep 15, 2025

Reviews and Culture

Review: Carving The Stone by For Those I Love

By Kate Quinlan For Those I Love, the musical project of Dublin musician and spoken word artist David Balfe’s August release Carving the Stone is a fierce and unflinching album that cements Balfe as a socialist cultural poet, giving voice to a

Sep 15, 2025

Palestine solidarity·Theory & History

25 years since Palestinian anger exploded in the Second Intifada

By Donal Devlin Twenty-five years ago this month, Palestinians living under military occupation rose in mass revolt against the Israeli State. This was the ‘Second Intifada’ – intifada being the Arabic word that roughly translates into “uprising” or “shaking off”. This was

Sep 14, 2025

Anti-racism·Featured Articles·World News

United States: The killing of Charlie Kirk and the vengeful MAGA backlash

By Sam Casey The chilling footage of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, with a bullet to the neck as he spoke to a crowd at a college campus in Utah, left many with a distinctly ominous feeling. A martyr was created for the rabid

Sep 13, 2025

News & Analysis

Over 16,000 in emergency accommodation – the trauma of the housing crisis

By Martin Murphy The depth of the state’s ongoing failure to fix the housing crisis has reached a new low. On Friday, 29 August, the Department of Housing reported that 16,085 people are condemned to living in emergency accommodation, with 5,014 children

Sep 10, 2025

World News

Nepal’s ‘Gen Z’ rise up: Prime Minister resigns after deadly crackdown

By Serge Jordan Barely two weeks after Indonesia broke out in mass protests, it is now Nepal’s turn to face the wrath of its youth. On Monday, September 9, Kathmandu and other major cities —including Pokhara, Butwal, Bharatpur, Itahari, Biratnagar, Janakpur, Hetauda,

Sep 10, 2025

News & Analysis·Palestine solidarity

Block everything: For strike action against Gaza genocide and Irish State complicity

By Patrick O’Connor Around the world, people are watching this genocide with horror, disbelief and rage. Just as enraging is the complicity of Western governments, corporations and institutions which continue to arm the Israeli regime, to give it favourable trade deals, to

Sep 10, 2025

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

“Jealousy” and “begrudgery” – the last refuge of the Irish influencer

By Kate Quinlan The backlash against Irish influencers attending Electric Picnic on Coca Cola’s dime has exposed something uncomfortable: the fragility of performative politics in the influencer economy. For months, many of these same figures shared graphics and hashtags in support of

Sep 9, 2025

Solidarity

Socialism 101: If people work hard, don’t they deserve to be rich?

20 years on – the fight for justice for Terence Wheelock continues

Gaeilge faoi ionsaí – Géarchéim tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht, ciorruithe agus easpa múinteoirí

Review: Carving The Stone by For Those I Love

25 years since Palestinian anger exploded in the Second Intifada

United States: The killing of Charlie Kirk and the vengeful MAGA backlash

Over 16,000 in emergency accommodation – the trauma of the housing crisis

Nepal’s ‘Gen Z’ rise up: Prime Minister resigns after deadly crackdown

Block everything: For strike action against Gaza genocide and Irish State complicity

“Jealousy” and “begrudgery” – the last refuge of the Irish influencer

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden