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Strike against Gaza holocaust – shut down the system of genocide

Text of Socialist Party leaflet The images speak for themselves. Two years of Israel’s genocidal terror in Gaza has destroyed Palestinian society – the death toll from famine and the daily bombardment continues to mount. Those who should stand in the dock

Sep 7, 2025

News & Analysis

Irish artists in the crosshairs of pro-Zionist British establishment

By Finn McKenna To turn the old Buffalo Springfield lyric on its head; “There’s something happening here, and what it is is exactly clear!” State repression and the corporate silencing of artists who have proclaimed support for the besieged and tortured Palestinian

Sep 4, 2025

Vote Catherine Connolly – a progressive, left voice for President

By Finghín Kelly The Socialist Party is supporting Catherine Connolly in the upcoming Presidential election. She is a left and progressive candidate whose election would be a boost and step forward for movements against war, oppression and injustice – most notably the

Sep 3, 2025

World News

Indonesia explodes in revolt

By Serge Jordan Explosive protests have broken out across Indonesia. They were ignited by revelations that all 580 lawmakers pocket an obscene 50 million rupiah a month in “housing allowances” —around ten times the official minimum wage in Jakarta and up to

Sep 2, 2025

News & Analysis·Workers' Rights

Full solidarity with the school secretaries & caretakers on strike

After decades of lobbying politicians, writing letters, and gaining widespread support – with over 26,000 pledges of support from the public – 2,300 secretaries and 500 caretakers are striking to end the two-tier pay scale and win basic employment rights, which have

Aug 27, 2025

News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

Endometriosis, medical misogyny, and capitalism

By Marie-Claire Jennequin Medical misogyny – the systemic devaluation of women’s (and people assigned female at birth’s) pain, symptoms, and autonomy – is a global issue that reflects broader social, economic and political structures rooted in patriarchy and capitalism. It must be

Aug 12, 2025

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·World News

Historic potential – 700,000 sign up to new left party in Britain

By Niall Dooris On the day that Palestine Action was disgracefully proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK government, Zarah Sultana made a surprise announcement on social media that she and Jeremy Corbyn would co-lead a new party. There is clearly

Aug 9, 2025

News & Analysis

Residents organise to stop more Manna delivery drones invading Dublin 15

By Drew Frayne The recent rash of delivery-drone flights over Dublin 15 is now being opposed by a local community group Drone Action D15. The group was established after Ruth Coppinger TD and the Socialist Party convened a meeting on the issue.

Aug 7, 2025

Featured Articles·Latest·News & Analysis

Epstein scandal consuming Trump regime

By James McCabe For over a month now, much of the news cycle has been dominated by the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, and Trump’s close connection to the deceased financier and sex trafficker. Since Esptein’s suspicious death by suicide in federal prison in

Aug 4, 2025

Reviews and Culture

Review: Euro-Country by CMAT – a pop anthem of political manipulation and collective memory

By Carla Grainger In her latest release, ‘Euro-Country’, Meath-born singer-songwriter CMAT has delivered not just a pop song, but a fierce act of cultural resistance. Beneath its shimmering hooks lies a searing indictment of capitalism’s false promises and Ireland’s recurring betrayal of

Jul 31, 2025

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