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No-deal Brexit: Working-class people must not pay the price!

By Eddie McCabe and Cillian Gillespie The prospect of a no-deal Brexit will bring enormous hardship for working-class people. Reports, including from the government, have indicated that anywhere from 40-100,000 job losses can be expected in the south of Ireland, impacting on

Sep 7, 2019

Environment

Big business government offers no solutions

By Dave Murphy Fiddling while the planet burns would be an apt response to the government’s latest climate action plan. While the document is laced with warnings about the urgency of the need to tackle climate change, it is devoid of ideas or

Sep 6, 2019

Environment

Brazil: Save the environment, smash the system!

By Bruna Leão, Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (our sister organisation in Brazil) Since the 2018 elections, there has been a marked concern about the direction environmental policies would take should Jair Bolsonaro assume the presidency. Bolsonaro’s declarations on the environment have always been

Sep 5, 2019

Brexit crisis: Oppose Johnson, the Tories, and bosses’ EU

By Seán Burns With the threat of a no-deal Brexit and general election looming, the move to suspend Parliament by Boris Johnson was not a sign of strength for his government. It is reflective of the tenuous nature of his position and

Sep 4, 2019

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“Co-Living” means innovated bedsits!

By Matt Waine The decision over the summer by An Bord Pleanála to grant permission for 208 “Co-Living” accommodation units in Dun Laoghaire, marks a new low in government housing policy, while a new high in homeless figures was recorded. The two

Sep 3, 2019

World economy: The growing risks of a global downturn

By Keishia Taylor The risks of a global economic downturn are mounting. IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned that 70% of the world economy is expected to see a slowdown in growth in the next two years, and forecast only 3.2% global growth

Sep 2, 2019

Mental health services at breaking point

By Mary Cahillane Mental health services in Ireland are at breaking point. Decades of cutbacks and austerity, with no additional funding, have stretched services to their limits, and many areas have no services at all. The whirr of the search and rescue

Sep 1, 2019

North Africa and the Revolutionary Processes in Algeria and Sudan

Resolution approved by CWI International Executive Committee By bringing down two long-standing dictators within a week in April of this year, the revolutionary uprisings in Algeria and Sudan have confirmed the analysis made by the CWI eight years ago, while stunning most

Aug 31, 2019

Environment·Featured Articles

20Q: How to Rescue the Climate from Capitalism?

By Sonja Grusch, CWI Austria The 1.8 million strong global youth strike on the 15th of March made it clear: the threatening climate catastrophe is having a politicizing effect around the globe. The ongoing destruction of our natural world in all its

Aug 30, 2019

Harland & Wolff: Victory to the Shipyard workers!

Below is the text of a leaflet distributed by Socialist Party activists at a rally to save the shipyard Workers at Harland & Wolff have shown real determination by occupying the shipyard and demanding it is brought into public ownership. The loss

Aug 29, 2019

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