Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Health

Non-medical support staff vote for strike action

By Carol Brogan As we go to press, SIPTU have announced 20 June as the day for 24 hour strike by 10,000 non-medical support staff. Health Support Staff voted by 94% in favour of strike action, while separately 97% of HSE hospital

Jun 19, 2019

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How long can Hong Kong’s “zombie” leader Carrie Lam cling to power?

Interview with Vincent Kolo taken from www.chinaworker.info, the website of our sister organisation in Hong Kong/China/Taiwan on the mass protest protests that have erupted in Hong Kong against attempts to introduce a new extradition law. After one in four of Hong Kong’s

Jun 19, 2019

500,000 on the streets in Swiss “Women’s Strike” – Solidarity & Struggle is powerful

By Valerie Leary, ROSA activist and Socialist Party member. Originally posted on the website of ROSA- Socialist Feminist Movement- www.rosa.ie Over 500,000 women, workers and young people took to the streets all over Switzerland on 14 June as part of a nation

Jun 18, 2019

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Direct Provision = Institutionalised state racism

By Fiona Ryan Recent documents leaked from the Department of Justice exposed the rotten politics at the heart of the continued Direct Provision (DP) Asylum system. Despite minor reforms it remains one of the most restrictive in Europe. Officials claimed a recommended

Jun 16, 2019

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#TeachDontPreach: Protests demand proper sex education

By Andrea Murray On May 28, parents of children who attend Castleknock Educate Together National School staged a protest at the school’s continuing use of Catholic marriage agency Accord to deliver Relationship and Sexuality Education (RSE) to fifth and sixth class students.

Jun 15, 2019

The North

The Ballymurphy Massacre: Families deserve truth & justice

By Kevin Henry Six months before Bloody Sunday – when the infamous Parachute Regiment (Paras) killed 14 unarmed protesters at a civil rights march in Derry – eleven people were killed in Ballymurphy by the same regiment. For over 48 years, the

Jun 14, 2019

Anti-Water Charges·Campaigns & Issues

Mass movement defeated water charges before and will defeat them again

Press Statement: Paul Murphy TD (Solidarity) 10 June 2019 €500 excessive usage water charges are Trojan Horse for future charges for all Mass movement defeated water charges before and will defeat them again “The news that Irish Water is seeking to charge

Jun 13, 2019

Hong Kong’s one million march – political strike is the way forward

Protests escalate as government refuses to bend over extradition law Dikang, Socialist Action (CWI in Hong Kong) One million marchers on June 9 vented their anger and defiance against the government’s proposed amendments to the extradition law. It was the biggest demonstration

Jun 13, 2019

Environment·Featured Articles

Climate catastrophe: Why you must be red to be green

The first half of 2019 has been characterised by the eruption of a huge movement around climate change, sparked by protests and walkouts of millions of school students internationally, writes Monika Janas. This reflects the growing understanding of the peril which our

Jun 12, 2019

Health·The North·Theory & History

Tackling the mental health crisis

by Ryan McNally Mental health services continue to be so overwhelmed by demand that people seeking help routinely face long waiting lists to access the treatment they need. Long waiting times, which can be up to a year in extreme cases, can

Jun 11, 2019

Solidarity

Non-medical support staff vote for strike action

How long can Hong Kong’s “zombie” leader Carrie Lam cling to power?

500,000 on the streets in Swiss “Women’s Strike” – Solidarity & Struggle is powerful

Direct Provision = Institutionalised state racism

The Ballymurphy Massacre: Families deserve truth & justice

Mass movement defeated water charges before and will defeat them again

Hong Kong’s one million march – political strike is the way forward

Climate catastrophe: Why you must be red to be green

Tackling the mental health crisis

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