Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Project fear and Brexit: How should trade unions should respond?

By Kevin Henry The trade union movement, which claims 800,000 members north and south have a responsibility to oppose any aspect of a Brexit deal which is not in the interests of their members. For example, the Central Bank has warned of

Nov 8, 2018

News & Analysis

Review: Mistaken Identity – Race and Class in the Age of Trump

Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump By Asad Haider Published by Verso Books, 2018 Reviewed by Laura Fitzgerald …. when the liberal language of rights is used to defend a concrete identity group from injury, physical or verbal,

Nov 7, 2018

Environment·News & Analysis

Devastating IPCC report on climate change: Capitalism must be challenged!

The debate on the reality of human-caused climate change is over, now is the time to act. The recent report issued by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) showed that dramatic change is required before 2030 to prevent a catastrophic climate

Nov 5, 2018

News & Analysis

Review of Paddy Breathnach’s Rosie

Rosie, Tiff, 2018, Directed by Paddy Breathnach Reviewed by Grace Gageby The housing crisis in Ireland today has created an increasing precarity for an entire generation. The Fine Gael government has presided over the normalisation of sky rocketing rents, slum landlordism, young people locked

Nov 3, 2018

News & Analysis

Bring #MeToo into the workplace

By Harper Cleves The #MeToo movement has gained traction globally since October 2017 following the allegations made by prominent Hollywood actors against media mogul Harvey Weinstein. In the wake of these accusations, actor Alyssa Milano posted a tweet calling on fellow survivors

Nov 1, 2018

News & Analysis

INTO members reject bogus proposal to end two-tier pay

We spoke to two Socialist Party teacher activists about the ballot results on the government’s proposal to supposedly address two-tier pay. Kate Relihan, a member of the INTO reacted to the news that the proposal was rejected by 53% vote to 47%.

Nov 1, 2018

Bolsonaro – a threat to workers and all oppressed people

By André Ferrari , Liberty, Socialism and Revolution (LSR – sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Brazil) The victory of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s second round presidential election by a 10% margin over the Workers’ Party (PT) candidate Fernando Haddad, represents

Oct 31, 2018

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Yemen: Saudi regime creates horrific famine

By Colm McCarthy Yemen is undergoing a major humanitarian catastrophe. Already the poorest country on the Arabian Peninsula prior to civil war, it is now experiencing famine. The UN estimates that 18 million of Yemen’s 27 million people are food insecure. 1.8

Oct 31, 2018

News & Analysis·Uncategorized

Private profiteering leads to school closures

By Councillor Matt Waine The school crisis that has emerged in the last week is a disaster. 1,200 pupils now have nowhere to go, parents have been left in limbo wondering how they will manage and all the vital sports, childcare and

Oct 29, 2018

Elections·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Presidential elections & Casey result- The socialist alternative to right wing populism

By Oisin Kelly The news that Peter Casey rose from 1% in opinion polls to receive 23% in the presidential election has shocked many. Casey used despicable anti-Traveller racism to boost his profile. The racist prejudices that exist in Irish society and

Oct 28, 2018

Solidarity

Project fear and Brexit: How should trade unions should respond?

Review: Mistaken Identity – Race and Class in the Age of Trump

Devastating IPCC report on climate change: Capitalism must be challenged!

Review of Paddy Breathnach’s Rosie

Bring #MeToo into the workplace

INTO members reject bogus proposal to end two-tier pay

Bolsonaro – a threat to workers and all oppressed people

Yemen: Saudi regime creates horrific famine

Private profiteering leads to school closures

Presidential elections & Casey result- The socialist alternative to right wing populism

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden