Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Landlord & big business Government must go

By Paul Murphy TD With Denis Naughten forced to resign as a Minister as a result of multiple undeclared meetings with big businessman David McCourt, the government appears to be on its last legs. Even with Fianna Fáil abstaining, the government is

Oct 28, 2018

Scotland: Glasgow’s equal pay uprising shows power of working class

By Matt Dobson, Socialist Party Scotland (CWI) Around 8,500 Glasgow working class women made history on 23-24th October, when they took industrial action. As the BBC news commented, it was the “one of the biggest ever strikes in the UK on the

Oct 26, 2018

News & Analysis

Enough is enough: Mass movement needed to win housing for all

By Matthew Waine “The Land Development Agency is a Government intervention that is 50 years overdue and which, in time, I believe will be seen to be as significant as the decision to establish the ESB, Aer Lingus or the IDA.” These

Oct 25, 2018

News & Analysis

Corruption, rural broadband & the disaster of privatisation

By Dave Murphy A minister should know that having dinner with a businessman involved in bidding for a state-contract can seriously shorten their ministerial careers. Denis Naughten, on the other hand, apparently didn’t see the harm in having numerous meetings and dinners

Oct 23, 2018

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Brazil: Mobilise to defeat Bolsonaro and re-build a Socialist Left!

Article written by members of LSR, sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Brazil, on the upcoming Presidential elections there, where there is a real risk of far right candidate Jair Bolsonaro being elected. Following the elections on 7 October, Brazil is

Oct 16, 2018

Theory & History

October 1968 – Mass revolt against sectarianism & poverty

By Ciaran Mulholland In a few brief months in late 1968, a mass movement challenged the Unionist government at Stormont and briefly posed the possibility of a revolutionary transformation of society here. Young people, in particular, rejected not just the misrule of

Oct 5, 2018

Our crisis. Their profits- Protests shine light on housing crisis

By Solidarity TD and Socialist Party member Mick Barry Ten thousand people attended a lunchtime protest outside the Dáil on Wednesday, Oct 3 to protest Government inaction on the growing housing crisis and demand change. The protest was called by the Irish

Oct 4, 2018

Interview with Argentinian pro-choice activist

The Socialist spoke to Lucia, a pro-choice activist from Argentina living in Ireland, about the recent movement there for bodily autonomy that has seen hundreds of thousands take to the streets in recent months. What made you get involved in the movement?

Sep 26, 2018

News & Analysis

Dublin Fringe Festival: Artists’ rights undermined

By Sarah Williams With the beginning of Dublin Fringe Festival, the unpaid “heroes” are being highlighted and thanked. Unfortunately, this gratitude doesn’t pay the bills of struggling artists. This, however, is the norm, with many young artists and arts administration workers taking unpaid

Sep 24, 2018

News & Analysis

Dublin Bus on the chopping block

By Councillor Matt Waine The National Transport Authority (NTA) has now published a report by US transport consultancy firm, Jarret Walker, that drastically overhauls Dublin Bus. The claim is that this will significantly improve connectivity and frequency. However, reading the small print

Sep 20, 2018

Solidarity

Landlord & big business Government must go

Scotland: Glasgow’s equal pay uprising shows power of working class

Enough is enough: Mass movement needed to win housing for all

Corruption, rural broadband & the disaster of privatisation

Brazil: Mobilise to defeat Bolsonaro and re-build a Socialist Left!

October 1968 – Mass revolt against sectarianism & poverty

Our crisis. Their profits- Protests shine light on housing crisis

Interview with Argentinian pro-choice activist

Dublin Fringe Festival: Artists’ rights undermined

Dublin Bus on the chopping block

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden