Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Take back the city: Build a mass movement for housing

The following article is from the latest issue of The Socialist about how we can build a mass movement for public housing for all. It was written before the brutal attack by Gardaí and private security thugs on the occupation in North Frederick

Sep 17, 2018

News & Analysis

Social Democrats: Radical alternative or Labour mark two?

By Cillian Gillespie The last decade has seen convulsive change in Ireland. From 2008 onwards, we witnessed a devastating economic crisis and an eight year regime of austerity. This was followed by a neoliberal recovery where lack of affordable housing and childcare,

Sep 11, 2018

News & Analysis

Aretha Franklin: A powerful voice for liberation

By Adam Dudley In 1947, five-year-old Aretha was one of the five million black Americans who migrated from the rural South to the industrial Northwest in the 20 years following the Great Depression. In the late 1950’s her father, Reverend C.L Franklin

Sep 8, 2018

A creature of capitalism: Why you should march against Trump

By Monika Janas The pathetic toadies in government will be rolling out the red carpet the billionaire bigot , “Grabber-in-chief”, US President, Donald Trump in November. There are many reasons why we should hit the streets when Trump arrives. He has shamelessly

Sep 8, 2018

Argentina: The struggle for bodily autonomy

Maria Clara Ferreira from our sister organisation in Brazil reports from Buenos Aires, Argentina where a mass movement with hundreds of thousands on the streets (partly inspired by the repeal victory in Ireland) has developed for bodily autonomy. The women’s movement in Argentina

Aug 22, 2018

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Israel/Palestine: Opposing Israeli government’s “Nationality Law”

Article by Yasha Marmer, member of Socialist Solidarity Movement, our sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Israel/Palestine, about the protests against the racist Israeli government’s new “Nationality Law”, which declares “the right to exercise national self-determination in the State of Israel is

Aug 20, 2018

News & Analysis

Making history: First Trans Pride takes place in Dublin

By Thomas White, organiser of Trans Pride On 28 July, Dublin had its first annual Trans Pride. It was organised from the beginning as a grassroots protest by and for Trans people. It sought to bring Pride back to its radical roots

Aug 15, 2018

Solidarity with Summerhill Occupation

The following article was written by Socialist Party members William Foley and Robert Cosgrave who have participated in the Summerhill occupation. Since the night of 7 August, housing activists have been occupying apartments on Summerhill Parade owned by slum landlords, Pat and

Aug 12, 2018

World News

Deadly fires ravage Greece

By reporters from Xekinima (sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Greece) More than 80 deaths, including children and babies, and more than 150 injured. Dozens of people made homeless and an incalculable destruction of forests and forestry land. This is, so

Jul 28, 2018

World News

Britain- Mass demonstrations greet Trump

By reporters from the Socialist Party in England and Wales A human tide swept central London on 13 July in a historic mobilisation against the racist, sexist billionaire president of the US, Donald Trump, who was visiting the UK. It is estimated

Jul 20, 2018

Solidarity

Take back the city: Build a mass movement for housing

Aretha Franklin: A powerful voice for liberation

A creature of capitalism: Why you should march against Trump

Argentina: The struggle for bodily autonomy

Israel/Palestine: Opposing Israeli government’s “Nationality Law”

Making history: First Trans Pride takes place in Dublin

Solidarity with Summerhill Occupation

Deadly fires ravage Greece

Britain- Mass demonstrations greet Trump

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