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Featured Articles·News & Analysis·The North

North: Solidarity & unity against gender-based and racist violence

Socialist Party statement on Ballymena riots *CW gender violence, racism* The serious sexual assault of a teenage girl, and how it is possible for two 14-year-olds to perpetrate such violence, should be the focus of discussions. Gender violence, which is unfortunately so

Jun 13, 2025

News & Analysis·Ruth Coppinger·Socialist Feminism

Ruth Coppinger’s counselling notes bill to reach second stage this week

By Isidora Durán On Thursday, 12 June at 5pm, Ruth Coppinger TD’s bill to ban counselling notes being used by defence in gender-based violence trials will be debated at second stage in the Dáil. Members of Government will discuss the general principles

Jun 11, 2025

World News

United States: ICE raids spark mass protest

By Stef Di Croce The first four months of Donald Trump’s second term as US president have been punctuated by the names of some of the thousands rounded up, imprisoned, and deported by the administration’s intensified fear campaign carried out by Immigration

Jun 10, 2025

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture·Socialist Feminism

Review: Kate Nash calls out TERF ideology in blistering new single

By Kate Quinlan In her new single GERM, British singer-songwriter Kate Nash doesn’t just join the cultural conversation around trans rights in the UK, she detonates a bomb under the table where the so-called “debate” is being held. With lyrics that are

Jun 10, 2025

Inside Ireland’s Nursing Homes: RTÉ investigation shines spotlight on private care home sector

By Jonathan Diebold Do you ever have those dreams when you are in a situation where something awful is happening and you are screaming into the abyss? That’s what it felt like, that’s how desperate I was, because I knew the real

Jun 7, 2025

Anti-racism·News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

Stand against the far-right – solidarity against racism, transphobia & division

Text of Socialist Party leaflet for tomorrow’s counter-protest against the far-right Today’s counter-protest is an important show of opposition to the far right. Lies, scapegoating and intimidation should not go unchallenged on our streets. Globally, wherever the far right gains ground, it

Jun 6, 2025

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

Pride 2025: Queer liberation will not be sponsored by corporations

By Yash Sinojia The news hit like a gut punch: Indeed, the global job-search giant withdrew its sponsorship from Dublin Pride. Their hollow justification? A desire to “focus on internal diversity and inclusion efforts.” This corporate cowardice isn’t isolated – it’s the

Jun 6, 2025

News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

Survivors expose the system – the campaign for justice

One in three women worldwide experience physical or sexual violence mostly by an intimate partner. The UN has described this as a ‘shadow pandemic’. But survivors and their supporters are standing up, and the campaigns to tackle this crucial social problem are

Jun 5, 2025

News & Analysis

The sale of Israeli genocide bonds – Irish state complicity exposed again

From October 2023 until January 2025, the Israeli State raised $4.5 billion on EU markets by selling its state bonds. The purchase of this debt, which acts as an investment bond to be profited from, is directly used to fund the murderous

Jun 4, 2025

Marxism & the struggle for Palestinian Liberation

By Eddie McCabe & Donal Devlin Palestinian socialist and writer Ghassan Kanafani described the Palestinian struggle as “a cause of the exploited and oppressed masses in our era.” These are apt words. The unrelenting horror in Gaza has laid bare the depravity

Jun 2, 2025

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