Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Statement from Kshama Sawant: End political repression against Standing Rock protesters

Statement by Seattle City Councilmember and Socialist Alternative (sister organisation of the Socialist Party in the US) member Kshama Sawant on the brutal repression against those protesting against the North Dakota pipeline. “Thursday in North Dakota, a police force backed by corporate

Oct 31, 2016

Environment·World News

Our planet can’t wait: System change not climate change!

By Manus Lenihan Climate change is no longer just a distant threat. The town of Fort McMurray in Canada burned for months earlier this year, part of a trend towards far more intense wildfires across the world. Extreme weather events have tripled

Oct 28, 2016

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review: Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake”

By Councillor Michael O’Brien The vicious harassment of the sick and unemployed by the Tory government in Britain provoked legendary director Ken Loach, now 80 years of age, to come out of retirement to make one more film. And what a film!

Oct 26, 2016

News & Analysis

Sean Fitzpatrick trial: Jury selection of a different kind

By Councillor Matt Waine On 3 October, the various defendants in the Jobstown trial, accused of falsely imprisoning then Tainaiste and Labour leader, Joan Burton, were assembling outside the Central Criminal Courts when who skips by, only Seanie Fitzpatrick on his way

Oct 25, 2016

News & Analysis

The Garda strike & the crisis for the state

Demoralisation, whistleblowers & strike action

Oct 20, 2016

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Q&A: How could socialism work?

Socialism is on the rise once again internationally as a new generation looks for an alternative to the inequality and injustice of capitalism. While Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn have popularised an idea of socialism in the 21st century, many questions arise

Oct 18, 2016

News & Analysis

Invest in free education: No loan schemes, no fees!

By Megan Oglesby Since 2008, the Irish third level education system has been greatly suffering, with cuts to university funding approximating to a cumulative €600 million over the years of recession and austerity. As a result of this, students were forced to

Oct 17, 2016

News & Analysis

Public transport: Oppose privatisation & race to the bottom

By Councillor Michael O’Brien Dublin Bus workers in SIPTU and the NBRU have accepted the pay offer of 11.25% over three years that emanated from the talks at the WRC. There is no doubt this higher offer has been won through the

Oct 15, 2016

Weak government faces “Winter of discontent”

A coil can only be pushed back so much before it recoils and that’s what’s happening now as demands for pay increases are smacking Enda Kenny’s Government and different companies around the head. Garda organisations, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and

Oct 11, 2016

US Presidential election & the need for a party of the 99%

By Cillian Gillespie The US Presidential election has taken a dramatic twist with the coming to light of a secret recording of Donald Trump grotesquely bragging of his sexual assaults of various women. As vile as these comments are, their content should

Oct 11, 2016

Solidarity

Statement from Kshama Sawant: End political repression against Standing Rock protesters

Our planet can’t wait: System change not climate change!

Review: Ken Loach’s “I, Daniel Blake”

Sean Fitzpatrick trial: Jury selection of a different kind

The Garda strike & the crisis for the state

Q&A: How could socialism work?

Invest in free education: No loan schemes, no fees!

Public transport: Oppose privatisation & race to the bottom

Weak government faces “Winter of discontent”

US Presidential election & the need for a party of the 99%

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden