Government’s attacks on RTE an attempt to ‘gag’ anti-water charges campaigns as bills drop
Minister Alan Kelly & Elizabeth Arnett given RTE platforms to use as infomercials for Irish Water
Bin Your Bills Protest- April 18th
· Bin Your Bills Protest– Dozens of campaigns committed to boycott launch major demo for April 18th · Non-Payment Network Appeal campaign groups, community groups & activists to get posters & leaflets into every ‘city, town, village & rural area’ in the
Trade unions & Sinn Féin: Dangerous times
“We publish below an article originally printed in the northern March edition of The Socialist newspaper. Recent comments by trade union leaders, claiming that Sinn Fein are “anti-austerity” rings hollow when spoken at the same time that public sector workers are engaged
Israel: Netanyahu mobilises far right to win election
By Yasha Marmer, Socialist Struggle Movement (Sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Israel-Palestine) “The rule of the right-wing is in danger. Arab voters are heading to the polling stations en masse. Left-wing NGOs are bringing them in buses”. This bluntly racist statement was
Alan Kelly’s bluster will be met with solid boycott
AAA – Alan Kelly’s bluster will be met with solid boycott and the sinking of Irish Water & government o No penalties or court cases until after General Election o Private Members Motion will give government last opportunity to scrap water charges
Controversy over Newry Play Park
In 2001, a childrens’ play park in Newry was named after hunger striker Raymond McCreesh. The move remains intensely controversial to this day. In recent weeks sectarian politicians from Sinn Fein and the unionist parties have clashed repeatedly in the council chamber,
Capitalist profiteering is destroying our planet
The world is hurtling towards environmental disaster. In the words of prominent American climate scientist, James Hansen climate change has brought us to the "precipice of a great “tipping point” where we are facing the prospect of the earth transitioning into “a
The State – a tool to defend the rule of the 1%
The Occupy movement that began in the US in 2011 coined the terms, the 1% and the 99%. The movement was evocatively referring to the existence of a ruling class, encapsulated in the term the 1% a – the super-rich elite that
TTIP: A charter to increase corporate power
By Manus Lenihan Imagine if working class people in Ireland forced the government to abolish water charges and bring the water services under public control again. Imagine if, in the meantime, various multinational corporations had come in and taken over parts of
NAMA fire sale: Vultures make a killing
97% of NAMA property sales have gone to US and Irish vulture funds
Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity
Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden
