Middle East: US-led policy of air attacks on Islamic State lies in ruins
As battle for Kobane rages, IS forces make major gains in Iraq
“This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate” by Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein’s newly published book is a welcome and much needed addition to the debates on how to tackle global warming.
Irish Constitution: Misogyny written into law
Drawn up under the equally conservative Catholic Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, the Constitution was consciously modelled on Catholic social teaching.
Direct Provision: Stop ghettoising asylum seekers
Direct provision centres across Ireland are coming more into the limelight for the continuing exclusion and poverty they force upon some of the most vulnerable residents on this island.
We need a political voice
Working class people need a new party to fight for our interests.
Hong Kong: Police crackdown provokes mass protests
Anger over police violence fuels spontaneous “umbrella revolution” and growing strike movement
Film Review: ‘Pride’
The film Pride is set against the backdrop of the miners’ strike during the Thatcher era in the 1980s. It is a light-hearted comedy that manages to give an uplifting sense of solidarity between the miners on strike and the LGBT community.
Are Sinn Fein a genuine left alternative?
The Local and European Elections last May revealed a massive rejection of austerity by working class people and a huge desire for a political alternative. In this context Sinn Féin have made huge gains and were clearly seen by many as a
Joe Higgins on how water charges were beaten in 1996
In December 1996, the now Labour Party Minister for Public Expenditure, Brendan Howlin – at that time Minister for the Environment in a Fine Gael/Labour Coalition government – announced the national abolition of Water Charges. This was a huge victory for the
Abortion ban must go
[highlight]Statement from ROSA to Coalition to Repeal the 8th Conference. ROSA is an anti-capitalist, pro-choice women’s rights group, that Socialist Party women members initiated and continue to play a very active role in.[/highlight] The sickening treatment of a young, migrant, highly vulnerable
Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity
Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden
