Beyonce’s trivialising of violence against women should be the last word in ridiculing her ‘Feminist Icon’ status
On 13 December 2013, singer Beyonce Knowles released a surprise self-titled ‘visual’ album.
Free Margaretta D’Arcy
Galway anti-war activist Margaretta D'Arcy was shamefully jailed earlier this month for protesting the U.S. military's use of Shannon Airport and its violent reign of terror across the globe.
1984 State Papers: Plans for bloody repartition revealed
Every year, British cabinet classified files from 30 years previous are made public. While it would be wrong to assume that such documents tell the whole story, they do provide an important insight into the thinking of the ruling circles on key
Ukraine: President Yanukovich makes major concessions to opposition
After weeks of violent clashes, powerful oligarchs intervene.
Job creation? More like emigration & slave labour schemes
The latest Live Register figures from the CSO for December showed a fall of 3,300 signing on, making it the 18th consecutive month where a fall has been recorded. The unemployment rate currently stands at 12.4%.
Dunnes Stores strikers say Nimrod,“He kept us going”
The recent visit to South Africa of the 1980s Dunnes Stores strikers to attend the memorial service for Nelson Mandela enabled the strikers to visit the family of the late Nimrod Sejake who while a political refugee in Ireland had supported and
Protection of Life During Pregnancy offers no new rights
Almost immediately after the Protection of Life During Pregnancy came into effect, both the Irish College of General Practitioners and the College of Psychiatrists expressed concern regarding their members carrying out abortions under the terms of the bill, with the College of
An Post – 67% vote to stay in CPSU
CPSU An Post members have voted by a significant majority not to join the CWU but to remain in the CPSU. This decision went against the wishes of the CPSU general secretary, the CWU general secretary and the management of An Post
Anti Austerity Alliance – leading the resistance
The government hope that the signs of economic recovery will signal a recovery in the polls for Labour and Fine Gael. But the reality is, any recovery will not mean an easing of austerity. Indeed austerity is here to stay, and the
5 Years since Dell closure in Limerick
[box type=”info” ]This month marks 5 years since Dell closed their factory in Limerick, resulting in Limerick becoming the biggest unemployment blackspot in the country, with twice the national rate of unemployment. Below we publish a Socialist Party leaflet published at the
Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity
Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden
