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Animal testing Ireland – latest report shows dramatic increase

By Ollie Bell CW – This article contains instances of animal cruelty Each year, the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) releases their annual report on Statistics for Animal Experiments in Ireland. The latest report, for 2023, showed an alarming rise in animal

Feb 12, 2025

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Palestine solidarity·World News

Trump’s abhorrent plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza

Socialist Party Reporters The Gaza genocide is continuing. Trump has announced an outrageous plan for the wholesale ethnic cleansing of its two million Palestinians, even hinting that US troops may be used to enforce this. As if talking about one of his

Feb 5, 2025

News & Analysis

Interview with BIMM lecturer: Fighting the “uber-isation” and layoffs

Socialist Party member Isidora Durán spoke with a lecturer from BIMM Music Institute, where staff face mass redundancies under what is cynically referred to as a new “restructuring plan”. Students and lecturers have organised a protest tomorrow at 1pm outside BIMM on

Feb 4, 2025

Socialist Feminism·Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Socialism 101: Can capitalism ever deliver gender equality?

By Laura Fitzgerald According to the 2024 Global Gender Gap Report from the World Economic Forum, it will take 134 years to reach gender equality. This preposterous projection is itself an indictment of capitalism, but the sunny optimism of the World Economic

Feb 4, 2025

News & Analysis

Why the Irish State is no friend of Palestinians

No sooner had the new government come into office than it signalled its willingness to either ditch or water down the Occupied Territories Bill (OTB). This starkly contrasts with the attitudes of most ordinary people in Ireland; a recent poll showed that

Feb 4, 2025

Anti-racism·News & Analysis

The electoral failure, and ongoing threat, of the Irish far right

By Drew Frayne Bucking the international trend of far right electoral gains, the Irish electorate by and large rejected the far right’s programme of anti-immigration, anti-LGBTQ, ultra conservative policies. The surge in anti-immigration protests in the preceding year, the momentum built in

Jan 29, 2025

BIMM Dublin job cuts: A cultural and educational crisis driven by capitalist greed

By Kate Quinlan, BIMM graduate, class of 2024 The proposed mass redundancies at BIMM Dublin, one of Ireland’s most prestigious music colleges, represent not just an attack on workers’ rights but the potential for a grave cultural loss. Lecturers at the institution,

Jan 28, 2025

Reviews and Culture

Review: Conclave directed by Edward Berger

Reviewed by Michael O’Brien Already the recipient of multiple nominations for various movie and TV award ceremonies, Conclave dramatises a fictional papal election and paints an entertaining picture of the Catholic Church as a highly factionalised institution. Based on a 2016 novel

Jan 25, 2025

Palestine solidarity·World News

Permanent ceasefire now! End the genocide – free Palestine

Text of the Socialist Party leaflet on Gaza. Last week’s announcement of the ceasefire was met with jubilant celebrations by Palestinians in Gaza. These emotional scenes brought home a sense of relief at the prospect of reprieve from a 15-month genocide. They

Jan 25, 2025

Socialist Feminism

“Shame must change sides” – The vital case of Gisèle Pelicot

CW for distressing details of r*** and abuse In a stunning decision, Gisèle Pelicot faced down the rape culture that demands survivors of abuse carry the burden of shame and secrecy. She refused a closed trial, demanding that the public join her

Jan 24, 2025

Solidarity

Animal testing Ireland – latest report shows dramatic increase

Trump’s abhorrent plan to expel Palestinians from Gaza

Interview with BIMM lecturer: Fighting the “uber-isation” and layoffs

Socialism 101: Can capitalism ever deliver gender equality?

Why the Irish State is no friend of Palestinians

The electoral failure, and ongoing threat, of the Irish far right

BIMM Dublin job cuts: A cultural and educational crisis driven by capitalist greed

Review: Conclave directed by Edward Berger

Permanent ceasefire now! End the genocide – free Palestine

“Shame must change sides” – The vital case of Gisèle Pelicot

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden