Vote No to Haddington Road
The Haddington Road agreement is a capitulation by the right wing union leaders to the government’s and the Troika’s austerity agenda.
Report from Turkey
The brutal invasion of Gezi Park by police on the night of June 15th, the eighteenth day of its occupation, will be remembered as a significant event in the growth of resistance to the authoritarian rule of Tayyip Erdogan’s AKP Government. Erdogan
Observations from a city in uprising – where next?
Taksim Square has become a household name since the mighty uprising against the Erdogan government erupted on 31 May. We visited the protests in Istanbul at the start of June to extend solidarity and to learn about the situation on the ground.
Austerity policies and the rise of domestic violence
‘Domestic violence is a serious crime against women and children in Irish society but one that is hidden and minimised.’ The words of Margaret Martin, the Director of Women’s Aid as she launched the organisation’s Annual Report 2012.
Frank Gallagher to step down as Councillor in Drogheda, but will continue the fight against austerity
In the next couple of weeks, Frank Gallagher, Socialist Party Councillor on Drogheda Borough Council, will step down. Since his election in 2009, Frank has been in the forefront of fighting all measures of austerity and for the interests of ordinary working
Property Tax imposed
Bitter resentment is the over-riding feeling of the majority of people who have felt compelled to pay the property tax. Successive polls have shown mass opposition to this home tax. Unfortunately, people clearly lacked confidence about refusing to pay as their form
Obituary for South African Socialist
It is with sadness and a sense of great loss that we mourn the untimely death of Comrade Kemelo Ernest Mokgalagadi, the branch secretary of the Democratic Socialist Movement at Kroondal, Rustenburg. Comrade Ernest, as he was simply and affectionately called by
The socialist alternative to G8 tyranny
Not since its 2001 meeting in Genoa, which saw 200,000 protesters take to the streets has the G8 dared to meet in an area accessible to protesters. However remote a place they choose, they are met by protesters opposed to austerity, war
Turkey: Mass movement challenges Erdogan government
Public sector workers take strike action against police violence – For a one day general strike as a next step to bring down the government!
Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity
Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden
