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A thousand days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – can the war end?

By Walter Chambers The suffering caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the subsequent conflict has been pushed out of the global headlines by the horrific genocide in Gaza, but it is no less horrific. The number of

Dec 5, 2024

South Korea: Martial Law crumbles within hours under threat of general strike

By Serge Jordan Dramatic events have shaken South Korea in the past 24 hours, plunging the country into a major political crisis. Right-wing President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, accusing opposition parties of pro-North Korean sympathies and pledging to eliminate

Dec 4, 2024

Palestine solidarity

Stop the Genocide in Gaza and the spiraling bloodshed in the Middle East

By Serge Jordan For more than a year, the world has been watching in horror in real-time as the Gaza Strip has been enduring one of the most destructive and merciless bombing campaigns in history—an unrelenting assault of genocidal proportions. Yet the

Oct 31, 2024

World News

US elections 2024: The stark limits of lesser-evilism in the age of disorder

By Harper Cleves Ears bandaged in a Van Gogh-esque homage to Trump’s injury in a summer assassination attempt; attendees of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) decked out in white as a nod to the suffragettes; live streamed debates where the moderator has

Oct 23, 2024

News & Analysis

Concern for victims missing in back and forth on safeguarding in Sinn Féin

CW: abuse, mishandled abuse cases, CSA Sinn Féin (SF) clearly has real questions to answer regarding its safeguarding approach. Responsibility has not been fully accepted by SF in relation to the Michael McMonagle case even though the details are chilling. Not only

Oct 16, 2024

Budget 2025: We get spare change while corporate Ireland booms

By Jonathan Diebold “They said it was going to be a giveaway budget. It isn’t a giveaway by any means… It’s a load of rubbish. If they think for one minute this budget will get my vote, they will not” – Teresa

Oct 9, 2024

Anti-racism·Theory & History

Why challenging the myth of Irish exceptionalism is crucial to building the anti-fascist movement

By Yash Sinojia “You can’t be Irish and racist” has gained prominence in recent years as far-right rhetoric and racist sentiments are on the rise and increasingly normalised. While this phrase, echoed in Imelda May’s poem ‘You Don’t Get to Be Irish

Oct 8, 2024

Featured Articles·Palestine solidarity·World News

End the genocide in Gaza – Stop the invasion of Lebanon

Text of the Socialist Party for the national Palestine solidarity demonstration, Saturday, 5 October For a whole year now, the people of Gaza have lived through a genocidal assault by the Israeli State that has made the Strip virtually uninhabitable. The human

Oct 3, 2024

Israeli State’s terror campaign in Lebanon – end this murderous rampage

The Israeli State does nothing by accident; its actions are all done by a callous and murderous design. Only by understanding this can we understand the horror visited upon Lebanon in the last 24 hours – a high-tech, highly calculated act of

Sep 24, 2024

World News

Venezuela: Maduro holds on to power amid social and political disorder

By Manus Lenihan Venezuela’s opposition leader Eduardo González has fled the country, disputing the results of the 28 July election. The government arrested six foreign nationals on 15 September, alleging that they were plotting to kill the president, Nicolas Maduro. In between

Sep 20, 2024

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