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LGBTQ·News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

Trans people & sport – some myth-busting truths

By Aoife Coppinger Algerian boxer Imane Khelif went on to win gold at the Paris Olympics, despite the scrutiny and abuse she was subjected to by far-right and transphobic politicians, billionaires and news outlets. Khelif proves that cis women are also not

Sep 16, 2024

The scandal of the Apple Tax billions and tax haven Ireland

By Donal Devlin Two words – Apple Tax – encapsulate the utterly craven subservience of Ireland’s political establishment to big business. For eight years, successive governments have fought a legal battle against the European Commission in the European Court of Justice (ECJ)

Sep 13, 2024

News & Analysis·Workplace News

Solidarity with Unite’s striking mechanical workers

By Conor Tormey On Friday, 6 September, mechanical workers organised by Unite, including plumbers, welders and fitters, began an industrial campaign to restore travel time pay. This pay was snatched from workers during the 2008 economic crash – originally intended as a

Sep 12, 2024

Palestine solidarity·World News

Approaching one year of genocide in Palestine

By Robert Cosgrave At the time of writing, the Israeli state’s unrelenting genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza is in its twelfth month, with no end in sight. Official figures estimate that over 41,000 have been killed by the Israeli occupation forces,

Sep 9, 2024

News & Analysis·Palestine solidarity

11 months of genocide: Palestinian voices from Gaza living in Ireland speak out

Socialist Party members spoke with Zak and Amani, two Palestinians living in Ireland and active in the Dublin 15 Stands with Palestine campaign, that Socialist Party members are active in. The campaign organising a GoFundMe to help Palestinians. It has passed its

Sep 8, 2024

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

New child abuse revelations – seize schools, lands & assets from the Church now!

By Ruth Coppinger The scale of abuse revealed this week in the Scoping Inquiry into abuse of children in a number of schools is astounding. Solidarity with all those affected and their families who still bear the scars and carry the legacy

Sep 7, 2024

Environment·Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Socialism 101: Is capitalism destroying the planet?

By Eddie McCabe In the midst of the carnage of the First World War, Rosa Luxemburg wrote of the crossroads capitalist society was standing at: “either transition to socialism or regression into barbarism.” This idea resonates profoundly today. What it means is

Sep 6, 2024

World News

Keep eyes on Sudan – build an international movement of solidarity

By James McCabe If you’ve taken part in a protest against the genocide in Gaza you’ll have shouted the solidarity chant “We are all Palestinians”. In 2019, a mass revolutionary movement erupted in Sudan under the central slogan “We are all Darfur”.

Sep 5, 2024

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture·Socialist Feminism

Review: Stolen directed by Margo Harkin

Reviewed by Steph Lacey Directed by Margo Harkin, Stolen is a chilling account of the Magdalene Laundries, where Irish women and girls were sent for engaging in a sexual relationship that a parent or priest didn’t approve of, or more often, for

Sep 4, 2024

News & Analysis

Autistic children failed by successive governments – another state scandal

By Fionn Daly Parents of autistic children in Dublin 15 are at a breaking point, grappling with an education system that has failed them. Despite months of meetings with Ministers, protests at Government buildings, and pleas to local politicians, at least 13

Sep 3, 2024

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