Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Element Six must immeditately honour agreed pension payments

The Socialist Party TD for Dublin West, Joe Higgins, has called on Element Six, which is a subsidiary of the incredibly wealthy mutlinational De Beers to immediately honour the agreed payments into its Defined Benefit Pension Scheme, after it announced that it is winding up

Dec 12, 2011

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Summit proposals represent enshrining austerity in the EU

Socialist Party / United Left Alliance MEP Paul Murphy, today has slammed the latest proposal from President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel to impose fiscal control over member states budgetary policies.

Dec 8, 2011

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Demand a referendum on any Treaty changes

Paul Murphy MEP for the Socialist Party/United Left Alliance has today demanded that any proposed changes to the Lisbon Treaty are put to a referendum in Ireland. This follows talks between Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarcozy yesterday, and ahead of their meeting

Dec 8, 2011

Joe Higgins column

Budget will only serve to hammer the poor and vulnerable

It’s said that when the Chairman of a major football club vows that an under-pressure manager has his full confidence and protection, the Manager should prepare for a hit. Sadly in the cynical world of the Irish political establishment we have an

Dec 7, 2011

Workplace News

NI: Step up the pressure after N30

Public sector workers have sent a very loud message to the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Conservative/Liberal Democrat government. Three million workers belonging to twenty eight unions have walked out in defence of their pensions and the public services which all depend

Nov 30, 2011

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Public Meeting: Greek activist and socialist speaks

“Class warfare is going on and my class isn’t just winning. I mean we’re killing them” - World’s third richest man, Warren Buffet, October 2011

Nov 29, 2011

Joe Higgins column

Budget will expose Labour Party dishonesty

Budget Day looms for the Fine Gael/Labour Government. On Tuesday, December 6, it will be clear for all to see how this government lives up to the claims of its leaders upon taking office in March, that it was the product of

Nov 28, 2011

Economy

Eurozone: Into the abyss?

The Eurozone is at a tipping point. EU leaders are in disarray and have no clear strategy for resolving the crisis. Fragmentation of the Eurozone could trigger another deep financial crisis and global economic downturn. socialistparty.net analyses the crisis.

Nov 25, 2011

World News

Egypt: Protesters and army battle for streets

Thousands of activists fought running battles with security forces for control of Tahrir Square, Cario, last weekend, and at the start of this week. At least 33 people were killed and over 1,750 injured. There have also been big protest demonstrations in

Nov 24, 2011

Joe Higgins column

The Markets rule in Europe

As recently as a year ago when I and others on the Left wrote and spoke about ‘the dictatorship of the financial markets’ many people thought we were exaggerating. However after the events of the past few weeks, can there be any

Nov 23, 2011

Solidarity

Element Six must immeditately honour agreed pension payments

Summit proposals represent enshrining austerity in the EU

Demand a referendum on any Treaty changes

Budget will only serve to hammer the poor and vulnerable

NI: Step up the pressure after N30

Public Meeting: Greek activist and socialist speaks

Budget will expose Labour Party dishonesty

Eurozone: Into the abyss?

Egypt: Protesters and army battle for streets

The Markets rule in Europe

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