United Left Alliance TDs prepare to fight government’s new wave of austerity
Plans announced for a campaign against cuts and budget 2012
The other 9/11 – The Pinochet Coup in Chile 1973
The capitalist media and commentators have given great emphasis to discussing the consequences and lessons of the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York a decade ago. Yet this was not the first ‘9/11’. Following the first 9/11, thousands were
No to War – No to Terrorism
The following article was written in the immediate aftermath of the criminal attacks in New York on September 11th. It deals with the attitude of Marxists to these horrific events and to the methods of terrorism generally.
Another multi-national closes in pursuit of more profit
It was a question of ‘Walk, Walk’’ rather that ‘Talk, Talk’ as the telecoms/internet company of that name brutally consigned its workforce to the scrapheap the day before yesterday.
The British Poll Tax: When mass non-payment defeated Thatcher
The following article is from Socialist View, the journal of the Socialist Party. It outlines the history and key lessons of the mass campaign against the Poll Tax that was led by members of Militant in Britain, the forerunner of the Socialist
Protest Against Cuts to SNAs
A protest is being organised by the Alliance Against Cuts in Education (ACE) on September 14th at 4pm outside the Dail, to protest the cuts in SNAs and Resource Teachers.
Mortgage Crisis: Government blaming the victim
With hundreds of thousands of people in negative equity and struggling to pay their mortgages, the issue of revaluing peoples mortgages, or 'debt forgiveness' as the government have tried to brand it, has come up. Here Joe Higgins TD looks at the
Don’t pay the Household Tax
The government’s proposed Household Charge of €100 is the forerunner for water charges and a property tax on every home. A pensioner or low paid worker pays the same as a millionaire. How rotten! This new tax has absolutely nothing to do
The consequences of 9/11: A world turned upside down
We publish this article some days before the actual anniversary of 9/11 as a contribution to the discussions and debates taking place internationally on the significance and consequences of this event.
Oil exploration contracts means another “Great Giveaway” of natural resources
Dublin’s Socialist Party MEP, Paul Murphy, who was assaulted by members of the Garda Siochana last week while taking part in a peaceful sitdown protest in Rossport, Co. Mayo, has called the decision to approve new exploration licenses to gas companies reprehensible.
Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity
Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden
