Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Labour and Sinn Féin should not be taken seriously as representing a real left alternative

Yesterday's interview on RTE Radio One News reveals that Labour Party leader, Eamon Gilmore, believes that the most crucial issue in the forthcoming General Election is the number of seats Labour will win relative to Fine Gael and therefore whether he or

Jan 5, 2011

World News

CWI 10th World Congress documents

The 10th World Congress of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) was held in December 2010. It was attended by delegates and visitors from more than 34 countries. The main Congress discussions were on world relations, the world economy, Europe, Asia,

Jan 4, 2011

Uncategorized

Indictment of the government’s record on combating poverty

The reported results of research by the philanthropic Bertelsmann Foundation in Germany which show that Ireland ranks among the worst in the western world in terms of social justice is a fresh indictment on this government.

Jan 4, 2011

Theory & History

Labour in Irish History revisited

James Connolly was a great Marxist thinker and workers’ leader in Ireland, Scotland and the US. He was executed by the British state for his key role in the 1916 Easter rising in Dublin. Since then, Connolly’s ideas of international, working-class unity

Dec 30, 2010

Economy

Quantitative easing: Plan B – will it work?

In a desperate move to boost US growth, the Federal Reserve has launched QE2, a second round of quantitative easing. Its main effect will be to devalue the dollar, an attempt to boost its exports at the expense of its rivals, particularly

Dec 23, 2010

The North

Northern Ireland: Assembly parties agree on CUTS, CUTS, CUTS

The cuts are coming – and the parties in the Assembly are not standing in their way – they have agreed that they will implement them, not oppose them. One after another, all the parties in the Assembly Executive are queueing up

Dec 18, 2010

Joe Higgins column

Poll show Labour’s pro cuts agenda forcing many to seek genuine alternative

If today’s opinion poll proves anything it is both the historical annihilation in store for Fianna Fáil at the polls and the volatility in support for the other parties as people actively seek out an alternative to this disastrous government.

Dec 17, 2010

Other

Lisbon Treaty Amendment: Joe Higgins MEP Demands a Referendum in Ireland

Speaking today in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Socialist Party MEP Joe HIggins demanded a referendum in Ireland on any proposed amendment to the Lisbon Treaty to give the EU powers to impose punitive conditions on member states which seek financial assistance.

Dec 16, 2010

Environment

Socialist planning needed to avert a global catastrophe

Climate Change is already destroying lives. 21,000 people died as a direct result of extreme weather conditions in the first nine months of this year, a new Oxfam report says.

Dec 15, 2010

Uncategorized

2,000 protest in Belfast against education cuts vote

A huge protest brought Belfast city centre to a standstill as over two thousand young people, mainly school students, showed their opposition to £9,000 a year tuition fees for nearly 4 hours.

Dec 10, 2010

Solidarity