September edition of the Socialist
September edition of the Socialist now online. Click above to fick through, read or print.
Workers’ Rights, Blair Horan & RTE
Mr Blair Horan, General Secretary of the Civil and Public Services Union elevated a minor textual error in a quote from the Charter of Fundamental Rights into a slanderous allegation that Joe Higgins MEP ‘falsified’ and ‘forged’ the Charter of Fundamental
Response to hysterical accusation of Blair Horan
Mr Blair Horan, Secretary of the Pro Lisbon Treaty Charter Group which includes some trade union leaders, issued a press statement today entitled: ”Joe Higgins MEP has stooped to falsifing(sic) the Charter.”
Coca Cola workers in battle to save jobs
SIPTU MEMBERS in Coca Cola HBC (Hellenic Bottling Company) in Dublin, Cork, Tipperary and Tuam have been on all-out strike since 27 August.Despite making massive profits Coca Cola HBC is proposing to outsource the distribution of its products to three outside companies,
NAMA – Multi-billion corporate welfare
ON 16 September Fianna Fail’s Brian Lenihan is set to tell the Dail the price he intends to pay for the banks’ toxic loans. The figure is expected to be more than €50 billion. It could be as high as €70 billion. This
Socialist Party Lisbon Leaflet
The Socialist Party’s Lisbon Leaflet is now available online. Simply click the image above to flick through it, download a PDF of it,or print it out or email it to a friend.
Why Lisbon is bad for Workers’ Rights
Today at a press conference in the Davenport Hotel prominent Socialist Party spokepeople, accompanied by strike leaders from Coca Cola and MTL Dockworkers, laid out their opposition to the Lisbon Treaty, and explained how the treaty would undermine workers' rights.
IBEC’s “yes for jobs” campaign a sick joke?
By Joe Higgins, MEP. I notice IBEC’s have put up pro-Lisbon posters across the country proclaiming “yes for jobs”, linking the accepting of the treaty with job protection. Is this some form of sick joke from the bosses organisation?
Big Business Out to Buy a ‘Yes’ to Lisbon
The pro-Lisbon political parties do not need to raise funds for the ‘Yes’ to Lisbon campaign. Big business is directly funding their side of the debate. The announcement that Intel and Ryanair will spend hundreds of thousands of euro to try to
Lisbon Guarantees Change Nothing
Less than two weeks after the Euro Election campaign a Euro related charade is about to be visited on the Irish people. We are now being told that the FiannaFail/Green Party Coalition Government will present us with the Lisbon Treaty for a
Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity
Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden
