Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

A mouthpiece for genocide – expel the Israeli Ambassador

By Conor Payne Nearly 10,000 are estimated to have been killed in the Israeli state’s ongoing massacre against the people of Gaza, including 4,000 children. This number is rising all the time. The Israeli state bombs hospitals, refugee camps and ambulances; it

Nov 5, 2023

Palestine solidarity·World News

Stop the massacre of Gaza! There is no bread, no water, no electricity and planes rain death from the sky

By Uri Bar-Shalom Agmon and Tuvaal Klein, Socialist Struggle Movement (our sister organisation in Israel/Palestine) “In the face of death spectacles, dealing with the many details of life seems insignificant, even though in a normal situation they are a basic part of

Nov 4, 2023

Anti-racism·Campaigns & Issues·News & Analysis

Library workers – why and how we should resist the far right

2023 will be remembered as the year bigots began lashing out at public libraries. There was a long-running campaign of harassment and threats in Cork City, along with incidents in other places. In August, a small group drove a rickety boat up

Nov 4, 2023

As Gaeilge

Ganntanas Múinteoirí ina Chás Éigeandála

Le Kate Relihan Ábhar náire dár gcóras oideachais is ea an ghéarchéim ghanntanas múinteoirí agus cás éigeandála atá againn anois dar leis an INTO. Deir an ASTI go bhfuil scoileanna “faoi bhrú uafásach” leis na céadta folúntas múinteoireachta roimh thús an téarma

Nov 3, 2023

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·The North

30 years on: The Shankill bomb and Greysteel massacre

By Kevin Henry October 23 is the 30th anniversary of Shankill Bombings. Ten people were killed: one of the IRA bombers, a UDA member and eight Protestant civilians, two of whom were children. The UDA in particular was responsible for a number

Oct 31, 2023

World News

“Truth is one of the first casualties in war” – Netanyahu government steps up censorship of journalists

By Neta Most, Socialist Struggle Movement (our sister organisation in Israel/Palestine) The right wing government of Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, and Smotrich has carried out political persecution and censorship since its inception. With the eruption of the war, this tendency has sharpened under the

Oct 28, 2023

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Socialism 101: What kind of organisation do we need? (part 1)

By Eddie McCabe James Connolly once wrote that “successful revolutions are not the product of our brains but of ripe material conditions.” What he meant was that socialists can’t just make a revolution because they want to. No matter how many socialists

Oct 27, 2023

Anti-racism·News & Analysis

The nonsense of the ‘horseshoe theory’ – socialists are the only real, consistent opponents of the far right

By Conor Payne At the re-opening of the Dáil on 20 September, a far-right protest gathered outside, erecting a gallows with pictures of a number of both left and establishment political figures attached to it, and physically intimidating a number of TDs

Oct 24, 2023

As Gaeilge·Palestine solidarity

Deireadh le Sceimhlitheoireacht Stáit Iosrael – deireadh leis an Chogadh Chinedhíothach ar Gaza

Tá Stát ciníoch coilíneach Iosrael tar éis borradh a chur faoina ionsaí cinedhíothach ar mhuintir Ghaza. Tá idé-eolaíocht fhorchiníoch scothaicme Iosrael nochtaithe don tsaol mhór. “Ainmhithe” agus “barbaraigh” is ea iad na Pailistínigh dar le polaiteoirí Iosrael agus iad ag maíomh gur

Oct 20, 2023

Anti-war·Palestine solidarity·World News

Relentless massacre in Gaza: Imperialism backs Israeli State terror, solidarity with Palestine grows

At the time of writing, tens of thousands have already taken to the streets of cities and towns across Ireland against the Israeli State’s massacre of civilians in Gaza. The fact that such numbers have mobilised at relatively short notice is a

Oct 19, 2023

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