Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Dublin City Centre: Invest in housing and services, not state repression

By Ruth Coppinger Gardaí are being given €10m extra funding and using it to tool up and have armed Gardai throughout Dublin City. This follows the highlighting of some horrific attacks on tourists. Rather than invest in the city, both in how

Aug 22, 2023

News & Analysis

Interview: Leitrim organisers violently attacked by far-right forces

Last week, a number of anti-fascist and queer activists across Leitrim successfully blocked far-right scoundrels travelling up the Shannon on their ‘Sovereign Voyage to protect Childhood’, from entering local libraries and intimidating library workers. In the context of increasing attacks against LGBTQ+

Aug 21, 2023

World News

Niger Military Coup: Workers everywhere must oppose invasion

By Aj. Dagga Tolar, Movement for a Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in Nigeria) We say: *No to war or any military invasion of Niger. *No Nigerian soldier needs to go die to defend a bourgeois democracy that impoverishes and oppresses the

Aug 20, 2023

Theory & History

50th anniversary of the Chilean Coup & the limits of reformism today

By Danny Byrne and Marcus Kollbrunner (International Socialist Alternative) This September 11 marks, in Latin America and around the world, a half-centenary anniversary of a fundamental event in the history of our continent. It is not a celebration, but a remembrance of

Aug 19, 2023

Environment

Maui wildfires: Capitalism’s climate crisis is scorching the planet

By Mandy Gee, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) As of August 13, at least one thousand people are unaccounted for, and over 93 are confirmed dead in the deadliest disaster in Hawaii’s history: devastating wildfires that have wiped out thousands

Aug 18, 2023

Theory & History

From the archive : “After the Omagh bomb” (September 1998) by Peter Hadden

By Peter HaddenThe following article, written by Peter Hadden, was published in the aftermath of the horrific bombing of Omagh on 15 August 1998. This atrocity was carried out by the Real IRA and resulted in the deaths of 29 people. AN

Aug 15, 2023

News & Analysis

Remembering Declan Kane – Water charges activist & victorious Jobstown defendant

By Councillor Kieran Mahon On 12 August friends and family said goodbye to Declan Kane. Declan is survived by his wife Lorraine, children Conor and Nicole, his parents, three siblings and four grandchildren. Deco was a family man to his core. They can

Aug 14, 2023

News & Analysis

Far-right thugs stopped in their tracks in Limerick

By Steph Lacey On Thursday, 3 August, members of the Socialist Party in Limerick and other local activists successfully stopped the Far-Right from entering Limerick City Library and harassing the workers. Claiming to be on a ‘sovereign voyage to protect childhood’, the

Aug 11, 2023

News & Analysis

Socialist Party Summer School 2023: An uplifting and inspiring event

Last weekend, the Socialist Party held its annual four-day Summer School in the stunning surroundings of Glendalough, Co.Wicklow. Over 140 people attended the event, including 20 guests from International Socialist Alternative from Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Scotland, England, Denmark, Germany, Canada and Belgium.

Aug 10, 2023

World News

Coup in Niger: Oppose the military intervention — let the Nigerien people decide

Ory, Militant CI — our sister organisation in Côte d’Ivoire What seemed like a rumor finally became a certainty. The Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum was ousted from power by the military. How did we get here and what lessons have been learned

Aug 7, 2023

Solidarity

Dublin City Centre: Invest in housing and services, not state repression

Interview: Leitrim organisers violently attacked by far-right forces

Niger Military Coup: Workers everywhere must oppose invasion

50th anniversary of the Chilean Coup & the limits of reformism today

Maui wildfires: Capitalism’s climate crisis is scorching the planet

From the archive : “After the Omagh bomb” (September 1998) by Peter Hadden

Remembering Declan Kane – Water charges activist & victorious Jobstown defendant

Far-right thugs stopped in their tracks in Limerick

Socialist Party Summer School 2023: An uplifting and inspiring event

Coup in Niger: Oppose the military intervention — let the Nigerien people decide

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden