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Glitz, Glam & Violent Misogyny: The toxic ideology of the Manosphere

The toxic ideas of Andrew Tate have gained enormous traction via various social media and online platforms – collectively known as the ‘manosphere’ – in the last year. In this article, Harper Cleves analyses Tate’s ideas and why they are intimately linked

Apr 29, 2023

World News

Scottish National Party implodes during leadership elections

By Michael Lantry, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in Scotland) On 27 March Humza Yousaf was announced as the new leader of the Scottish National Party, following Nicola Sturgeon’s shock resignation as First Minister and subsequently that of her husband Peter Murrell

Apr 28, 2023

Irish economy: Corporate tax windfalls and chronic inequality

By Donal Devlin This week, two stories emerged about the Irish economy, or more accurately, about who is making a killing and who is struggling to make ends meet. A report carried out by the ESRI found that real wages for workers

Apr 26, 2023

World News

TikTok and the new Cold War

By Anne Liu TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew came out on top after a March 23 Congressional hearing in which U.S. lawmakers demonstrated their zeal to “win” the U.S.-China Cold War and their embarrassing incompetence at handling tech-related matters altogether. This was

Apr 25, 2023

World News

Sudan: Counter-revolutionary forces fall out

By Serge Jordan, International Socialist Alternative (the international movement to which we are the Irish section of) Since the early morning of Saturday, 15 April, the chiefs of the Sudanese armed forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia have been waging

Apr 25, 2023

News & Analysis

Why we shouldn’t feel sorry for the small landlord

By Robert Cosgrave Nearly a decade on the housing crisis continues with no end in sight under the policies of successive Fine Gael / Fianna Fáil governments. In fact the government is intent on creating an even worse crisis with its lifting

Apr 23, 2023

News & Analysis·The North

“Give the goss on your boss” – Hospitality workers get organised in Belfast

By Laurence Plunkett On Monday the 17th of April, Unite Hospitality NI held an open meeting in the Sunflower bar titled “Give the goss on your boss”. A packed room of waiters, bartenders, baristas and fast-food workers shared their war stories of

Apr 21, 2023

News & Analysis

Housing crisis, low pay and lack of security fuels teacher retention crisis

By Caitríona Ní Chatháin In the second week of the Easter Holidays, the three Teacher Trade Union Congresses took place in cities across the country. I attended the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) congress which took place in Cork City as a

Apr 21, 2023

Environment·Theory & History

Review: Marx in the Anthropocene by Kohei Saito

Review: Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism By Kohei SaitoCambridge University Press, 2023 Reviewed by Chris Stewart A new book by Japanese Marxist Kohei Saito has been an unlikely bestseller in Japan, selling more than half a million copies

Apr 19, 2023

News & Analysis

Social Democrats: Radical alternative or capitalist status quo re-packaged?

By Harper Cleves The Social Democrats have made a substantial effort to present themselves as the socially progressive alternative to business as usual politics. Their new leader, 33 year-old Holly Cairns has been posed as an antidote to the political status quo,

Apr 18, 2023

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Glitz, Glam & Violent Misogyny: The toxic ideology of the Manosphere

Scottish National Party implodes during leadership elections

Irish economy: Corporate tax windfalls and chronic inequality

TikTok and the new Cold War

Sudan: Counter-revolutionary forces fall out

Why we shouldn’t feel sorry for the small landlord

“Give the goss on your boss” – Hospitality workers get organised in Belfast

Housing crisis, low pay and lack of security fuels teacher retention crisis

Review: Marx in the Anthropocene by Kohei Saito

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden