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Biden’s visit to Ireland: Where’s the scrutiny for the world’s most powerful imperialist hawk?

By Manus Lenihan Irish politicians and media pundits are buzzing with excitement over the planned visit of US President Joe Biden. Media coverage is dominated by the most urgent questions: where Biden will go, and how long he will spend in each

Mar 19, 2023

Socialist Feminism·World News

US: Mifepristone faces ban in latest attack on abortion rights

By S. Rodriguez This week, the right-wing offensive on abortion rights reached new heights in the US, as a Texas Court granted a hearing to far-right, anti-choice coalition seeking to challenge federal approval of Mifepristone – a medication listed on the World

Mar 17, 2023

Anti-war·World News

New Cold War: Is Taiwan the next Ukraine?

Chinaworker.info, ISA in China, Hong & Taiwan As the US-China inter-imperialist conflict escalates, Taiwan is its most dangerous flashpoint. A Taiwan war could be even more catastrophic than the war in Ukraine, drawing in the US, Japan, Australia, several NATO armies, and

Mar 16, 2023

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Socialism 101: Are there any socialist countries? Have there ever been?

By Eddie McCabe A common question asked by those learning about socialism is whether there are any actual examples of socialism in practice, either somewhere in the world today, or in history. Clearly, it would make it easier to argue for socialism

Mar 15, 2023

World News

Silicon Valley Bank collapses – a new global banking crisis?

Editorial from Offensiv, paper of Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (our sister organisation in Sweden) The threat of a banking crisis hovers over the world economy after the crash of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the second largest banking collapse in US history. Many inflated markets

Mar 14, 2023

Reviews and Culture

Minor edits of Roald Dahl’s work provokes performative outrage from establishment figures

By Manus Lenihan In recent years we’ve had the #MeToo movement, the climate strikes and the massive Black Lives Matter protests. We marched for justice and system change, not for endless debates over whether this 1980s sitcom is problematic or whether that

Mar 13, 2023

Environment·News & Analysis

Government opposition to free public transport is pathetic and shameful

By Finghin Kelly Green Party Transport Minister, Eamon Ryan, this week presented to Cabinet the findings of a report by the consultants Ernst and Young (EY) which was commissioned by the NTA. The report amazingly recommended against the extension of free public

Mar 10, 2023

Reviews and Culture

Review: 406 Days – the story of the Debenhams strike

By Michael O’Brien The struggle of the former Debenhams workers employed in its then 11 stores in this State was sparked off in the early stages of the Covid pandemic when the 2,000 directly and indirectly employed workers were informed by email

Mar 10, 2023

Landlords’ government overturns eviction ban

By Jonathan Diebold The government this week has made the shameful and disgusting decision to lift the ban on evictions. It does this knowing that it is condemning numerous people – including families with children – to homelessness. Already, notices to quit

Mar 9, 2023

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

IWD 2023 leaflet: Fight the patriarchal capitalist system with socialist feminism

Text of Socialist Party leaflet for International Women’s Day 2023 Today, millions of women, young, LGBTQ and working-class people will march and strike globally to say “No more”. No to femicide; no to war and militarism; no to transphobia; no victim-blaming; no

Mar 8, 2023

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