Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Israel/Palestine: Netanyahu’s comeback, the emboldened far-right, and brewing explosions & revolts

By Shahar Ben Horin and Yasha Marmer, Socialist Struggle Movement (our sister organisation in Israel/Palestine) The fifth Israeli parliamentary election in less than four years, on 1 November, saw a scenario we consistently warned against of a narrow comeback for Netanyahu allied

Dec 18, 2022

Anti-racism·News & Analysis

The housing crisis and the hateful lies of the far right

By Steph Lacey The modus operandi of the far right is to jump on any kind of problem or issue in society and exploit it to push its nefarious agenda. The far right in Ireland is no exception. Far-right groups tried to

Dec 17, 2022

New Taoiseach, same disastrous right-wing policies

By Mick Barry TD Lewis Carroll’s Through The Looking-Glass, published in 1871, featured the characters Tweedledum and Tweedledee. According to Wikipedia, The Tweedle brothers “agree to have a battle, but never have one… Rather, they complement each other’s words, which led John

Dec 16, 2022

News & Analysis

The housing crisis is a capitalist crisis

By Caitriona Ni Chathain As we move into the winter months the housing crisis is dramatically worsening, with homelessness figures at an all-time high, up by almost 30% compared to this time last year. There are now 11,300 living in emergency accommodation,

Dec 14, 2022

Theory & History

Artificial Intelligence and the threat to tech jobs under capitalism

By Dan O’Rourke In recent months, AI (Artificial Intelligence) programmes such as MidJourney and ChatGPT have gained significant attention and many observers have raised serious questions about the future of work in this digital age. No question, that technology has the potential

Dec 13, 2022

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·The North

North: Solidarity with NHS workers – strike together to save our NHS

For years health and social care workers have been treated with disdain by politicians in Westminster and Stormont. While they were happy to call health and social care workers “heroes” and clap on doorsteps during the pandemic, their actions revealed their real

Dec 12, 2022

World News

Peru: Down with the coup against Pedro Castillo!

By Mauro Espinola, Alternativa Socialista (our sister organisation in Mexico) Yesterday, the president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, was removed from office after attempting to dissolve Congress and decreeing a government of exception. In this way, the Peruvian oligarchy, using Castillo’s parliamentary maneuvers

Dec 11, 2022

World News

Kurds deported to Turkey, NATO militarisation continues

Editorial from Offensiv, paper of Rattvisepartiet Socialisterna (our sister organisation in Sweden) Sweden’s application to join Nato is pushing Swedish politics even further in a “blue-brown” direction. The consequences are already extremely clear: On Saturday morning, two Kurds were deported from Sweden

Dec 9, 2022

Theory & History

Marx, the ‘metabolic rift’ and capitalism’s assault on nature

By Chris Stewart and Keishia Taylor In recent years millions of young and working class people have engaged in protests against the climate and ecological crisis as devastating wildfires, heat waves, droughts, hurricanes and floods have increased in regularity and intensity around

Dec 8, 2022

News & Analysis·The North

North: Solidarity with NHS workers’ strike

By Eóin Dawson, NIPSA activist, health and social care worker (personal capacity) The Royal College of Nursing have announced two strike days in December, on the 15th and 20th. This follows health and social care workers in several unions voting overwhelmingly in

Dec 5, 2022

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