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North: TUC & ICTU asleep at the wheel – workers need a fighting strategy

By Sean Burns Barely a day goes by without another horror story hitting headlines, illustrating the reality of the cost of living crisis impacting working-class people’s lives. An article in Forbes magazine published on 21 October, warned that people were taking risks

Nov 8, 2022

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Socialism 101: Isn’t capitalism more democratic than socialism?

By Manus Lenihan Democracy means everyone having a say in how their society is run. Supposedly we live in a democracy. In Ireland we have, on paper, the right to speak and write freely, the right to assemble and the right to

Nov 7, 2022

World News

Behind Britain’s political shipwreck is a declining system

By Tom Costello, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) First, the Queen dies. Then a ‘mini-budget’ pushes the British economy to the brink of collapse. Then, just after the Tories come within an inch of reinstalling Boris Johnson

Nov 6, 2022

Economy·Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Workers' Rights

Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs: Take social media companies out of private hands

By Dan O’Rourke With the arrival of the billionaire charlatan Elon Musk as new CEO of Twitter, the influential social media company has announced a series of global layoffs, including in Ireland. Up to half of the company’s workers could be dropped.

Nov 5, 2022

News & Analysis·The North

North: Nurses ballot for strike action

Members of the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) in the North and Britain are balloting for strike action over pay. They will soon be joined by other unions balloting their members in health. The Socialist spoke to Socialist Party member and RCN

Nov 4, 2022

World News

China: Xi purges CCP’s top ranks

By Vincent Kolo, chinaworker.info It was never in doubt that at October’s five-yearly CCP Congress Xi Jinping would be crowned de facto Emperor. He now starts a third-term as CCP general secretary and commander-in-chief of the army, which can be extended indefinitely as

Nov 3, 2022

World News

Brazil: Defeat the coup plotters!

Statement by Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (our sister organisation in Brazil) Bolsonaro was defeated at the polls on October 30. That is the reality of the facts, regardless of who it hurts. The majority of Brazilian people rejected his administration, one that

Nov 2, 2022

World News

Qatar 2022: A world cup built on super-exploitation

By Kevin Henry November 2022 will see the start of the world’s most expensive world cup in history. It is an estimated $220 billion budget for infrastructure and other projects linked to the world cup. This money has been put into seven

Nov 1, 2022

Full public ownership of water — Name a date for a referendum

By Mick Barry TD A campaign to “Keep Water Public” was launched by the four trade unions with local authority water worker members (SIPTU, Unite, Connect and Forsa) at the end of October. The campaign is calling on the Government to name

Oct 31, 2022

Uncategorized·World News

Bolsonaro defeated

Statement by LSR, ISA in Brazil (our sister organisation in Brazil) Bolsonaro was defeated in the Brazilian presidential elections. This represents a victory for the workers and all poor and oppressed people. The victory of Lula, the candidate of the Workers Party (PT)

Oct 31, 2022

Solidarity

North: TUC & ICTU asleep at the wheel – workers need a fighting strategy

Socialism 101: Isn’t capitalism more democratic than socialism?

Behind Britain’s political shipwreck is a declining system

Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs: Take social media companies out of private hands

North: Nurses ballot for strike action

China: Xi purges CCP’s top ranks

Brazil: Defeat the coup plotters!

Qatar 2022: A world cup built on super-exploitation

Full public ownership of water — Name a date for a referendum

Bolsonaro defeated

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