Solidarity, Author at Solidarity (Ireland)

Infant formula shortage: A nightmare caused by corporate greed

By Kailyn Nicholson, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) As the right-wing assault on abortion rights ramps up, working parents of babies are facing an extreme crisis. General concern about supply chain disruption turned into an all-out emergency for

May 27, 2022

News & Analysis

Thousands march for Irish language: Fight for real language rights for all

By Eóin Dawson and Maitiú de Hál (As Gaeilge) Five years after the historic An Dream Dearg [the Red Crowd] march for Irish language rights, they repeated their Lá Dearg [Red Day] event on 21/05/2022, demanding ‘Cearta, Cothromas agus Cóir’ [Rights, Respect

May 27, 2022

World News

Brazil: Stop the coup in the streets and defeat Bolsonaro

Editorial of Ofensiva Socialista, Liberdade, Socialismo e Revolução (our sister organisation in Brazil) Defeating the coup being prepared by Bolsonaro and his supporters is the central task for conscious workers and the oppressed people resisting the daily hell of inflation, unemployment, hunger,

May 26, 2022

World News

Pharma companies “drowning in vaccines” while millions of unvaccinated suffer and die

By Dan O’Rourke A recent headline on a prominent African news outlet read “Africa needs a billion Covid vaccines, but supply is slowing down”. Just a couple of weeks prior, an article in the Financial Times exclaimed, with zero irony, “‘We are

May 26, 2022

World News

Sue Gray Report unveiled – drive Johnson and the Tories out

Statement by Socialist Alternative–our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland For the last six months, the government and Johnson have been rocked by revelations as part of the ‘partygate’ scandal, with a barrage of examples of top-level ministers breaking their own

May 25, 2022

News & Analysis

Shysters profiting from misery: Aramark’s ugly record

By Peter McGregor Aramark, a US multinational, has been awarded the contract to provide meals to centres for refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. This comes after the company received a contract worth €7.5 million from the National Gallery of Ireland to

May 25, 2022

Environment·News & Analysis

Protesting Stockholm+50: a socialist planet for the needs of all

By Philipp Chmel & Bill Hopwood-LSP/PSL (ISA in Belgium) & Socialist Alternative (ISA in Canada) On June 2–3 the Stockholm+50 climate conference is taking place. The conference will be held in commemoration of the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Environment. While

May 23, 2022

Anti-war·Featured Articles·World News

War in Ukraine – a new drawn-out phase

The Kremlin was hoping for a double celebration on 9 May: to mark the Soviet Union’s victory in WW2, and the jubilant return of troops after a short victorious war in Ukraine. But it was not able to do so. It has

May 19, 2022

News & Analysis·Workplace News

Full support for the medical scientists strike

All demands of these frontline workers must be met! Statement from Mick Barry TD & Ruth Coppinger (Socialist Party/Solidarity) “Today’s strike deserves the full support of every worker in the health service and in the country as a whole. No one can

May 18, 2022

News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

Vilification of Amber Heard should be a concern of all who oppose gender-based violence

By Steph Lacey, ROSA Socialist Feminist Movement & Socialist Party, Limerick From #MeToo, to Ni Una Menos, to the mass outpouring of grief and anger at femicides from Sarah Everard to Sabine Nessa to Ashling Murphy — the desire to end gender-based

May 18, 2022

Solidarity

Infant formula shortage: A nightmare caused by corporate greed

Thousands march for Irish language: Fight for real language rights for all

Brazil: Stop the coup in the streets and defeat Bolsonaro

Pharma companies “drowning in vaccines” while millions of unvaccinated suffer and die

Sue Gray Report unveiled – drive Johnson and the Tories out

Shysters profiting from misery: Aramark’s ugly record

Protesting Stockholm+50: a socialist planet for the needs of all

War in Ukraine – a new drawn-out phase

Full support for the medical scientists strike

Vilification of Amber Heard should be a concern of all who oppose gender-based violence

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