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The Edinburgh terrorist attack and the dangers of the “Muslim Grooming Gangs” trope

By Varun Content Warning: Mentions Sexual Violence, Gun Violence, Racism, Misogyny, and Islamophobia from the Outset “I’ve told you time and time again, I am protecting the country from these fucking Muslim bastards, raping our young daughters, raping our kids. Enough is

Jul 10, 2026

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Workplace News

Follow the RMT example: Unions must take action to defend living standards

By Mick Barry TD The inflation crisis has sharply posed the question: how can the living standards of working-class people, the vast majority in society, be defended? Public opinion has put the Micheál Martin Government under pressure to deliver cost of living

Jul 20, 2022

Sri Lanka: Gotabaya Rajapaksa forced out of power

By Serge Jordan, International Socialist Alternative Fast-paced events in crisis-ridden Sri Lanka have taken yet a new turn today, Saturday 9 July, as hundreds of thousands of people descended onto the capital Colombo in a day of huge protests originally initiated by

Jul 11, 2022

Featured Articles·LGBTQ·News & Analysis

Trans Pride 2022: How can we win liberation & bodily autonomy?

Trans and Intersex Pride this year is happening in the context of an escalation of transphobia globally, including in Ireland. Now, more than ever, there is an urgent need for us all to stand up against this vile hate and division. That

Jul 9, 2022

Capitalist cost of living crisis – Build a movement to demand action

By Conor Payne The cost-of-living crisis is having a devastating effect on the lives of working-class people. Official inflation is at a 38-year high, but this understates the reality of the crisis in many people’s lives, particularly the poorest. And this crisis

Jul 7, 2022

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·The North

North: From ‘historic election’ to new crisis at Stormont

By Kevin Henry This year’s Assembly election was historic, with Sinn Féin emerging as the largest party, the first non-Unionist party to do so in the 101-year history of the state. As Lewis Goodwall, policy editor for BBC Newsnight put it, “Northern

Jul 2, 2022

‘War Against Bolshevism’: The Irish Civil War, 1922-23

This week marks 100 years since the outbreak of the Irish Civil War. The British prime minister threatened ‘terrible war’ unless the Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed. ‘Terrible war’ came anyway – only it was fought by men in green uniforms instead of

Jun 28, 2022

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Workplace News

Rail strike in Britain: Working-class power in action

By Finghín Kelly The power held by working-class people when acting collectively was strongly shown this week in Britain with the strike across the railway network by RMT union members. The strike was the largest on the railways in Britain since 1989.

Jun 26, 2022

Featured Articles·LGBTQ·News & Analysis

Solidarity against transphobia, violence & capitalism: Build a movement for LGBTQ+ liberation.

In April 2022, two gay men, Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee were murdered within 24 hours of each other in Sligo; murders motivated by homophobic hatred. These brutal killings brought home a reality – that just being LGBTQ+ can still put you

Jun 23, 2022

Savita’s 10th anniversary – why we must march

By Ruth Coppinger 2022 will mark the decade anniversary of the tragic, untimely death of Savita Halappanavar. In October 2012 Savita died from sepsis in a Galway hospital after being refused an abortion. It was a personal catastrophe for her family and

Jun 17, 2022

The dire state of trans healthcare in Ireland

By Ollie Bell Despite Ireland winning many gains for the LGBTQ+ community such as Marriage Equality and the Gender Recognition Act in 2015, the fight for LGBTQ+ rights isn’t over. Currently the trans community is facing the ever-growing crisis of the trans

Jun 13, 2022

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