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Solidarity summer camp 2026 report

Solidarity – the socialist alternative members gathered in Glendalough, Co. Wicklow between 13 – 16 August for our annual summer camp. The camp is multipurposeful – it allowed for over 120 of our members and supporters to gather on an island-wide basis,

Aug 24, 2026

News & Analysis

Irish capitalist state responsible for church terror

From the 1943 Cavan Fire in which 35 children and one adult perished after nuns refused to let girls escape to avoid them being seen in their night-gowns; to the enslavement of poor women in Magdalene Laundries, the last of which closed

Jul 1, 2014

News & Analysis·Workplace News

Irish workers need a pay rise – €11 an hour now!

Despite the government and media’s attempts to sell the mantra of recovery, the reality is that the living standards of working people continue to be squeezed. I

Jun 30, 2014

Economy·News & Analysis

Housing crisis: Establishment parties to blame

A series of articles that have been carried in the mainstream media recently have exposed the human face of the growing housing crisis in Dublin and other urban centres across the state.

Jun 26, 2014

Economy·News & Analysis

Review: Capital in the Twenty-First Century – Thomas Picketty

The serious strategists of capitalism vaguely recognise that the future of capitalism is threatened by growing inequality. When the head of the IMF and the governor of the Bank of England join in the chorus demanding 'something should be done' or 'stability'

Jun 26, 2014

News & Analysis·The North

Gerry Conlon – victim of capitalist repression & fighter

The death of Gerry Conlon in Belfast has been met with mass sympathy across the world as people are reminded of the vile injustice of the British capitalist state against the Guildford Four and the Maguire Seven.

Jun 25, 2014

News & Analysis·Workplace News

Right to strike under threat

If this goes unchallenged it represents a reversal for the trade union movement of a principle won in legislation over 100 years ago that unions could not be made liable for bosses loss of income arising from trade disputes.

Jun 24, 2014

Environment·Featured Articles·World News

Climate change – preparing for war

The quickening pace of global warming poses a threat to US national security, says a leading, federally-funded military research organisation

Jun 23, 2014

Joe Higgins column·Latest·News & Analysis

Labour’s sell-out

An opinion Poll in early June showed the Labour Party with 4% support nationally. This is a measure of how comprehensively that party has disappointed those who voted for it in the 2011 General Election.

Jun 23, 2014

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review: Jimmy’s Hall directed by Ken Loach

How dangerous could a parish hall with dance nights, boxing, singing lessons, poetry and art classes be? Ken Loaches new film “Jimmy’s Hall” shows how dangerous the Catholic Church considered one they didn’t control. The film is based on the true story

Jun 20, 2014

Joe Higgins column·Latest·News & Analysis

Joe Higgins TD on Banking Inquiry Nomination

The government’s actions in cobbling together a majority on the Committee has been unbelievably crude and hamfisted. However, while this has shown to the world the cynical manoeuvrings that go on among the establishment political parties in the Oireachtas as they jockey

Jun 17, 2014

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