Public sector strike – a premature suspension, but the fight isn’t over
Solidarity TD, Ruth Coppinger and Solidarity Councillor, Kate Relihan on the picket lines in Dublin 15.
Joe Higgins in fight for Euro seat!
Joe Higgins, Socialist Party candidate in the Dublin European Elections constituency is fighting to win the last seat. Whereas support for Joe Higgins is increasing support for his nearest rivals for the seat Fianna Fail’s Eoin Ryan and Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou
Market system is killing our planet
By Stephen BoydA new report from the Global Humanitarian Forum warns that we are in the middle of a "silent crisis" as climate change is killing 300,000 a year. Climate change and its effects are already impacting on the world. The report
NI: Visteon occupation – Action gets results
By Peter Hadden THE WORKERS at Visteon – through their month long occupation of their factory – have written an important chapter in the history of the labour movement in Northern Ireland. Had they done as was demanded of them and meekly
Socialism – the alternative to the failed market
By Kevin McLoughlin SOCIALIST POLICIES are needed to solve the economic crisis and its devastating effects on the living standards and lives of ordinary people. Socialist policies are relevant to the key problems facing people today, the draconian pay cuts, the housing
New mass party for working class needed
By Paul Murphy “IRELAND NEEDS a new political party; one that reflects the sweeping reassessments that have taken place in the past six months, ever since the old order started to disintegrate…. One popular, coherent movement is what is required.” Justine McCarthy,
Tesco – every billion helps!
By Councillor Mick Murphy EMPLOYERS AND the government are using the economic crisis to push through cuts in workers wages and working conditions. Senior managers in modern industry, many of whom have MBAs, are well versed in managing during a crisis and
Fight back – We want you to join the Socialist Party
AS THE advert says, “Do you remember the Celtic Tiger?” – well it’s long gone and working class people are being hammered by the Celtic recession. Now is the time to get organised to fight back. The trade union leaders have again,
Environment: Planning green growth
A socialist contribution to the debate on environmental sustainability
Vote Socialist Party on June 5th
IRELAND IS experiencing the worst recession of any industrialised country since the 1930s. This is the legacy of Fianna Fail’s 12 years in power. Fianna Fail and the Greens have introduced two draconian budgets that have cost working class people thousands in