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Trump in Ireland: No welcome for the imperialist predator-in-chief

The Irish government rolling out the red carpet for Donald Trump to is an insult to all the victims of Trump and his regime, including: This week, the far-right AfD in Germany made a breakthrough in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, at 44%

Sep 10, 2026

News & Analysis

Public housing – money & land is there, political will isn’t

By Robert Cosgrave The worst housing crisis in the history of the state goes from one catastrophic figure to another. Over 14,000 people in the state are living in emergency accommodation, with 4,200 children condemned to growing up in homelessness. On top

Aug 16, 2024

Anti-racism·News & Analysis·The North

North: Oppose the lies and violence of the far right – build a movement of anti-fascist resistance

CW racism; Islamophobia; racist violence; gender violence *As this statement was being finalised, news broke that homes have now been attacked in North Belfast. Our thoughts are with all those affected. There is no room in society for this kind of racist

Aug 6, 2024

News & Analysis·Palestine solidarity

Six week UCC Palestine solidarity encampment wins important concessions

By Mikey Rose, participant in the UCC encampment and Socialist Party member In the last ten months, the global response to the genocide in Gaza has sparked a wave of solidarity actions and protests worldwide. Strikes by port workers in Greece, Italy,

Aug 3, 2024

Socialist Feminism·World News

Right wing lies target athletes at Olympics

By Conor Tormey *trigger warning* Transphobia, misogyny Since the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics right-wing queerphobic attacks have permeated the event. This includes the opening ceremony including drag queens inspired by Greek mythology which were described by conservatives as “satanic” and

Aug 2, 2024

Anti-racism·Comment & Other·News & Analysis

Sinn Féin, immigration and a further shift to the right – PBP should cease advocating for SF

By Eddie McCabe Sinn Féin’s official review of its poor results in the local and European elections not surprisingly singled out immigration as being the decisive issue in it losing the ‘trust and support’ of its base. This analysis fits neatly into

Jul 30, 2024

Environment·News & Analysis·The North

Lough Neagh: A case study in how capitalism kills the environment

By Oisín Hill Lough Neagh, Ireland’s largest body of freshwater, and the source of 40% of the North’s drinking water, is set for another year of poisoning by toxic blue-green algae. In summer 2023 a “bloom” of toxic sludge, formed from thick

Jul 25, 2024

News & Analysis·Socialist Feminism

A Marxist International must be socialist feminist

Why the Socialist Party has disaffiliated from International Socialist Alternative (ISA) CW: Contains reference to an egregiously mishandled safeguarding case The egregious mishandling of a safeguarding case in the [redacted]* section of ISA, and the subsequent decisions by slim majorities in international

Jul 23, 2024

Racist violence in Coolock – homes and services for all, not far-right division

By Michael O’Brien The vast majority of working-class people in Coolock, Darndale, across Dublin and the country, will be horrified by the racist violence around the old Crown Paint factory on the Malahide Road over the last week. These events will intensify

Jul 22, 2024

News & Analysis

Oppose the draconian and racist attacks on the rights of naturalised citizens

By Jonathan Diebold Why did a bill ostensibly on judges’ pensions, crammed through the Dáil at breakneck pace, raise serious concerns with human rights organisations? One particular amendment to the opaquely named “Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill,”

Jul 18, 2024

LGBTQ·News & Analysis

Ban on puberty blockers in UK to be kept: Labour’s transphobia exposed

By Conor Tormey Last week, Wes Streeting, the Labour Party Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, announced that the Labour government would keep the emergency ban on Puberty blockers. This was announced in a high court statement regarding a legal

Jul 17, 2024

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