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.
Government shamefully clears homeless refugees from Mount St encampment ahead of Patrick’s Day
By Conor Tormey On the weekend of the St Patrick’s Day festival in Dublin hundreds of refugees, forced to live on the streets in tents – mainly concentrated around the International Protection office on Mount Street – were moved from the city
Alienation, distrust and disabled activists rising — how the government lost the referendums
The most significant and noteworthy development in the Family and Care referendums that were resoundingly rejected on 8 March 2024, was the emergence of a powerful grassroots movement of disabled activists, resolutely demanding their full rights. This dynamic, aided also by carers
Irish artists pull out of SXSW festival in solidarity with Palestine
By Finn McKenna On 10 March, Belfast Irish-language rap artists Kneecap announced that they would not be performing at this summer’s SXSW festival in Austin Texas. Within two days, all ten Irish acts scheduled to perform at the festival pulled out. One
Socialist Feminists rise up: Against genocide & the fascist threat
The text of the Socialist Party leaflet for International Women’s Day 2024 On 29 February, Israeli forces opened fire on malnourished Palestinians in Gaza gathering at aid trucks in what has now been dubbed ‘the flour massacre.’ Over 100 were killed, leaving
The mounting crises facing third level students
By Conor Tormey The government’s disdain for students and young people continues as students face the mounting cost of living, the mental health crisis that the existing pitiful services are unable to cope with, and the student accommodation crisis. Private accommodation chaos
Our stance on the Care Referendum & the rights of disabled people – statement from Ruth Coppinger & Mick Barry TD
After listening to the real concerns raised by disabled people and having discussions about how disabled activists feel that the Care Referendum can negatively effect them, we have decided to change our stance in that referendum to a No. We have had
Dublin City: Oversupply of offices amidst major shortage of houses
By Jonathan Diebold Capitalism, some say, is the most efficient economic system in human history, apparently because it can respond to consumer demands quickly. It might be worth introducing such people to the housing crisis in Ireland, where the system has responded
Stormont restored – can it last?
By Kevin Henry After two years of boycott by the DUP, Stormont has now been restored with the election of Speaker, First and Deputy First Minister and of a four-party Executive, involving every party entitled to join the Executive on the basis
No shamrocks for Genocide Joe – no greenwashing of US imperialism
By Harper Cleves When Joe Biden mistakenly referred to the Israeli invasion of Rafah as “our military operation” – this was more than a slip of the tongue; it reflected the reality that US imperialism has played a decisive role in this
Far-right’s roots in capitalist chaos – no time to lose in the fight back
By Laura Fitzgerald “It’s too ridiculous to take seriously and too serious to be ridiculous”. In Naomi Klein’s latest best seller Doppelganger (2023), she returns frequently to this Philip Roth tidbit in grappling to sum up the conspiracy theory rightists and the