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.
Abortion decriminalised in Mexico: For the right to choose. The struggle must go on
Statement by Socialist Alternative, our sister organisation in Mexico On 6 September, the First Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation granted the appeal that Information Group for Chosen Reproduction (GIRE), a human rights organisation focused on reproductive rights,
RTE scandal: The murky world of slush funds and barter accounts
By Padraig O’Flynn Yet another report (the fifth, at last count) sparked by recent scandals at RTÉ was published recently. It’s an interim report, with a more extensive version to follow in a month or so, along with an expected price tag
Defend libraries from far-right thuggery and intimidation
By Steph Lacey Over the last few months, far-right agitators have been going into libraries and bookshops across Ireland and harassing the workers over what they claim are ‘pornographic’ books being forced on children. In reality, these books are sex education guides
#ContigoJenni Give misogyny and the anti feminist backlash the red card
By Myriam Poizat On 20 August, social media was flooded with the Women’s World Cup. It should have been with the brilliant victory of the Spanish football team (La Roja) in the final. Instead, depicted everywhere was the image of Luis Rubiales
25 years on: Has the Good Friday Agreement delivered?
The following article was first published in issue #18 of Socialist Alternative, the theoretical magazine of Socialist Party. In the previous issue of this journal we republished an article by Peter Hadden originally published in May 1998 entitled ‘Will the Agreement Bring Peace?’ Here,
Dublin City Centre: Invest in housing and services, not state repression
By Ruth Coppinger Gardaí are being given €10m extra funding and using it to tool up and have armed Gardai throughout Dublin City. This follows the highlighting of some horrific attacks on tourists. Rather than invest in the city, both in how
Interview: Leitrim organisers violently attacked by far-right forces
Last week, a number of anti-fascist and queer activists across Leitrim successfully blocked far-right scoundrels travelling up the Shannon on their ‘Sovereign Voyage to protect Childhood’, from entering local libraries and intimidating library workers. In the context of increasing attacks against LGBTQ+
Maui wildfires: Capitalism’s climate crisis is scorching the planet
By Mandy Gee, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) As of August 13, at least one thousand people are unaccounted for, and over 93 are confirmed dead in the deadliest disaster in Hawaii’s history: devastating wildfires that have wiped out thousands
Remembering Declan Kane – Water charges activist & victorious Jobstown defendant
By Councillor Kieran Mahon On 12 August friends and family said goodbye to Declan Kane. Declan is survived by his wife Lorraine, children Conor and Nicole, his parents, three siblings and four grandchildren. Deco was a family man to his core. They can
Far-right thugs stopped in their tracks in Limerick
By Steph Lacey On Thursday, 3 August, members of the Socialist Party in Limerick and other local activists successfully stopped the Far-Right from entering Limerick City Library and harassing the workers. Claiming to be on a ‘sovereign voyage to protect childhood’, the