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.
Transphobia in Sport: Right-wing myths cover Up Chronic Underfunding
By Éveline and Koerian (ISA in Belgium) The right of transgender women to participate in sporting activities is being questioned. Last year, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) and World Rugby, among others, banned transgender women from participating in their competitions. Several U.S. states have
Trans Healthcare – misinformation is an attack on our liberation
By Miranda Stewart As the capitalist system struggles for a stability that can never come, right-wing backlash against marginalised people has found momentum. Attacks on transgender and intersex people’s rights are part of that backlash. As with right-wing conspiratorial rhetoric about care
RTÉ payments scandal: The corporate rot in the national broadcaster
By Mick Barry €345,000 in secret payments to Ryan Tubridy… €138,000 from the same slush fund for IRFU tickets for corporate clients… €111,000 for Rugby World Cup tickets for corporate clients… €26,000 for Champions League final tickets for corporate clients… €5,000 spent
Tech company Intercom drops support for Pride and “divisive” LGBTQ+ rights
By Drew Freyne Intercom, a billion-dollar Irish tech company, faces employee unrest following its recent decision to end support for Pride celebrations and employee resource groups (ERG). ERGs are put in place to support minority or otherwise marginalised workers in large organisations.
Solidarity with Tara Mines workers’ blockade — nationalise the zinc mine!
By Donal Devlin At the time of writing, over 650 Tara Mines workers outside Navan, Co. Meath are blockading their workplace defiantly defending their jobs and livelihoods. They are members of SIPTU, Connect and Unite trade unions. These jobs have been in
Environment: War causes untold damage to the environment
By Walter Chambers, International Socialist Alternative The immediate and horrific humanitarian costs of the war in Ukraine are measured in the number of fatalities and wounded caused by the fighting and continuous bomb attacks on Ukraine’s cities, as well as in the
Iceland workers frozen out by bosses occupy Talbot Street store
By Drew Freyne Staff at the Iceland Store on Talbot Street, Dublin, have been occupying the shop since Monday evening in a dispute over unpaid wages. Iceland, owned by Metron Stores Limited, has debts of €36 million and was declared insolvent last
Queer Lives under attack – Resist the right wing backlash this Pride
Last month, a video of a horrific attack on a 14 year-old gay student in Navan by a group of students was posted on social media. The victim was hospitalised and suffered severe facial injuries. The video resulted in the arrest of
“A Pillar of Strength” – Anti-oppression struggles and the revolutionary process
Reflections on Marxism and Oppression By Laura Fitzgerald “We must lead the struggle of the politically oppressed and unfree female sex into the broad course of proletarian liberation, just as we do that of oppressed peoples and nationalities. The demand for women
Government policies a boon to the repulsive & dangerous agenda of the far right
By James McCabe No fewer than 125 anti-refugee protests have occurred in Dublin alone this year. Asylum seekers in Clare have been subject to organised intimidation, while a proposed refugee centre in Donegal was set on fire. Far-right groups are ratcheting up