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.
Staffing crisis worsens as public services erode
By Valerie O’Leary Poor pay and conditions, especially in the context of the cost of living crisis, and staff burnout are leading to a difficulty in retaining and recruiting public sector staff. Combined with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the
Students struggle to stay afloat in cost-of-living storm
By Aoife Coppinger On 13 October, the Union of Students in Ireland (USI), has called for a walkout to protest the cost-of-living crisis and its devastating impact on students. The Socialist Party supports the USI’s call and will be participating in the
Iran: “Woman, Life, Freedom” – A Programme to Win
As a contribution to the discussions about the way forward for the movement in Iran, ISA supporters have drafted a programme of demands. The explosive events in Iran, affecting already Iraq and Afghanistan directly, are still gaining momentum. School students, especially girls
Maynooth student centre: We were robbed – what should we do about the €150 levy?
Text of Socialist Party leaflet given out at today’s protest organised by Maynooth University Students Union In 1999, a student referendum introduced a new ‘special capitation fee’ of £40 per year per student to initiate and provide 50% of funding for the
Freeze prices, not people: ‘Pay as you go’ customers face disconnection
By Finghín Kelly With soaring prices for gas and electricity, many more households will struggle to make ends meet and pay their bills this winter. Higher tariffs kicked in this month, but even before the bills with these higher prices arrive people
#RememberSavita: 5 reasons you should march on 29 October
By Laura Fitzgerald ROSA Socialist Feminist Movement have made the call for a march for health, equality and bodily autonomy on Saturday 29 October, to commemorate Savita on the tenth anniversary of her death, with feminist, LGBTQ, anti-racist, trade union and student
Iran-Jina (Mahsa) Amini must become the symbol of working-class revolution!
By Nina Mo, International Socialist Alternative Austria The killing of a young Kurdish woman in Iran has triggered a massive wave of upheaval, protests and strikes, threatening the whole regime. With global instability for the ruling classes growing, the whole region might
Budget 2023: Minimal measures will leave thousands cold & hungry this winter
By Mick Barry TD The Government spin machine went into overdrive this week and the corporate media ran banner headlines hailing a “Giveaway Budget” and an “€11 Billion Bonanza”. While it is true that under pressure from below the Government spent more
28 September: International Safe Abortion Day – no going back!
Statement by ROSA International and International Socialist Alternative Lawyers being brought in before treating ectopic pregnancies. Cancer patients denied life saving treatment because they are pregnant. Sexual assault victims in the emergency room denied the morning after pill. Within weeks of the
US-Socialist Feminists win abortion sanctuary legislation in Wisconsin
By Socialist Alternative in Madison, our sister organisation in the United States A grassroots movement in Dane County WI, just won immediate protections for abortion rights – in direct defiance of Wisconsin’s 173-year-old abortion ban and the state’s GOP-dominated government. The abortion