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.
Iran: Justice for Zhina (Mahsa) Amini! Down with the Clerical Regime
Statement by ISA (International Socialist Alternative–the Socialist Party is the Irish section of ISA) & ROSA International Socialist Feminists The killing of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini, a young Kurdish woman, by the “morality police” in Iran provoked a new, bold and explosive movement
Minimum wage: 80c increase is an insult
By Jonathan Diebold “Young workers in Ireland are financially worse off than their parents. Workers in their 20s are – in real terms – earning less than they did in the 1990s and 2000s.” These are the stark findings of the May
EU toys with windfall tax: Nationalise profiteering energy companies now!
By Finghin Kelly This week, European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen addressed the European Parliament in the annual ‘state of the union’ address. In that address, she said that the energy market “is not functioning anymore” and that the Commission will
Statement on Queen’s death, King’s ‘ascension’ and the British monarchy
On 8 September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died, ending the longest reign of any British monarch. In Northern Ireland, her death, the events around it, the actions of the establishment as well as how the worker’s movement responds can have significant consequences.
5,000 protest cost of living crisis in Cork
By Martina Stafford As bills keep on rising and the winter gets closer, up to 5,000 people gathered in Cork City on Saturday, 17 September, to say enough is enough. There were speakers from community groups, political parties, water workers, Unite the
It’s a cost of survival crisis: Take on the profiteers
Text of the Socialist Party leaflet on the cost of living crisis. Ordinary people are beginning to fight back against the devastating cost of living crisis. From early next year, households could face average gas and electricity bills of €6,000, on top
China’s heatwave “the most severe ever recorded in the world”
Hong Liuxing, chinaworker.info Temperatures have risen as high as 45C degrees. Extreme heat of over 40C has been recorded for more than 70 days in a row, affecting 900m people. New Scientist magazine declared it the “the most severe ever recorded in the
The media-hyped case of bigot Enoch Burke
By Ollie Bell On 5 September, Enoch Burke was jailed for contempt of court. This was following an order by Judge Miriam O’Regan for his arrest last Friday, 2 Sept, after he had failed to show up to court for breaching an
Workers deserve real cost of living pay rises!
Text of the Socialist Party leaflet on the public sector pay deal. The call was clear from workers across all the public service union conferences earlier this year – real cost of living pay rises was demanded to match the galloping rate
Reject viral misogynist Andrew Tate and his toxic ideology
By Aislinn O’Keeffe Last month a number of social media corporations announced that they were banning the hateful lowlife Andrew Tate from their platforms. Of course, this hasn’t stopped videos of his content being uploaded across social media, particularly on TikTok, and