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.
16 months since the killing of George Nkencho – the fight for truth and justice continues
By Aoife Coppinger George Nkencho, a young black man who lived in Dublin 15, was shot dead by Gardaí on 30 December 2020 outside his front door a mere 20 minutes after encountering them. George was going through a mental health crisis
Cost of living crisis: We need price controls and pay rises!
By Catherine Finnegan With inflation reaching a near 40-year high of 6.7% in March 2022, the cost-of-living crisis is now firmly a reality for all sections of society, but like all crises, working-class and poor people are being hit hardest. Food prices
115 deaths in homelessness: A shameful indictment of the Government
By Finn McKenna The tragic news of 115 deaths of homeless people in the last year is another serious indictment of this government, which seems increasingly indifferent to the crisis. The data, released as part of a Freedom of Information request, is
Solidarity with refugees – demand homes & services for all
By Jonathan Diebold Putin’s bloody war in Ukraine has unleashed untold hardship on the country’s 44 million people. It has also created Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II and is the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world today. Over
P&O Ferries: Nationalise and save jobs
By Michael O’Brien The sacking last month, by video message, of 800 UK-based employees of P&O Ferries has unleashed a wave of anger among trade unionists and workers generally. The objective of the company is to replace its former workforce with agency
Glasgow Equal Pay victory against SNP’s sexist hypocrisy
By Daisy Crump and Paul Moorhouse, Socialist Alternative in Scotland Glasgow City Council’s public relations team spent the first week of March flooding social media with posts telling us that ‘The Glasgow Family is once again supporting International Women’s Day (IWD)… the
North: Springtime of discontent – co-ordinated action can win real pay rises
Editorial from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party in the North “SPRINGTIME OF DISCONTENT” was the headline carried by the Belfast Newsletter on 1 April 2022. An apt description of the current wave of industrial unrest and a warning to the
Northern Assembly elections: We need a socialist alternative to sectarian division
By Daniel Waldron THE OVERARCHING nature of the Assembly election on 5 May will, unfortunately, be deeply sectarian. Sinn Féin will appeal to Catholic voters to return them as the largest party, which they pose as a step towards securing a border
O’Devaney Gardens: Vulture funds given go-ahead to sweep in
By Dan O’Rourke ‘Vulture Funds’ will now be able to purchase up to 524 homes in the O’Devaney Gardens housing development following a decision by An Bord Pleanála. This reverses a previous decision by the planning body, made in September 2021, which
Solidarity with LGBTQ community against homophobic & transphobic violence
The horrific murders of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee in Sligo this week — crimes that appear to be motivated by an insidious hatred of LGBTQ people — have provoked an outpouring of grief, disgust, and anger. The Socialist Party sends our