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.
Case dismissed against Limerick socialist feminist activist
By Aislinn O’Keeffe In May 2021 I received a fine in the post from An Garda Síochana to the tune of €500. With this fine, Gardaí alleged that I was an ‘Event Organiser’ under the Covid emergency legislation put in place by
North: Mounting evidence exposes “systemic” collusion
By Kevin Henry Martin O’Hagan was a journalist and trade unionist murdered in 2001. He was murdered for bravely writing, despite death threats, articles exposing of the loyalist paramilitaries, particularly the murderous sectarian gang known as the Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF). At
The misogyny of the Irish state – why the establishment parties are no allies of women
By Isidora Duran Stewart While the public response to the murders of Sabina Nessa, Sarah Everard, Ashling Murphy and more has been astronomical, the same questions are being posed: why are things getting worse and not better? Why have cases of gender-based
It’s a ‘cost-of-survival’ crisis
By Conor Burke In a short period of time, the cost of essentials such as food and fuel have skyrocketed. Working-class people are faced with a cost-of-living, or more accurately a cost-of-survival crisis, in their daily lives. Rising prices come on top
Chile: Constitutional Convention approves sexual and reproductive rights
By International Socialist Alternative in Chile Last Thursday night (March 10), the Constitutional Convention (CC), a body elected as part of the process to draw up a new consitution, approved, by 109 votes in favor, 40 against and 5 abstentions, the articles
Do wage rises fuel inflation?
By Michael O’Brien From the point of view of the bosses there is never a good time for a pay rise! In the context of inflation being at its highest in decades, a particular line of argument from employers, echoed in the
Corporate destruction pushes Amazon rainforest to ‘dieback’ tipping point
By Dan O’Rourke The Amazon rainforest, the planet’s crucible of biodiversity, has been pushed by profit-based exploitation towards a chain reaction of “dieback”. A recent study has confirmed that the Amazon is reaching a tipping point in which trees die off en
US / NATO: Hypocrites & false friends of Ukrainian people
By Conor Payne Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has horrified the world because of the brutal bombardment of cities, the creation of a new refugee crisis and because of the clear imperialist ambitions which underlie the whole project. At the same time we
International Women’s Day 2022: War, gender violence, the soaring cost of living – Capitalism is crisis
Text of the Socialist Party leaflet for International Women’s Day 2022 We condemn Putin’s invasion and stand in solidarity with the suffering working people of Ukraine and the growing anti-war movement in Russia. This war, along with NATO’s militarism in Eastern Europe,
Sinn Féin preparing for power in the South: Can it deliver real change?
For many months now support for Sinn Féin in the South has been elevated in opinion polls, reaching as high as 35% and raising the prospect of it leading the next government with Mary Lou McDonald as Taoiseach. Posed by some as