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.
Golfgaters exonerated, while socialist-feminist activist fined for socially-distanced protest
By Steph Lacey On 19 August 2020 a two-day event was organised by The Oireachtas Golf Society in the Station House Hotel in Clifden, Co. Galway, which included past and present members of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, Independent TDs, the European
From one barista to another: Sending solidarity to the United States!
The following is a letter from Amy Ferguson to Starbucks workers organizing in the U.S. Amy is a barista in the North branch secretary of Unite the Union’s Northern Ireland Hospitality Branch, as well as being a member of the Socialist Party.
International Women’s Day 2022: Out of the shadows into the streets
By Harper Cleves The socialist feminist revolutionaries that established International Women’s Day were inspired by young immigrant women garment workers in New York City who instigated an 11 week strike in 1909 against exploitation and gender oppression. Moving into 2022, history seems
Tweeting bile & hate: What Doug Beattie’s tweets say about the political establishment in the North
By Amy Ferguson Ulster Unionist Party leader, Doug Beattie, has been dragged into the spotlight over a chain of old (and despicable) tweets depicting his own sexist, racist and ableist attitudes. These range from racial slurs to ‘jokes’ about women’s role being
Review: Belfast directed by Kenneth Branagh
Reviewed by Eoin Dawson Kenneth Branagh’s biopic, Belfast, released in January 2022 to much applause. But for many Belfast natives, it fell flat. The film opens like an on-screen city break brochure, with all the modern visual icons, before fading to black
“Derry – This was murder”: 50 years since Bloody Sunday
By Sean Burns Sunday, 30 January 1972 saw one of the bloodiest and most callous atrocities committed during the Troubles. In an event that would become known as Bloody Sunday, British paratroopers (paras) fired indiscriminate live rounds into a crowd of unarmed
Covid 19-Government lifts restrictions but global pandemic continues
By Conor Payne On Friday, 21 January, Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced the sudden abandonment of most Covid restrictions. Limits on capacity and opening times in hospitality and other venues were lifted, as were the restrictions on numbers at sports events, concerts etc.
Too many tragedies: Mental health epidemic must be urgently addressed
By Finn Mc Kenna The recent tragic, untimely death of Shane O’Connor, son of musicians Donal Lunny and Shuhada Sadaqat / Sineád O’Connor, reverberated throughout society. The profile of the musicians has no doubt contributed to the widespread response and outpouring of
Solidarity with the sit-in: Save Regina Coeli Hostel
By Dagmar Walgraeve The staff and residents of Regina Coeli hostel in Belfast began a ‘sit in’ on 12 January after they were told that the facility is due to close in the next few weeks. As the sole women-only hostel in
End gender violence & this misogynistic system
Text of Socialist Party leaflet given out today at the “Never Again, Not One More” protests against gender-based violence organised by ROSA Socialist Feminist Movement in Cork and Dublin. Since the horrific murder of Ashling Murphy tens of thousands have participated in