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.
Climate catastrophe demands a revolutionary struggle for democratic socialism
By Arne Johansson, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna — ISA in Sweden The pitiful outcome of the Glasgow climate summit, COP26, has been greeted with anger and frustration by the world’s climate activists. Completely inadequate and ineffective market solutions mean a continued rapidly shrinking “carbon
Limerick: Far-right defeated in anti-fascist counter-protest
By Mary Cahillane A successful counter-protest to the far-right was organised in Limerick on Saturday 18 December. About a hundred people, mainly young people, members of the LGBTQ+ community and Socialist Party members gathered to face down Hermann Kelly’s Irish ‘Freedom’ Party
United States: High school students walkout against sexual violence
By Ginger Jentzen Thousands of students from dozens of high schools across the country have staged walkouts against sexual assault and harassment since returning to in-person classes. According to data from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, reported incidents
Review: Dopesick – a look into the psychopathy of capitalism
By Fiona Ryan Dopesick hit streaming platforms in November and has shocked audiences with its broadly factual take on the machinery behind OxyContin and the wide scale misery caused by addiction to the drug. Dopesick chronicles the rise of the so-called “miracle
Truckers blockade Dublin Port: Why all workers should support them
By Dan O’Rourke Truck drivers associated with the ‘Irish Truckers Haulage Association Against Fuel Prices’ blockaded Dublin port on Monday in protest against rising fuel costs, fuel rebate and inflation. This is the second protest by the group after truckers drove into
Supermac’s boss dislikes PUP exposing crap jobs & pay
By Jonathan Diebold Multi-millionaire Supermac’s owner Pat McDonagh attacked recipients of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), saying it has “caused people to get a bit lazy,” reported RTÉ at the end of November. In spite of acknowledging reasons like the level of
Put students’ physical & mental health first: cancel Leaving Cert 2022
By Conor Tormey, 6th year student As it was in 2020 and 2021, Leaving Cert students are currently facing the prospect of sitting a full Leaving Cert with very little changes made to the exams, while also coping with a years-long global
A Socialist Climate Action Plan — For a World on Fire
Introduction We face the biggest threat to humanity in history. It is beyond all doubt, as reaffirmed by the latest IPCC report, that we are in the throes of a devastating existential climate and ecological crisis, caused by human activity — or
Review: Elsewhere directed by Michael Gallen
By Finn McKenna Elsewhere, the opera by Michael Gallen based around the Monaghan Soviet which ran in the Abbey Theatre (15-20 November), was somehow both unique and familiar. It was also surreal, absurd and a performance that this reviewer has no yardstick
Dublin City Council gives more public land to private developers
By Michael O’Brien, former Dublin City Councillor The effective giveaway of the Dublin City Council-owned plot of land on the Oscar Traynor Road in Coolock is the latest episode of a saga that has been ongoing for seven years, ever since the