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.
Nurses & midwives deserve better: no more poverty wages & unbearable conditions
By Catherine Finnegan Despite being nearly two years into the pandemic that has put healthcare workers at huge risk, nurses and midwives continue to be cruelly underpaid and overworked. The latest surge of Covid-19 threatens to overwhelm the health service, but nurses
Cork students protest racism in school
By Brian McCarthy A large anti-racist protest was organised by school students at Glanmire Community College (GCC) in Cork on Friday, 12 November. The protest was about the fact that two students have been suspended for speaking out against racism. Many students
No more data centres: stop kowtowing to the interests of Big Tech
By James McCabe The government has refused to rule out the possibility of electricity blackouts this winter. At a time of exponential rises in the price of electricity and gas for ordinary households, it has become apparent that data centres are creating
ISA statement on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
ISA’s International Women’s Bureau and ROSA International 2021 has been another year of struggle against sexism, LGBTQphobia and racism, including mass protests and strikes, inspiring examples of solidarity being built amongst workers of all genders. At the Mercedes plant in the Basque
Inflation & the cost of living crisis: cut profits not pay!
By Harry Matthews As 2021 draws to close, it feels like we are lurching from one crisis to another. Perhaps it’s because we are. One year on from our first Christmas lockdown and our health system is on the brink with ICU
‘Blah, Blah Blah’ from Stormont on the climate crisis
“Blah, blah, blah” is how Greta Thunberg has described what we get from politicians across the world. This is strikingly seen at the COP26 climate conference where world leaders “lobbied” to water down reports which expose the urgency of the climate crisis.
International socialists mobilise in Glasgow for COP26 protests
By Marie O’Toole, ISA COP26 organising team World leaders have been gathering in Glasgow these past two weeks for the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in order to give the global capitalist system a fresh coat of green paint. What was always
Greenwashing at COP26
By Per Olsson, ISA Sweden The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow is a “global greenwash festival and a failure”, said Greta Thunberg when she spoke at the “Fridays For Future” event in Glasgow on 5 November. That demonstration was followed the next
SF & the Special Criminal Court: Dropping principles to gain establishment approval
By Mick Barry TD On 30 October, the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis voted to end the party’s long-standing opposition to the non-jury Special Criminal Court (SCC). The motion was put forward by the party leadership and carried by a 2-1 majority. The
Global supply chain chaos worsens
By Tom Crean, Socialist Alternative USA Over 100 container ships unable to unload in the Port of Los Angeles. Auto plants cutting production or closed because of a global shortage of microprocessor chips. A possible toilet paper shortage (again) and many goods may not