News & Analysis- Page 61

Pilgrim strike: Support the strike and change the food industry

By Paddy Meehan Food workers at the Enniskillen-based Pilgrim Foods took all-out industrial action on 2 September 2026 to fight for a decent pay rise from a deeply profitable company. Workers took action after weeks of negotiating, and previous industrial action had

Sep 13, 2026

The North·Theory & History

50 years since internment – what did Marxists say?

By Kevin Henry This week marks the fiftieth anniversary of Operation Demetrius and the start of internment without trial, introduced by the reactionary Unionist government at Stormont and the British state. This brutal repressive action saw hundreds of innocent, working-class people rounded

Aug 13, 2021

Campaigns & Issues·Environment·World News

IPCC’s report shows climate cannot wait — fight for a socialist alternative!

By Robert Bielecki, Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna — ISA in Sweden The new major climate report from the UN’s climate panel, IPCC, is a devastating indictment of the world’s rulers and the capitalist system. It is warmer now than it has been for 100,000

Aug 12, 2021

News & Analysis·Workplace News

Two new reports find hospitality sector rife with exploitation

By Finn McKenna Before Covid reached Ireland it was an established fact that young people are facing a future precarity, but the pandemic has worsened this prospect. Nowhere is this more evident than in the hospitality and retail sector, where exploitative conditions

Aug 11, 2021

#Merriongate: Another calamity for the out-of-touch establishment

By Pádraig O’Flynn Appointments made with a nod and a wink to state boards have no place in our democracy. – K. Zappone, 2015 Irish civil servants in the relevant departments will have been scurrying frantically in the last few days to

Aug 7, 2021

News & Analysis

Dublin Skaters VS The Temple Bar

By Finn McKenna Readers may be familiar with the events of 28 July, where an alleged assault of two teenage skateboarders by door staff of the Temple Bar pub took place. Video footage circulated online capturing the event, which resulted in mass

Aug 4, 2021

Campaigns & Issues·Equality·News & Analysis

Oppression & the Olympics: How can we challenge discrimination in sport?

By Aoife Coppinger The Norway Beach Handball team went viral recently after they were fined by the European Handball Federation for wearing shorts instead of bikini bottoms, with the organisation stating that it was “improper clothing”. Team captain Katinka Haltvik said that

Aug 3, 2021

Environment·Featured Articles·World News

Climate change: Prepare for mass protests at COP26

By Connor Rosoman, International Socialist Alternative We are living through a decisive period in the fight against climate change. A recently leaked report from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned that at current rates, we are heading for 3C of

Aug 1, 2021

News & Analysis

Katherine Zappone rewarded for loyal service to the establishment

By Michael O’Brien What Ireland lacks in a UK system of honours, knighthoods and peerages is made up for in some measure by government appointments of their favourites to various paid statutory, board and ad hoc paying positions. Katherine Zappone’s appointment as

Jul 29, 2021

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Review: The Mauritian directed by Kevin Macdonald

By Robert Ruane This is the harrowing, inspirational and true story of a prisoner who spent 14 years in Guantánamo Bay without a single charge against him and while experiencing extremely inhuman treatment. The director Kevin Macdonald splits the film into three

Jul 28, 2021

Environment·News & Analysis

Climate catastrophe: A socialist world is needed- now more than ever

The following is an extract from a speech given by Socialist Party member, Haritha Olaganathan at “The Rally for a Socialist World” (link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPdWsEuUIzw) organised by International Socialist Alternative. I’m really looking forward to the mobilisation in Glasgow in November [protests

Jul 27, 2021

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