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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

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Uncategorized

Low pay, high rent: Squeeze on young workers

By Ewan Fitzgerald With society slowly reopening, and with the threat of the Delta variant very present, young workers who have not yet been vaccinated face the most risks to their health as they are forced to return to the workplace. They

Jul 5, 2021

Campaigns & Issues·Environment·World News

North America: Heatwave hell leaves death and destruction

By member of Socialist Alternative, our sister organisation in Canada The hottest place in Canada, Lytton BC, has burned to the ground. The mayor of the small village in the Fraser Canyon said “it would be a miracle if everyone made it

Jul 5, 2021

News & Analysis

The unending housing crisis: Break with the capitalist market

By Fiona Ryan The housing crisis is the most urgent issue facing young people today. Two generations face a housing market where homeownership is a fantasy and the ability to rent extortionately priced housing is beyond many people’s grasp. This is fuelled

Jul 3, 2021

News & Analysis

Free Britney & fight for the freedom of all women

By Keishia Taylor Britney Spears has cruelly been denied her request to end her legal conservatorship after courageously giving explosive testimony about her years of abuse and coercion under this nightmarish regime. At the hands of her father and other vultures, Britney

Jul 2, 2021

Covid-19 Pandemic·News & Analysis

Hospitality bosses lobby again for pre-mature re-opening

By Michael O’Brien The loud voices from the hospitality lobby went into hiding in the new year. This was after the “meaningful Christmas” promised by Micheál Martin, which led to the easing of restrictions in December, contributed to skyrocketing levels of infections

Jul 1, 2021

LGBTQ·Uncategorized

Munich protests against anti-LGBTQI law in Hungary

By SAV (our sister organisation in Germany) During Pride Month 2021, the Hungarian government under Victor Orbán passed a new law that strengthens discrimination against LGBTQI people. Insidiously, the law not only targets LGBTQI people but also mixes this with the issue

Jun 29, 2021

News & Analysis

What lies behind the Mica scandal?

By Catherine Finnegan Thousands of people marched on Dublin’s Convention Centre on 15 June to call for 100% redress for homes affected by the mineral mica. Over 6,000 homes were built throughout the 1990s and early 2000s with defective blocks containing high

Jun 28, 2021

News & Analysis

Sinn Féin refuse to oppose repressive legislation

By Mick Barry and Finghín Kelly The Offences Against the State Act was renewed by the Dáil on 23 June on a vote of 86-7. Sinn Féin deputies left the chamber immediately before the vote and did not participate or vote against

Jun 27, 2021

National Maternity Hospital must be 100% public, secular & progressive

The resounding two-thirds majority vote in the 2018 repeal referendum vote was undeniably a vote for both abortion rights, and more generally for a progressive, secular Ireland. Building on the Marriage Equality vote that affirmed LGBTQ rights, it represented a watershed rejection

Jun 26, 2021

Workplace News·World News

Amazon UK destroys 130,000 goods a week: A system built on waste

By Finn McKenna “’A leaked document showed more than 124,000 items marked as ‘Destroy’ in just a week… This is just ONE warehouse. If you have a system where this is possible — and even profitable — that’s a clear sign that

Jun 24, 2021

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