News & Analysis- Page 80

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

Ruth Coppinger

Mulhuddart Community Centre workers on poverty wages – By Ruth Coppinger TD

By Ruth Coppinger TD Leo Varadkar likes to talk about people who get up early in the morning, but in his own constituency are the working poor Leo never sees. Workers at Mulhuddart Community Centre, Dublin 15 (run by Fingal County Council)

Jan 16, 2020

Socialist Feminism

No delay, gender recognition for all!

By Ollie Bell, co-founder of Trans and Intersex Pride Dublin Last November, the report of the Gender Recognition Act review revealed that the government wasn’t going to implement non-binary recognition or gender recognition for under-16s. The only real change that the review

Jan 11, 2020

Environment·Featured Articles

Australia: Climate inaction and budget cuts fuel devastating bushfires

By Jeremy Trott, Socialist Action (our sister organisation in Australia) Australia is in the grip of an extreme bushfire crisis. Record-breaking heat waves and months of drought have created the conditions for massive blazes across the country. The scale of the fires is

Jan 3, 2020

Socialist Feminism

Northern Ireland: End Gender Based Violence

By Lucy Marron Northern Ireland, tied with Romania, is the region with the highest reported rate of femicide in Europe. One-fifth of women in the North will experience domestic violence at some point in their lives, and domestic abuse crimes have increased

Nov 21, 2019

Socialist Feminism

Unfinished Business: For a Socialist Feminist Struggle to End Gender Violence

By Emma Quinn On 15 October a popular social media post in Ireland captured the prevalence of gender violence. The image showed nine headlines appearing across the mainstream media on that day including the sexual abuse of a child, intimate partner violence,

Nov 16, 2019

25 November: Socialist feminist struggle against gender violence!

“We are not silent. We are not scared. We are not obeying.” — Istanbul, Turkey — chants from protest against gender violence International Women’s Day 2019 in defiance of a state ban on the demonstration and police use of tear gas “My

Oct 30, 2019

Environment

Switzerland: Climate & women’s movements bring ‘Green Wave’ & gains for Left in federal elections

The elections to the Federal Parliament in Switzerland last weekend saw a breakthrough for the Greens; jumping to 13% of the vote and gaining 17 seats. They now hold 28 seats in the National Council (lower house) and have become, for the

Oct 25, 2019

Environment·Featured Articles

The Green New Deal & Climate Change – Why capitalism must go

The 2018/2019 school year marked the start of a global youth-led movement against climate change. Governments were pushed to declare climate emergencies and to propose action against the crisis. In this article, Myriam Poizat looks at the Green New Deal, a resolution

Oct 22, 2019

News & Analysis·Reviews and Culture

Film review: Joker – A Reflection of Modern Times?

By James McCabe Joker is an engaging film. It won the top award at the Venice Film Festival, but has also faced a wave of scorn from film critics; some of whom describe it as “irresponsible” and “toxic”. Set in the fictional Gotham

Oct 9, 2019

News & Analysis

‘Budget of Omission’ as key crises in housing, education & health ignored.

• Workers must not be made pay for Brexit – deferral of minimum wage must be opposed. • Carbon tax won’t deliver climate action & will increase fuel poverty Brexit Bailout Speaking on behalf of Solidarity and the Socialist Party, Mick Barry

Oct 8, 2019

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