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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

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Fans outraged : FAI Must Make Statement On Rent Claims

Press release – Ruth Coppinger TD, member of Oireachtas Committee on Transport & Sport and Socialist Party member Fans outraged : FAI Must Make Statement On Rent Claims * Call To Open FAI Books & Allow Inspection by Workers’ Representatives *. Sack

Mar 26, 2019

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Film Review: If Beale Street Could Talk

Directed by Barry Jenkins Reviewed by Emily Belton If Beale Street Could Talk is based on James Baldwin’s 1974 novel of the same name. The film is set in New York City in the early 1970s and centres around 19-year-old Tish Rivers

Mar 18, 2019

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From the Classroom to the Streets: School students move into action

By Haritha Olaganathan We’ve all heard it before – on the 25 May 2018 over 1.4 million people voted in support of the pregnant person’s right to choose. Over the next year, this figure of 66.4% would be exhausted in the media;

Mar 16, 2019

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Shining a light on the rigged capitalist economy

By Megan Brady The State We Are In: Inequality in Ireland Today, a report recently published by TASC, an economic think-tank, has shone a spotlight on the appalling levels of inequality that exist in Ireland today. These inequalities are a direct result

Mar 15, 2019

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Brexit: Trade unionists must stand for workers’ unity

By Kevin Henry As we go to press, it is over 750 days since the Stormont institutions collapsed in the wake of the RHI. This figure is likely to rise considerably, given the sectarian games of both the DUP and Sinn Féin

Mar 10, 2019

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Another attack on the unemployed: Abolish JobPath now!

By Kieran Mahon The collapse into administration of Working Links, one of the companies involved in the provision of the Jobpath “work activation” scheme, is a welcome one for those who have to deal with the Department of Social Protection. At least

Mar 9, 2019

Environment·Featured Articles·News & Analysis

Climate change: Why capitalism is the problem

“Climate over Capitalism!” was the call of hundreds of school students in Manchester, protesting for effective measures to tackle climate change. This call is echoed throughout Europe in a myriad of school student protests in the past number of months writes Megan

Mar 7, 2019

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International Women’s Day 2019: The case for socialist feminism

By Keishia Taylor International Women’s Day was established by socialist women as a day of struggle against oppression and exploitation meted out by the capitalist system. A hundred years later, we have won the vote and equal rights by law, but women

Mar 5, 2019

What kind of trade union movement we need

By Michael O’Brien When the nurses and midwives embarked upon their strike action it was clear that they were not just up against the government, the HSE and a right-wing media. Unfortunately, they effectively found themselves up against the leaderships of other

Mar 2, 2019

Environment·News & Analysis

Food production, climate change and capitalism

By Ben Samson Food production is the biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the primary contributor to ecosystem destruction and biodiversity loss. In 2050, it’s estimated that the global population will have risen to 10 billion, placing an even greater strain on

Feb 28, 2019

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