Uncategorized- Page 2

Opposing the capitalist hellscape – why we joined Solidarity

Below a number of those that have joined Solidarity recently explain why they joined us. “We’re living in a world marked by violence, discrimination, exploitation, and countless other forms of injustice. Despite the rhetoric of right-wing politicians seeking to justify these conditions,

Aug 6, 2026

Uncategorized·World News

Bolsonaro defeated

Statement by LSR, ISA in Brazil (our sister organisation in Brazil) Bolsonaro was defeated in the Brazilian presidential elections. This represents a victory for the workers and all poor and oppressed people. The victory of Lula, the candidate of the Workers Party (PT)

Oct 31, 2022

News & Analysis·Uncategorized

Shameful treatment of Ukrainian refugees – Build public homes for all

By Manus Lenihan A few days ago refugees from Ukraine and other countries had to sleep in Dublin airport because there wasn’t a bed for them anywhere in the state. Over the weekend people who had just escaped from war were queuing

Oct 27, 2022

Uncategorized·World News

Al Jazeera shines spotlight on anti-Corbyn slander campaign

By Robert Cosgrave Al Jazeera has produced a three-part docu-series dealing with the years when the Labour Party was led by Jeremy Corbyn and the campaign of lies and slander that was hurled against him by the Blairite right wing of the

Oct 9, 2022

News & Analysis·Uncategorized

Maynooth student centre: We were robbed – what should we do about the €150 levy?

Text of Socialist Party leaflet given out at today’s protest organised by Maynooth University Students Union In 1999, a student referendum introduced a new ‘special capitation fee’ of £40 per year per student to initiate and provide 50% of funding for the

Oct 6, 2022

Socialist Feminism·Uncategorized·World News

28 September: International Safe Abortion Day – no going back!

Statement by ROSA International and International Socialist Alternative Lawyers being brought in before treating ectopic pregnancies. Cancer patients denied life saving treatment because they are pregnant. Sexual assault victims in the emergency room denied the morning after pill. Within weeks of the

Sep 28, 2022

Uncategorized·World News

Britain: Chris Kaba was murdered by the Met Police

Chris Thorley, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) On the evening of 5 September, Chris Kaba, a 24-year-old unarmed black man was shot dead driving through the streets of London. A single bullet had been fired through his

Sep 22, 2022

Uncategorized·World News

China: Mortgage revolt shakes government

By chinaworker.info China is being shaken by a new resistance movement. Tens of thousands of mortgage rebels have announced they will no longer pay back their housing loans for unfinished apartments they cannot live in. Announced on social media just a few

Aug 15, 2022

Theory & History·Uncategorized

Imperialism and war: The outgrowth of global capitalist competition

War in Ukraine and the growing geo-political rivalry between China and the United States, which is tantamount to a new cold war between the two powers, are illustrative of the effect of imperialism on the world today. Finn McKenna reviews the Marxist

Aug 10, 2022

LGBTQ·News & Analysis·Uncategorized

Resisting the backlash & building the movement for LGBTQ liberation

There is a developing right-wing backlash against the rights of the LGBTQ community, particularly trans people, here in Ireland and globally. Conor Payne analyses this phenomena, and how homophobia and transphobia are bound up with the existence of capitalism. In April 2022,

Aug 8, 2022

Anti-war·Featured Articles·Uncategorized·World News

War and its consequences: Five months after the invasion of Ukraine

Editorial statement from issue 8 of Socialist World, the theoretical journal of the International Socialist Alternative War in Ukraine is now entering its six month. Entire cities such as Mariupol and Severodonetsk have been annihilated. Thousands of civilians and tens of thousands

Aug 4, 2022

Previous 1 2 3 4 … 60 Next