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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

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Defending access to third level as a universal right

As part of a genuinely free and accessible education system, from pre-primary to fourth level, the student grant system should be open to all students, regardless of means.

Aug 24, 2012

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Kenny’s talk is cheap – his system makes children suffer

Enda Kenny announced last week that the Irish government would use their presidency of the EU Council in the first 6 months of next year to target the prevention of global child hunger. The announcement was made at a conference on the

Aug 21, 2012

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Syria: Civil war – a poisonous cocktail of interests

The suffering people of Syria stand on the brink of a precipice. Each day brings new evidence that a sectarian conflagration of terrible proportions can ensue, unless a force emerges which could hold out a realistic prospect of uniting its 22 million

Aug 20, 2012

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Wikileaks: Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador

The persecution of Wikileaks has taken another dramatic turn with its leading figure, Julian Assange, seeking political asylum in Ecuador in late June. Assange has been in Britain fighting extradition to Sweden. Extradition was expected to begin on 28 June after all

Aug 16, 2012

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Injustice in Greece: The frame up of Mark & Andreas Marku

The Justice for Mark and Andreas Campaign is fighting for the release from prison of Mark and Andreas Marku, two young Albanian men who have been sentenced to 18 years in a Greek prison for a string of armed robberies which they

Aug 16, 2012

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Venture capitalists profiteer at expense of vulnerable in hospital scandal

Castlebeck Ltd and Winterbourne View Hospital are names that will not be familiar in this country. Nor will they be, given the very scant coverage in the Irish media of a shocking report published last week, into grotesque abuse by staff at

Aug 15, 2012

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Anglo write off €110 million in Denis O’Brien deal!

In April, billionaire tax exile Denis O’Brien did a deal with the former Anglo Irish Bank to purchase a company called Siteserv for €45 million. This sale saw €110 million of taxpayers’ money being simply written off by the bank in a

Aug 14, 2012

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Why I joined

I joined the Socialist Party because listening to the party’s ideas I realised there was an organisation planning to act in a radical way to shift economic power away from the few born with it and towards the working people who create

Aug 10, 2012

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FAI: Record seven clubs gone bust in six years

John Delaney, the chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland, has announced that he is to take a pay cut of 10% which brings his salary down from €400,000 to €360,000. Even with his pay cut Delaney will be payed more

Aug 9, 2012

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The inglorious history of Independent Newspapers

The history of Independent Newspapers has been a long an inglorious one of vilifying and slandering the left and workers movement both in Ireland and further afield.

Aug 8, 2012

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