By Caitríona Ní Chatháin It is fair to say that the Irish language is having a moment. To give some examples: over the past 12 months, content on TikTok in Irish has doubled.1 Meanwhile, Irish language rap duo, Kneecap, with their talent and their vocal anti-imperialism, are inspiring a renewal
By Christian Tello, Alternativa Socialista – Mexico For the past three weeks, thousands of workers and farmers in Bolivia have brought the country to a standstill, protesting the hydrocarbon crisis and inflation
By Peter O’Shea As the clock ticked closer to 8 pm EST on Tuesday evening, the world held its breath. Trump has given no shortage of shocking statements since the beginning of
By Michael O’Brien Taking inspiration from pro-capitalist economists from Adam Smith in the late 18th century, through to Friedrich Hayek in the 20th, and
By Jonathan Diebold Trump’s kidnapping of Maduro. The Zionist State’s genocide of the Palestinians. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. These actions and many other recent
Public Zoom meeting hosted by Ruth Coppinger: 7.30pm Tuesday 9th April Speakers: Ruth Coppinger, secondary teacher & campaigner; Mick Barry, Socialist Party TD;Speaker from Neuro Pride
By Harper Cleves CW: femicide, violence against women, misogyny, racism, queerphobia “Violence against women and girls is the shame of our society and we
By Harper Cleves CW: misogyny, racism, self-harm, body dysmorphiaThe year 2026 has been ‘epic’ in the most disastrous and devastating of ways: ongoing genocide
Text of the Solidarity leaflet for International Women’s Day “Women get sent to the gulags first, obviously…The number one political enemy in America is
Le Leah Whelan Is fadhb náisiúnta í an ghéarchéim tithíochta agus ní eisceacht na Gaeltachtaí. Tá cíosanna ag ardú as cuimse, easpa tithíochta fadtéarmach agus fadhbanna maidir le cead pleanála. (De bharr
By Summer Conneely Once again we have seen the yearly visit of Irish politicians to the United States, culminating in the gifting of a ‘bowl of shamrock’ from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to President Joe Biden. While this annual event is a ridiculous
By Matt Waine In a decision that has major ramifications for the whole trade union movement and the right to strike, the Supreme Court ruled on 6 March that the injunction granted to mechanical contracting giant Jones Engineering last year was a
By Conor Tormey On the weekend of the St Patrick’s Day festival in Dublin hundreds of refugees, forced to live on the streets in tents – mainly concentrated around the International Protection office on Mount Street – were moved from the city
The most significant and noteworthy development in the Family and Care referendums that were resoundingly rejected on 8 March 2024, was the emergence of a powerful grassroots movement of disabled activists, resolutely demanding their full rights. This dynamic, aided also by carers
By Finn McKenna On 10 March, Belfast Irish-language rap artists Kneecap announced that they would not be performing at this summer’s SXSW festival in Austin Texas. Within two days, all ten Irish acts scheduled to perform at the festival pulled out. One
All of Us Strangersdirected by Andrew HaighSearchlight Pictures, 2024 By Michael Shiel Based on the novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada but given a new title, there is something universal about All of Us Strangers. It looks at loneliness and longing, and how
By Donal Devlin On 25 February, 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell, a serving member of the US Air Force, tragically died of wounds incurred from self-immolation in an act of protest against the genocide in Gaza. It was a desperate expression of outrage at
By Walter Chambers The brutal killing of Russia’s leading oppositionist, Alexey Navalny in an Arctic penal colony near to the town of Salekhard has, on the eve of the Second Anniversary of Putin’s horrific invasion of Ukraine dominated the world media. Incidentally
Le James McCabe, aistrithe ag Leah Whelan Tá fírinne leis an nath cainte “ní briathra a dhearbhaíonn ach gníomh”. Chuir Joe Biden in iúl a imní do shibialtaigh Phalaistíneacha atá leochaileach agus gan chosaint. Ach, a mhalairt a bhí fíor – mar