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
The Assembly Executive is to carry out cuts amounting to £113 million from the health service this year. This decision, collectively agreed by the parties in the Executive, as part of the Draft Expenditure Plans 2010/11, is a direct attack on health
The recent announcement by Willie O’Dea that there was no public money available for the regeneration of the most disadvantaged areas of Limerick city was quickly knocked off the national and local front pages by the dramatic fall from grace of Limerick’s
It is an outrage that Pat O'Donnell finds himself in prison at all. He is a victim of the criminalisation of decent people involved in peaceful protest in Erris.
The EU is funding the building of the high speed rail link from Turin to Lyon. This is planned to slice through the Val di Susa, a beautiful valley with a population of around 80,000 in 40 different towns, destroying the environment
CWI members participate in West Bank protest against "Separation Wall"One thousand people demonstrated on Friday 19 February, in the Palestinian village Bil`in, in the occupied West Bank, marking 5 years of persistent struggle and weekly demonstrations by the village against the Israeli
I was always told that if I got a degree, I’d have no trouble finding a well-paid full-time job. I finished college in May, and haven’t been able to find a job, though I have been working part-time in the same pub
Ann Orr writes about the increasing problem of mortgage defaults : In December 26,271 mortgage holders were behind in their mortgage re-payments due to the dramatic increase in unemployment. And Michael Murphy writes about the government's plans for another bank bailout.
Given that an ICTU all out picket has been obtained, I call on MANDATE and SIPTU who organise workers in the retail and distribution sectors to instruct their members to black Green Isle goods so that they do not even reach the
Brian Lenihan introduced the budget for 2010 with the statement that “the worst is over”. This astounding declaration was accompanied by rising unemployment, attacks on public and private sector wages, and the admission that the savagery of the 2010 budget will be