Review – Project Hail Mary directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
By Aislinn O’ Keeffe Spoiler Alert Project Hail Mary is a sci-fi adaptation of a novel by Andy Weir, published in 2021. The story revolves
Bolivia- Workers and farmers bring country to a standstill
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
Iran war: Strategic shambles exposes criminal US imperialism to the world
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
Socialism 101: Isn’t a free market the most efficient way to run an economy?
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
Socialism 101: Can ‘international law’ defend people’s rights?
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
Socialism 101: Don’t we need capitalist entrepreneurs to create wealth and jobs?
By Eddie McCabe A system as obscenely unequal as capitalism has to create and constantly promote certain myths. To morally justify a world where
“Kalaallit Nunaat, Kalaallit pigaat” – Greenland belongs to the Greenlanders
By Lenn Viken Since the beginning of this new year, we have been reminded again and again that we are living in the midst
Ruth Coppinger leaflet: The fight for Disability Justice & the Care Crisis
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
FAI scandal: Sack the board & open the books
By Ruth Coppinger TD A bridging loan by John Delaney, the CEO, to the Football Association of Ireland; an injunction to prevent press coverage
‘Not One More’ – 30 women murdered in the North since 2020
By Harper Cleves CW: femicide, violence against women, misogyny, racism, queerphobia “Violence against women and girls is the shame of our society and we
Looksmaxxing, Mogging & the Sexual Market Place: the latest far-right manosphere subculture
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
IWD 2026: Build a socialist feminist fightback
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
Momentum grows for full ban on courts use of survivors’ counselling notes
By Laura Fitzgerald Since being elected one year ago, Ruth Coppinger, Socialist Party TD, made it a priority to campaign for justice for survivors
Gaeilge faoi ionsaí – Géarchéim tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht, ciorruithe agus easpa múinteoirí
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
Comharthaíocht Ghaeilge – coscéim thábhachtach chun cinn
Is mór an chonspóid arís a bhaineann le hinfheictheacht na Gaeilge i spásanna poiblí. Tháinig na
Eagraigh in aghaidh ciorruithe maoinithe ar Fhoras na Gaeilge
Le Caitríona Ní Chatháin An mhí seo caite, d’fhógair Foras na Gaeilge ciorruithe maoinithe de €817,945
Tá aird an domhain ar Rafah – cinedhíothú in Gaza ag eirí níos measa!
Le James McCabe, aistrithe ag Leah Whelan Tá fírinne leis an nath cainte “ní briathra a
Teoiric an Chrú Capaill? Ráiméis! Sóisialigh an t-Aon Dream a Sheasann an Fód in Éadan Antoiscigh na hEIte Deise
Le Conor Payne Nuair a athosclaíodh Dáil Éireann ar 20 Meán Fómhair, chruinnigh an eite dheis
Latest
Fight cuts in Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann
SHOCK, ANGER and disbelief probably best describe the feelings of Dublin Bus workers at the announcement that 290 workers are to be sacked over the next while. Along with the job losses, over 120 buses, nearly ten per cent of the fleet,
Workers, united, will never be defeated
by Kevin McLoughlinWATERFORD CRYSTAL: Specially hired security individually delivered letters saying that from the following Monday there was no need to report for work, as the world-renowned Waterford Crystal factory would be closed!Shocked but bitterly angry that the receiver had decided to
Lindsey oil refinery – Construction workers’ strike victory
THIS DEAL has set the benchmark for dozens of other sites throughout Britain and in fact throughout Europe. This heroic struggle by 1,000 plus construction engineers in the refinery (supported by walk-outs in 20 plus other sites as well) who were working
Time for workers and students to unite!
By James Mc Cabe UCD PRESIDENT, Hugh Brady is proposing a series of cost-cutting measures such as pay-freezes and voluntary redundancies for staff. This tactic is typical of Brady’s neo-liberal agenda, which has seen dramatic library cutbacks and the introduction of student
Dell: workers win increased redundancy
By Conor Payne A MONTH after announcing 1,900 redundancies in Limerick, Dell has been forced to make important concessions to workers. Workers have succeeded in forcing the company to provide a better redundancy package, increasing the cap from 52 to 104 weeks
Interview with an unemployed electrician
"I HAVE to sign at my local dole office once a month.Having lost my job at the start of September, I eventually got to sign on in November.
Eurozone 10th anniversary
Economic crisis - cracks appear in bosses’ EU Danny Byrne, CWI London The international capitalist crisis, which has unfolded over the last months, has served to completely discredit the free market policies and ideology of the boom period, of the last twenty
Nationalisation of Anglo Irish bank
The nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank is an indication of the abject failure of the Fianna Fail and Green government to deal with the banking crisis, but also that the crisis has reached a new and dangerous level. In the wake of
Greece shaken by riots, strikes & mass protests
By Matt Waine NO ONE was happier to see 2008 come to an end than Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis. The brutal shooting in cold blood of a 15 year old school student by police in Athens on 6 December unleashed an
Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of the Socialist Party
Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden
