Pope rolled out to defend abortion ban
Build a mass pro-choice movement
Women rising around the world
By Aprille Scully Inequality under the capitalist system has accelerated in recent years and sees the top 1% own more wealth than the 99%. Neoliberalism means privatisation and underfunding of public services which particularly affects women in areas of health, education, maternity
Repealing the 8th & Abortion Rights- We won’t “tone it down”
By Laura Fitzgerald In October, the Government refused to give the AAA-PBP bill for a Repeal the 8th referendum, proposed by Socialist Party member, Ruth Coppinger TD, a second reading. It elucidated its interminable time-table for a referendum, namely six months for
Poland: Mass protests force retreat on abortion ban
The following article was written by a member of the Socialist Party’s sister organisation in Poland, Alternatywa Socjalistyczna in the aftermath of 140,000 taking to the streets of Poland against government plans to bring in ban on a woman’s right to choose.
Fighting for repeal & right to choose – what next?
By Laura Fitzgerald The March for Choice on 24 September is a crucial event in the fight for abortion rights. The fact it’s a march for choice, rather than a march for a tweaking of the 8th amendment, or a repealing of
A referendum is a real citizens’ assembly
Irish politics this summer has been dominated by the widespread and ever more vocal outcry for Repeal of the 8th Amendment. No matter how much the political establishment tries to hide away from the issue, a powerful campaign for repeal has exploded
Hilary Clinton: Candidate of war, Wall Street & Walmart
By Aprille Scully Hillary Clinton’s bid to become to the first woman President has resulted in calls for progressively minded workers and young people across the US to support her. The latter in particular, and significantly young women, have rejected this and
“Nasze ciała, nasz wybór”-Our bodies, our choice
Abortion rights under attack in Poland
No amendments, no “Citizens’ Convention”: Repeal the 8th now
By Ruth Coppinger TD The demand for Repeal of the 8th amendment abortion ban is growing throughout Irish society. It has become a key issue among young people, although recent polls by Amnesty show support for change across every age and region.
Establishment parties hit a wall of anger – political crisis looms
By Cillian Gillespie and Ruth Coppinger TD “It is clear that, as James Connolly said a hundred years ago: “the day has passed for patching up the capitalist system; it must go”. We need democratic public control and ownership of wealth and
Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity
Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden
