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Oxi!-No to austerity and Troika tyranny in Greece

Events in Greece have thrown the entire Eurozone into crisis and threaten its very existence. Greek banks were closed on Monday after the European Central Bank (ECB) stopped the liquidity lifeline that kept Greek banks afloat during months-long run on deposits. As

Jul 2, 2015

News & Analysis

Burton’s shameful attack on lone parents

By Fiona O’Loughlin From July 30,000 lone parents will no longer qualify for One Parent Family Allowance with many losing up to €80 per week as they are switched to Jobseekers Allowance. Stigmatising lone parents Burton and Co are spinning this cut

Jun 10, 2015

World News

Spain: Victories for Left “popular unity” lists in local elections

Two-party system dealt a new blow in local and regional elections.

Jun 4, 2015

Featured Articles·News & Analysis·Water charges battle

Water charges battle creates potential for new left

Socialist Party member and AAA TD Paul Murphy discusses the potential for building a new left.

Jun 4, 2015

Greece: Subordination to Troika or rupture with austerity?

Statement by Xekinima, sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Greece The Greek picture is becoming clearer and clearer. We are now in May, the fourth month of the new SYRIZA-led government’s term, and the result of the so-called “negotiations” with the Troika

May 18, 2015

News & Analysis

Disgraceful attacks on the disabled

By Finghin Kelly On 1 April, with the support of Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, the government passed the Social Welfare Bill. This legislation is no April fool’s joke; it contains serious attacks on the right of people with disabilities and the

May 14, 2015

News & Analysis

The assault on public services continues

By Diana O’Dwyer After almost seven years of austerity, public services are at breaking point. Cuts in capital expenditure on housing of 84% have left 100,000 households on the housing list and spending per college student has been slashed 41%. These are

Apr 27, 2015

News & Analysis

Alan Kelly’s bluster will be met with solid boycott

AAA – Alan Kelly’s bluster will be met with solid boycott and the sinking of Irish Water & government o No penalties or court cases until after General Election o Private Members Motion will give government last opportunity to scrap water charges

Mar 24, 2015

News & Analysis

European Union: A Europe for the markets and corporations

By Finghin Kelly The thin cloak of democracy that EU leaders like to cover themselves in was graphically pulled away in the aftermath of the recent Greek elections. The President of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker commented that “there can be

Mar 11, 2015

Joe Higgins on SIPTU’s support for Sinn Fein

During the last seven years of austerity, the Irish Congress of Trades Unions (ICTU) and its biggest component, Siptu, capitulated utterly in front of the diktats of the financial markets as imposed by the Troika resulting in working class people being forced

Mar 9, 2015

Austerity- Page 3

Oxi!-No to austerity and Troika tyranny in Greece

Burton’s shameful attack on lone parents

Spain: Victories for Left “popular unity” lists in local elections

Water charges battle creates potential for new left

Greece: Subordination to Troika or rupture with austerity?

Disgraceful attacks on the disabled

The assault on public services continues

Alan Kelly’s bluster will be met with solid boycott

European Union: A Europe for the markets and corporations

Joe Higgins on SIPTU’s support for Sinn Fein

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden