Billionaire class Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

Billionaire Tim Gurner’s contempt for workers: A case of saying “the quiet part loud”

By Robert Cosgrave Multi-millionaire Australian property developer Tim Gurner – whose company has a portfolio of over $6 billion and who some may remember for blaming the inability of millennials to get a house on their penchant for avocado toast – is

Sep 18, 2023

World News

World’s richest man: The complete charlatan that is Elon Musk

By Pádraig O’Flynn The news that the world’s richest man is to take control of his favourite social media network for an obscene $44 billion (€42bn) has reopened debate about who should own and control the social media platforms. While some liberals

May 14, 2022

World News

Unprecedented polarisation in US elections

By Eddie McCabe Extraordinary things are happening in the race for the presidency in the US. The once impervious two-party system that defines politics in the US is being convulsed from within, as mass social inequality and polarisation in society has seen

Mar 27, 2016

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Why this rotten system can’t be reformed

By Kevin McLoughlin On 12 July in Paraguay the Pope told young people to “make a mess” in their struggle against capitalism. On the same day as the leader of one of the most conservative institutions on earth made this call, Syriza

Sep 15, 2015

World News

US: Bernie Sanders’ campaign taps into growing radicalisation

By Lea Vallence The campaign of Bernie Sanders in the US presidential election is getting a lot of attention internationally because of the momentum it is gaining. Sanders, the only self-proclaimed socialist in the US Senate, is putting forward a series of

Sep 9, 2015

Billionaire class

Billionaire Tim Gurner’s contempt for workers: A case of saying “the quiet part loud”

World’s richest man: The complete charlatan that is Elon Musk

Unprecedented polarisation in US elections

Why this rotten system can’t be reformed

US: Bernie Sanders’ campaign taps into growing radicalisation

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden