COVID-19 Archives - Page 6 of 10 - Solidarity (Ireland)

North: We need proper PPE NOW!

The Tory Government and Assembly Executive have referred to the Covid-19 pandemic as a war. However, across many areas of our health and social care service, the staff who are on the frontline of this war have not been supplied with the

Apr 13, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic

Traveller discrimination and COVID-19

The Traveller Community face extreme marginalisation, poorer health, greater overcrowding and unemployment and as a result are at significantly greater risk to covid-19.

Apr 12, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Theory & History

Capitalism’s Covid-19 Catastrophe

Apologists for capitalism claim that the system is doing the best it can faced with a new virus in today’s complex and interconnected world.

Apr 11, 2020

Socialists Need Your Support!

Organisation of struggle, solidarity and socialism needed now, more than ever Donate to aid the Socialist Party’s work The devastating Covid19 pandemic crisis is laying bare the brutality of the capitalist system. While workers in health, food distribution and supply, transport and

Apr 11, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic

Wuhan Lockdown Lifted After 76 Days

On 8 April, the 76-day lockdown imposed on the metropolis of Wuhan (11 million inhabitants) ended.

Apr 10, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic·Workers' Rights·Workplace News

Covid-19: State must act to support workers in the arts

By Martina Stafford The precarious conditions of work for artists and performers has been acutely exposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Ireland’s culture of under-payment for artists’ work leaves many feeling like it is a race to the bottom for the crumbs of

Apr 9, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic

Covid-19: Direct Provision system putting lives in danger

By Shane Finnan The Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the surface existing inequalities and oppression within our society, and has indeed exacerbated them. An important case in point is the open-air prison system that is Direct Provision. Direct Provision (DP) is a

Apr 9, 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic

End private ownership of hospitals – with no compensation

By Colm McCarthy The severe pressure the health service has come under from the Covid-19 outbreak has led the government to temporarily take over the running of private hospitals in the state. In doing so, they have acknowledged the inability of our

Apr 8, 2020

Featured Articles·Reviews and Culture·Theory & History

Review: Big Farms Make Big Flu by Rob Wallace

By Ben Samson Covid-19 is spreading across the globe at an alarming pace, overwhelming health infrastructure and killing thousands, many of whom are frontline healthcare workers and poor people who lack early access to testing. Covid-19 is the acute respiratory disease caused

Apr 6, 2020

US & COVID-19- “We won’t die for Wall Street”

By Calvin Priest, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) In recent weeks, the bankruptcy of global capitalism has been exposed to millions as the system has gone into deep crisis and its representatives have failed to take the measures needed

Apr 6, 2020

COVID-19- Page 6

North: We need proper PPE NOW!

Traveller discrimination and COVID-19

Capitalism’s Covid-19 Catastrophe

Socialists Need Your Support!

Wuhan Lockdown Lifted After 76 Days

Covid-19: State must act to support workers in the arts

Covid-19: Direct Provision system putting lives in danger

End private ownership of hospitals – with no compensation

Review: Big Farms Make Big Flu by Rob Wallace

US & COVID-19- “We won’t die for Wall Street”

Socialist Alternative – Marxist journal of Solidarity

Divide & Rule pamphlet by Peter Hadden