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Far-right protests – how can we defeat racist division?

By Conor Payne Protests have been organised in many different parts of the country outside buildings being used to accommodate refugees; including in East Wall, Ballymun, and Drimnagh in Dublin, Fermoy in Cork and in Killarney in Kerry. In some cases, these

Jan 13, 2023

Uncategorized·World News

Macron wins, but without enthusiasm. For a third round of struggle!

By Stéphane Delcros and Nicolas Croes, Left Socialist Party (our sister organisation in Belgium) The second round of the French presidential elections ended with 58.5% for Macron and 41.5% for Le Pen. The enthusiasm for Macron was very limited. The number of

Apr 29, 2022

World News

Another victory for Viktor Orbán — What is going on in Hungary?

By Till Ruster, Sozialistische LinksPartei (our sister organisation in Austria) To state the obvious: in a country with a notoriously authoritarian head of government, who has been in power since 2010, no election campaign is “fair”, even by bourgeois standards. The main opposition

Apr 17, 2022

Uncategorized·World News

France: Organize to stop Le Pen! Macron is no solution

In the context of the crisis of capitalism, amplified by the disastrous management of the pandemic and the imperialist war in Ukraine, the 2nd round of the French presidential election will see Emmanuel Macron up against Marine Le Pen. Is this a

Apr 16, 2022

Anti-racism

Far-right homophobic rally targets Roderic O’Gorman TD

By Finn McKenna The Socialist Party condemns the homophobic campaign being waged against Roderic O’Gorman TD. It is clear that the driving motivation here is for far-right reactionaries to whip up vicious homophobic attacks in a twisted attempt find an echo for

Jul 15, 2020

Anti-racism

Five reasons to demonstrate against the far right on Saturday

This Saturday, an important counter-demonstration has been called against the far-right and racist forces who will be gathering outside the Dáil at 1pm. Here are five reasons you should join this counter-protest, which has the backing of a number of trade unions,

Dec 12, 2019

Anti-racism·News & Analysis

Opposing racism and the far right

The election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s Presidential election is an important warning of the growth in support for the far right and right-populism across the world. His election by a 10% margin will mean the formation of the first far-right government

Dec 1, 2018

Bolsonaro – a threat to workers and all oppressed people

By André Ferrari , Liberty, Socialism and Revolution (LSR – sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Brazil) The victory of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s second round presidential election by a 10% margin over the Workers’ Party (PT) candidate Fernando Haddad, represents

Oct 31, 2018

Latest·News & Analysis

The left, the right and David Quinn

Right wing columnist, David Quinn warned in the Irish Independent (13 January, 2016) that, “We should be more worried about rise of hard left than tiny alt-right.”

Jan 14, 2017

World News

Austria: Far right candidate loses narrowly on Presidency

By Sonja Grusch Since Saturday 23 April, a series of physical earthquakes have shaken Austria. But the most significant was the political earthquake resulting from the 24 April first round of the presidential elections. Norbert Hofer, the candidate of the far right, FPÖ

May 25, 2016

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