working class Archives - Solidarity (Ireland)

9 November: General Strike in Belgium–Reports from Belgian socialists

The following leaflet that the members of LSP/PSL distributed on the picket lines and actions was well received with a lot of discussion on the need for nationalisation of the entire energy sector, but also on how to move forward to build

Nov 11, 2022

Theory & History·What is Socialism?

Socialism 101: Why are socialists internationalists?

By Darragh O’Dwyer Climate catastrophe, wars, pandemics and wealth inequality – these are global problems that all cry out for global solutions. The world is faced with multiple and interlinked crises, all of which are the by-product of the economic, social and

May 10, 2022

Theory & History·Uncategorized

Class Struggle: How is change won?

By Grace Fors, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) Today’s generation is growing up surrounded by crises. As they come of age, dead-end jobs, crushing debt, and climate destruction await them. After 18 months of isolation, the COVID-19 pandemic

Sep 1, 2021

World News

Suez Canal blockage highlights the potential power of logistics workers

By Dan O’Rourke The recent obstruction of the Suez Canal by the Ever Given points to the vulnerabilities of the profit-driven global logistics system. It is likely that this is the first of many ‘choke points’ disrupting world trade in the coming

Mar 31, 2021

Anti-racism·Theory & History

The role of the working class in fighting racism

By Keely Mullen, Socialist Alternative USA Two nights after George Floyd was murdered, Minneapolis bus drivers received an urgent request for a fleet of buses at the corner of 26th Street and Hiawatha Avenue in South Minneapolis. The request came from the

Jul 3, 2020

US: AOC endorses Bernie Sanders

By Keely Mullen, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) October 16 was an important night for Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign. His performance at the fourth Democratic Party primary debate showed the continued fire behind his campaign. In a moment that

Oct 20, 2019

News & Analysis

International Women’s Day 2019: The case for socialist feminism

By Keishia Taylor International Women’s Day was established by socialist women as a day of struggle against oppression and exploitation meted out by the capitalist system. A hundred years later, we have won the vote and equal rights by law, but women

Mar 5, 2019

Theory & History

November 1918: When workers revolution ended war

By Kevin Henry “The old lie: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori” – It is sweet and honourable to die for ones country. This is how Wilfred Owen summed up the attitude of a generation sent to war under the illusion

Nov 18, 2018

Karl Marx’s theory of class struggle: the working class & revolution

Two hundred years since Karl Marx was born and 170 years since his most famous work, The Communist Manifesto, was published, Eddie McCabe looks at Marx’s theory of class struggle and assesses its relevance for today. Without the labour power of

May 5, 2018

Uncategorized

How can Palestinian freedom be won?

On the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War and the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, Cillian Gillespie looks at how the occupation of Palestine can be ended and how a just and democratic solution, upholding the national rights of

Aug 30, 2017

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