Month: January 2011
The socialist alternative to right-wing, sectarian politics
Socialist Party Statement November 2010
Scandal as taxpayer to hand over €7 million to developer for a school site
The news that the taxpayer will have to stump up over €7 million to a major developer for land for a secondary school at Kellystown, Clonsilla, Dublin, will stun most ordinary people.
45% VHI hikes show madness of for-profit health system
Minister Harney's mission was to open up the private healthcare market to competition because of future benefits to 'consumers' she promised.
Labour and Sinn Féin should not be taken seriously as representing a real left alternative
Yesterday's interview on RTE Radio One News reveals that Labour Party leader, Eamon Gilmore, believes that the most crucial issue in the forthcoming General Election is the number of seats Labour will win relative to Fine Gael and therefore whether he or Deputy Kenny will be Taoiseach. Nothing in any of the recent interviews he has given indicate that Labour offer any alternative to the cutback consensus.
CWI 10th World Congress documents
The 10th World Congress of the Committee for a Workers’ International (CWI) was held in December 2010. It was attended by delegates and visitors from more than 34 countries. The main Congress discussions were on world relations, the world economy, Europe, Asia, Latin America and Building the CWI. A number of documents were debated and voted on. The final versions can be read here: World Relations, Asia, Middle East, Latin America, Europe and Eastern Europe and the CIS.
Indictment of the government’s record on combating poverty
The reported results of research by the philanthropic Bertelsmann Foundation in Germany which show that Ireland ranks among the worst in the western world in terms of social justice is a fresh indictment on this government.