Month: January 2014
35 posts
ESB workers militancy pays off
With the stroke of a pen, the highly profitable ESB tried to change the pensions of its workforce from defined benefits (DB) to defined contributions (DC) and also claim that they had no more responsibility toward the financing of our pensions.
Ariel Sharon: A brutal architect of monstrous crimes
The butcher of Sabra and Shatila has died. Ariel Sharon, once known as the "father of Israeli settlements", died after eight years in a semi-coma, following a stroke while still prime minister in January 2006.
AAA candidate debates against new anti-immigrant party
The above is a clip from the Tipp Today show on Tipp FM where Anti-Austerity Alliance candidate, and…
First World War – millions slaughtered for capitalist greed
This year marks the centenary of the year when the imperialist powers of Europe marched an entire generation of young people off to the trenches and battlefields of Europe.
Advance Pitstop Seeks to Save at Least €377,000 in Unpaid Wages Through JobBridge
Advance Pitstop have today advertised on JobBridge for 28 interns to work as ‘sales fitters’ in their branches…
Recovery for them – Robbery for us
We must demand an end to austerity now, writes Cllr. Mick Barry. The spindoctors of the capitalist establishment…
Spain’s New Abortion Law: A crime against the freedom, health and life of women
[author ]Marisa Cabal is a Spanish activist with the CWI in Belgium. This article was first published in…
A socialist voice joins Seattle City Council
Who would have imagined that in a major American city, at a post election inauguration ceremony attended by 1,000 people, a new, directly elected Mayor and other members of the City Council would be completely eclipsed by the response of the attendance to a Socialist Councillor? That was the situation in Seattle on 6 January. Socialist Alternative Councillor Kshama Sawant, in her speech, roundly denounced the problems which ‘crisis ridden capitalism’ causes for working class people, called for workers to organise, for a new party of the working class as an alternative to the Republican and Democratic Party politicians and for socialist change.
Housing crisis enriching landlords’ profits
Labour and Fine Gael housing policy is to enrich private landlords and boost their profits by not providing…
After Haddington Road – Should a new teachers union be set up?
Following the ballot on Haddington Road by ASTI members, a meeting is being called to consider setting up a new secondary teachers union.
The meeting is called by some members of ASTI Fightback, (an activist group within the ASTI), in reaction to anger and frustration felt at the imposition of a third ballot and the ongoing machinations of the union leadership.
