Month: March 2015
25 posts
Trade unions & Sinn Féin: Dangerous times
“We publish below an article originally printed in the northern March edition of The Socialist newspaper. Recent comments…
Israel: Netanyahu mobilises far right to win election
By Yasha Marmer, Socialist Struggle Movement (Sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Israel-Palestine) “The rule of the right-wing is…
Alan Kelly’s bluster will be met with solid boycott
AAA – Alan Kelly’s bluster will be met with solid boycott and the sinking of Irish Water &…
Controversy over Newry Play Park
In 2001, a childrens’ play park in Newry was named after hunger striker Raymond McCreesh. The move remains intensely controversial to this day. In recent weeks sectarian politicians from Sinn Fein and the unionist parties have clashed repeatedly in the council chamber, on the airways and in the press on the issue.
Capitalist profiteering is destroying our planet
The world is hurtling towards environmental disaster. In the words of prominent American climate scientist, James Hansen climate change has brought us to the "precipice of a great “tipping point” where we are facing the prospect of the earth transitioning into “a different planet” in terms of climate and environment.
The State – a tool to defend the rule of the 1%
The Occupy movement that began in the US in 2011 coined the terms, the 1% and the 99%. The movement was evocatively referring to the existence of a ruling class, encapsulated in the term the 1% a – the super-rich elite that owns and controls the key global wealth, resources and means of production.
TTIP: A charter to increase corporate power
By Manus Lenihan Imagine if working class people in Ireland forced the government to abolish water charges and…
NAMA fire sale: Vultures make a killing
97% of NAMA property sales have gone to US and Irish vulture funds
Poisonous bigotry must be challenged
Vote yes to Marriage Equality in May!
Stormont faces crisis over welfare reform
Only weeks after the “historic” Stormont House Agreement, the Assembly Executive hit another bump in the road, with Sinn Féin withdrawing support for the programme of attacks of benefits known as welfare “reform”.