Month: March 2015
25 posts
European Union: A Europe for the markets and corporations
By Finghin Kelly The thin cloak of democracy that EU leaders like to cover themselves in was graphically…
Review “The Entrepreneurial State” by Mariana Mazzucato
By Tim Heffernan Somewhere along the line, we’ve all heard these arguments in favour of capitalism: progress is…
Government must ban home repossessions by banks
· Profitable state-owned banks should write down mortgage debt · Repossession crisis will become intensify homelessness crisis The…
Why is Big Business showering Sinn Féin with money?
By Manus Lenihan Last November, Friends of Sinn Féin held a dinner at the fanciest hotel in Manhattan,…
Joe Higgins on SIPTU’s support for Sinn Fein
During the last seven years of austerity, the Irish Congress of Trades Unions (ICTU) and its biggest component,…
Marking the inspirational struggle of women
By Eleanor Donne Over the years, International Women’s Day – originally intended to mark the inspirational struggle of…
Damning report on inequality
By Diana O’Dwyer A new report by TASC shows that Ireland has the worst ‘market income’ inequality in…
AIB back in profit – must remain in public ownership
· After socialising losses, profits can now be shared by society… · Banks can become a public utility…
The inspirational life of Eleanor Marx
By Christine Thomas (originally published in Socialism Today, magazine of the Socialist Party in England and Wales) Eleanor…
International Women’s Day 2015
Oppose the capitalist system of oppression & inequality By Lea Valance Restrictive abortion laws Approximately 25% of the…