Month: March 2017
12 posts
Martin McGuinness – from IRA leader to Stormont minister
The IRA campaign, the ‘peace process’ and the working class The death of Martin McGuinness has been marked…
North: Divisive election a warning to the workers’ movement
By Daniel Waldron The snap Northern Ireland Assembly election took place in the aftermath of the ‘cash for…
Scotland: Second referendum on independence?
By Philip Stott, Socialist Party Scotland The Scottish parliament will vote next week in favour of triggering a…
Protesting is not a crime: #JobstownNotGuilty
The heinous targeting of Maurice McCabe and other Garda whistle blowers and the targeting of the Jobstown protestors…
Sinn Féin’s rightward shift continues
By Cillian Gillespie It would appear that the scandal surrounding the smearing of Maurice McCabe has drastically undermined…
Russia 1917: When women workers sparked a revolution
By Fiona O’Loughlin “On the morning of 23 February, one could hear women’s voices in the lane which…
The State: An instrument of capitalist rule
By James McCabe The depraved witch-hunt against Garda whistleblower, Maurice McCabe, by a cabal of senior level Gardaí…
Alarming hike in HIV diagnoses
By Eleni Vetsika It has been almost a year since very alarming figures regarding a serious hike in…
Poverty: Bad for your health
The “cancer gap” that exists between disadvantaged and well-off communities is a case in point. A recent report…
The Gardaí & media: A cosy relationship revealed
By Manus Lenihan The Maurice McCabe scandal has been another grim reminder that we don’t have a “free…