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Why we need a left government
By Laura Fitzgerald Austerity is a one-sided class war. The politicians hand in hand with the major employers…
Water charges: Why non-payment is essential
By Kevin McLoughlin “If you fight you might lose, if you don’t you have already lost.” It is…
Boycotting water charges – “not the Sinn Féin position”
By Laura Fitzgerald When Anti Austerity Alliance and Socialist Party TDs proposed a motion in the Dáil for…
Profiteering from an essential element of life
By Joe Higgins TD Put the words “profiting from Water” into any internet search engine and hundreds of…
Statistical veneer of recovery covers reality of stagnation
The article was originally written in the middle of February 2015 as part of the pre-conference discussion of…
Bin Your Bills Protest- April 18th
· Bin Your Bills Protest– Dozens of campaigns committed to boycott launch major demo for April 18th · …
Trade unions & Sinn Féin: Dangerous times
“We publish below an article originally printed in the northern March edition of The Socialist newspaper. Recent comments…
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.
