Month: May 2015
14 posts
Resounding YES to LGBTQ Rights: Now Repeal the 8th!
By Laura Fitzgerald As well as a blow to homophobia and a hugely positive recognition of LGBTQ lives,…
Top 50 US companies hoarding $1 trillion in cash
By Manus Lenihan The fifty biggest companies in the United States are sitting on piles of money adding…
A Historic victory for Equality
The Yes vote the Marriage Equality referendum represented a huge vote in support of equality for LGBTQ people…
North: Election marks growing rejection of sectarian status quo
By Daniel Waldron and Kevin Henry While the election in Northern Ireland may, on the surface, seem to…
After historic victory- Repeal the 8th now
Repeal 8th now on agenda, but Labour's promises hollow
Review: “No Place To Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the US Surveillance State” by Glenn Greenwald
This powerful, gripping and incisive book was first published on 13 May 2014. Glenn Greenwald and, of course,…
Greece: Subordination to Troika or rupture with austerity?
Statement by Xekinima, sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Greece The Greek picture is becoming clearer and clearer.…
Water charges: Don’t panic, don’t pay!
Irish Water Refuse to Give Payment Figures Despite Taoiseach telling TDs ‘to toddle along’ for information Kenny’s ignorant…
Disgraceful attacks on the disabled
By Finghin Kelly On 1 April, with the support of Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, the government passed…
Debate: Trade unions and the Assembly parties
Kerry Fleck, a trade union official sent us a letter in reply to Stephen Boyd’s article in The Socialist, "Trade unions & Sinn Fein: Dangerous times". here we publish Kerry’s article alongside a reply from Stephen.