Month: February 2017
10 posts
Review: “Dublin Old School” by Emmet Kirwan
Review by Dean O’Donnell Written and performed by Emmet Kirwan alongside Love/Hate’s Ian Lloyd Anderson, Dublin Oldschool is…
The arts in Ireland: Starved of funding
In 2016, the Fringe festival featured a wide variety of shows, including “RIOT”, where Emmet Kirwan performed his,…
United States: A socialist strategy to defeat Trump
Article by Seattle Council Member and Socialist Alternative (sister organisation of the Socialist Party in the US) member…
Maurice McCabe smear campaign: Rotten state exposed
By Conor Payne The revelations about the smear campaign against Maurice McCabe have lifted the lid on the…
Romania: Biggest street protests since 1989
Mass street protests erupted at the end of January in several Romanian cities over the plans of the…
1917: How socialist revolution inspired Irish workers
By Manus Lenihan In September 1921 the workers at the port of Cork city went on strike. They…
Universal basic income – what do socialists say?
By Judy Beishon, Socialist Party (England and Wales) The idea of welfare benefits being replaced by a ‘universal…
Backward ideas hold back essential HIV drugs
By Thomas White Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is a new pill that prevents those who are at risk from…
The “fake news” hysteria in the US
By George Martin Fell Brown, Socialist Alternative in the US Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election…
Ruth Coppinger TD on the Sexual Offences Bill
Statement from AAA TD and Socialist Party member Ruth Coppinger on the Sexual Offences Bill. The Sexual Offences…