Month: February 2020
21 posts
Lethal for our planet: Fracking must be stopped
By Gary McDonald The potential for the Irish state to allow for the importation of LNG (Liquefied Natural…
Trade union movement must harness mood for change
By Mick Barry TD “Real change” was the demand of huge numbers of people in the February election.…
COVID-19 PANDEMIC
via Chinaworker.info The COVID-19 outbreak is close to becoming a global pandemic. The WHO so far refuses to…
Ruth Coppinger interviews UCD students fighting rent hikes
I’ve come here this morning to show solidarity with students who are protesting against huge rent hikes that…
Capitalist establishment rejected but… How can real change be achieved?
On 8 February, people cast their votes and produced an historic election result, the ripples from which will…
Towards a United Ireland?
By Kevin Henry The week after the election in the South, which saw Sinn Féin win the largest…
US: The (un)Democratic Party: Why We Need a New Working Class Party
By Keely Mullen, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the US) When Trump was elected in 2016, a…
Are the Social Democrats a left alternative to the system?
By Conor Payne The Social Democrats were one of the forces to benefit from the mood for change…
Unforgiven: Labour leadership battle after another bruising election
By Colm McCarthy In the aftermath of the election that cemented their historically poor results of four years…
World Congress of International Socialist Alternative: Capitalism has failed, fight for a socialist future!
By Ann Orr (Irish delegate) The Twelfth World Congress of the international organisation to which the Socialist Party…