Climate jobs: Building a workforce for the climate emergency
By Chas Berry, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in England, Wales and Scotland) and NAPO trade union NEC…
Turkey: Solidarity with workers strikes & protests
By Dan O’Rourke Echoing ‘Striketober’ in the US, and perhaps foreshadowing a global trend, the rising cost of…
“We can’t afford to live” — what’s needed to end the cost-of-living crisis
By Jonathan Diebold The cost-of-living crisis, or more accurately, the cost-of-surviving crisis, is here. Over three quarters of…
Energy cost hikes in the North: Take the energy companies into public ownership
By Eoin Dawson From December 2021, Firmus energy implemented a 38% rise in the cost of gas across…
Starbucks workers have a golden opportunity
This article by Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant was originally published with Jacobin. Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New…
Fear of rightwing government propels Partido Socialista into a new majority government
By Pedro, an ISA reporter in Portugal As the six-year alliance between left reformist parties Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc) BE…
United States: Starbucks has busted unions since 1987 – How can we win this time?
By Matt Smith, Socialist Alternative (our sister organisation in the United States) The most important unionization campaign in…
Canadian convoy: A call to union leaders to wake up!
By Brielle Smith & Martin LeBrun For over ten days central Ottawa has been blocked by the so-called…
New Cold War: War is in the air
By Sonja Grusch War exists not just in history books. In recent weeks it has reared its head…
Review: RTE’s Crime and Confessions
Reviewed by Michael O’Brien Crime and Confessions, a recently broadcast three-part documentary on RTE television (and still available…