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The Delta threat: Premature opening of hospitality as Covid cases spike
By Cathal Curran The more contagious Delta variant of Covid is driving record infection numbers across Europe. The…
Hospitality bosses lobby again for pre-mature re-opening
By Michael O’Brien The loud voices from the hospitality lobby went into hiding in the new year. This…
The origins of Covid-19: Lab-Leak or capitalist ecological crisis?
By Chris Stewart In the past month, the capitalist media in the US have shifted decisively in their…
The Covid crisis, the capitalist state & the role of socialists
By Conor Payne This article responds to some issues raised by Paul Murphy TD (People Before Profit and…
Johnson praises the role of “capitalism and greed” in Covid response
By Daniel Waldron On the anniversary of the first lockdown in the UK, Boris Johnson proclaimed to Tory…
Year one of capitalism’s Covid crisis
Editorial from issue 12 of Socialist Alternative, the Marxist journal of the Socialist Party (ISA Ireland). Stepping back…
Covid & system attack gains made by women over decades
By Katia Hancke The Covid crisis is creating unprecedented hardship for working class people all over the world…
Covid & economic depression threaten women’s gains: Organise, fight back!
Joint statement by International Socialist Alternative and ROSA International While 2019 was a year of massive revolt, in…
Covid crisis: Suppress the virus – health before profit
By Finghín Kelly Last week while being interviewed about Ryanair’s near €1billion loss Michael O’Leary arrogantly attacked the…
Covid, the capitalist market and the housing crisis
By Summer Conneely At the end of December 2020 there were 8,200 homeless people across Ireland. This number…
