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Capitalist media: cheerleaders for austerity
Socialist Party TD, Ruth Coppinger’s assertion that Independent Newspapers champion austerity, has drawn squawks of indignation from the media. In an attempt to rebuke this, Brendan O’Connor (presumably with a straight face) claimed: “[The Irish Independent] has campaigned hugely against austerity for the last six years”.
Help us fight the attacks by the media and establishment
The Socialist Party is coming under attack from all the major media outlets, particularly the billionaire owned Independent…
Lies & distortions against community protests, the AAA & the Socialist Party but Government & Water Charges completely undermined
A week can be a very long time in politics. On Saturday 15 November, following an anti-water charges…
Government “concessions” will be worth nothing in a few years
‘Concessions’ by a Government Reeling in Panic will be worth nothing in a few years.
Water Charges protest in Jobstown: Our answer to Leo Varadkar
After 6 years of savage austerity and bullying, ordinary people are fighting back and you better listen!
Northern Ireland: Draft Budget is a neo-liberal programme of austerity
The passing of the Draft Budget by the Stormont Executive has blown apart the pretense of opposition to cuts by the politicians in the Assembly. By voting for the Draft Budget, the DUP and Sinn Féin are agreeing to make horrific cuts to vital services at a time when they are needed most.
How the AAA won a By-Election and the way forward for the Left
Stunning Dublin By-Election victory, huge water protests and a new chapter for working class resistance
AAA – building a movement for the 99%
What party represents the hundreds of thousands of people who took to the streets on 11 October and 1 November (and the many others not on those marches who applaud them)? It's obvious there is a gaping political vacuum, with no major party or movement basing itself on fighting the cause of workers, the unemployed, pensioners and young people.
Why a left government must challenge capitalism?
As the political crisis of the establishment deepens and support for the Left rises, the question of a Left government will increasingly be posed. Paul Murphy, Anti Austerity Alliance TD, asks what such a government would do.
100,000 on the streets represents an…Explosion from below
The demonstration on 11 October and on 1 November with 100,000 and 150,000 marching in Dublin and throughout the…