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Austerity
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Oxi!-No to austerity and Troika tyranny in Greece
Events in Greece have thrown the entire Eurozone into crisis and threaten its very existence. Greek banks were…
Burton’s shameful attack on lone parents
By Fiona O’Loughlin From July 30,000 lone parents will no longer qualify for One Parent Family Allowance with…
Spain: Victories for Left “popular unity” lists in local elections
Two-party system dealt a new blow in local and regional elections.
Water charges battle creates potential for new left
Socialist Party member and AAA TD Paul Murphy discusses the potential for building a new left.
Greece: Subordination to Troika or rupture with austerity?
Statement by Xekinima, sister organisation of the Socialist Party in Greece The Greek picture is becoming clearer and clearer.…
Disgraceful attacks on the disabled
By Finghin Kelly On 1 April, with the support of Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil, the government passed…
The assault on public services continues
By Diana O’Dwyer After almost seven years of austerity, public services are at breaking point. Cuts in capital…
Alan Kelly’s bluster will be met with solid boycott
AAA – Alan Kelly’s bluster will be met with solid boycott and the sinking of Irish Water &…
European Union: A Europe for the markets and corporations
By Finghin Kelly The thin cloak of democracy that EU leaders like to cover themselves in was graphically…
Joe Higgins on SIPTU’s support for Sinn Fein
During the last seven years of austerity, the Irish Congress of Trades Unions (ICTU) and its biggest component,…
