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SOCIALIST WORKERS TAKE A NEW DIRECTION

It also decided that its primary vehicle for communication will…

Save Our Health Service

Shaun Harkin, People Before Profit representative in Derry Decades of…

Scrap the Tory Welfare Reforms

Gavin Campbell, East Derry People Before Profit Despite massive opposition,…

Free the Children – Free Palestine – Boycott Israel

Pic: Ahed Tamimi resisting arrest of her brother Dave O’Farrell The…

Me Too and Repeal: Woman Rise up!

Becca Bor Last January, 4 million people filled the streets…

Put the Planet before Profit: Stop fossil fuel exploration off Ireland’s shores

Linda Kehoe While the USA under Trump withdraws from…

International

Free Emin Şakir!

Emin Şakir, an anti-racist activist and member of the Revolutionary Socialist Workers Party (DSİP) in Turkey, has been arrested after a…

By socialistworker on 6th December 2017Comments Off on Free Emin Şakir!

Catalonia – the Struggle Continues

Pic: CUP activist, Anna Gabriel, speaking in Catalan parliament. Q. On October 1st, the day of the Independence Referendum in Catalonia, we…

By SW Editor on 20th November 2017Comments Off on Catalonia – the Struggle Continues

Catalonia and the National Question

By John Molyneux There have been those like the present writer, and People Before Profit , who have given full support…

By John Molyneux on 20th November 2017Comments Off on Catalonia and the National Question

Ireland

IS RACISM ON THE RISE?

Pic: Galway Against Racism Network march against Direct Provision Eoghan…

By SW Editor on 31st January 2018Comments Off on IS RACISM ON THE RISE?

NO TO PESCO – HOMES NOT BOMBS

Even the name is designed to hide what it is…

By SW Editor on 31st January 2018Comments Off on NO TO PESCO – HOMES NOT BOMBS

YES to Repeal – Seize the time!

Pic: Brid Smith TD and People Before Profit Councillors marching…

By SW Editor on 31st January 2018Comments Off on YES to Repeal – Seize the time!

A sick society: How the system fuels the mental health crisis

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin Ireland also has the fourth highest rate…

By SW Editor on 31st January 2018Comments Off on A sick society: How the system fuels the mental health crisis

Fighting for Decent Health Care

SW: What inspired you to get involved in a health…

By SW Editor on 31st January 2018Comments Off on Fighting for Decent Health Care

Columns

The North

The North needs Social Housing too

Access to housing was a key demand of the civil rights movement in the North during the 1960s leading to the creation of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive…

By SW Editor on 31st January 2018Comments Off on The North needs Social Housing too

Why I campaign for choice

1.How did you get involved with pro-choice activism? The first social movement I ever engaged with was the abortion rights movement. I attended the march for choice in…

By SW Editor on 20th November 2017Comments Off on Why I campaign for choice

Stop Benefit Cuts – Oppose Universal Credit

By Shaun Harkin Universal Credit replaces different benefits but will mean a reduction in what many people can receive. People moving onto Universal Credit are being left without…

By SW Editor on 20th November 2017Comments Off on Stop Benefit Cuts – Oppose Universal Credit

People Power can win Equality

Pic: Michelle O’Neill and Arlene Foster By Shaun Harkin In the absence of a functioning Stormont Executive, James Brokenshire, the Tory Northern Ireland Secretary of State, legislated for…

By SW Editor on 20th November 2017Comments Off on People Power can win Equality

Did You Know?

Getting it in Proportion

Numbers in billions are hard to get your head round. Socialist Worker makes some comparisons: €1.6 billion –…

By socialistworker on 4th July 2015Comments Off on Getting it in Proportion

Ireland
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Europe
International
#Socialism 1.01

Housing and Homelessness: Time for Mass Protest

It’s not just the record number of street sleepers,…

By SW Editor on 31st January 2018

REPEAL–A Historic Opportunity

Now, finally, the people of Ireland and especially the…

By SW Editor on 31st January 2018

Housing market builds profits, not homes! THE HOMELESS SPEAK OUT!

Written and collated by Cllr Tina MacVeigh, People Before Profit. Councillor for Crumlin-Kimmage Nor should it be normal for the…

By SW Editor on 31st January 2018

Housing and Homelessness FINE GAEL’S MASK SLIPS

Leo Varadkar is meant to be the ‘cool’ and…

By SW Editor on 20th November 2017

Stop the Health Cuts, End Austerity

pic: Royal Victoria Hospital ; Belfast Health Trust set to…

By SW Editor on 17th September 2017

No Rotten deals with the DUP

The recent DUP decision to vote with Corbyn’s Labour…

By SW Editor on 17th September 2017

Free Tony Taylor

Taylor had been convicted of a firearms offense in…

By SW Editor on 16th September 2017

Westminster – a Polarised Election

The election smashed the myth that left wing policies…

By Michael Collins on 26th June 2017

The Corbyn Earthquake

Nothing so symbolises the political earthquake brought about by…

By John Molyneux on 26th June 2017

Polarisation in France

(Picture: Fascist Front National leader Marine Le Pen) Report…

By SW Editor on 26th April 2017

Burkini Ban

The ban on burkinis in some French towns, introduced…

By socialistworker on 21st September 2016

Rotten Apple – Rotten Government

Last month’s Apple judgement strikes at the heart of…

By Brian O’ Boyle on 21st September 2016

Behind the Ryanair cancellations

By Brid Smith, People Before Profit TD. Evan Cullen,…

By SW Editor on 20th November 2017

Climate Chaos: No solutions at Bonn Conference

By Owen McCormack The elaborate conference was supposed to force…

By Owen McCormack on 20th November 2017

Welcome to Israel, or Not!

On arrival in Ben Gurion Airport, Tel Aviv, one…

By SW Editor on 17th September 2017

The politics of public monuments

The Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville. James Grannell writes:…

By James Granell on 17th September 2017

Socialism and Trans Rights

Actually it relates to two very fundamental socialist principles.…

By John Molyneux on 31st January 2018

How the Poor Die

To write about it you have to think about…

By John Molyneux on 26th June 2017

State, Law and the Guards

One of the key ideas, tenaciously defended by the…

By John Molyneux on 26th April 2017

Socialism #1.01 Learning from Tescos

Following on from the victories by the LUAS drivers…

By John Molyneux on 8th March 2017

Features

The Death of Stalin – Comedy of Terror

Reviewed by Sean Egan Eliciting audience laughter from inside a secret police torture chamber is no easy task but Iannucci manages to find moments…

By SW Editor on 20th November 2017Comments Off on The Death of Stalin – Comedy of Terror

Abortion Rights Fight – North and South

By Becca Bor and Adrienne Wallace In the South, the movement for abortion rights is organising to repeal the 8th amendment in the upcoming…

By SW Editor on 20th November 2017Comments Off on Abortion Rights Fight – North and South

Bankers, Trackers and Crooks

Pic: Bank of Ireland execs receive 2017 Deal of the the Year award from Finance Dublin James O’Toole writes But nothing was done. Neither the…

By James OToole on 20th November 2017Comments Off on Bankers, Trackers and Crooks

Gallery

Käthe Kollwitz: Life, Death, and War

6 September – 10 December 2017, National Gallery of Ireland |, Free admission By John Molyneux It is a wonderful show but be prepared to be moved almost…

By John Molyneux on 20th November 2017Comments Off on Käthe Kollwitz: Life, Death, and War

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Campaigns

Hundreds march in Dublin for an end to Direct Provision

By Memet Uludag, Convenor United Against Racism The national demonstration was organised by United Against Racism and supported…

By Memet Uludag on 20th November 2017

Right2Water

Water Charges –Still the Issue

The Oireachtas Committee, set up to deal with the matter, has – as this is written – an…

By SW Editor on 8th March 2017

Right2Housing

Student housing crisis –yet again

pic: Hines Binary Hub in Inner City Dublin This time however, it’s worse than any year before, just…

By SW Editor on 17th September 2017

Anti-Racism

Direct Provision: A lucrative business

Memet Uludag While ordinary people are left to suffer from lack of public provisions and duty of care,…

By Memet Uludag on 26th April 2017

Liberation

Mobilise for free safe and legal abortion

At the end of June, the UN ruled that failing to provide an abortion for 40-year-old Siobhán Whelan,…

By Marnie Holborow on 26th June 2017

Left Unity

Towards a Socialist Ireland

Shaun Harkin The great socialist James Connolly argued “The day has passed for patching up the capitalist system;…

By Shaun Harkin on 26th April 2017