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Fidel Castro dies

Millions of radicals, leftists, socialists and anti-imperialists around…

The Cruelty of Direct Provision

Stacey Wrenn, a student at Trinity and member of…

Aleppo, Mosul, Yemen: imperialist destruction

It was the very early hours of a hot August…

Abortion – the Arguments

“Abortion” is a word surrounded with stigma and shame, and…

Understanding Trump and how to fight him

The surprise election victory of Donald Trump has shocked…

Bilal Kayed settlement reached, repression of Palestinian prisoners continues

On 24 August, Bilal Kayed suspended his hunger strike after…

International

People Power Shows the Way in Poland

Poland has restrictive laws regarding abortion. Highly influenced by the Catholic Church abortion is only allowed in cases of rape, incest,…

By Emma Hendrick on 29th November 2016Comments Off on People Power Shows the Way in Poland

Who are the Populists?

In politics there’s always something to be learned from the names you are called by your opponents. A few…

By John Molyneux on 22nd November 2016Comments Off on Who are the Populists?

What’s wrong with conspiracy theories

Five years ago I wrote an article (reproduced below) about the prevalence of ‘conspiracy theories’ on the fringes of…

By John Molyneux on 19th November 2016Comments Off on What’s wrong with conspiracy theories

Ireland

Something rotten in the state of Ireland

Dave O’Farrell explores the contradictions in the Irish state. The…

By Dave O’Farrell on 29th November 2016Comments Off on Something rotten in the state of Ireland

No to Private Housing on Public Land

People Before Profit Dublin City Councillor, Tina MacVeigh, reports on…

By socialistworker on 29th November 2016Comments Off on No to Private Housing on Public Land

Payback Time for Workers

After years of accepting austerity, recent months have shown that…

By Owen McCormack on 29th November 2016Comments Off on Payback Time for Workers

Jobstown: Not Guilty

Jobstown: Not Guilty . The Shameful Verdict The guilty verdict on…

By socialistworker on 29th November 2016Comments Off on Jobstown: Not Guilty

STRIKE BACK

Car insurance has shot up. House prices are beyond many…

By socialistworker on 29th November 2016Comments Off on STRIKE BACK

Columns

The North

Eileen Blake (1952 – 2016) Obituary

Eileen Blake (1952 – 2016), a great class fighter and a campaigner for women’s rights, died in Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry on Tuesday 15th November. From Donegal, Eileen moved…

By SW Editor on 20th November 2016Comments Off on Eileen Blake (1952 – 2016) Obituary

Belfast Hosts Anti-Sectarian Football Cup

Belfast People Before Profit held an Anti-Sectarian Cup in the form of a 5-a-side soccer tournament on Wednesday 24th August. Gerry Carroll MLA organised the event in response…

By Seamus O’Kane on 21st September 2016Comments Off on Belfast Hosts Anti-Sectarian Football Cup

The Eagle has landed

The Northern Ireland Assembly is no stranger to crises and scandal. They tend to erupt regularly but, like a recurring cycle, go unresolved only to be replaced by…

By socialistworker on 21st September 2016Comments Off on The Eagle has landed

Defend Our Libraries

DUP Minister for Communities, Paul Givan, is set to rip the heart from communities across the North with cuts to our vital library service. Gavin Campbell reports. Givan…

By SW Editor on 31st July 2016Comments Off on Defend Our Libraries

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

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International
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Fianna Fáil and water charges: the record

One day you open the papers and Fianna Fáil…

By James OToole on 28th October 2016

The threat from Sellafield

The BBC Panorama programme (5 September) has raised serious…

By socialistworker on 21st September 2016

The Fall of the House of Hickey

The initial reaction of many in Ireland to the…

By Eamon McCann on 21st September 2016

Repeal the 8th – People power to force referendum now!

The British Pregnancy Advisory Service has said it will…

By Marnie Holborow on 21st September 2016

Belfast Says No to Tony Blair’s War Crimes

Séamus O’Kane reports from Belfast After seven years and…

By socialistworker on 14th July 2016

Why Are Sinn Féin Attacking The Radical Left?

Sinn Féin spent thirty years honing the art of…

By Brian O’ Boyle on 8th July 2016

Ireland And The Case For A Left Exit From EU

People across the North of Ireland have the opportunity…

By Shaun Harkin on 23rd June 2016

People Before Profit Confuses Pundits- Socialist Politics On The Rise.

Following its recent electoral breakthrough People Before Profit has…

By Sean Mitchell on 1st June 2016

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

Corbyn set for Victory

Jeremy Corbyn is clearly heading for victory in the…

By John Molyneux on 21st September 2016

13,000,000,000 reasons to bring down this government

How we could spend €13,000,000,000: Build 86,000 council houses…

By socialistworker on 21st September 2016

Neither Clinton nor Trump, but Jill Stein!

With the presidential election in the United States two…

By Becca Bor on 21st September 2016

Berlin Elections – the actual result versus media spin.

Read the newspapers’ reporting on the state elections in…

By John Molyneux on 19th September 2016

Galway To Protest Remax Israel Sales

Galway People Before Profit Alliance have called this action…

By SW Editor on 23rd August 2016

Solidarity With Bilal Kayed And Palestinian Hunger-Strikers

Pressure is mounting on Israel to release Palestinian prisoner…

By SW Editor on 4th August 2016

Will the centre hold?

In his speech on the Budget Paschal Donoghue said…

By John Molyneux on 29th November 2016

Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

The demand for jobs – for the right to…

By John Molyneux on 21st September 2016

Corruption and capitalism

For the last thirty or forty years it has…

By John Molyneux on 17th May 2016

What is Fascism?

Is Trump a fascist? It is a reasonable question…

By John Molyneux on 9th April 2016

Features

Who was Leon Trotsky?

Leon Trotsky’s My Life is a remarkable work. First published in 1930 while Trotsky was living in exile in Constantinople; the book demonstrates how…

By James Granell on 21st September 2016Comments Off on Who was Leon Trotsky?

Turkey- The People Defeated The Coup

It was early evening on Friday 15 July that the Turkish military coup began. Planes flew low over Istanbul and Ankara. Soldiers and tanks…

By Memet Uludag on 31st July 2016Comments Off on Turkey- The People Defeated The Coup

The State Of The Nation- Lenin On The State

In the latest of his reviews of classic socialist texts James Grannell looks at Lenin’s most famous book The State and Revolution. Lenin’s The…

By James Granell on 28th July 2016Comments Off on The State Of The Nation- Lenin On The State

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Campaigns

Rent Controls Now!

The housing and homelessness crisis gets worse by the day. The Simon Communities have stated that the national…

By socialistworker on 21st September 2016

Right2Water

As people power forces water retreat- let’s talk about building an Ireland worth living in.

Fine Gael made water one of their ‘red lines’-they said they would never back down. Yet now we…

By SW Editor on 28th April 2016

Right2Housing

Bray homeless men fight back

Violet Wilkin of Bray People Before Profit reports On Thursday 5th of May 1916 the lie of the…

By SW Editor on 19th May 2016

Anti-Racism

Direct Provision – An Indictment

Direct Provision as the main feature of the Irish asylum system The Direct Provision System (DPS) is the…

By Memet Uludag on 10th September 2016

Liberation

Abortion Rights in the North: Now More than Ever

Once again this week, we’ve seen the brutal reality faced by women in the North as the state…

By Fiona Ferguson on 25th July 2015

Left Unity

The Left Unites: AAA – PBP form alliance

The two main parties on the Irish radical left, the Anti-Austerity Alliance and People Before Profit, have joined…

By socialistworker on 8th November 2015