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Käthe Kollwitz: Life, Death, and War

6 September – 10 December 2017, National Gallery of Ireland…

The Death of Stalin – Comedy of Terror

Reviewed by Sean Egan Eliciting audience laughter from inside a…

Hundreds march in Dublin for an end to Direct Provision

By Memet Uludag, Convenor United Against Racism The national demonstration…

Catalonia – the Struggle Continues

Pic: CUP activist, Anna Gabriel, speaking in Catalan parliament. Q. On…

People Before Profit: Open Letter to Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin and People Before Profit have been on…

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 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

Behind the Ryanair cancellations

By Brid Smith, People Before Profit TD. Evan Cullen, President of the Irish Airline Pilots Association (IALPA) was to address the…

By SW Editor on 20th November 2017Comments Off on Behind the Ryanair cancellations

Ireland

Housing and Homelessness FINE GAEL’S MASK SLIPS

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

By SW Editor on 20th November 2017Comments Off on Housing and Homelessness FINE GAEL’S MASK SLIPS

Why I campaign for choice

1.How did you get involved with pro-choice activism? The first…

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

Abortion Rights Fight – North and South

By Becca Bor and Adrienne Wallace In the South, the…

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

Rail workers voting on offer

By Owen McCormack Despite tough talk from management and the…

By Owen McCormack on 20th November 2017Comments Off on Rail workers voting on offer

Bankers, Trackers and Crooks

Pic: Bank of Ireland execs receive 2017 Deal of the the…

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

Columns

The North

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

Stop the Health Cuts, End Austerity

pic: Royal Victoria Hospital ; Belfast Health Trust set to make £26.3 million savings out of £70 million cuts in the North No functioning Executive means unelected civil servants…

By SW Editor on 17th September 2017Comments Off on Stop the Health Cuts, End Austerity

No Rotten deals with the DUP

The recent DUP decision to vote with Corbyn’s Labour opposition in the House of Commons against the Tories to end the pay cap for NHS workers and to…

By SW Editor on 17th September 2017Comments Off on No Rotten deals with the DUP

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
The North
Europe
International
#Socialism 1.01

REPEAL, NOT REPLACE

REPEAL, NOT REPLACE…

By SW Editor on 17th September 2017

Repealing the 8th – Time to push forward

By Mary Smith For example a poll earlier this…

By SW Editor on 17th September 2017

A National Identity Card by any other name

Dave O’Farrell writes: The Public Services Card is a…

By SW Editor on 17th September 2017

Student housing crisis –yet again

pic: Hines Binary Hub in Inner City Dublin This…

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

Tory-DUP Coalition? Build the Resistance

May called the snap June 8 election believing the…

By Shaun Harkin on 26th June 2017

End Abortion Pill Raids

Goretti Horgan It then emerged that 15-20 women had…

By Goretti Horgan on 26th April 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

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

Raqqa: Airstrikes if you stay, land mines if you flee

More than 25,000 civilians are trapped in the…

By Memet Uludag on 16th September 2017

How the Poor Die

To write about it you have to think about…

By John Molyneux on 26th June 2017

Socialism #1.01 Learning from Tescos

Following on from the victories by the LUAS drivers…

By John Molyneux on 8th March 2017

The Rise of People Power

John Molyneux If you don’t want to pay unjust…

By John Molyneux on 1st February 2017

The Labour Party & Coalition- A Poisoned Chalice

Derry People Before Profit member and student activist, Michael…

By SW Editor on 5th January 2017

Features

Housing and homelessness – the bitter truth

The reason is very simple. It is that the Fine Gael Government is ideologically committed to a market based, capitalist solution to the crisis…

By SW Editor on 16th September 2017Comments Off on Housing and homelessness – the bitter truth

The Meaning of Varadkar: Beneath the Liberal Mask

Leo Varadkar with Canadian PM, Justin Trudeau on Toronto Pride By Sean Egan Leo’s campaign team made a whistle stop tour of Dublin’s hipster…

By SW Editor on 16th September 2017Comments Off on The Meaning of Varadkar: Beneath the Liberal Mask

What is happening in Venezuela ?

The Maduro Government in Venezuela is facing a developing right wing coup. Socialists are completely opposed to these reactionaries, but the bitter truth…

By SW Editor on 16th September 2017Comments Off on What is happening in Venezuela ?

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Campaigns

STINK OF CORRUPTION HANGS OVER POOLBEG INCINERATOR PROJECT

For decades the people of Ringsend, Irishtown and Sandymount in Dublin have expressed their opposition to having this Covanta…

By SW Editor on 26th June 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

No to Private Housing on Public Land

People Before Profit Dublin City Councillor, Tina MacVeigh, reports on how the City Council is misusing public land…

By socialistworker on 29th November 2016

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