Ireland-North
Socialist struggle for full LGBTQ+ equality
The month of June is known as Pride Month. As Pride month draws to a close, we look at the struggle that the LGBTQ+ community continue to face today. The first pride was a riot. […]
News
Ireland-North
Socialist candidate wins NIPSA General Secretary election
Left candidate, Carmel Gates, has won the election for the General Secretary position in Northern Ireland’s largest union NIPSA (Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance) gaining 44% of the vote. Her nearest contender won 34%, and […]
Ireland-North
NIPSA union general secretary election – socialist challenger fights strong campaign
by Ciaran Mulholland, Belfast The result of the election for the General Secretary position, in Northern Ireland Public Services Alliance (NIPSA), Northern Ireland’s largest union, will become known on June 25th. The left candidate, Carmel […]
International
Eurostat figures expose EU capitalism
The European Union’s statistics agency – Eurostat – released figures this week which demonstrate, in stark terms, how workers in the South of Ireland have been locked out of the massive wealth created here. Eurostat […]
Covid Pandemic
Eating disorders scandal grows
Every fifty-two minutes somebody dies of an eating disorder, proving eating disorders to have the highest mortality rate of any other recognised psychiatric illness. In the last decade we have seen people within lower and […]