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Is the cost of living crisis ending?
Rising rent, soaring energy bills and skyrocketing grocery costs – for many, the cost of living crisis has been a severe cause of financial and psychological stress. According to capitalist economists previous recession fears were exaggerated, and that inflationary pressures are subsiding. So, it is worth asking, is the cost of living crisis finally coming to an end?
Belfast Rental Crisis: Homes for people, not profit!
Amidst record levels of homelessness, sky-high rents and endless waitlists for housing - the construction industry and landlords are boasting about record profits. Why is it that we have more vacant properties than homeless in Northern Ireland? Róise McCann analyses the multiple crises that the housing crisis feeds into, and puts forward demands for a movement to challenge dodgy construction barons and landlords alike.
Do we need landlords?
It is no wonder that so many young people today have a burning hatred for landlords. Thousands of people are forced to seek emergency homeless accommodation, and yet private landlords are raking in huge profits. Chris Stewart analyses the question, "Do we need landlords?"
Global Inflation Spiral: A capitalist crisis that requires a socialist response
o sooner had the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic receded than a new crisis emerged to take its…
Solidarity with NHS workers: Strike together to save our NHS
For years health and social care workers have been treated with disdain by politicians in Westminster and Stormont.…
Sectarian tensions & cost of living crisis: Workers’ movement must act urgently
Statement by the Socialist Party Amidst the cost-of-living crisis that has already led to 76% of people in…
Interview: Nurses vote for strike action
Members of the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) in the North and Britain have vote by a large…
Women Demand Better: Working class women on the front line of the ‘cost of living’ crisis
This Saturday will see an important protest of Regina Coeli workers who previously occupied their centre and won…
Kwarteng’s mini-budget is a declaration of war on workers
By Tom Costello, Socialist Alternative in England, Wales and Scotland Kwasi Kwarteng’s new budget for the rich is…
Statement on Queen’s death, King’s ‘ascension’ and the British monarchy
On 8 September 2022, Queen Elizabeth II died, ending the longest reign of any British monarch. In Northern…