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Big Oil profits soar as planet burns: we need socialist climate action!
In 2022, we were witness to weather extremes across the globe, yet fossil fuel companies raked in their highest profits on record. Shell alone posted a record £32bn. Despite promises at COP26, alongside Biden's "Inflation Reduction Act" & the EU's "Green Industrial Strategy", the levels of CO2 pumped into the atmosphere are predicted to increase over the next 10 years. Lucy Marron explores an alternative socialist plan to combat the climate killing capitalist system.
US: Polarized Midterms Pave Way for Deeper Crisis of U.S. Capitalism
Forecasts of a midterm “red wave” for the Republican Party failed to land on Tuesday, and instead a…
Socialism 101: Is it possible to change the world, or is socialism a utopian dream?
By Eddie McCabe “We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.” –…
Amazon workers strike back against measly pay offer
A wave of industrial action, much of it unofficial, is sweeping Amazon fulfilment centres across Britain. Workers at…
Co-ordinated industrial action can win real pay rises
“SPRINGTIME OF DISCONTENT” was the headline carried by the Belfast Newsletter on 1 April 2022. An apt description…
5 reasons you should join the Socialist Party
By Kevin Henry 1. Socialism means real democracy It is not enough to be anti-capitalist, although that’s an…
As rents sore we need emergency action on
housing
By Roise McCann THE cost of surviving is heightening before our eyes while wages remain stagnant. The cost…
International Socialist Alternative’s International Women’s Day statement
On the eve of March 8, the international day of struggle of working women, Rosa International Socialist Feminists…
Jim Barbour (1958-2022)
The Socialist Party is saddened by the death of Jim Barbour, a former party member and a stalwart…
Solidarity with the sit-in: Save Regina Coeli Hostel
Today marks the fiftieth day in which staff and residents of Regina Coeli hostel in Belfast began a…