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Q&A: What’s behind Trump’s tariffs?
By Conor Murray What is a tariff? A tariff is a tax on importing goods from abroad. The…
Oxfam Report: Two Irish billionaires own more than 50% of population
By Cathal Curran Just two Irish billionaires own more wealth than 50% of the population combined. This obscene…
Budget 2024: Capitalist inequality continues
By Mick Barry TD Working-class people will be worse off next year than we were in 2023. This…
Elon Musk’s Twitter layoffs: Take social media companies out of private hands
By Dan O’Rourke With the arrival of the billionaire charlatan Elon Musk as new CEO of Twitter, the…
Minimum wage: 80c increase is an insult
By Jonathan Diebold “Young workers in Ireland are financially worse off than their parents. Workers in their 20s…
EU toys with windfall tax: Nationalise profiteering energy companies now!
By Finghin Kelly This week, European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen addressed the European Parliament in the…
It’s a cost of survival crisis: Take on the profiteers
Text of the Socialist Party leaflet on the cost of living crisis. Ordinary people are beginning to fight…
Budget 2023: Government token measures are an insult
By Mick Barry TD Tuesday, 27 September is Budget Day and hard pressed working-class people will be demanding…
Price-gouging energy companies should be nationalised!
By Robert Cosgrave A study from the ESRI in June reported that in the south of Ireland, up…
Cost of living crisis: Trade unions have to act!
By Mick Barry TD “We are looking at three years of high inflation” – AIB Chief Economist Oliver…
