At the 2016 Jim Connell Red Flag festival in county Meath in May, SIPTU researcher Tish Gibbons delivered a powerful message on the importance of international workers solidarity.

The announcement in May that water charges will be suspended from the Autumn of 2016 has been greeted by most campaigners as a major victory in the struggle to prevent the privitisation of water provision.

Mairead Enright discusses ‘moderate’ proposals for Abortion Law Reform.

The Northern Ireland Assembly Elections in May delivered a marginal political change that could develop into something more, reports Justin O’Hagan

A new proposal to bring an end to the housing crisis seeks to place social solidarity at the centre of local authority developments, reports Gavin Mendel-Gleason. In May, a radical proposal to end the housing crisis was published and gained the support of many of the country’s leading homelessness campaigners

John Jefferies takes a look at the political dynasties which clutter Leinster House.

The Republic’s General Election produced neither a leftwing breakthrough nor a stable rightwing government. Dara McHugh reports.

As European governments shut the doors, activists are opening windows. Daniel Deering and Áine Mannion report on Irish activist responses to the refugee crisis.

Aggressive anti-union laws are in the pipeline for Britain. Kerry Fleck asks what their impact on Northern Ireland will be, and will the Tories awaken a sleeping giant? Within weeks of winning a surprise election victory, Britain’s first fully Tory Government in 18 years had announced plans for new laws

British Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, could be the catalyst for the creation of a movement which places the interests of the working class and social democratic politics to the fore. Francis Donohoe and Dara McHugh report.