In about three weeks, a Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations will be held in New York to review progress in reaching the Milennium Development Goals (MDGs). It was in September 2000 that over one hundred and fifty world leaders, ranging from Presidents to Prime Ministers and Crown Princes, had gathered at... More

Business and media circles are agog at “the most significant development in philanthropy” for many decades. Forty US based billionaires have pledged to give half of their wealth to “charity” while living or on their death. The “Giving Pledge” was initiated by two men said to be the richest in... More

Last week, an imposing ship dropped anchor in Dublin Bay. This was not your typical luxury liner where you can find, interspersed among the middling rich who cruise regularly, pensioners and ordinary working people. Of course, they would have saved for years to be able to afford a mere week, or maybe even two, sailing around the... More

A very good article by Canyon Lalama, a member of Socialist Alternative, the sister organisation of the Socialist Party in the United States. The world is a mess. War, poverty, and oppression are now part of the daily lives of billions round the globe. Even during the last boom 80% of the world’s population – 5.4 billion... More

Patrick Rice died suddenly on July 7th at the age of 64. Many people in Ireland may not know who he was since, although born in Fermoy, Co Cork, he spent the greatest part of his life in Latin America. However, his was a life less ordinary – a great understatement – and his story should be widely told. Paddy Rice was a... More

During the Plenary Session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg last week, there was much talk of financial governance. Measures were tabled which are supposed to put in place a better supervision of the major financial institutions in the light of the world crisis. A proposal was adopted to control bonus payments to senior... More

Joe Higgins MEP speaking at a rally held in Dublin on 26 June, as part of the “Europe-wide week of Solidarity and Protest” DO YOU AGREE? SUPPORT JOE & THE SOCIALIST PARTY?   Subscribe to Joe's Newsletter | Donate | Get Involved | Join Read More →