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Endometriosis, medical misogyny, and capitalism
By Marie-Claire Jennequin Medical misogyny – the systemic devaluation of women’s (and people assigned female at birth’s) pain,…
Oppose cuts at Causeway Hospital
By Sam Kessler After losing maternity services last year, emergency general surgery is next on the chopping block…
Capitalism and the care crisis
In 2022, Social Justice Ireland reported that the “working poor” had increased by 40% to 134,000, and that half of those households included a person with disabilities. Disabled people are twice as likely to be homeless. Despite these realities the government’s ‘Green Paper on Disability Reform’ proposes a tiering of people with disabilities. The purpose is to force disabled people off state payments and into unsuitable work.
Support the health workers strike:What will be needed to implement real pay rises
UNISON HEALTH members in NI will be walking out in a further 48 hour strike on 21 and…
The Groundbreaking Struggle for Free Healthcare for All: 75 Years Since the Founding of the NHS
by Eva Martin The following article was first published in issue #18 of Socialist Alternative, the theoretical magazine…
Can we save our NHS?
The NHS is in a deep crisis, marked by obscene waiting times, overcrowded facilities and rural communities deprived of emergency services. Both the Tories and Labour talk of "radical reform" to the healthcare system; a dogwhistle for further privatisation if there ever was one, threatening to destroy one of the greatest victories achieved by the working class in the UK. What has led to this point, and how can we mount a fightback to save our beloved healthcare system?
NHS at breaking point: Fight for safe staffing levels
The depth of the crisis in the NHS is difficult to overstate. While bosses have talked of "recovery plans" and politicians of "building back better", health and social care services have continued to crumble.
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.…
Nurses announce strike dates: Build a united struggle of all health workers
By Eóin Dawson, NIPSA activist, health and social care worker (personal capacity) The Royal College of Nursing have…
Interview: Nurses vote for strike action
Members of the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) in the North and Britain have vote by a large…