environmentalism and supports the rights of workers, women, ethnic minorities and homosexuals. The ISN was also part of a leftist alliance that opposed the Lisbon Treaty in 2008. In 2010 the ISN participated in the One Per Cent Network along with other socialist groups such as éirígí, Seomra Spraoi and the Workers Solidarity Movement which campaigns against the cut backs brought in by the Irish Government due to the recession. Electoral Activity The Irish Socialist Network ran John O'Neill as a candidate in the 2004 local elections (Finglas area). He also stood in the 2007 general election in the Dublin North-West constituency. O'Neill ran unsuccessfully in the Finglas electoral area in the 2009 local elections. The Irish Socialist Network announced it would not stand candidates in the 2011 General Election due to fiscal considerations, they did announce that they intend to run candidates in the forthcoming local elections in Ireland North and South. The Irish Socialist Network is a group of social revolutionaries, who wish to fundamentally overturn capitalism and its political superstructure. It does not see its role as that of radical social reformers, who wish simply to extend democratic rights and fight for social change within the dominant socio-economic formation. Although arguing and fighting for progressive reforms, the ISN does not view these as a maximal objective. Pamphlets The ISN also publish a series of pamphlets: The Ideas of Karl Marx : A Beginner's Guide. Aindrias O'Cathasaigh, Irish Socialist Network, 2003. Parting Company : Ending Social Partnership. Irish Socialist Network, 2003. After the Troubles: Republicanism, Socialism & Partition. Tommy McKearney, Colm Breathnach, Ed Walsh. Irish Socialist Network, 2009. Neo-Liberalism in Crisis: What Comes Next?. Irish Socialist Network, 2009. South Africa: the New Apartheid. Ed Walsh. Irish Socialist Network, 2009. A Force for Progress? 5 Myths about the European Union. Irish Socialist Network, 2009. References 2001 establishments in Ireland All-Ireland organisations Marxist organizations Organizations established in 2001 Political advocacy groups in Ireland Socialist organisations in Ireland Socialist organisations in the United Kingdom