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Property & water taxes – What’s needed now to fight austerity?
As the property tax is set to double and water charges are being prepared, Cllr Ruth Coppinger looks back over the campaign against the property tax and on the type of campaign needed now to fight austerity.
After Nelson Mandela – continue the struggle for freedom & equality
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is rightly revered worldwide as a statesman ranking along great figures of history like Martin Luther King. He is recognised for his role in the defeat of one of the most reviled regimes on the planet and one the most odious systems of oppression and exploitation in history.
Review: The Risen People by James Plunkett
Bryan Dobson ‘idiots’ comment underlines RTE’s lack of impartiality
Bryan Dobson’s reference to peaceful protesters, live on national television, as ‘idiots’ was an absolute disgrace. Despite the fact that the interviewee didn’t seem too bothered by them, Dobson cut the interview short. It highlighted the total lack of impartiality which pervades the media and the majority of media presenters.
Release Putin’s political prisoner
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a Russian political activist and member of the punk group Pussy Riot, was jailed in August 2012 for hooliganism and blasphemy. Her crime was to stage an anti-Putin protest, along with two other performers, inside Moscow's Orthodox Cathedral. Despite claims that Russia has made steps towards becoming a more open society, those in power took immediate steps to silence the band’s radical feminist message.
Sinn Fein: “He who pays the piper calls the tune?”
Recent articles in the press have highlighted the massive funding Sinn Féin received from US companies from November 2012 to May 2013, amounting to a grand total of $392,000 (€290,000.)
Socialist Party condemns racist attacks in Tallaght
Racist incidents need to be met with strong community response.
Interview & review – Utopia by John Pilger
John Pilger, the renowned investigative journalist and award winning film maker, has recently completed a new film, Utopia, which deals with the subjugation of the Aboriginal First Australians. Niall Mulholland interviews John about the film’s themes, followed with a review of Utopia.
State & media shame over victimisation of Roma families
The recent cases where two children were taken from their Roma families in Tallaght and Athlone and placed in the care of the HSE by the Gardaí, solely on the grounds that they looked different to their parents, highlights the discrimination that this group faces on a daily basis.
Rent Allowance cuts “making families homeless”
Joan Burton's cuts to rent allowance are making families homeless.
