Month: February 2014
16 posts
Greece: The fascist threat
Deep economic crisis, savage austerity and social upheaval have polarised Greek society.
The Youth Guarantee is an escalation of the government’s war on young people
The government’s real response to unemployment is two-pronged: forced emigration and using mass unemployment to try to drive down wages and conditions.
Occupational pensions crisis – capitalist failure to guarantee a future for retired workers
In recent and current industrial battles the crisis in pension funds has been centre stage. Between the nine commercial semi state companies in Ireland there is a deficit in the schemes totalling €3 billion, half of which is concentrated in one company alone, the ESB.
Pantigate: End homophobia & Catholic right’s influence on RTE
The decision of RTE to apologise and pay damages to the Iona Institute over Rory O’Neill’s comments on the Saturday Night Show is a disgrace.
Beyonce’s trivialising of violence against women should be the last word in ridiculing her ‘Feminist Icon’ status
On 13 December 2013, singer Beyonce Knowles released a surprise self-titled ‘visual’ album.
Free Margaretta D’Arcy
Galway anti-war activist Margaretta D'Arcy was shamefully jailed earlier this month for protesting the U.S. military's use of Shannon Airport and its violent reign of terror across the globe.