Month: October 2014
20 posts
It doesn’t have to be like this
By any reasonable standards capitalism in the 21st century is a disaster. Poverty, war and environmental destruction – all stemming from the profit system – as isolated issues would be testament to that fact, but the combination is lethal.
Africa: Ebola crisis spreads
The news that the United States is to send 3,000 troops to Liberia to build isolation hospitals, while Sierra Leone has implemented a national lock-down to try to contain the Ebola virus underlines how serious the epidemic in West Africa has become.
Stunning by-election victory: a blow against water charges
It will be a day that's remembered for years to come in Ireland, 12 October 2014. An estimated 100,000 marched in Dublin against the hated Water Charges and Paul Murphy, Anti Austerity Alliance (AAA) candidate, won a By-Election by leading the call for a mass campaign of non-payment and active resistance to this double tax.
Middle East: US-led policy of air attacks on Islamic State lies in ruins
As battle for Kobane rages, IS forces make major gains in Iraq
Capitalism: A future of austerity & stagnation
“MORE THAN five years after the onset of the financial and economic crisis the world economy is still weak, with growth in most key regions remaining below pre-crisis levels. Unemployment rates in the OECD remain high and productive capacity in the region has deteriorated.” - OECD report
“This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate” by Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein’s newly published book is a welcome and much needed addition to the debates on how to tackle global warming.
Irish Constitution: Misogyny written into law
Drawn up under the equally conservative Catholic Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, the Constitution was consciously modelled on Catholic social teaching.
Direct Provision: Stop ghettoising asylum seekers
Direct provision centres across Ireland are coming more into the limelight for the continuing exclusion and poverty they force upon some of the most vulnerable residents on this island.
We need a political voice
Working class people need a new party to fight for our interests.
Hong Kong: Police crackdown provokes mass protests
Anger over police violence fuels spontaneous “umbrella revolution” and growing strike movement