Month: March 2020
39 posts
A burning question: Housing crisis & the rule of profit
By Darragh O’Dwyer The results of the recent general election reflected the deep and widespread desire for real…
Review: ‘The Guards: Inside the K’
By Dean O’Donnell The first episode of Virgin Media’s new 5-part docuseries The Guards: Inside the K aired…
Coronavirus and the system
By Michael O’Brien We are at a point now where official estimates in Ireland predict that there will…
Starbucks & Nespresso’s child labour secret exposed
A boy of ten or twelve carries a sack of coffee beans bigger than his torso up a steep hill. He stops to rub his back, grimacing in pain, then picks up the sack again and carries on. This is the true face of Starbucks and Nespresso, behind the mask of “ethical” corporate branding: children working for 40 hours a week, for about £5 per day.
Repeal was just the beginning –Fight back this International Women’s Day
By Keishia Taylor A mass movement of women, workers and young people organised and won Repeal, despite the…
#Stop67 — Reduce the pension age to 65 now!
By Matt Waine One of the issues which emerged in the course of the general election was the…
Green Party — Business as usual won’t stop climate catastrophe
By Laura Fitzgerald Following the ‘Green wave’ of last May’s Local and European Election, the Green Party have…
Coronavirus and Capitalism — a Lethal Mix
The novel coronavirus which causes the disease covid-19 is still spreading rapidly, with 90,000 confirmed cases and over…
Healthcare in Ireland: A system at breaking point
By Finghín Kelly The Irish health system is at breaking point. Last year was the worst year on…