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Vaccines and profiteering: Nationalise the pharmaceutical sector!
Interview with a worker from a big pharmaceutical plant in Belgium. Why we need to nationalize the sector…
Covid-19 and healthcare crisis — end the two-tier health service
By Robert Cosgrave In the week ending 5 February there were 177 people suffering from Covid-19 in Intensive…
What’s behind the inequities of vaccine distribution?
Wednesday, 3 February 2021 was hailed as a milestone by the Financial Times as the number of vaccine…
Criminal government actions fuel alarming third wave of Covid-19
Yesterday evening, a new daily record of 7,836 recorded Covid cases was announced as the alarming third wave…
Re-opening the economy: Government prioritises business interests… again
By Conor Payne Last week saw the move to Level three Covid restrictions. The six week period of…
Education not exploitation – pay student nurses & midwives!
By Leah Whelan This year saw a major increase of pressure on our healthcare staff and facilities. The…
Covid vaccines: Welcome developments but profiteering must be opposed
By Keishia Taylor Ten months after the novel coronavirus erupted around the world, after 58 million cases and…
Covid threat from mink farming: barbaric industry must go!
By Oisin Kelly The outbreak of a new strain of the corona virus among mink farmed in Denmark…
Covid crisis exposes a rotten system that must be challenged
Fifty million people have been infected with Covid-19 globally, with over one and a quarter million tragically losing…
Covid-19 and education: Working & studying in safe environment is a right
By Kate Relihan “Our schools are overcrowded, underfunded and dealing with a global pandemic on a wing and…
