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jan2022
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United States: A year in, working people are no better under Biden
By Grace Fors In a press conference marking Biden’s first year in office, a reporter asked, “Inflation is up, your…
“Derry – This was murder”: 50 years since Bloody Sunday
By Sean Burns Sunday, 30 January 1972 saw one of the bloodiest and most callous atrocities committed during…
Covid 19-Government lifts restrictions but global pandemic continues
By Conor Payne On Friday, 21 January, Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced the sudden abandonment of most Covid restrictions.…
‘Better to rust out than to wear out’: The radical legacy of Mary Ann McCracken (1770-1866)
By Emma Ward The inscription, ‘Wept by her brother’s scaffold’, was the sole memorial on the previously unmarked…
Chile: Election of Gabriel Boric shows aspiration for fundamental change
By Jonathan Diebold In October 2019, the price of a metro ticket in Santiago, Chile, rose by 30…
Too many tragedies: Mental health epidemic must be urgently addressed
By Finn Mc Kenna The recent tragic, untimely death of Shane O’Connor, son of musicians Donal Lunny and…
New Cold War: Warmongers whipping up dangerous situation in Ukraine
By Sotsialisticheskaya Alternativa reporters (our sister organisation in Russia) Political and economic earthquakes are being prepared globally as…
Are we witnessing a global labour revival?
By Michael O’Brien The editorial of the Financial Times (FT) newspaper on 4 January was headlined, ‘Coronavirus has…
Solidarity with the revolt in Kazakhstan
By Dave Vallely The spark for mass struggle in Kazakhstan was the decision by the government at the…
Solidarity with the sit-in: Save Regina Coeli Hostel
By Dagmar Walgraeve The staff and residents of Regina Coeli hostel in Belfast began a ‘sit in’ on…
