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As the Citizens’ Assembly reports its findings on the Irish Constitution’s clause on ‘women in the home’, recommending radical action, Marnie Holborow assesses the changing role of women in Irish society, arguing for further mobilisations of the type seen in recent years. The Citizens’ Assembly, which recently convened in
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The Covid-19 pandemic has seen domestic violence rates soar. Ahead of UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25th, Marnie Holborow explains why it is time to challenge the lack of state support for survivors of domestic violence. Governments have relied on individual households
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The Coronavirus crisis has shone a spotlight on the social role of home and society comes off very badly. Marnie Holborow outlines why we cannot let ‘home’ continue to pick up the care tab that society won’t. We have become used to ‘stay at home’ in the corner of
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As governments around the world enact measures to blunt the impact of Covid-19, Marnie Holborow asks whether the state, under capitalism, can ever truly respond in the interest of the 99%. Leo Varadkar interrupted transmission on national tv on St Patrick’s Day and assumed his role as Irish
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There is a wide-held belief that the EU is a champion of women’s rights, aided perhaps by screeds of official documents on gender equality. Across the EU women still lag severely behind men in pay and how they are treated at work. Marnie Holborow—writer and socialist activist
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The mid-term elections in the US were a deeply polarising affair. But were there also signs of a new politics emerging? Marnie Holborow assesses the prospects for a progressive politics in the post-Trump era. The results of the elections have confirmed that the US is still very sharply
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Marnie Holborow examines the significance of Saturday’s political earthquake. The decisive win for Repeal the Eighth in Ireland’s referendum is truly a watershed event. The media, commentators and politicians had drummed home how divisive and close the result would be. Yet all regions, men and women, across social