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In 2015, Sinn Féin and the DUP voted to allow Welfare Reform into the North. But now they are trying to wash their hands of its impact. Michael Collins gives his take. As the brutal reality of benefit cuts hits home in areas like West Belfast, many of the parties
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The nurses strike in the South has been one of the most popular strikes in recent times. Rebel interviewed Jo Tully, theatre nurse and trade union activist in St. James’s Hospital Dublin, about the significance of the strike. Rebel: The nurses strike in the South has made trade unions,
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Ahead of Dublin’s housing mobilisation this Saturday, People Before Profit Cllr Tina MacVeigh and Stewart Smyth give a report of the second annual Raise the Roof conference which notably lacked emphasis on people power and protest. A number of weeks ago, nearly 200 people attended a housing conference entitled
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Boris Johnson says he is ‘sickened’ at the prosecution of British soldiers for Bloody Sunday. Eamonn McCann responds. The toxic clown Boris Johnston has told the Daily Telegraph that “it feels sickening” that charges might be brought against some of the paratroopers who killed or wounded 28 unarmed people in
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The conviction of Australian Cardinal George Pell has again shone the spotlight on the Catholic Church. Luisa Bassini explains. Last week a suppression order was finally lifted on the verdict of guilt on Australian Cardinal George Pell. A jury of 12 found Pell guilty of the sexual abuse of two
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Gillian Brien is the People Before Profit candidate for Dublin in this year’s European elections. Barney Doherty sat down with Gillian for Rebel, to find out more about this new voice in Irish politics. Gillian Brien’s journey to becoming candidate for the European election was undoubtedly shaped by
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Leo Varadkar is calling for a new carbon tax to “tackle climate change.” Brian O’Boyle dissects this proposal, arguing that it is a distraction from genuine efforts to save the environment. Climate change is the biggest threat facing humanity. Last October, the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) confirmed
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The defection of The Independence Group (TIG) from Labour in Britain has opened up a debate about the future of the Corbyn project. Duncan Thomas gives his view. The Independent Group (TIG) are out to #changepolitics. They are doing things differently, more responsibly, more modernly. And they want you and
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Leo Varadkar is deliberately blocking Bríd Smith’s Climate Emergency Bill. Eoghan Ó’Ceannabháin explains. The term gaslighting isn’t part of our mainstream vocabulary in Ireland, but watching Leo Varadkar’s attack on Bríd Smith in the Dáil last Wednesday during an exchange about People Before Profit’s Climate
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John Gray continues the discussion on the Belfast General Strike of 1919. John’s original piece can be found here, and a reply by Conor Kostick here. Conor Kostick’s ‘reply’ to my own article on the 1919 General Strike is certainly useful in that it more fairly portrays the
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Conor Kostick replies to John Gray’s article on the Belfast General Strike of 1919 (found here), arguing that opportunities for socialist politics during the period should not be underestimated. I believe the 1919 general strike in Belfast was a much more radical event than depicted by John Gray’s
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As Israel ramps up the PR machine in the run-up to Eurovision, Sara O’Rourke explains why this years’ programme isn’t just a song contest, but a dangerous propaganda opportunity for Netanyahu’s government which should be boycotted. While Palestinians dream of returning to their homes, and fight