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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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In this article we discuss the role of Australia’s political establishment during the COVID-19 crisis, and the response of workers and minorities to their racist, nationalist approach. Australians greeted 2020 with masks, a global and increasingly universal symbol of human suffering. Frontpage photos of masks shielding lungs from
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Population alarmists explain away the cause of COVID-19 and the climate crisis with ‘overpopulation’. As John Molyneux outlines, this myth not only crumbles in the face of evidence but is very dangerous in the hands the right-wing racists. The idea that the world is, or will shortly become,
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Tory disdain for disabled people isn’t new but it has shaped their emergency COVID-19 legislation. Disability rights expert Ivanka Antova details how vulnerable people are punished by the measures and asks if the Stormont Executive record is any better. My most vivid memory of the COVID-19 lockdown
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As Stormont releases its ‘roadmap to recovery’ Rebel details the road already taken by the Executive during the COVID-19 crisis – filled with confused intentions and potentially deadly missteps. Interested observers of the Stormont Executive’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic might have been somewhat surprised by last Thursday’
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This year’s anniversary of James Connolly’s execution occurs amidst a triple crisis of capitalism: a global health pandemic, an economic depression and a climate emergency. Author of the James Connolly Reader, Shaun Harkin, argues Connolly’s political ideas and socialist vision have never been so relevant. Connolly joined
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Sarah Jaffe, with co-journalist Michelle Chan, interviews US workers of all stripes for their podcast “Belabored” for Dissent Magazine. The following interviews are excerpts from their series on COVID-19 stories, republished with permission. For the full interviews, more workers’ stories, and the podcast, visit here. Farmworkers need Field
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Even before the COVID-19 crisis, precarity in Ireland’s service industry was a daily reality for workers. Diarmuid Ó Seanacháin Dálaigh argues that strong unions will be necessary to fight for workers during this crisis, and after. As the COVID-19 crisis rips through the service industry, leaving workers
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As Boris Johnson prepares to set out his plan for ending lockdown, following Varadkars strategy launch last week, Becca Bor argues that the lockdown in Ireland should continue – in a way which protects workers and communities – rather than profits. Last week, Leo Varadkar announced his government’s timeline for easing
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Recent research has shown that many Gaeltacht communities are on a cliff-edge, with the number of native speakers at a precariously low point. Rebel interviews a Donegal activist, Danny Brown, about the challenges facing the Gaeltacht and the impact of COVID-19. See here for the English transcription. REBEL:
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Student renter Anna McAree reports on the crisis facing many students as COVID-19 forces them out of houses they are now struggling to pay for. As the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic began, the impact on students was felt very swiftly. Adequate provisions had not been put in
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Despite polls showing support for continuing the lockdown, employers are attempting to put people back to work. Eddie Conlon discusses the relationship between capitalism and workers’ safety, and argues that the lockdown should continue – on workers’ terms. Each year hundreds of thousands of workers…die of work-related accidents and