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As Arlene Foster announced her resignation, the floodgates opened and tributes poured in from across the political arena, including many nods to her successes as a woman. Notable among them was Arlene Foster’s own comments about her career and how she’d broken a glass ceiling for women by
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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
Covid-19
One year on, it is clear as day that capitalism has been unable to deal with the health crisis unleashed by Covid, argues Rob Winkel. During the Covid-19 crisis, two things have become abundantly clear about the capitalist system as its contradictions are laid bare through the inadequate management
Covid-19
The role of Special Needs Assistants have been thrust into the spotlight by Covid-19. Darren Roche gives a firsthand account of a ‘year of fear’ in which the pressure to reopen schools took precedence over health and safety. The previous twelve months of the pandemic have been a traumatizing
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The worst sectarian rioting in years has broken out in Northern Ireland and the mainstream media is blaming ‘both sides’. While this might have the appearance of fairness and balance, it misses the deeper causes. According to Loyalist spokespersons, the riots started over the failure of the PSNI to prosecute
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People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll, who was was on the ground encouraging youths to desist from violence last night in Belfast, criticises the ‘hypocrisy’ of a Stormont Executive who have funded, catered to, and legitimised loyalist paramilitaries while punishing working class communities. Today, just like last night, I stand
Ecosocialism
In Part Two, John Molyneux looks at the limitations of state-planned economies operating within the capitalist system, and makes the ecosocialist case for the degrowth of some industries and growth of others. Read Part One here. Any discussion of growth or degrowth under socialism depends on one’s conception
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Ireland has a long history of failing women. Despite tokenistic gestures and occasional calls from establishment politicians for more “girl bosses”, little has changed and less has been done to compensate for past failings. The Irish government recently retraumatised survivors of the Mother and Baby Homes in the latest attempt
Ecosocialism
The government’s latest Climate Action Bill may pacify some, but Bríd Smith argues the legislation goes nowhere near far enough to tackle the fossil fuel industries and growth-addicted economy at the heart of our climate crisis. To much fanfare, PR spin and grand rhetoric, the Government have unveiled
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When RTÉ puts on a special programme about a united Ireland, you know that big changes are underway. The partition of Ireland is now under question. RTÉ, however, has a distinct agenda and that was exemplified in one dramatic incident. After Gregory Campbell had left the screen, Joe Brolly, a
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At the beginning of February Myanmar’s military staged a vicious coup. Glenda Cimino details the brutal repression being meted out to those protesting the Junta’s rule and argues for international solidarity. Myanmar (formerly Burma) is a Southeast Asian nation of more than 100 ethnic groups, bordering India, Bangladesh,
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From Brexit to a potential border poll, Unionism is in crisis. In the first of two articles, Jim Larmour analyses the roots of some of its current difficulties. It has now been over two decades since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement and the establishment of the Stormont Assembly.