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Having insisted for decades on the sanctity of the markets, austerity-driven world leaders are now coming up with billions to bail out a capitalist system which, as Brian O’Boyle explains, was already in ill-health. The S&P 500 is an American stock market that follows the
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As health workers warn of shortages of PPE, ventilators and ICU beds, Eamonn McCann looks at how production can be reorganised to solve the problem. It has been done before and it can be done again. One of the most perplexing aspects of the pandemic lies in the apparent inability
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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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As Ireland’s health service prepares to deal with the full force of the Coronavirus pandemic, nurse Jo Tully shares her fears and key demands for the period ahead. COVID-19 cases are increasing in Ireland, and whilst are measures in place to slow transmission of the virus, what measures
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Peadar O’Grady examines the divergent approach of governments North and South in tackling the spread of Covid-19 across Ireland. North and South of the Irish border, the public response to the Covid-19 outbreak has largely been one of support, solidarity and a desire for an effective scientific
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In terms of technology and knowledge, we should be better placed than ever to tackle the threat of Covid-19 but, as John Molyneux explains, capitalism is making things very difficult. In terms of technology, and of medical and scientific knowledge, there has been no time in human history when
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Addressing the Stormont Assembly, People Before Profit MLA Gerry Carroll laid the charge for RHI at the door of Arlene Foster’s DUP. His full speech has been transcribed below: “3 years ago, most people would have been unfamiliar with the RHI scheme. We very quickly realised that it was
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Mike Davis looks at the threat posed by the Coronavirus under capitalism, in the absence of universal healthcare. COVID -19 is finally the monster at the door. Researchers are working night and day to characterise the outbreak but they are faced with three huge challenges. First the continuing shortage or
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52 years ago the Memphis sanitation workers began to strike and Martin Luther King’s support for their action would later see him assassinated. Here, Stewart Smyth reflects on recent events in Memphis surrounding MLK Day. The third Monday in January, a federal public holiday, marks the memory of civil
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As the anniversary of Bloody Sunday approaches, Eamonn McCann looks back at the Amritsar massacre, drawing parallels between two murderous atrocities at the hands of the British Empire. Sunday, April 13th 1919 was the day the decline and fall of the British Empire became obvious and undeniable. This was the
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The sale of Saudi Arabia’s national oil and gas company sought a huge cash injection for the toxic fossil fuel industry and, as Anne Alexander and Ameen Nemer argue, the kingdom’s role in the climate crisis benefits a tiny and brutal elite while threatening the lives of many.
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Donald Trump’s missile strike on Iran’s top general could have set the Middle East on fire. Memet Uludag analyses the impact and calls for international solidarity. The January 3 US missile strike near Baghdad Airport which killed the Iranian top General Qassem Suleimani sent shock waves around the