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Deirbhle Sheppard highlights the shocking and persistent extent of sexual violence in our society. She unscrambles the false myths put out by the far right and argues that in fighting these, we need to join together to fight all forms of gender oppression. Gender-based violence is a harrowing epidemic,
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In this article activist-academic Camilla Fitzsimons, analyses two different approaches to the fight against wonen’s oppression. She argues that neoliberal feminism is a dead-end, with an anti-capitalist feminism providing a superior, alternative route. In early 2022, the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) announced that
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In the second of our Socialist in the Council interviewsFinbar Lynch spoke to People Before Profit Cllr. Adrienne Wallace about her experience on Carlow County Council and what socialists can achieve at local council. Finbar Lynch: What politicised you? Adrienne Wallace: The Anti-Water Charges movement. I had just left
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ANNOUNCING MARXISM FESTIVAL 2023! The often-quoted warning from revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg that society is at a crossroads, either Socialism or Barbarism, is obviously incredibly relevant today. By the day, it is clear that our world faces a series of crises. At the same time, 2023 has seen the
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Charges were made yesterday against suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation, Luis Rubiales, for the unwanted kiss he planted on World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso. Damian Gallagher and Maeve O’Neill discuss the scandal and the wider issues around sexism in sport. “Surely I was wrong, I have to
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In the first of a series of articles on the rise of various online grifters that profit from the spread of misogyny and reaction, Adrienne Wallace takes a look at The Joe Rogan Experience. Misogyny and sexism have taken many forms over time. In recent years, an increasingly worrying online
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Adrienne Wallace looks at how the far-right weaponises the idea of protecting women in order to scapegoat migrant men. Since far right groups began their most recent period of agitation against refugees, they have followed a familiar playbook. They began with claims of false scarcity – “Ireland Is Full” and
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The abortion rights movement has been rocked by the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v Wade, although the full effects of it are yet to be felt. Brigid Purcell takes a look at the background to the decision, including the rise of the Christian Right, the weak response of
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With an anti-choice DUP Bill to be voted upon at Stormont next week, Sinn Fein have once again come under scrutiny for their position on the issue. The Bill would restrict access to abortion in cases of severe foetal abnormality. Terminations in these cases were permitted under the legislation
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Belfast’s Mary Ann McCracken was a truly remarkable radical. A recent pamphlet by John Gray reinterprets the significance of her life of activism and we republish the introduction to that pamphlet here. Mary Ann McCracken has reasonable claims to be considered Belfast’s most formidable female radical of her
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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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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