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Fine Gael TD Candidate and Lord Mayor Ray McAdam Refuses to Sign SNA Pledge
At a meeting on Wednesday organised by the Save our SNAs campaign, Dublin Lord Mayor Ray McAdam refused to sign a pledge presented by campaigners.
Leandra Tolentino
Leandra Tolentino is a writer from Dublin who writes on the labour movement and early social democracy.
Critical Analysis
In Defense of Political Maturity
“How you are right does not matter if you are right in the wrong way,” argue Leandra Tolentino and Owen Buchanan in this piece.
Culture
Dublin Musings: Drury and Pearse
Cheap food and the DCC's war on drinking and more. Is there truth to the statement "Dublin is Dying?"
News
Family Continues Fight for Accommodation against Belfast Housing Executive
At 7am on the 28th April a family of three was evicted from their home on Clovelly Street by the PSNI. They are continuing the fight against the Housing Executive, with the help of CATU. A protest was held today in Belfast.
News
Despite Promise to Wait For Appeal, Gardaí Evict Tenant
Just before 9 AM on the 27th of April, a man from the Dublin City Council arrived outside of a home in the Fairview-Marino area with several guards and a court order for an eviction.
News
Green-light for Stephen’s Green demolition “not the end” say campaigners
Organisers behind the campaign to Save Stephen’s Green have said that “it is not the end” as plans for its demolition have been given the go-ahead by Dublin City Council (DCC).
Critical Analysis
The Only Just War
Can we state that the war has been engaged in a moral manner? Is the bombing of schools moral? Is the economic warfare inflicted upon the civilian populace moral? The murder of children is simply anathema.
Critical Analysis
The Revolutionary Legacy of Karl Kautsky
Many on the left know of Karl Kautsky, but few understand him. He is denounced as a reformist and his politics as anathema, but the reality of the fact is that he is one architect of the European revolution of 1917.
Critical Analysis
In Defence of Oil Price Caps
This evening I was browsing Instagram when I saw a new article comparing Paul Murphy to Lizz Truss. Yusuf Murray criticised Paul’s call for a price cap on petrol and diesel. He accused the policy of being a blank cheque to Shell, BP and ExxonMobil.
Critical Analysis
Gavin Reilly Is Wrong About Carbon Taxes
Gavin Reilly is wrong about carbon tax. It can be lowered if the regressive rebate scheme is shelved. Furthermore, Spain and Poland have gone ahead and lowered VAT in conflict with EU law and have so far gotten away with it, so could the carbon tax be shelved as well too?