Spreading Hope for a Better Future Through Education
– Maeve Dunne writes about the Loreto Day School in Kolkata, India as an example of the empowering potential of equality-based education. This article originally appeared on …
Young Peoples’ Radical Assembly
Young Peoples’ Radical Assemly, Wednesday 22nd May, 1-5pm, Rowlagh Community Centre, Neilstown Road. Hosted by Councillor Gino Kenny The idea of a young peoples’ assembly …
The Great Internship Scam: Free Labour Dressed Up In The Fancy Cloak Of Reciprocity
– Derek McKenna breaks down some of the Government’s myths about ‘Jobsbridge’ and explains how it serves only to provide exploitative employers with free labour. As …
The A, B, C, D and X of Abortion in Ireland
– Robert Nielsen gives an outline of the key moments in Ireland’s troubled history with abortion. Ireland has the most peculiar relationship with abortion in …
The Irish oil situation
By James Falconer, originally posted here – http://jimmyfalc.wordpress.com/ What’s going on with Ireland’s natural resources? Many people believe that our government have given our oil away, …
Young People & Trade Unions – A Space for a New Narrative
– Dan O’Neill writes about the youth response to austerity in Ireland and the role of trade unions in this movement. This piece was originally …
Hunger and the horsemeat scandal, both the consequences of inequality.
Richard Manton is a PhD student at NUI Galway and blogs at Public Engineering. AT THE HUNGER, Nutrition and Climate Justice conference the extent of hunger and malnutrition …
ReOccupy Galway – “Has anything gotten any better?”
For further information on the schedule or to volunteer to take part visit www.occupygalway.org or contact [email protected] On the 16th of May last year Gardaí and workers …
The Sickle in the Sickle and Hammer: Socialism and Rural Ireland
Breandán O Conchúir explains why the Irish Left need to organise in rural Ireland… While the growth of the left in Ireland is a welcome …
The origins of May Day and why it’s relevant today
Eoin Griffin writes about the history of May Day and how we can use this focal point to reassess our own goals. The blog would …