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Kilkenny Says No to the Privatisation of Social Housing Stephen Delaney The city of Kilkenny was the setting for a small but important protest on Saturday gone, where the issue of social housing privatisation was brought to the fore by a small group of activists from mixed backgrounds, Nationalist, Republican
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Leaving the State of Siege (The Left Has Become Too Stale) László Molnárfi I. Unity Conference There should be a conference organized for socialist revolutionaries to unite with consensus decision-making against reformism which dominates the Left across the 32 counties. All those who engage in the Unity Conference pledge to
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László Molnárfi This year proves that united as students, we can pressure the authorities and win on important issues. We stopped fee increases, rent hikes, discriminatory canteen policies and secured divestment from war-crimes. We mobilized in large numbers, earning the ire of university managers and government ministers alike. Hundreds joined
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By László Molnárfi Sunday 27 October 2024 The closed-shop student union model has paradoxically led to an all-encompassing, yet strikingly unrepresentative model of democracy. It is a mirage of liberal philosophy, presupposing a magical, homogenous and apolitical unity between students. It does the bidding of university managers and the state
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By Emmet O’Reilly Saturday 3 August 2024 Emmet O’Reilly is an Irish-Iranian history student at NUIG (University of Galway) This piece will address an increasingly problematic narrative I have been seeing in news media and discussions in apparent “left-wing” outlets in the West, there is also a huge
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By László Molnárfi Sunday 21 April 2024 It is with bewilderment that students read the Trinity News editorial dated 21st of March 2024 accusing the Students’ Union of authoritarian tendencies. Nothing could be further from the truth. In reality, this year has seen student participation in the union skyrocket and
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By László Molnárfi Wednesday 5 july 2023 László Molnárfi is the President of Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union – the views expressed herein are not the official view of TCDSU; and Chairperson of Students4Change, an alliance of socialist students. Photograph from RTE: PhD researchers call for recognition as ‘workers’ By Emma
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By Aontacht Editorial Staff Wednesday 5 July 2023 Photograph of Tents by International Protection Agency, Photographer: Naoise McManus The Far Right Rears Its Head The lockdown and pandemic marked a turndown for the working class. After years of stagnation following the water charges, which was briefly interrupted by a militant
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By Jack Nolan. On Sunday, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence, Fine Gael’s Simon Coveney, remarked on the recent election of Liz Truss as Leader of the Conservative Party and British Prime Minister as “an opportunity to try and reset relationships” between Britain, Ireland and the European Union
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By László Molnárfi. The TCDSU is demanding rather than asking; 6 student unions have co-signed an open letter denouncing the government; the USI is calling for a walkout. As this year’s elected student representatives take power, it seems that we are entering a phase of renewed student radicalism. However,
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By László Molnárfi and Gisèle Scanlon. * Introduction * Executive Summary * Socioeconomic Context * Governing Bodies * Academic, Professional Staff and Trade Unions * Governing Body of Trinity College Dublin * External Members * Student Representation * Community Representation * Governing Body of the National College of Art and Design * Academic Council of the National College of Art and
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By Jack Nolan. In the midst of the pandemic, and the ensuing global economic crisis in its aftermath, the latent social and economic inequalities that have plagued Ireland, and indeed the wider world, have been heavily accentuated by the onset of a grave cost of living crisis. From the exorbitant