Oxfam report: Grotesque inequality exacerbated by pandemic
By Leon Fitzpatrick The latest Oxfam report forecasts good news and bad news for the world’s population as Covid-19 continues its rampage. Great news
Russia — Anti-corruption Protests “Down with the Tsar — For a new 1917”
Over 100 cities across nine time zones from Vladivostok in the Far East to Kaliningrad on the Baltic Coast, from Magadan and Murmansk through
Australia: Growing support for recognising Invasion Day
January 26 will once again see Invasion Day rallies for Indigenous rights across Australia. More and more people in Australia recognise the hurt associated with
A tragic injustice: Uncovering the truth about George Nkencho’s killing
By Eddie McCabe The tumultuous year that was 2020 ended with the tragic shooting in Dublin 15 of George Nkencho — a 27 year-old
Poland — the women’s strike movement and the way forward
When judges sitting as a ‘Constitutional Tribunal’ ruled to make practically all cases of abortion illegal, even when the foetus has a severe and
Still no country for single mothers
By Emma Quinn While the government scrambles to blame ordinary people for the state-sponsored torture of thousands of women and their children in Mother
Government seeks to tax PUP while super-rich make a killing
By Oisín Kelly The government extracting income tax from Pandemic Unemployment Payments (PUP) stands in great contrast to its approach to the enormous wealth
Mother & Baby Homes report a whitewash — but Church and State are guilty!
By Ruth Coppinger For years, survivors and adoptees of so-called ‘mother and baby homes’ have sought justice. Governments promised they’d get it. Sadly, all