11 initial reactions to the election of Trump

Our inital reaction once it became clear that Trump was going to carry the electoral college vote.  These 11 points were sent out via the WSM Twitter. 1. Reacting to Trump – part of pattern with Brexit – revolt against established neoliberal order led by reactionary super wealthy 2. Need to organise for massive transformation. […]

Why didn’t RTE say teachers were locked out on November 7th?

Listening to Morning Ireland on regime radio on the 7th of November we were surprised to hear the word lock out used only in the context of pupils being locked out of schools. The term has been carefully avoided when it comes to the teachers locked out by their employers.] Thousands of teachers are locked […]

Repression escalates in Turkey with mass arrest of HDP MPs – protests held in Dublin

Over the night of 3rd November the Turkish state moved to deepen the repression directed against the HDP, the party that got the 3rd largest share of the vote in the last two elections. Arrest warrants have been issued for at least 15 of that parties members of parliament including it’s two co-chairs. At the […]