It’s time to face a harsh reality: the far-right in Ireland is likely to make an electoral breakthrough in the next few years. The recent upsurge in anti-immigrant street activity, the strength of the far-right presence on social media and the propensity of some parts of the “mainstream” media to amplify far right Ireland’s messages, […]
Gerrah Selby: End the Prison System; End Animal Cruelty
Gerrah Selby spoke to Independent Left in August 2023 The SHAC campaign stands for Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty. SHAC formed in 1999 to close down Huntingdon Life Sciences, which was Europe’s largest animal testing laboratory, killing 500 animals every single day. It formed after there was a Channel 4 investigation of the laboratory. And there […]
Ukraine: Voices of Resistance and Solidarity
Ukraine: Voices of Resistance and Solidarity is a book edited by Fred Leplat and Chris Ford, published by Resistance Books and Ukraine Solidarity campaign. It contains essays by Mick Antoniw, Welsh Labour MP; John-Paul Himka, history professor; Taras Bilous, activist for Sotsialnyi Rukh / Social Movement; Yuliya Yurchenko activist for Ukraine Solidarity Campaign and Sotsialnyi […]
Northside Community Forum Against Racism
Statement by Councillor John Lyons in support of the Northside Community Forum Over recent weeks there have been protests in the area targeting people seeking refuge in Ireland. It has been sad to see and the consequences can be traumatic for those directly targeted and can further disadvantage all our efforts to fight for a […]
End Sex Trafficking
One of the grimmest, darkest aspects of the capitalist society we live in is the kidnapping and enslavement of people, especially women, who are exploited sexually. To end sex trafficking is an urgent task. The scale of the problem is massive and worldwide. The statistics on sex trafficking are hard to gather, given the challenge […]