“Innovate For Ireland”? Current Researchers Need Not Apply An open letter—from the PhDs’ Collective Action Union (PCAU) to Irish universities, funding agencies, and the Department of Education—has been submitted to request appropriate compensation for PhD researchers in Ireland. It has been signed by 900+ PhDs from all over the country. A petition requesting a meeting […]
Independent Left Policy on Animal Rights
This animal rights policy is very much inspired by the goals of the National Animal Rights Association. We believe that animals intrinsically have rights by virtue of being sentient but that they are just not recognised socially or legally yet. We fight for changes both in social consciousness and the law. We encourage members to move […]
Irish Socialists and Anarchists Show Solidarity with Ukraine
Irish socialists, anarchists and trade unionists have come together to form Irish Left With Ukraine and show solidarity with the resistance. On 24 August 2022 members of the displaced Ukrainian community in Ireland held a march to mark six months since Russia invaded Ukraine. Independent Left members joined with other socialists, anarchists and trade unionists […]
Capitalism and Disability
The Neuro Pride Ireland festival 2022 took place in August and Eoghan Neville of Independent Left prepared a webinar on capitalism and disability for Neuro Pride Ireland, based on his reading of Roddy Slorach’s A Very Capitalist Condition: A History and Politics of Disability. He spoke to Conor Kostick about the book and disability rights. […]
How Farming Must Change to Save the Planet
Agriculture has to change if we are to save the planet. The depth and scale of that change is enormous, far beyond that being proposed in any current agriculture transition plan. Sustainable farming that does not contribute to global warming, nor the mass extinction of species, let alone that treats other animals with the respect […]