Archive: Opinion

Don’t expect Labour to take progressive steps on immigration detention

Opinion

11.09.2024

Defund Hate in the US offers stark lessons to anti-detention campaigners in the UK

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Climate Camp Ireland 2024: Environmental activism and resistance

Opinion

5.09.2024

The camp brought together environmental campaigners, community members, and political activists in a show of solidarity, aiming to promote "slí ...

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The Cordon Sanitaire is lethal to democracy as well as people

Opinion

16.08.2024

As the political centre is only interested in maintaining the status quo, more voters turn to the easy-sounding populist ‘solutions’

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Milei’s ‘twin extractivism’ reforms threaten Argentina and the planet

Opinion

10.08.2024

Argentina’s debt will grow as Big Tech extracts data and knowledge, forcing state to abuse nature to pay it off

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Human rights reports: Political tools or moral imperatives?

Opinion

9.08.2024

The latest US report on human rights is another piece of evidence on how human rights are used politically

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Ireland: The housing crisis is risking people’s health and well-being

Opinion

9.08.2024

Many homeowners continue to live in ever worsening conditions caused by structural damage, leading to stress, depression, and anxiety

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‘This is what democracy looks like’: Chavismo’s next phase

Opinion

1.08.2024

Venezuela’s National Electoral Council announced that - with 80% of the over 20 million votes counted - the trend was irreversible: Nicolás ...

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The NATO route to EU militarisation

Opinion

12.07.2024

Lasting peace and prosperity can only be achieved by replacing military blocs with an inclusive international security framework that ...

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Tomorrow’s Palestine: Secular and democratic

Opinion

9.07.2024

The declaration calls for "involvement in political organisations that carry this radical vision for liberation and return to a democratic Palestine

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