Strength in Unity against Oppression By a member of People Before Profit , Cork City Branch I am a member of the Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) of Ireland. We are a union of tenants and we use our collective power for change, to stop evictions and to improve living conditions. In December and January…
Framing Genocide as ‘Defence’ is a criminal insult to humanity.
By Jim O’Connell The slaughter in Gaza continues. In Jerusalem and other areas of the Occupied West Bank, Israeli assault forces step up their raids on Palestinian homes while armed ‘settlers’ brutally attack and murder civilians with impunity. The US establishment pushes for billions of dollars in more military aid to Israel and backs up…
Whose Park? Our Park!
By Shane Laird, People Before Profit Representative for Cork South-Central Earlier this year an area of public land comprising 54sq m of the People’s Park (also known as Bishop Lucey Park) was sold to the Freemasons for the princely sum of €1. This action came after a vote by the Cork City Council that went…
Golda
In a new film about Golda Meir, veteran actor Helen Mirren may be unrecognizable as herself in the role. The make-up artists have arguably done a great job in recreating the physical appearance of Israel’s first and to date, only female Prime Minister. But apart from being female, what else, if anything, made Meir stand…
More Inhumane Treatment at Cork Direct Provision Centre
Threatened Eviction from DP Centre, Kinsale Road, Cork As part of the attempt by the Minister for Integration, Green Party TD Roderic O’Gorman to provide accomodation for Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants, people in the direct provision system are being issued with eviction notices. The notices are issued to two separate groups; those with…
THE POLICE ARE NOT ON OUR SIDE
There was another mobilisation of fascists in Cork City on Saturday last. Among the attendees were some high profile hate-mongers from the Dublin area as well as local Cork ‘proud boy’ types. Fortunately the right-wing sectarian zealots were outnumbered and outmanoeuvred by the far more sizeable gathering of concerned residents, lgbtq+ activists, union members and…
Alternative Pride Cork
ALTERNATIVE PRIDE CORK On Saturday, August 12th, Cork had its first ever “Alternative Pride” event – a Pride rally that refuses to accept corporate sponsorships. For years, the Cork LGBTQ+ Pride Festival has accepted sponsorships from private corporations to fund the event. While Pride has provided a valuable community space and outlet for queer people…
Cork Says No to the Fascists
The Far Right were on the street in Cork again last Saturday. They assembled at the City Library and placed a banner across the doors. Ahead of the action Cork City Council closed the library and the Gardai allowed the fascist mob to effectively control and deny access to a public building. As well as…
What did PJ see unfold ?
(and why doesn’t he have the ‘brainpower’ to see the wrong of being neutral in the face of genocide?) Jim O’Connell PJ Coogan is a radio show presenter with Cork’s 96fm. His morning program titled “The Opinion Line” covers a wide range of topics including local happenings, national news, current affairs and social issues. Featured…
Saving Cork’s City Centre: A Socialist Alternative.
By: People Before Profit , Cork City Branch Branch There has been much hue and cry recently over the recent closure of many small cafes and restaurants in the City Centre. These businesses are closing because of increasing costs due to inflation and the long-term trend of declining retail in city centres internationally. So what…
Everyone Should Have A Home
By a PBP Cork member. Nothing De-masks Those In Power Better Than Art We often say that building a people powered movement is the key to achieving our right to housing. And that’s correct. But I’d like to delve deeper into some of the barriers we encounter within housing activism and how we can overcome…
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