This year marks the 110th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. TOM GALLAHUE and ROBERT POOLE from Educators for a United Ireland discuss the role played by the Irish diaspora, and why the Rising remains relevant today
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The cost of food will soar — and we are not prepared
JAMES MEADWAY looks at the multiple emerging crises, most linked to climate change, that will lead to price rises for consumers and bumper profits for big business. The solutions, however, are simple
As prices have soared, the major businesses that dominate global food production have been able to make record profits, exploiting the shortages. Research by Unite the union has found that the four largest global agribusinesses made $10.4 billion in profit last year, up 255 per cent.
On the 110th anniversary of the Easter Rising, Ireland stands at another historic crossroads, writes DECLAN KEARNEY of Sinn Fein
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RHUN AP IORWERTH outlines Plaid Cymru’s immediate and medium-term policy goals
A row over Trotskyist factions exposes competing visions of organisation inside Your Party and the wider left, argues NICK WRIGHT
A growing coalition, Cymru Together, is challenging traditional politics – calling for practical plans that connect climate action with economic justice, writes BETHAN SAYED
NEWS on Wednesday that Britain’s overall rate of inflation eased down a fraction to 10.1 per cent disguised the shocking continued increase in the price of food.
Average food prices for British consumers are now rising at 19.6 per cent — the highest in the official figures for 45 years. And this is only an average price — the price of some essentials, like sunflower and other cooking oils, is rising far higher, at over 25 per cent.
Coffee and tea prices are rising at the fastest rate on record. Much of this is driven by the soaring price of food across the globe, as shortages bite. With Britain importing almost half the food we eat, rising global prices have a rapid effect on prices here.
It should be obvious how inadequate the mainstream explanations and proposed solutions are. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt claimed, just before these figures came out, that refusing to meet the pay demands of public-sector workers like the junior doctors was an essential part of fighting inflation.
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