While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
Irish housing campaigners seize empty properties as homelessness crisis grows
OLIVER EAGLETON explains why activists are increasingly turning to direct action to beat the slumlords and an indifferent government
The Connolly Youth Movement has occupied several properties in Cork
The best wildfire service may begin with the community, argues KOMAL RAJ ARYAL
Dignity is important to all humans, argues the Marx Memorial Library and Workers’ School, but it does not come about automatically. In a less than perfect world, dignity can accompany suffering, but the collective dignity of working people is achieved through acting together to change the world.
The US aim to reshape the existing order in the Middle East needs to be resolutely resisted, argues PAYAM SOLHTALAB
Concessions to Washington by the post-Maduro leadership in Caracas are designed to preserve the core of the Bolivarian Revolution not betray it, argue Roger D Harris, Francisco Dominguez and Mara Paez Victor. How the solidarity movement responds is critical
ALMA EGAN suggests four days out that bring the region’s history of protest to life
Since the Irish property bubble burst in 2008, the country has suffered a severe and protracted housing crisis. The latest figures put the homeless population at 10,000, with at least one family a day joining their ranks, yet there are only 3,086 properties available to let, many of which are priced above the shocking national average of €1,261 per month.
Vulture funds continue to purchase derelict houses and wait for their value to appreciate, while the state sits on hundreds of dormant properties with no intention to renovate them.
Ireland’s centre-right Fine Gael government has acknowledged that the shortage is a “national emergency,” but it refuses to finance the construction of social housing or introduce meaningful rent controls, voting down the only anti-eviction legislation brought to parliament.
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