The basis for 20th-century social democracy in Britain is gone, argues ANDREW MURRAY – but there are measures a Burnham government could take that would break with neoliberalism
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Decades of church and state repression of women
The COMMUNIST PARTY of IRELAND on the release of a report into the deaths of 9,000 children in institutions for unmarried mothers and their babies
POIGNANT: Protesters wear baby shoes, to signify the children who died in mother and baby homes in Ireland
TONY BURKE pays tribute to a dedicated trade unionist and true internationalist who helped organise workers from Britain to Bangladesh
NASUWT leader MATT WRACK says schools are crying out for serious investment — and there are other immediate changes a new prime minister could and should enact
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Starmer will be judged on his record, but it would be wrong to view him in isolation from the crisis of the British political establishment, says the COMMUNIST PARTY in its official statement on the PM’s resignation
Over 1,000 hostile US sanctions remain in place on Venezuela, while Britain continues its colonial theft of gold, writes MATT WILLGRESS
THE publication of the report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, cataloguing the horrendous abuse and exploitation handed out to tens of thousands of women over the decades by religious institutions — of both main religious faiths — lays bare the violence and repressive attitudes that have been inflicted on women in general here in Ireland.
Those forces that secured their victory and established the Irish Free State were more than willing to hand over many critical services that the people needed to religious orders, including health and education and much more, creating a culture of dependence and fear.
The state and the Establishment parties of Fine Gael and Fianna Fail built a close relationship with the Catholic Church in particular to ensure the social and political stability of the state and to maintain the economic and political status quo.
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