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Left – egalitarian
Political commentary doesn’t “always” couple populism with far-right. South America, Podemos, Syriza, People Before Profit and the AAA are far-left populists
Politics
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Public sect or agent of equality
here’s a new duty in town
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Action (not Acts)!
Most of our often impressive disability legislation has simply not been commenced
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MonbiotLiberation from Neoliberalism
Alternative needed to this pervasive zombie doctrine
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Slow but surer
The European Commission has made impressive efforts to secure the wellbeing of Roma and Travellers across the Member States. In 2011, it developed the ‘EU Framework for National Roma Integration Strategies up to 2020’ to tackle the marginalisation and poor socio-economic conditions of the Roma (including Irish Travellers). Each Member State was required to draw […]
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Action (not Acts)!
When a State enacts legislation that creates a right for a category of person, it is acknowledging that society has excluded or marginalised those people and is seeking to rectify this. This is why people with disabilities welcomed the Assisted Decision- Making Act 2015 last year. It is why, despite some misgivings, they welcomed the […]
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Public sect or agent of equality
What is it about Irish legislation? We set up this complicated institutional apparatus to enact it. We elect all sorts to devise and deliberate on it. Much of the time of civil society is diverted to lobbying for it. Legislation doesn’t come cheap or easy. However, while we are entitled to have some minimum expectations, […]
