While unions, government and the private sector bicker over pay cuts, higher taxation and ‘you earn more than I do’, communities across the land are being decimated by cuts, amalgamations and the steamroller that is the politics of bulldozing the oppressed. The cuts in services in the field of anti-poverty projects, community childcare, community health, […]
Tags:Community development·Disability·Drug rehabilitation·Government·Ireland·Poverty·Society and Culture
From Failblog (via Feministing) see more Epic Fails It’s only slightly worse that the ‘push yer mate round campus in a wheelchair‘ type exercises I’ve seen carried out in Irish third level institutions or ‘blindfold yourself and be dragged round campus to fall into things.’
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In the mid 90’s the joke about the Greens was that they didn’t care much about divorce once the fridge was disposed of correctly in the separation. This was the opinion of many regarding Green Party commitment to social justice issues. I know that this is an unfair description with regard to many Green Party […]
The Irish Family Planning Association and the Women’s Studies Centre, UCD School of Social Justice will host a conference on ‘Building the Reproductive Justice Movement’ on October 16th next at 2pm in the Morrison Hotel. The keynote speakers will be Loretta Ross, SisterSong, USA and Dr Ruth Fletcher, Keele University. A panel discussion chaired by […]
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While I was on holidays a work colleague texted me to say she had been canvassed by Cóir. The canvasser told her that if Lisbon was passed that she would be put down like a dog. My colleague has cerebral palsy. She didn’t argue back and managed to move away. I was shocked but not […]
Tags:Disability·EU·European Union·Human rights·Ireland·Lisbon Treaty·Society and Culture