Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Ayah Arafat has been organizing for Palestine in the Washington DC Metropolitan area for over 7 years. She has been organizing with the Palestinian Youth Movement and Students for Justice in Palestine. She joins PalCast co-hosts to talk about how the organizing landscape works but also changes in the US in light of regional developments […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this Reboot Republic podcast Rory discusses the crisis in childcare and how a public system of Early Childhood Education and Care would work, with Orla O Connor and Eilish Balfe of the National Women’s Council of Ireland, and Lynette Monk, manager of a Community Childcare and Afterschool Service, who was also involved with SIPTU’s […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack With the death toll now over 1,100 is less tan two weeks and with almost 1,000,000 people displaced, not too mention the fears of the Israeli ground invasion, people in Lebanon are deeply concerned about the what is being called ‘the Gaza-fication’ of their country. Rejoining us to talk about the situation is Beirut-based journalist […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Asem Alnabih is an engineer and a PhD candidate from Gaza. He currently serves as a member of the emergency committee, the spokesperson and the Director of Public Relations and Media at Gaza Municipality. He speaks to PalCast about the role the Gaza municipality plays during the genocide, his close relationship and last moments with […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack This week this very podcast triggered several Parliamentary Questions to Ministers about illegality in the “gig-economy”. So we’re lifting the paywall so as many people as possible get to hear what is for workers an important and must-listen podcast. This was recorded in front of a live audience in the Sugar Club, where Martin and […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack n this Reboot Republic, Rory alongside Adam Boyle, Solicitor with the Mercy Law Centre, factcheck Taoiseach Simon Harris’ claims that “homelessness numbers are heavily impacted by the fact we are seeing many people seek protection in our country, seek asylum in our country”. We highlight how asylum seekers are not included in the homeless numbers […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack In this packed podcast US-Based, Russian-Irish Professor of Economics (and listener favourite) Constantin Gurdgiev talks Trump v Kamala, the broader context of US politics, the Apple Tax in the US and Ireland, his thoughts on Sinn Féin’s housing plan, Ireland’s ongoing corporate tax take, the BRICS working to become a rival to US hegemony and […]
Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack It was a great pleasure to be rejoined on the pod by Dr Musallam Abukhalil, from Dignity for Palestine in Gaza and activist-artist Adam -SpiceBag- Doyle, to talk about the incredible work the volunteers do on the ground and the importance of art and Irish solidarity to their work. Thank you to everyone who has […]