This Reboot Republic podcast is with the author of the new book Wellsprings of Resistance, Struggles over Water in Europe and PhD fellow at the University of Kassel, Madelaine Moore. Madelaine is here to give a talk about her book and the global struggle for water and how it touches on other movements tomorrow evening at 6pm, 12th Nov, in […]
This Reboot Republic podcast gives the reality of Budget 2020. With Dr Tom McDonald, economist with NERI, Tricia Kielty, Senior policy officer with St Vincent De Paul, and Michael Taft economist with SIPTU. The overall analysis is that this budget failed to address poverty or inequality in a significant way, it falls way short on addressing the housing crisis or […]
A short excerpt from our interview with Naomi Klein on the importance of movements and not shouting fire without offering solutions for putting the fire out. You can hear the full podcast here. Join us: patreon.com/tortoiseshack << Back to Reboot Republic https://media.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/content.blubrry.com/rebootrepublicpod/naomi_klein_on_XR.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 3:37 — 1.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS
We are delighted to be joined on the podcast by journalist, award winning bestselling author and activist, Naomi Klein, in advance of her talk this Friday in The National Stadium. We discuss social movements, including Right to Housing, Climate Strikes and Extinction Rebellion, how neoliberal “climate policies” solidify the narrative that Climate Action is a war on working people, the […]
We are delighted to welcome back to the podcast Dr Lorna Gold, academic, climate campaigner and author of Climate Generation – Awakening to our children’s future. Lorna is an organiser with #FridaysForFuture Lorna is back to talk about the Climate Strikes happening around the world next Friday, Greta Thunberg, the Governments Climate Action Plan and her upcoming interview with Naomi […]
“The people of England are not synonymous with the politicians who represent them.” Our guest, Guardian Columnist, Political Commentator of the Year and friend of the pod, John Harris, was in flying form as he broke down where Brexit stands now, what it means to the people on the street and his genuine optimism that this could be the current […]
This Reboot Republic Podcast talks with Dr Shari McDaid, CEO of Mental Health Reform. This is a fascinating discussion on people’s experience of mental health services in Ireland, how they can be improved and what could be done in Budget 2020 to improve the system. We also go into the link between homelessness, poverty, inequality and mental health. Finally we […]
In this Reboot Republic podcast, we talk to Murray Cox of ‘Inside Airbnb’, who provides the data on the impact of Airbnb on housing in cities across the world. Also in the studio, Sasha Brown who, along with Murray and the Irish Housing Network, produced a recent Report on the impacts of Airbnb in Ireland. Journalist Laoise Neylon informs us […]