Rupture Radio

This week we're joined by People Before Profit rep for Dublin North West Conor Reddy to discuss his the recent anti-refugee protests taking place across Ireland in recent weeks. We discuss the nature of these protests, what's driving their attendance, the presence of far-right activists, what can be done, and the need to provide an alternative by building a working class fightback through demonstrations and direct action.  If you would like to get active on any of the issues discussed in this episode join People Before Profit https://www.pbp.ie/join/, United Against Racism https://www.united-against-racism.net/ or your local 'For All' group.  Tallaght for All - https://twitter.com/TallaghtForAll Drimnagh for All - https://twitter.com/DrimnaghForAll ----- Rupture Issue 9 is due out! The theme of the issue is CARNIVAL OF REACTION and features articles on the the partition of Ireland, the making the Irish carceral state, and the development of Soviets during the revolutionary period. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

The war in Ukraine has sparked intense discussion and debate among socialists and Marxists worldwide about how to understand and respond to this war. Should socialists support or oppose NATO governments sending weapons and military aid to the Ukrainian government? What is an internationalist and socialist strategy to avoid a catastrophic nuclear conflict, end this war, and defend the interests of the working class and the democratic right to self determination?  To facilitate this debate, MORE organised a roundtable discussion with representatives of other socialist groupings. Marxists internationally have generally taken two different perspectives. While there is general agreement that this war involves questions of self-determination of Ukraine Russian imperialism,  and Western imperialism, there has been significant disagreements about what conclusions should be drawn. Some argue that socialists around the globe should support the struggle for self-determination of Ukraine and therefore support military aid by the US and other Western countries; others argue that in this inter-imperialist proxy war socialists, for example in the US, have to oppose Biden's billions in military aid to the pro-capitalist, pro-NATO Zelensky government. Based on mutual respect for the different opinions of Marxists, this debate had representatives of both sides with the aim of clarifying the issues and contributing to a better Marxist understanding of the challenges involved. Read articles from the different perspectives here: Paul's article, reflecting the perspectives of MORE and RISE is here: https://rupture.ie/articles/imperialism-today Andreu Coll's article reflecting Anticapitalistas is: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NbwFB3HtUryoGNJulcrV-dkokz1kct8yGbbfJM3aaAk/edit?usp=sharing Aaron Amaral, reflecting the view of Tempest Collective: https://www.tempestmag.org/2022/06/solidarity-with-ukraine-resistance/ Bruno Magalhães, reflecting the view of MES: https://movimentorevista.com.br/2022/05/war-in-ukraine-solidarity-with-ukrainian-resistance-against-all-imperialisms/ Full recording of the entire discussion available here: https://reformandrevolution.org/2022/12/04/audio-video-international-debate-on-the-war-in-ukraine-should-socialists-support-nato-governments-sending-weapons-to-the-zelensky-regime/ Issue 9 of Rupture is out soon, and will include a critical response to Paul's article on this from fellow PBP member Ollie Power. The special feature of this issue is on 'Carnival of Reaction' looking at the partition of Ireland and it's impacts on the centenary of the formation of the Irish Free State. We will have a special launch party for the new issue on Saturday December 10th in Connolly Books in Temple Bar Dublin at 7pm, with wine, a panel discussion and a special rupture radio live recording - make sure to come along and pick up your copy.

The war in Ukraine has sparked intense discussion and debate among socialists and Marxists worldwide about how to understand and respond to this war. Should socialists support or oppose NATO governments sending weapons and military aid to the Ukrainian government? What is an internationalist and socialist strategy to avoid a catastrophic nuclear conflict, end this war, and defend the interests of the working class and the democratic right to self determination? This week we have an audio version of an article by Paul Murphy in Rupture on this issue. Paul is speaking at an international roundtable debate on the war in Ukraine this Sunday December 4th at 6pm Irish time, find out more here: https://cutt.ly/ukraineroundtable Read Paul's article here: https://rupture.ie/articles/imperialism-today Issue 9 of Rupture is out soon, and will include a critical response to this article from fellow PBP member Ollie Power. The special feature of this issue is on 'Carnival of Reaction' looking at the partition of Ireland and it's impacts on the centenary of the formation of the Irish Free State. We will have a special launch party for the new issue on Saturday December 10th in Connolly Books in Temple Bar Dublin at 7pm, with wine, a panel discussion and a special rupture radio live recording - make sure to come along and pick up your copy. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers!

To celebrate reaching our 100th episode of the podcast, this week we brought our panels back - with Diana O'Dwyer, Cian Prendiville, and Paul Murphy discussing the rampant price gouging from energy companies in Ireland, what socialists can do to counter this rise, and the need for energy companies to be put into public ownership. This episode was originally recorded live over Zoom on the 11th of November.  --- Rupture Issue 8 has a feature focus on IMPERIALISM and will feature articles on the basis for war in the 21st century, Ireland and neocolonialism, and the Irish Language. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers!

Brazil's far-right, Trump-like president Bolsonaro has been booted from office, beaten in the recent election by centre-left candidate Lula da Silva. This week Cian sits down with Brazilian socialist MP Luciana Genro to discuss Bolsonaro's time in power, how he was beaten, what Lula's government will bring and what the socialist left is doing to continue the fight against Bolonarism and fascism. Luciana is a leading member of the Party of Socialism and Liberty (PSOL), a pluralist socialist party in Brazil, and she is part of the Marxist group 'Socialist Left Movement' (MES) within that. Read more of the analysis of the election here: Lula's victory was a great democratic triumph against authoritarianism, statement by the MES National Executive: https://movimentorevista.com.br/2022/11/lulas-victory-was-a-great-democratic-triumph-against-authoritarianism/ Bolsonarism: investigate, judge and punish, by Luciana Genro: https://movimentorevista.com.br/2022/11/bolsonarismo-investigar-julgar-e-punir/ --- Join us on Friday November 11th to celebrate our 100th episode of Rupture Radio with a special live show, discussing the case for nationalising the energy sector. Sign up to get the zoom link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rupture-radio-100-the-case-for-energy-nationalisaton-w-paul-murphy-td-tickets-462410511287?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch --- Rupture Issue 8 has a feature focus on IMPERIALISM and will feature articles on the basis for war in the 21st century, Ireland and neocolonialism, and the Irish Language. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers!

This week Diarmuid is joined by Ciarán Mac Aodha Bhuí to discuss his article from the latest issue of Rupture Issue 8 - Tá Gá Le Gníomh - we discuss the impact capitalism has on minority languages and the struggles of the irish language specifically. Ciarán is a writer and socialist activist based in Limerick and a regular contributor to Rupture.  ----- Rupture Issue 8 is due out! The theme of the issue is IMPERIALISM and will feature articles on the basis for war in the 21st century, Ireland and neocolonialism, and the Irish Language. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

Dave Hill is a revolutionary socialist, a member of Anti Capitalist Resistance as well as the Labour Left Alliance in Brighton & Hove. He was active in the Labour Party in the 1980s and again involved in Labour in the course of the Corbyn movement. He speaks from his own perspective about events in particular in England and the challenges facing the left there today. Check out the full recording of the meeting here: https://reformandrevolution.org/2022/10/24/audio-video-enough-is-enough-in-the-british-state/ --- Rupture Issue 8 has launched! The theme of the issue is IMPERIALISM and will feature articles on the basis for war in the 21st century, Ireland and neocolonialism, and the Irish Language. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers!

This week's episode is slightly different - we recorded an audiobook version of an old talk from revolutionary Marxist theoretician George Breitman. This is an excerpt from a whole series of talks Breitman delivered in 1975 looking at the method behind the so-called 'Transitional Programme', which Trotsky advocated for in the 1930s as a way to link the day-to-day struggles we are involved in, to the need for a socialist transformation of society. Breitman demonstrates how the 'transitional method' transformed the understanding and approach of himself and other socialists, how it helped to clarify the difference between tactics and principles, and how socialists should relate to liberal illusions working class may have. It is an old talk, but a favourite, and definitely one very relevant to socialists today. Check out the full talk, and two more as part of the series, available here: https://www.marxists.org/history/etol/document/swp-us/idb/swp-1970-76-db/v33n05-jun-1975-disc-bul.pdf Read more about the transitional method in this article from the latest issue of rupture: https://rupture.ie/articles/whats-the-point-of-a-transitional-programme More about George Breitman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Breitman --- Rupture Issue 8 has launched - being shipped out shortly! The theme of the issue is IMPERIALISM and will feature articles on the basis for war in the 21st century, Ireland and neocolonialism, and the Irish Language. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers!

This week Cian is joined by Des and Devin to dig into the so-called 'budget bonanza', debunking the government spin and exposing it's Thatcherite fine print. We also look at the missed opportunities here, and discuss what a socialist budget would look like. Check out PBP's alternative budget here: https://www.pbp.ie/people-before-profit-launch-cost-of-living-and-housing-emergency-budget --- Rupture Issue 8 has launched - being shipped out shortly! The theme of the issue is IMPERIALISM and will feature articles on the basis for war in the 21st century, Ireland and neocolonialism, and the Irish Language. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers!

This week Cian is joined by sociologist Laurence Cox to discuss the bane of every activist's existence - burnout. The pair outline where burnout stems from, the ways in which it changes how we organise, and what steps we can take on a personal and organisational level to go about countering and preventing it.  Read Lawrence Cox's paper on burnout here: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/2201/ Check out his recent interview in Rupture issue 6 here: https://rupture.ie/articles/learn-from-each-others-struggles-an-interview-with-laurence-cox and part two in issue 7 here: https://rupture.ie/articles/learn-from-each-others-struggles ----- Rupture Issue 8 has launched - being shipped out shortly! The theme of the issue is IMPERIALISM and will feature articles on the basis for war in the 21st century, Ireland and neocolonialism, and the Irish Language. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers!

This week Diarmuid was joined by Chris Beausang as they sat down with Bill Rolston and Robbie McVeigh, authors of 'Anois ar theacht an tSamhraidh: Ireland, Colonialism and the Unfinished Revolution', for a discussion of the nature of Irish colonialism. We discuss what led them to writing the book, the resurgence of colonial and post-colonial thought, the original plantations, the outcomes of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, the development of both states north and south, and questions of identity.  The book can be purchased directly from the publisher Beyond the Pale Books here - https://www.beyondthepalebooks.com/shopnewbooks/p/colonialism  Chris Beausang is a writer and critic based in Dublin. He has written a review of the book for Liberated Texts which can be found at https://liberatedtexts.com/reviews/irelands-struggle-for-self-determination-robbie-mcveigh-and-bill-rolstons-ireland-colonialism-and-the-unfinished-revolution/ ----- Rupture Issue 8 is due out this week and so we will be hosting a launch event in Connolly Books on Friday September 16th at 7pm. We hope a few listeners can make it! Event details can be found here - https://www.facebook.com/events/448978250598867/?active_tab=about  The theme of the issue is IMPERIALISM and will feature articles on the basis for war in the 21st century, Ireland and neocolonialism, and the Irish Language. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This week Cian sits down with Paul Murphy to ask him to explain the Robert Troy scandal from start to finish, pausing briefly for a tangent on this twitter meme. ----- Rupture Issue 8 is due out at the end of the month. The theme of the issue is IMPERIALISM and will feature articles on the basis for war in the 21st century, Ireland and neocolonialism, and the Irish Language. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This week Diarmuid sat down with David Broder, author of 'First They Took Rome: How the Populist Right Conquered Italy" and Europe Editor of Jacobin Magazine, to discuss the political situation in Italy, the recent collapse of Mario Draghi's government, and the rise of the Italian far right. David's Twitter can be found here ----- Rupture Issue 8 is due out at the end of the month. The theme of the issue is IMPERIALISM and will feature articles on the basis for war in the 21st century, Ireland and neocolonialism, and the Irish Language. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This week Cian sat down with socialist activist and trade unionist Paul O'Connell to discuss the breakdown of Boris Johnson's premiership, the non-alternative posed by Labour, the recent RMT strikes, and what British socialists should do going forward. Paul's Twitter can be found here ----- Rupture Issue 7 has been released! The theme  of this issue is WORK and as such will feature great articles on topics  such as the four day work week, working conditions during and after covid, and reproductive labour. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This week we interviewed James O’Toole about his new book The Return of Class War Trade Unionism as well as the general approach of socialists when engaging in labour struggles. James' book can be purchased here - https://bit.ly/3bKCJk4 Rebel Telly Facebook Rebel Telly Instagram Red Talks Podcast ----- Rupture Issue 7 has been released! The theme  of this issue is WORK and as such will feature great articles on topics  such as the four day work week, working conditions during and after covid, and reproductive labour. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

The recent 2022 People Before Profit AGM was a major success and marks another positive step forward in building a major, pluralist eco-socialist party in Ireland. Here newly elected PBP Steering Committee member and Rupture author Cian Prendiville reports on some of the key highlights from the conference. This episode is an audio recording of a Rupture article available to read online at rupture.ie ----- Rupture Issue 7 has been released! The theme  of this issue is workand as such will feature great articles on topics  such as the four day work week, working conditions during and after covid, and reproductive labour. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

In this week's podcast, we sat down with Richard Boyd Barrett to discuss the ongoing cost of living crisis and the Cost of Living Coalition which has been formed to get active around the issue. A national demonstration is planned for Saturday June 18th at Parnell Square  If any listeners would like to get involved with this coalition you can email and contact through social media below: Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/COLCIreland  Twitter - https://twitter.com/COLCIreland Email - Info@COLC.ie ----- Rupture Issue 7 has been released! The theme  of this issue is workand as such will feature great articles on topics  such as the four day work week, working conditions during and after  covid, and reproductive labour. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of  the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

In this week's podcast, Rupture regular Diana O'Dwyer sat down with US-based socialist feminist activist Rosemary Dodd to discuss the recent leaked draft opinion that the US Supreme Court is planning to overturn the 1973 Roe v Wade decision, the consequences this would have for abortion rights in the United States, and the growing fightback by socialist feminists there to defend abortion access. Rosemary is a member of Reform and Revolution, a Marxist caucus within the Democratic Socialists of America in political solidarity with the RISE network within People Before Profit. ----- Rupture Issue 7 has been released! The theme  of this issue is workand as such will feature great articles on topics  such as the four day work week, working conditions during and after  covid, and reproductive labour. If you would like to subscribe to the  magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe ----- Further reading: A battle over Roe v Wade - Rosemary Dodd - https://reformandrevolution.org/2022/03/08/a-battle-over-roe-v-wade/ Defend Roe v Wade and don't stop there - Reform and Revolution - https://reformandrevolution.org/2022/05/07/defend-roe-v-wade-and-dont-stop-there/ --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of  the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in  topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This week we have a bonus episode - a recording from a live public meeting Rupture organised with RISE on the case for eco-socialist degrowth. Capitalist growth is destroying our life support systems. Every single year the material taken from the Earth to feed the insatiable capitalist appetite for profits grows larger and larger and the waste spewing into the atmosphere, land, rivers, and sea grows bigger and bigger. The latest IPCC reports make clear that we have "a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all". However, climate action has to be more than “saving the environment” and ensuring a safe future. It also must ensure we’re building a different society that delivers a better life for all, in particular for all those most impacted by poverty, deprivation, and insecure conditions. In this meeting, we discuss the case for eco-socialist degrowth, which is “a planned downscaling of energy and resource use to bring the economy back into balance with the living world in a safe, just and equitable way." SPEAKERS Stefania Barca - Distinguished Researcher "Beatriz Galindo", University of Santiago de Compostela (ES); and the author of many books and articles including 'The Labor(s) of Degrowth', Forces of Reproduction and Towards a Political Economy of Degrowth Paul Murphy - TD for the eco-socialist party People Before Profit and a member of the revolutionary socialist network, RISE; and regular contributor to Rupture Magazine and Rupture Radio podcast and co-author of 'The necessity of ecosocialist degrowth'.

This week we sat down to discuss the ideas of Eco-Socialist Degrowth.  Attend the Degrowth meeting this Thursday 5th May in Connolly Books. Tickets HERE Capitalist growth is destroying our life support systems. Every single year the material taken from the Earth to feed the insatiable capitalist appetite for profits grows larger and larger and the waste spewing into the atmosphere, land, rivers, and sea grows bigger and bigger. The latest IPCC reports make clear that we have "a brief and rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all". In this meeting the case will be made for Eco-Socialist Degrowth, which is “a planned downscaling of energy and resource use to bring the economy back into balance with the living world in a safe, just and equitable way." Rupture Issue 7 will be released at the end of April 2022. The theme of this issue is WORK and as such will feature great articles on topics such as the four day work week, working conditions during and after covid, and reproductive labour. If you would like to subscribe to the magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe ----- Further reading: Eco-socialism and/or De-growth - Michael Löwy https://www.letusrise.ie/rupture-articles/2wl71srdonxrbgxal9v6bv78njr2fb  Growth and Degrowth: What Should We Say? - John Molyneux http://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/03/01/growth-degrowth-what-should-ecosocialists-say-part-one/ --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and   culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture -   Ireland's Eco-Socialist Quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon.   This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This week Cian sits down with Rupture regular Diana O'Dwyer to discuss the government's war on neutrality, and the Marxist case for defending it. Diana recently helped write the PBP Neutrality Bill which would have enshrined neutrality in the constitution and barred the government from joining NATO or other military alliances. It was narrowly defeated in the Dail, after the Greens broke with their previous position and voted it down. We talk about why we  socialists must oppose the attempts to present NATO as some sort of peace force, and why we should defend the idea of Irish Neutrality, and push for a consistent anti-imperialist, anti-war approach. Rupture Issue 7 will be released at the end of April 2022. The theme of this issue is WORK and as such will feature great articles on topics such as the four day work week, working conditions during and after covid, and reproductive labour. If you would like to subscribe to the magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and   culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture -   Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon.   This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

As we are in the final week of production for Rupture Issue 7 we have decided to re-run a great interview our friends over at the Irish Left Archive did with Rupture contributor and RISE National Organiser Jess Spear. They discuss how Jess got into political activism, the launch of Rupture Magazine and Rupture Radio, and the place of People Before Profit on the Irish Left We would encourage listeners to head on over to the Irish Left Archive podcast as they have many other great episodes with many other great activists - https://www.leftarchive.ie/podcast/ Rupture Issue 7 will be released at the end of April 2022. The theme of this issue is WORK and as such will feature great articles on topics such as the four day work week, working conditions during and after covid, and reproductive labour. If you would like to subscribe to the magazine go to https://rupture.ie/subscribe  --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and   culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture -   Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon.   This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This week Cian sits down with Starbucks worker Laila Dalton about her experience trying to unionise her Starbucks shop in Pheonix Arizona (USA), and socialist author and activist Alex Stout who has written about the US-wide Starbucks unionisation drive.  Since the first Starbucks unoinised last December, oer 150 stores across America have filed for union elections. Workers are getting organised, but so are the bosses, with a new union-busting CEO brought in and major attempts to intimidate workers. Show your support by donating to the Solidarity fund started by the Pheonix Metro Starbucks workers: https://www.gofundme.com/f/phoenix-metro-starbucks-solidarity-fund You can see the video mentioned here: https://perfectunion.us/leaked-union-busting-footage/ Find out more about the struggle, with this interview with Laila Dalton discussing her experience: https://jacobinmag.com/2022/03/starbucks-nlrb-election-union-organizing-food-industry-unfair-labor-practice And this article by Alex Stout outlining the struggle so far, and the next steps: https://reformandrevolution.org/2022/03/23/starbucks-goes-to-war-in-attempt-to-smash-worker-power/ --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture -   Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon.   This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This week Cian sits down with Des Hennelly (@LeftistDad) to dig into the government's Climate Action Plan, and see how it measures up to the latest warnings from the IPCC. Spoiler Alert: It's a plan to fail. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture -   Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon.   This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

Cian and Paul sit down to discuss Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine, the resulting refugee crisis and the threat of this spiralling into a full-scale inter-imperialist war between Russia and NATO. For more on the war check out this initial statement from People Before Profit and this statement from US-based revolutionary socialists in the Reform & Revolution caucus of the DSA, written for an American audience.  --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture -   Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon.   This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This week Diarmuid sat down with economist and socialist activist Brian O'Boyle to discuss his and Kieran Allen's book Tax Haven Ireland. They discuss what role tax havens play in modern capitalist economies, how Ireland became a tax haven, and what the cost is to working people at home and abroad. Tax Haven Ireland can be purchased directly from Rebel Books by sending an email to willycumming07@gmail.com to get the book posted. Rebel.books2020@gmail.com is the paypal. Rupture Article: Tax Haven Ireland - the inside story - https://rupture.ie/articles/tax-haven-ireland The newly formed RIFT (Research in Ireland for Transformation) are co-sponsoring this online event to mark the publication of Brian O’Boyle and Kieran Allen’s important new book Tax Haven Ireland. For further details and to register for the event please go here. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and   culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture -   Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon.   This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

Following on from the horrific murder of Ashling Murphy, and the massive outpouring of anger, we look at an article by Jess Spear and Diana O'Dwyer discussing how we can end the pandemic of male violence against women. Article from 25 November 2020, read by Jess Spear. Find the article here: https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/pyej3sr8nizwqwjan9916x3xwz5e4w

This week Diarmuid and Dave sat down with socialist activist and PBP member Seán Mitchell to discuss what place elections and parliaments have in socialist strategy for today. Seán wrote a pamphlet on the same topic which can be found on the REBEL website here - http://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/03/09/lenin-elections-socialist-hegemony-new-pamphlet/ Seán is also the author of Struggle Or Starve: Working-Class Unity in Belfast's 1932 Outdoor Relief Riots which can be found here - https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1049-struggle-or-starve --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and   culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture -   Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon.   This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

A special episode this week where Cian gets to sit down with Meg Morrigan and Kiran Emrich to discuss and debate the Netflix sensation Don't Look Up. The panel debate if this is this an excellent film, inspired by Bertolt Brecht and dialectical materialism? Or is it just an overly-long, over-the-top, hard to watch non-comedy?  Meg is a socialist activist with a background in film and theatre and wrote a positive review of the film for 'Reform & Revolution', a US sister publication to Rupture. However Kiran, PBP activist from Galway, is not so convinced by the film, leading to some interesting exchanges. Check out Meg's review here: https://reformandrevolution.org/2021/12/27/how-not-to-save-the-world-dont-look-up-tells-it-how-it-is/ And let us know what film or show you'd like us to review next on the podcast; tweet us @ruptureradio_ or email us at leftinsidepod@gmail.com -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and   culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio

This week Diarmuid sits down with activists Eve Seitchik and Ty Moore to discuss recent events in America including the recent mid-term elections, the position of the socialist left, the position of the far-right, and the recent strike waves that took place across the country. Both Ty and Eve are members of the Reform and Revolution caucus in the DSA. More info on the caucus and their publication can be found on the R&R website here - https://reformandrevolution.org/. Reform and Revolution Magazine can be found here - https://reformandrevolution.org/magazine/ Please note that this discussion was recorded in November 2021 and so a handful of events which took place after this will not be covered.  -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and   culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Reform and Revolution https://twitter.com/dsarandr Eve Seitchik - https://twitter.com/eve_s_dsa  Further reading: 2021 Elections: Democrats Defeated — Corporate Media Blames the Left - https://reformandrevolution.org/2021/11/08/2021-elections-democrats-defeated-corporate-media-blames-the-left/

"There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen" as Lenin said. Well, there's also years that feel like a lifetime, and 2021 was one. In an act of collective therapy, we have an in-person panel discussion reviewing the year and more generally looking over lessons we can draw from the past 21 months of Covid. Paul Murphy drops in once more, and we are also joined by special guest Conor Reddy. We talk about the changing world of Irish politics, the never-ending nightmare of Covid and the first throws of the 'Great Bo Burnham Faction Fight of 2022' are recorded for posterity. We also cast our eyes forward to what next year can hold, challenges and opportunities for the left, and we even give some Christmas present ideas for the red in your bed (or otherwise in your life). Thanks to Connolly Books for letting us record in their bookshop in Temple Bar, we hope to be back in the future for full live shows. -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People Before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This week our panel is joined from beautiful Barcelona by eco-socialist in exile Saoirse McHugh. We swap stories about lessons from Spanish city planning before diving in to real talk about peat extraction, FF & FG's political theatre of pretending to care about small farmers and the Covid fourth wave. An impromptu debate on the slogan of system change, and the strengths and weaknesses of boycotts sparks some interesting questions for future episodes and ideas for raging polemics. One issue we never got to discuss was this shocking story of the Irish judicial system completely failing to take violence against women seriously - content warning, the article contains information of sexual assault: https://www.thejournal.ie/sexual-assault-3-5605157-Nov2021 -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Further reading:

Diarmuid and Michael return to welcome back Corner Späti's own Ciarán Dold to the podcast. Ciarán joins us again to discuss the recent events in Berlin in relation to a September referendum in which over 1 million Berliners voted to socialise near two hundred forty thousand apartments in the German capital. Ciarán also gives a sense of how this referendum came about, what it means, and what the political scene is like in Berlin.  You can usually catch Ciarán on the Corner Späti podcast which can be found here and on all good podcast providers. Listen to our previous episode with Ciarán and Rob from Corner Späti here! That a with the two dots is really annoying to type. I wonder do they have to copy paste it all the time or do German keyboards have it built in.   -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and   culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Further reading: In Berlin, We Won a Vote to Nationalize the Big Landlords - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/10/berlin-germany-nationalize-big-landlords-organizing-housing-campaign-rent-prices

This week we are joined by People Before Profit activist, and RTE award-nominated musician, Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin to discuss the Cop 26 climate summit. We also talk to Eoghan about the protests he has organised about the slow death of cultural spaces in Dublin with the Cobblestone, Merchant's Arch, Chapters & Science Gallery all on the chopping block. And we chat a bit about the brutal attempted eviction of residents at Sunnyvale Social Centre on Prussia Street, Dublin. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and   culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture -   Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon.   This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This bank holiday weekend we take a break and re-run one of our favourite interviews, discussing ecosocialism with Jess Spear and John Moluneux. With the major Cop 26 climate conference coming up, and protests across the country and globe on November 6th, we thought this was a good time to revisit some of these issues. For info on the Cop26 demos in Ireland check out: https://www.facebook.com/COP26CoalitionIreland If you are interested in purchasing this pamphlet you can do so for €3.50 at the following link. John Molyneux is a long-standing socialist activist, author, member of People Before Profit, and editor of the Irish Marxist Review which can be found here. Jess is a paleoceanographer, author, member of RISE, and editor of Rupture Magazine which can be found here. Both are members of the Global Ecosocialist Network which can be found here. John has been doing some introductory videos on Marxist concepts and ideas which can be found here. Any comments or queries please get in touch on Twitter https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ / See you next week, cheers!

This week, Cian chats to Des Hennelly to review Budget 2022, digging beneath the government's spin in areas including contraception, inflation, ICU/hospital beds, housing and public transport to uncover how its responses to these issues remains utterly inadequate. Cian and Des also discuss the ecosocialist proposals put forward by People Before Profit in its alternative budget, outlining what needs to be done to tackle these crises. -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and   culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Des https://twitter.com/leftistdad Further reading: People Before Profit, 'Budget 2022: a lasting dividend for workers', https://www.pbp.ie/budget-2022-after-covid-a-lasting-dividend-for-workers/

This week, Cian is joined by People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy and PBP and RISE activists Nicole McCarthy and Des Hennelly to discuss last week's Facebook outage, the whistleblower revelations about the company and the argument for nationalising Facebook. They also tackle recent developments regarding Ireland's corporation tax, this week's budget, and Ireland's worsening energy crisis. -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and   culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the   RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture -   Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon.   This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics  and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Paul https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD Nicole https://twitter.com/Nicole80882468 Des https://twitter.com/leftistdad Further Listening: ATR - The Covid-19 Economic Crisis w/ Brian O'Boyle and Sami Mac Máistir, https://bit.ly/3ltfkX3

This week we were joined by writer and activist Hadas Thier to discuss her book “A People’s Guide to Capitalism: An Introduction to Marxist Economics”.  The book can be purchased at the following link - https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1481-a-people-s-guide-to-capitalism - Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People Before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Hadas Thier https://twitter.com/hadasthier Further Listening:  'Marx was Right: Economics for the 99% with Hadas Thier (8-26-20)', Haymarket Live, https://bit.ly/3tDcmBt 'Marxism 101: A World to Win w/ Hadas Thier', A World to Win podcast, https://apple.co/3C5bAQU Further Reading: Hadas Thier, A People's Guide to Capitalism (Chicago, 2020), https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/1481-a-people-s-guide-to-capitalism

This week, Cian sits down with RISE's Diana O'Dwyer and Dave Murphy to chat about Varadkar's foot-in-mouth gaffes on housing, wages, the Katherine Zappone cronyism scandal and CETA, People Before Profit's bill to ban data centres next week and this weekend's March for Choice in Dublin. -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and  culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the  RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture -  Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon.  This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics  and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Diana https://twitter.com/DianaODwyer  Dave https://twitter.com/davemurf83

We're back! This week, Diarmuid sits down with researchers Patrick Brodie and Patrick Bresnihan to talk about their article on data centres which appeared in issue one of our sister magazine, Rupture. They discuss the role of data centres on the Irish economy, and their disastrous impact on our energy output and the environment. Patrick Bresnihan is a lecturer in the Department of Geography at Maynooth University. Patrick has worked in fields of urban political ecology, science and technology studies, and environmental humanities. Patrick Brodie is a media scholar and Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University in Montreal. His research focuses on the global and environmental politics of data and energy systems. We would encourage everyone listening to have a read of the article which both guests wrote for Rupture Magazine. It can be found here. - Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People Before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Patrick Brodie https://twitter.com/patbrodie337 Patrick Bresnihan https://twitter.com/PBresnihan Further Reading:  Patrick Brodie and Patrick Bresnihan, 'Energy Vacuums: Data Centres, Renewable Energy and Rural Politics', Rupture, issue 1, https://bit.ly/energy-vacuums Thea Riofrancos - What Green costs - https://logicmag.io/nature/what-green-costs/ Sharae Deckard - World Ecology and Ireland: The Neoliberal Ecological Regime - https://jwsr.pitt.edu/ojs/jwsr/article/view/641

Last week, bus Drivers rejected proposals jointly agreed by the transport unions and Dublin Bus by a margin of nearly 98%. These proposals would have dramatically altered their working conditions for the worse and would have led to further precarity in the sector. Public Transport is a massive issue at the moment when it comes to climate change and the need to transform society in an ecosocialist direction. However, instead of prioritising a just transition for workers employers continue to drive down working conditions and move towards further privatisation. This week Diarmuid sits down with Bus Driver and SIPTU member Owen McCormack to discuss this dispute and its implications.  - Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Owen McCormack - https://twitter.com/owemcc

This week, Cian sits down with RISE's Diana O'Dwyer, Dave Murphy and Michelle Byrne of the Week in Work podcast to talk about the IPCC report, Scambridge, and what Katherine Zappone has been getting up to lately. -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Michelle https://twitter.com/Michelle_Byrne_

In June, the Swedish Left Party withdrew its 'toleration' of  the sitting Social Democrat-Green government, pulling it down and defeating its proposal to remove rent controls and introduce marketised rents. This week, Cian sits down with Marco Jamil Espvall, editor of Internationalen, the Swedish newspaper of the Fourth International, to discuss the 'Swedish model' and the relevance of the Left Party's move to broader debates on how socialist parties should relate to soft-left governments. -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Cian https://twitter.com/cianplk Further Reading: John Hörnquist, 'How Sweden's Left Party Stopped the Social Democrats Undermining of the Welfare State', Jacobin, 7 July 2021, https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/07/sweden-left-party-social-democrats-welfare-state-rent-lofven-dadgostar

Since the 1970s, financial markets and corporations have increasingly enjoyed an unparalleled dominance in the housing sector internationally. This week, Michael sits down with Des Hennelly to talk about his article in the latest issue of Rupture on the commodification and financialisation of housing in Ireland. They discuss how successive Irish governments have driven the financialisation of housing ever deeper, and the task of socialists to work within housing movements to demand mass public housing programmes which begin the process of decommodifying the housing market and ensuring secure and affordable homes for all. -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Des https://twitter.com/leftistdad Michael https://twitter.com/noironyintended Further Reading: Des Hennelly, 'The Deepening Housing Crisis: financialisation and accumulation', Rupture, no. 4, https://rupture.ie/articles/deepening-housing-crisis

This week, Nicole joins socialist feminist activist Emma Hendrick to discuss the tasks of the women's movement in Ireland today,  the limitations of the MoreMná campaign and liberal approaches calling for more involvement of women in politics which ignore the role of class and exclude working-class, Traveller, migrant and trans women, and the impact of Covid on women already burdened with the pressures of unpaid domestic labour.  --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Emma https://twitter.com/Emm511  Further Listening: Rupture Radio International Women's Day Special w/ RISE activists Nicole, Jess and Diana - https://anchor.fm/ruptureradio/episodes/International-Womens-Day-Special-erv69v Further Reading: Emma's Rebel article on how a movement of the whole working class, and not the election of more women establishment politicians, will deliver liberation http://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/03/08/working-class-women-iwd/ 

Earlier this month, Cuba witnessed anti-government protests in various towns and cities which in turn sparked large counter-protests to 'Defend the Revolution'. This week we are joined by Jorge Martin of the International Marxist Tendency and Rupture regular Sami Mac Máistir to discuss the nature of the protests, the impact of the blockade of Cuba by US imperialism, and what role socialists outside of Cuba can play. -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly.  Check out Rupture Magazine; An Ecosocialist Quarterly at rupture.ie Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Further Reading: Jorge's article on In Defence of Marxism - Protests in Cuba: Defend the Revolution  Jorge's author page - https://socialistrevolution.org/author/jorge-martin/ Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Jorge https://twitter.com/marxistJorge

The mass murders and disappearances of suspected communists in Indonesia in the mid-1960s became the blueprint for smashing the potential of socialists gaining power in countries across the Third World during the Cold War, ensuring the maintenance of American capitalist hegemony. This week, Rupture's Michael Coleman and People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy sit down with journalist Vincent Bevins to discuss his recent book, the Jakarta Method, which dissects the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66, the CIA's complicity in the Indonesian atrocities and how these tactics were later implemented by right-wing authoritarian governments in South and Central America with US approval. -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Vincent https://twitter.com/Vinncent  Michael https://twitter.com/noironyintended Paul https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD  Further Reading: For more info on Vincent's book, see: https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/vincent-bevins/the-jakarta-method/9781541724013/ 'Anti-Communist Massacres Killed Indonesia’s Hopes for National Liberation and Socialism: An interview with Vincent Bevins', Jacobin, https://jacobinmag.com/2020/05/anti-communist-massacres-indonesia-brazil-communism 

We are very sad to report that Rayner Lysaght, who you may recognise from our episode on the Limerick Soviet, has passed away at the age of 80. To commemorate his passing we are sharing the complete, previously unreleased, interview with Rayner in 2019 about the Limerick Soviet and its lessons for today. Rayner was a giant and a gent on the Irish socialist left and will be greatly missed by us all. Our thoughts go out to his loving wife Aine, brother William and sister Priscilla Stewart as well as all his loved ones. As his death notice says, quoting Trotsky: "“Life is beautiful. Let the future generations cleanse it of all evil, oppression, and violence, and enjoy it to the full.” More resources Previous episode on the Limerick Soviet: https://anchor.fm/ruptureradio/episodes/The-Limerick-Soviet-1919-w-Cian-Prendiville--Aprille-Scully-eu93kv Obituary of Rayner: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rayner-lysaghtobituary-leading-activist-and-historian-in-the-labour-movement-and-a-hugely-influential-figure-in-irelands-left-wing-political-sphere-40638871.html Rayner's pamphlet on the Limerick Soviet: https://libcom.org/library/1919-story-limerick-soviet Video interview with Rayner about his life and ideas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iDStnCDBco

The global economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic triggered the second once-in-a-lifetime recession in the space of ten years, hitting an already stagnant international economy hard. This week, Diarmuid sits down with economist Brian O'Boyle and Rupture's Sami Mac Máistir to discuss this economic crisis and the prospects of recovery, the future of neoliberalism, the likelihood of renewed attempts by governments to attack the working class again by reintroducing austerity and Ireland’s status as a global tax haven. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Anyone who would like to support the podcast can do so on our Patreon. This will also allow you to get extra content and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Sami https://twitter.com/MadMarx__ Brian https://twitter.com/Brian_OBoyle1   Further Reading: What's the shape of this recession? - Sami in Rupture - https://rupture.ie/magazine/issue-1-digital-download Pandemic Inequalities in Tax Haven Ireland - Brian in Rebel - http://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/03/03/pandemic-inequalities-tax-haven-ireland/ Austerity or Solidarity: Paying for COVID-19 - Brian in Rebel - http://www.rebelnews.ie/2020/06/18/austerity-solidarity/

This week Rupture regular Nicole sits down with socialist feminist activist Sinéad Kennedy to discuss ongoing barriers to abortion access in Ireland and how the establishment tries to coopt women's struggles without fundamentally changing society. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and is linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Sinéad https://twitter.com/SineadmKennedy Further Listening: Rupture Radio International Women's Day Special w/ RISE activists Nicole, Jess and Diana - https://anchor.fm/ruptureradio/episodes/International-Womens-Day-Special-erv69v Further Reading: Sinéad's Rupture article on the ongoing fight for abortion rights in Ireland https://rupture.ie/articles/ireland-amp-abortion-where-next

Since its introduction in its current form in 1972, the Special Criminal Court in Dublin has denied defendants the right to a jury trial. Introduced as an 'emergency' measure, it has become a permanent part of the repressive apparatus of the southern Irish state. This week, Cian Prendiville sits down with People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy and Irish Council for Civil Liberties Executive Director Liam Herrick to discuss the Dáil's recent renewal of the laws underpinning the court, Sinn Féin's decision to leave the Dáil chamber rather than vote against this legislation and the case for the abolition of the non-jury court. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Paul Murphy TD https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD Liam Herrick https://twitter.com/liamherrick Resources: People Before Profit's Alexandra Day on why the Special Criminal Court should be abolished: http://www.rebelnews.ie/2020/08/23/abolish-special-criminal-court/

Between 1845 and 1851 around one million Irish people perished during An Gorta Mór, the Great Famine - and a further two million emigrated within ten years of this catastrophe. The devastating famine was arguably the most significant event in Irish history, shaping society for generations.  This week Des sits down with historian Fin Dwyer, host of the Irish History Podcast, to discuss this seismic event. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Fin https://twitter.com/irishhistory  Des https://twitter.com/LeftistDad  Further Listening: Fin's Irish History Podcast Series on the Great Famine - https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/category/podcast/the-great-famine/ Rupture Radio episode on Des' Rupture Magazine article on Colonialism, Landlordism, and the Metabolic Rift of Ireland, which discusses the Great Famine - https://anchor.fm/ruptureradio/episodes/ATR---Colonialism--Landlordism--and-the-Rift-of-Ireland-et78hs Further Reading: Des' article on Colonialism, Landlordism and the Rift of Ireland - https://rupture.ie/articles/colonialism-landlordism-and-the-rift-of-ireland-1 "Famine Memorial" by lennox_mcdough is licensed with CC BY-ND 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/

This week People Before Profit activist and Dublin Bay South candidate Brigid Purcell joins Rupture regulars Diarmuid, Diana and Éoin to discuss public spaces, People Before Profit's Right to Housing Bill, recent developments around the Mother and Baby Homes, and the Dublin Bay South by-election. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Brigid Purcell https://www.facebook.com/BrigidPurcellPBP                       https://twitter.com/BrigidPurcell                       https://www.instagram.com/brigidpurcell_pbp Campaign Links: If you want to help in any way with Brigid's campaign, please visit https://www.pbp.ie/brigid-purcell/, email your details to info@peoplebeforeprofit.ie or contact Brigid through the social media links above. To donate to Brigid's campaign, visit https://www.pbp.ie/donate/  Resources: Jack Sheehan on Dublin's housing crisis and rampant workplace precarity https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/06/how-rentier-capitalism-is-destroying-dublin Rupture episode with Diarmuid and Diana on the ills of the permanent crisis of the Irish healthcare system https://anchor.fm/ruptureradio/episodes/Irelands-Permanent-Healthcare-Crisis-w-Diana-ODwyer-eo2nfp   

Since April 28th, Colombia has witnessed one of the largest popular mobilizations in the country’s history. The massive protests began as a national strike — called by, workers, students., trade unions, left-wing parties, social movements, peasant groups, indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities — against the US-backed government of far-right president Iván Duque and a now-withdrawn regressive tax reform. The movement has faced fierce repression but has already achieved significant gains and shows no signs of stopping. This week Diarmuid sits down with Colombian activist Lala Peñaranda to discuss ongoing developments in Colombia, the nature of the movement, and how things might play out in the face of fierce repression.  --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Lala https://twitter.com/PenarandaLala Resources: Colombia: workers and youth of the world say – Duque out! - https://www.marxist.com/workers-and-youth-of-the-world-say-duque-out.htm Colombia: 13 days of national strike – the people resist Iván Duque’s narcoterrorism - https://www.marxist.com/colombia-13-days-of-national-strike.htm Colombia Is in Revolt Against Neoliberalism - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/05/colombia-neoliberalism-ivan-duque-revolt-uprising-socioeconomic-reform Colombians Are in the Streets Against a Violent Neoliberal Order - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2021/05/colombia-protest-ivan-duque-tax-reform-neoliberalism-general-strike

It has been over a year since since the Debenhams workers began the fight for their right to a proper redundancy. The state has refused to support them and their demands. Despite this the workers have been on the pickets every single day struggling for what they deserve.  This week Dave sits down with Henry Street Shop Steward Jane Crowe and PBP activist Sadhbh Mac Lochlainn. Support Debenham's Workers Twitter page - https://twitter.com/DebenhamsStaff --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! --- Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Dave https://twitter.com/davemurf83 Sadhbh https://twitter.com/wannabeart_hoe Support Debenham's Workers Twitter page - https://twitter.com/DebenhamsStaff Further Reading: After 300 Days: Pay The Debenhams Workers - Eddie Conlon - http://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/02/03/day-300-pay-debenhams-workers/

This week's episode is focused on recent developments in Palestine. Our guest is Rania Muhareb, a PhD researcher at the Irish Centre for Human Rights in Galway and consultant with the Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq. Demos in Ireland: Dublin:  2pm, The Spire Belfast: 3pm, Customs House Square Derry: 3pm, Free Derry Corner Limerick:12.30pm, Bedford Row Tralee: 1.30pm, The Square Navan: 2pm, Kennedy Plaza Newbridge: 2pm, Langton Cross Celbridge: 11.30am, outside Castletown Gates   Maynooth: 1.30pm, The Square Galway: 2pm, The Prom, Salthill Waterford: 2pm, John Roberts Square   Wexford: 2pm, Wexford Bridge   Cork: Rally 2pm, Cork City Library   Clones: 4pm, The Diamond If you’re listening after Saturday I would encourage you to seek out groups active on the issue and in Ireland I recommend people follow the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign and the Trinity BDS campaign in order to get a sense of events in the future. Links: Richard Falk report on fragmentation in Palestine Irish Centre for Human Rights Statement on Recognizing Israel as an Apartheid State Statement can be signed here Further Reading: The Brutal Face of Zionism - REBEL Israel twists the knife – prepare mass resistance! - International Marxist Tendency

This week Cian sat down with RISE's Diana O'Dwyer and the Just Transition Green's John Barry to discuss the question of alliances with 'Green Capital'. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_

This week Nicole and Sami sat down with People Before Profit TD Gino Kenny to discuss a cannabis legalisation bill that the party intends to introduce later this year. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Gino Kenny https://twitter.com/Ginosocialist

We're back with a full panel, with a special  May Day weekend episode. Paul and Dave are joined by Dunnes Anti-Apartheid striker Karen Gearon and Sadhbh Mac Lochlainn who has been a stalwart on the Debenhams picketlines. We chat about both strikes, the parallels between them and the lessons for the trade union movement today. --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Paul https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD Dave https://twitter.com/davemurf83 Sadhbh https://twitter.com/wannabeart_hoe Karen https://twitter.com/karen_gearon

This week Diarmuid sits with Conor Reddy and Finbar Lynch to discuss the issue of vaccine inequality and the concept of a People's Vaccine. Resources: The People’s Vaccine: A Global Solution to a Global Problem - Finbar Lynch - http://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/02/11/peoples-vaccine-global-solution-global-problem/ Big Pharma and the search for the vaccine - Dave Murphy - https://rupture.ie/articles/big-pharma-and-the-search-for-the-vaccine Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine research ‘was 97% publicly funded’ - Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/apr/15/oxfordastrazeneca-covid-vaccine-research-was-97-publicly-funded  --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Rupture Radio is one year old! Thanks a million for supporting along the way. If you want to support us please share the show or sub on patreon at the following link, all support massively appreciated! https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! -- Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Conor Reddy - https://twitter.com/ConorReddyPBP Finbar Lynch - https://twitter.com/deadflegblues Diarmuid Flood - https://twitter.com/redflood_

This week Éoin and Diarmuid sit down with Belfast PBP rep Cailín McCaffery to discuss the riots that took place in the first weeks of April, the cause of the tensions, and the response in working class communities. Resources: Unity not Division: Say No to Sectarianism - Online Rally -  https://twitter.com/GerryCarrollPBP/status/1382393726085992449 We need Working Class Unity, not Stormont Hypocisy - http://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/04/08/we-need-working-class-unity-not-stormont-hypocrisy/ Behind the Riots - Kieran Allen - http://www.rebelnews.ie/2021/04/11/behind-the-riots/ --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  The Rupture Radio patreon can also be found at the following link, all support massively appreciated! https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! -- Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Cailín - https://twitter.com/cailinmccaff

This week we have a special episode to mark the 102nd anniversary of the Limerick Soviet of April 1919, when workers of the city took on the British Empire. This episode is based on material from episodes 1 to 3 of the Bottom Dog podcast, a 2019 documentary by Cian Prendiville and Aprille Scully which tells the story of the soviet over 5 episodes. You can check out the other episodes at limericksoviet.ie Cian will be speaking at this online PBP public meeting on April 12th about the Limerick soviet: https://forms.gle/h2pvtmMZh8WQpEKi7 To read more on the Limerick soviet you can check out: Article by Cian for thejournal in 2019: https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/opinion-the-limerick-soviet-of-1919-is-part-of-a-hidden-history-of-ireland-4575458-Apr2019/ The story of the Limerick Soviet 1919 by Rayner Lysaght: https://libcom.org/library/1919-story-limerick-soviet Sóivéidí na hÉireann (Soviets in Ireland) TG4 documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIIX8GfkrKs Books on the subject: Forgotten Revolution by Liam Cahill: https://www.omahonys.ie/forgotten-revolution-the-limerick-soviet-1919-p-10444285.html Revolution in Ireland by Conor Kostick: https://www.kennys.ie/irish-history/revolutionary-ireland/revolution-in-ireland-popular-militancy-1917-to-1923 Limerick Soviet 1919 by Dominic Haugh: https://www.omahonys.ie/limerick-soviet-1919-the-revolt-of-the-bottom-dog-p-10444301.html

What is CETA, and why should we care? This week Sami sat down with Paul Murphy TD to do a special explainer episode on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, and why you should oppose it. Previous podcast guest Dr John Reynolds has also written a very good post about this bad deal for those who want to read up more. If you want to support the podcast you can do so on our Patreon which also allows listeners to get extra content, and provide feedback and suggestions to the podcast team. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio

This week Michael and Des sit down to discuss Des' latest article in Rupture Magazine on Colonialism, Landlordism, and the Metabolic Rift of Ireland. This article can be found on Rupture.ie at the following link: https://rupture.ie/articles/colonialism-landlordism-and-the-rift-of-ireland-1 The third issue of Rupture Magazine, in which Des' and many other great articles can be found, is now on sale and can be purchased at https://rupture.ie/magazine The Rupture Radio patreon can also be found at the following link, all support massively appreciated! https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! -- Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Michael - https://twitter.com/noironyintended Des - https://twitter.com/leftistdad

We at Rupture Radio have decided to label our in-depth interviews as their own series under the name 'At The Roots'. Going forward interviews such as this will be displayed in your podcast feed as At The Roots 1 or 'ATR' for short. For our inaugural episode we were delighted to welcome ecosocialist author and lecturer Andreas Malm who has written many great books including 'Fossil Capital', 'Climate, Corona, Chronic Emergency', and 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline.' Andreas sat down with us to discuss the topics covered in his last two books including the similar origins of the Coronavirus pandemic and the environmental crisis, the need for socialist solutions to these issues, and the strategic questions facing the international environmental movement. We would highly recommend listeners pick up any of Andreas' books which can be found below: https://www.versobooks.com/books/3665-how-to-blow-up-a-pipeline https://www.versobooks.com/books/3704-corona-climate-chronic-emergency The third issue of Rupture Magazine, the theme of which is socialist feminism, is now on sale and can be purchased at https://rupture.ie/magazine The top tier of the Rupture Radio patreon can also be found at the following link, all support massively appreciated! https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! -- Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Diana https://twitter.com/DianaODwyer Diarmuid https://twitter.com/goneflood

This week the panel sit down to discuss the origins of International Women's Day, it recent corporate hijacking, and reclaiming it's radical heritage. The panel also discuss some articles focusing on the topic in Rupture Issue Three including Ecosocialist Feminism, the struggle for abortion rights, and the Paris Commune.  The third issue of Rupture Magazine, the theme of which is socialist feminism, is now on sale and can be purchased at https://rupture.ie/magazine The top tier of the Rupture Radio patreon also entitles the patron to a free copy of Rupture Magazine once it's released! You can support here - https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! -- Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Rupture Magazine https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ Jess - https://twitter.com/jdubspear Diana - https://twitter.com/DianaODwyer

This week we are delighted to bring you an exclusive interview with Paul Murphy & Brid Smith about the breaking news that RISE is now joining PBP. We ask about what this means, how this will work, and the challenges and opportunities facing the socialist left. To find out more about this exciting news, you can attend the online rally to celebrate on Thursday at 7:30pm, more info here: https://forms.gle/3Dnz7E76H6aLb7K16 Rupture Radio is produced by RISE members and we are delighted to be joining PBP, and encourage our listeners to take the leap with us. You can join online in two minutes at https://pbp.ie/join --- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by members of the RISE network within People before Profit, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  We are excited to have launched our new Patreon Community as a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content and an opportunity to talk with the podcast team and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! -- Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Paul Murphy https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD Brid Smith https://twitter.com/bridsmithtd

This week Paul and Michael are joined by special guest, journalist Carl Kinsealla (@TVsCarlKinsella on the tweet machine) to discuss the 'great land giveaway' that is the so-called 'Land Development Agency', the lacking Irish media landscape and continued government mishandling of Covid. -- Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by RISE members, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  We are excited to have launched our new Patreon Community as a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content and an opportunity to talk with the podcast team and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! -- Social media: Rupture Radio https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ Paul Murphy https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD Michael Coleman https://twitter.com/noironyintended Carl Kinsella https://twitter.com/TVsCarlKinsella

A change of pace this week as we welcome Ciaran and Rob on from the Corner Späti podcast to discuss all things European politics. This is one part of a two hour discussion with the other hour to be found on the CS' feed here - https://operationglad.io/113 We kick things off by discussing the unveiling of Turkey's new space program, then move onto the breakdown of the Italian government, and finally ask the lads how they go about covering European politics at large. SECOND PART OF THE CONVERSATION ON CORNER SPATI FEED - https://operationglad.io/113 - The second part of the conversation focuses on Irish politics and specifically the performance of the government, CETA, and the Irish far-right.  Be sure to check out Corner Späti on Twitter - https://twitter.com/cornerspaeti If you want to support the podcast you can do so on our Patreon which also allows listeners to get extra content, and provide feedback and suggestions to the podcast team. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. Ciaran: https://twitter.com/CiaranDold Rob: https://twitter.com/leninkraft Be sure to check out Corner Späti on Twitter - https://twitter.com/cornerspaeti Further Reading: Italy’s New Technocratic Government Is an Insult to Democracy - Paulo Gerbaudo Rupture Radio appearance on Corner Spati Cheers, See you all next week!

This week Cian, Megan, and Éoin were delighted to be joined by PBP activist and musician Eoghan Ó'Ceannabháin to discuss mental health, music, and feel good vibes of Simon Harris and Stephen Donnelly. Check out Eoghan's new album 'Solas an Lae' - http://eoghanultan.bandcamp.com/releases Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by RISE members, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  We are excited to have launched our new Patreon Community as a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content and an opportunity to talk with the podcast team and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social Media Links: Eogan's recent article - 'Ireland’s Colossal Covid Catastrophe' Vincent Browne absolutely crucifying Stephen Donnelly about joining Fianna Fail

What does a 'Zero Covid strategy' involve, and could it work in Ireland? This week, as an extra bonus episode, we sat down with Paul Murphy TD to try out a possible new 'Rupture Explainer' series, this one on Zero Covid. Paul's recent article on Zero Covid in thejournal.ie has been read almost 100,000 times as people try to understand this alternative to the governments failed yo-yo lockdown strategy, so we thought it would be a good opportunity to dive into this idea and give you a chance to find out more about it. Check out Paul's article here: https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/zero-covid-strategy-5331482-Jan2021/ This is a trial-run for a possible new series of 'Repture Explainer' episodes where we take a policy, concept or issue and try to break it down. Please let us know your feedback and ideas by email to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. If you want to support the podcast you can do so on our Patreon which also allows listeners to get extra content, and provide feedback and suggestions to the podcast team. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio

This week Paul sits down with Dan Finn to discuss his book 'One Man's Terrorist: A Political History of the IRA' as well as his perspectives on the development of the various Republican groups in the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Dan is a historian, writer, and Features Editor at Jacobin Magazine. If you find this conversation interesting you can purchase Dan's book at the following link:  https://www.versobooks.com/books/3077-one-man-s-terrorist If you want to support the podcast you can do so on our Patreon which also allows listeners to get extra content, and provide feedback and suggestions to the podcast team.  Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. Further Reading: Dan Finn, 'One Man's Terrorist: A Political Hisotry of the IRA' - https://www.versobooks.com/books/3077-one-man-s-terrorist Dan Finn, 'The Adaptable Sinn Féin' - https://jacobinmag.com/2016/04/sinn-fein-ireland-republicanism-socialism-austerity-troubles Dan Finn, 'Irish Politics Since The Crash' - https://catalyst-journal.com/vol1/no2/irish-politics-finn Cheers, See you all next week!

This week Jess sat down with Ty Moore from the USA to discuss the far-right riots on Capital Hill, Biden's inauguration, Bernie's mittens meme and what the socialist left is and should be up to now. Ty Moore is a member of the Reform & Revolution (R&R) caucus in the Democratic Socialists of America who we talked to back in Novemeber before the presidential election. You can follow him on twitter here, and check out these articles from R&R: The Biden Years Will Open Big Opportunities for the Left Winning the Dirty Break Under Biden: What next for DSA? Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by RISE members, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  We are excited to have launched our new Patreon Community as a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content and an opportunity to talk with the podcast team and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers!

Diarmuid, Roisin, Dave & Éoin discuss the Mother & Baby Homes' Report, the government's handling of Covid, the media's response, and the latest from the unrivalled intellect of Pat Leahy Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by RISE members, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  We are excited to have launched our new Patreon Community as a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content and an opportunity to talk with the podcast team and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Links Petition: Birth certs for adoptees now Pat Leahy: It hangs in the balance if the pandemic will change the political landscape Factfind: Did the government actually follow NPHET's advice heading into December?

This week we sit down with Eddie Conlon to discuss the state of Trade Unions in Ireland, how best to strengthen them, and the issues that need to be overcome.  Eddie is a member of the Teacher's Union of Ireland and People Before Profit, and has been active in the trade union movement since the 1980s and a leader of many campaigns against social partnership and for workers' rights.   Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by RISE members, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  We are excited to have launched our new Patreon Community as a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content and an opportunity to talk with the podcast team and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social Media Links: Towards Fighting Unions - Eddie Conlon Do We Need Red Unions? - Eddie Conlon

This week Diarmuid, Róisín, Cian, and Rupture newcomer Éoin discuss the spiraling situation around Covid 19, the fatal shooting of George Nkencho by Gardaí in Clonee, and the mobilization of the far right around the issue. Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by RISE members, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarterly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  We are excited to have launched our new Patreon Community as a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content and an opportunity to talk with the podcast team and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Links PBP Statement on #JUSTICEFORGEORGENKENCHO  Elaine Doyle thread on undercounting of Coronavirus cases in Ireland  Mark Malone thread on Far-right misinformation campaign Zero Covid Strategy with Socialist Policies

This week Diarmuid sits down with RISE researcher Diana O'Dwyer to discuss the ills of the permanent crisis of the Irish healthcare system. Among other things they discuss how things got this bad, the role religious orders and NGOs play in this process, and the struggle for a National Healthcare Service. The discussion is loosely based on an article Diana wrote for the latest issue of Rupture Magazine, if you would like to purchase the magazine you can do so at https://rupture.ie/ Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio. Please also support the podcast by rating and reviewing it here: https://ratethispodcast.com/RuptureRadio Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics, and culture from a socialist perspective. Its produced by members of RISE which is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Any comments or queries please get in touch on Twitter See you next week, cheers! Social Media: https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ // https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ // https://twitter.com/RiseSocialists // Diarmuid Twitter

This week Diarmuid is joined by Chris Carroll, a member of the All-Ireland National Health Service Campaign, to discuss his article in Rebel News entitled "The Limits of Sláintecare". In this episode they discuss the flawed approach taken bythose pushing the policy, historical and contemporary opposition to universal healthcare, and how it can be achieved through social movements. Chris' article can be found here and you can find more information on the All-Ireland NHS Campaign here! If you would like to purchase the magazine you can do so at https://rupture.ie/ Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio. Please also support the podcast by rating and reviewing it here: https://ratethispodcast.com/RuptureRadio Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics, and culture from a socialist perspective. Its produced by members of RISE which is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Any comments or queries please get in touch on Twitter See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Chris' Twitter Diarmuid Twitter https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ // https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ // https://twitter.com/RiseSocialists //

Jessy, Paul and Des talk about the latest self-made crisis of this government: student nurses exploitation. Des brings us up to speed with a surprisingly honest climate report from the Environmental Protection Agency, and Paul embarrasses himself with sub-par Simpsons knowledge, before the panel do go through he roll of dishonour of government scandals in 2020. Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from a socialist perspective. It is produced by RISE members, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarertly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie  We are excited to have launched our new Patreon Community as a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content and an opportunity to talk with the podcast team and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Links Student nurses petition: https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/pay-student-nurses-and-midwives EPA report: https://www.epa.ie/irelandsenvironment/stateoftheenvironmentreport/ #FixTheBill petition https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/fix-ireland-s-2020-climate-bill

This week Diarmuid sits down with a handful of writers from the new issue of Rupture to discuss their pieces and give a sneak peak into the magazine itself. At 1:00 Rupture editor Jess Spear gives an overview of the magazine and discusses her own article 'It Doesn't Have to be This Way' on the crisis in the care economy and the role of the state. At 24:40 Róisín O'Shea discusses her article 'The Right to Transition' on trans healthcare in Ireland. And finally at 41:08 Des Hennelly discusses his article 'Severed' on the Metabolic Rift between humans and nature. If you would like to purchase the magazine you can do so on https://rupture.ie/ Please consider supporting this podcast on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio. Please also support the podcast by rating and reviewing it here: https://ratethispodcast.com/RuptureRadio Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics, and culture from a socialist perspective. Its produced by members of RISE which is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Any comments or queries please get in touch on Twitter See you next week, cheers! What is Ecosocialism Episode Socialist Green New Deal Episode Social Media: https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ // https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ // https://twitter.com/RiseSocialists //

Jessy's back, back again. And this week she's joined by Rosin, Dave and special guest Jack Sheehan. This week the panel talk about the promised vaccines, the shocking scandal of image-based sexual abuse and Jack tells us about the exploitation of post-grad workers and how they're getting organised to fight back. Jack Sheehan is a writer, photographer and PhD researcher from Dublin. His work has appeared in, among other places, The Baffler, journal.ie and Popula. You can follow him @yulegoat on twitter. Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast looking at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by RISE members, and linked to Rupture - Ireland's eco-socialist quarertly. Check out the magazine at rupture.ie We are excited to have launched our new Patreon Community as a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content and an opportunity to talk with the podcast team and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Links Petition to ban image-based sexual violence https://www.change.org/p/irish-justice-department-make-revenge-porn-a-criminal-offence-in-ireland Jack Sheehan - As Moria camp burns, we cannot stand over the EU's neglect of refugees any longer https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/refugees-eu-mairead-mcguinness-5198971-Sep2020/ Marie Delaney - Working but no workers' rights: the plight of the PhD revealed https://www.noteworthy.ie/academic-uncertainty-pt3-5265677-Nov2020/ Petition from NUIG Post Grad Workers https://www.change.org/p/president-of-nui-galway-postgraduate-workers-alliance-demands-for-a-fair-working-environment-at-nui-galway

This week Diarmuid sits down with Jess Spear and John Molyneux to discuss a new pamphlet they've written entitled "What is Ecosocialism?", along with a more general discussion on the environmental movement, and socialist solutions to the climate crisis. If you are interested in purchasing this pamphlet you can do so for €3.50 at the following link. John Molyneux is a long-standing socialist activist, author, member of People Before Profit, and editor of the Irish Marxist Review which can be found here. Jess is a paleoceanographer, author, member of RISE, and editor of Rupture Magazine which can be found here. Both are members of the Global Ecosocialist Network which can be found here. John has been doing some introductory videos on Marxist concepts and ideas which can be found here. For one week only, anyone who subscribes to Rupture Radio on Patreon will receive a free copy of the 'What is Ecosocialism?" pamphlet along with all our other rewards. If you would like to support this podcast please consider subscribing on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio.  Please also support the podcast by rating and reviewing it here: https://ratethispodcast.com/RuptureRadio Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics, and culture from a socialist perspective. Its produced by members of RISE which is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Any comments or queries please get in touch on Twitter See you next week, cheers! Social Media: https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ // https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ // https://twitter.com/RiseSocialists //

This week Paul, Nicole and new panelist Michael discuss what has been a news-filled few weeks. We talk about the joy of seeing Trump get the boot, and how the underwhelming performance of Biden highlights the need for a left and socialist opposition. Michael brings us up to speed on events in South America, where an attempted coup in Bolivia got rebuffed by an electoral victory for MAS, and we talk about the scandalous suspension of Corbyn from the UK Labour Party. And finally, we delve into the scandal of Varadkar leaking confidential information to his friends and political allies, and what it tells us about politics in ireland. This week we also recorded our first eve bonus b-side chat for our supporters on Partreon, to get access to that and support the podcast join the community at https://patreon.com/ruptureradio sign up this week to get a free podcast sticker Social Media: https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ // https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ // https://twitter.com/RiseSocialists // Readings: Paul's article on Leo the Leak https://villagemagazine.ie/leo-varadkar-must-go/ Article from Catalyst on the end of 'Progressive Neoliberalism' in Latin America https://catalyst-journal.com/vol4/no2/the-end-of-progressive-neoliberalism Video with David Greaeber on 'The Weaponisation of Labour Antisemitism' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6oOj7BzciA Episode of 'Bad Faith' podcast discussing the US election result https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9iYWRmYWl0aC5saWJzeW4uY29tL3Jzcw/episode/OTgxZjRiY2QtNjg3Mi00NTdjLWI3NmEtODBjM2M1NmY1ZTdk?hl=en-IE&ved=2ahUKEwj937ns2_HsAhWloXEKHZfqDCUQjrkEegQIBRAL&ep=6

This week Diarmuid sits down with Ty Moore and MJ Lin of Reform and Revolution to discuss the US Election, how socialists should respond, whether Trump will resist a loss, and the prospects for building an independent third party in the near future. Reform & Revolution is a caucus within the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and stands in the revolutionary socialist tradition which fights to end economic inequality, racism, sexism, and all forms of oppression. More from R&R can be found here: https://reformandrevolution.org/ Reform and Revolution magazine: https://reformandrevolution.org/subscribe/read-the-latest-reform-revolution-magazine/ If you would like to support this podcast please consider subscribing on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio. Our new Patreon community is a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content, and an opportunity to have a say in the topics we take on. Please support the podcast by rating and reviewing it here: https://ratethispodcast.com/RuptureRadio Rupture Radio is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics, and culture from a socialist perspective. Its produced by members of RISE which is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Any comments or queries please get in touch on Twitter See you next week, cheers! Social Media: https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_ // https://twitter.com/RuptureMag_ // https://twitter.com/RiseSocialists // Reform and Revolution- https://twitter.com/DSARandR Diarmuid-  https://twitter.com/goneflood

This week we are delighted to bring you a crossover episode with the Week at Work podcast!  Rupture Radio's Dave Murphy and Diana O'Dwyer are joined by Clare O'Connor and Dave Gibney to discuss the week's top stories. The panel discusses the sealing of the Mother and Baby Homes' records, a Zero Covid strategy with socialist policies, and the ongoing response to the pandemic. We are excited to have launched our new Patreon Community as a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content and an opportunity to talk with the podcast team and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio Twitter - https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_

Left Inside is no more, long live Rupture Radio! This week on the panel Paul and Nicole are joined by Rosin as they discuss the US elections, this week's budget, lockdown and the Climate Action bill. We are excited to have launched our new Patreon Community as a way for our listeners to support the podcast, get extra content and an opportunity to talk with the podcast team and have a say in topics and interviews we take on. Sign up today at https://www.patreon.com/ruptureradio

Join us on Monday for our online Launch Party for Rupture Radio. We'll be going live on Twitter & FB at 8pm with a Q&A and our first episode.  After almost 6 months of 'Left Inside' we are very excited for this relaunch.    Please help us spread the word be re-tweeting the announcement here: https://twitter.com/RuptureRadio_/status/1314587049484312576 and inviting your friends to the facebook event for the launch party here: https://www.facebook.com/events/436216724024313 Have a question for the live Q&A? Leave us a message with your questions here: https://anchor.fm/ruptureradio/message or send us a message on twitter http://twitter.com/ruptureRadio_/ or by email to leftinsidepod@gmail.com

This week the panel is joined by Conor Reddy from People Before Profit to discuss the wildfires in the US, alternatives to the government's failing Covid strategy, the fight for an Irish NHS and how we can resist the nightmarish conditions capitalism is imposing on us. Please support the podcast by rating and reviewing it here: https://ratethispodcast.com/leftinside Left Inside - soon to be Rupture Radio -  is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod┋Conor Reddy https://twitter.com/ConorReddyPBP┋ Paul https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_td ┋ Dave https://twitter.com/davemurf83 Links Overview of the US wildfires - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54130785 An 'Uber for Evictoins' launched in the US - https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ep435n/gig-economy-company-launches-uber-but-for-evicting-people Rupture Magazine - https://www.letusrise.ie/rupture

This week Jessy and Diarmuid sit down with writer Colin Gannon to discuss the character of the Irish music scene, its political themes, and the stuggles facing Irish artists. Colin's writing can be found in The Fader, The Guardian, and the Irish Times and links to a selection of pieces can be found below. If you've found the podcast entertaining or informative in any way, please consider chipping in to help fund our re-launch at https://www.letusrise.ie/podcast to buy our panellists some mics, and keep this show on the road. You can also show support for the podcast by rating and reviewing it here: https://ratethispodcast.com/leftinside Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left produced by members of RISE during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter. See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Left Inside Twitter - ┋Colin Gannon┋Diarmuid Flood Colin's music pieces: PX Music Is Ireland's Most Exciting Rap Collective 'No Fiat 500 techno!': why electronic music in Cork is popping off  A sold-out city? The fight to save Dublin’s nightlife Colin's blog  Colin's more political pieces: A History of Violence If You Can't Beat Them, Call Them Trumpian -  Rupture Magazine - https://www.letusrise.ie/rupture Fundraiser - https://www.letusrise.ie/podcast

This week the panel is joined by Saoirse McHugh to talk about her difficult decision to leave the Green Party, the eco-austerity plans of the government, and the challenges we face in building a strong eco-socialist alternative. We also chat about the dangerous growth of the far-right, and Dave talks about some of their weird and wacky QAnon conspiracies, If you've found the podcast entertaining or informative in any way, please consider chipping in to help fund our re-launch at https://www.letusrise.ie/podcast to buy our panellists some mics, and keep this show on the road. You can also show support for the podcast by rating and reviewing it here: https://ratethispodcast.com/leftinside Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod┋Saoirse - https://twitter.com/saoirse_mchugh ┋Dave - https://twitter.com/davemurf83 ┋ Paul https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_td Links Irish Times article about the Waste Action Plan - https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/ban-on-two-for-one-food-deals-and-fines-for-not-separating-rubbish-are-being-considered-1.4346843 The 20 firms behind a third of all carbon emissions - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/revealed-20-firms-third-carbon-emissions  Why the left should not support Carbon Taxes - https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/negligible-and-damaging-why-the-left-should-not-support-carbon-taxes Qanon Anonymous podcast - https://www.qanonanonymous.com/ Rupture Magazine - https://www.letusrise.ie/rupture Fundraiser - https://www.letusrise.ie/podcast

We say a less-than-fond farewell to Phil 'The Hulk' Hogan, and discuss how #GolfGate shows us how power really works in Ireland.  The panel also talk about Stephen Donnelly's trampolining health warning, and ask our guest Des (@leftistdad on twitter) from the RUPTURE editorial board about this new eco-socialist quarterly. If you've found the podcast entertaining or informative in any way, please consider chipping in to help fund our re-launch at https://www.letusrise.ie/podcast to buy our panellists some mics, and keep this show on the road. You can also show support for the podcast by rating and reviewing it here: https://ratethispodcast.com/leftinside Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod┋Des - https://twitter.com/leftistdad ┋Dave - https://twitter.com/davemurf83 Links Rupture Magazine - https://www.letusrise.ie/rupture Fundraiser - https://www.letusrise.ie/podcast GolfGate: Hogan is the top of the iceberg, by Paul Murphy http://www.rebelnews.ie/2020/08/27/golfgate-hogan-tip-iceberg/ Phil Hogan's "sorry-not-sorry" video: https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1298717445121695750 Stephen Donnelly speaks out against terror of trampolines: https://twitter.com/Philip_Ryan/status/1296177418047303680

Following the release of Rupture Magazine (found/bought here: https://www.letusrise.ie/rupture) we'll be doing a handful of discussions on the topics covered by  articles in the first issue.  In the first of these Diarmuid sits down with writer Diana O'Dwyer to discuss her article on the Socialist Green New Deal,  a just transition, green jobs, and how all of this is paid for and achieved.  If you've found the podcast entertaining or informative in any way, please consider chipping in to help fund our re-launch at https://www.letusrise.ie/podcast to buy our panellists some mics, and keep this show on the road. You can also show support for the podcast by rating and reviewing it here: https://ratethispodcast.com/leftinside Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com or get in touch on Twitter See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod┋Diarmuid - https://twitter.com/RisingFlood_ ┋Diana- https://twitter.com/DianaODwyer Links Rupture Magazine - https://www.letusrise.ie/rupture Fundraiser - https://www.letusrise.ie/podcast Why the Left Should Not Support Carbon Taxes - Jess Spear - https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/negligible-and-damaging-why-the-left-should-not-support-carbon-taxes The Oceans: Past, Present, and Future - https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/the-oceans-past-present-and-future

If you've found the podcast entertaining or informative in any way, please consider chipping in to help fund our re-launch at https://www.letusrise.ie/podcast to buy our panellists some mics, and keep this show on the road. You can also show support for the podcast by rating and reviewing it here: https://ratethispodcast.com/leftinside This week the panel discuss the pain in the hole that is the cancellation of the Tampax ad, the victory of Friends of the Irish Environment in their climate cour case against the Irish Government and they catch-up on some Covid news. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com ! Links The 'shocking' Tampax ad:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X0LpyXMnjg The Advertising Standards Authority judgement https://www.asai.ie/note/asai-decision-on-the-tampax-and-tea-advertisement/ Fiona Ferguson's article 'Periods are not offensive' http://www.rebelnews.ie/2020/07/30/periods-not-offensive/ A brief explanation of the Climate Case https://twitter.com/IrelandPreserve/status/1275141598234451976/photo/

This episode Diarmuid and Cian sit down with People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett to discuss the government's sly change of the rules around speaking time and the subsequent chaos this caused in the Dáil.  Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members RISE, an eco-socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ See you next week, cheers! RISE have just launched RUPTURE, an eco-socialist quarterly magazine which can be found here - https://www.letusrise.ie/rupture - expect plenty of interviews with the writers featured in the coming weeks!  Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod Richard (https://twitter.com/RBoydBarrett), Diarmuid (https://twitter.com/RisingFlood_), Cian (https://twitter.com/cianplk) Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com !

This week the panel are joined by Martin McMahon of the Echo Chamber Podcast to discuss the Apple Tax case, Eamon Ryan's mishaps in the Dail, and the results of the Green Party leadership election. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ See you next week, cheers! RISE are launching an eco-socialist quarterly magazine on Wednesday 29th July. More details here - https://www.facebook.com/events/3201582999932622/ - get a sneak-peak of the magazine and hear some of our authors discuss their articles in our Autumn 2020 issue, plus we will have space for a Q&A with the audience! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod Martin (https://twitter.com/williamhboney1) Paul (https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_td), Dave (https://twitter.com/davemurf83) Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com !

This week Diarmuid interviews Colin Coulter and John Reynolds about a recent article they wrote in Jacobin Magazine. They discuss the new government, Sinn Fein's new position, and the prospects for the socialist left going forward. Their article can be found at: https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/fine-gael-ireland-green-sinn-fein-leo-varadkar-taoiseach Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod Further Reading: Ireland's New Government Just Puts a Green Face on the Old Order - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/07/fine-gael-ireland-green-sinn-fein-leo-varadkar-taoiseach

This week the panel are joined by People Before Profit TD Bríd Smith and discuss the Debenham's Worker's pickets, the far-right attacks on Roderic O'Gorman, and Paschal's Donohoe spreading his love of austerity to Europe. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod Paul (https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_td), Dave (https://twitter.com/davemurf83), Brid https://twitter.com/bridsmithTD Any comments or queries please send them to LeftInsidePod@gmail.com !

This week we have a bonus interview with Left Inside panellist Cian Prendiville about a recent article he wrote in which he argues Covid-19 will be an era-defining moment. We discuss the long-term impacts and that article's call for the socialist left to rally around the call for a left government, with socialist policies and what such a government would mean. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod Diarmuid - https://twitter.com/DiarmFlood Cian https://twitter.com/cianplk Further Reading: No going back, but what's ahead? https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/no-going-back-but-whats-ahead

This week the panel discuss the prospects of the new Fianna Fail, Fine Gael & Green government, how its formation changes the political landscape, and some options open to left-wing Greens. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod This week’s panel – Jessy, Paul (https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_td), Nicole and Dave (https://twitter.com/davemurf83) Further Reading: Open letter to left greens: What next? – RISE - https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/open-letter-what-next Paul Murphy: Green members shouldn't back the deal with FF and FF - it's just not worth it - https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/programme-for-government-5125069-Jun2020/

This week we have a special episode reviewing the proposed programme for government agreed by the leaderships of FF, FG & Green Party. We discuss how its a bad deal for the planet and workers, and should be rejected. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod This week’s panel - Diarmuid (https://twitter.com/DiarmFlood), Dave (https://twitter.com/davemurf83) and RISE parliamentary researcher Diana O'Dwyer  Further Reading: Paul Murphy: Green members shouldn't back the deal with FF and FF - it's just not worth it - https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/programme-for-government-5125069-Jun2020/ Why the Green Party Should Reject Coalition with the Right - Diarmuid Flood - https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/why-the-greens-should-avoid-coalition-with-the-right

This week the panel sit down and have a chat about the attempts by Fianna Fail & Fine Gael to woo the Greens, Supermacs Millionaire Pat McDonagh's drive to cut the Covid €350 support and why Irish working class people should support the #BlackLivesMatter revolt. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod This week’s panel - Paul (https://www.facebook.com/paulmurphytd/ / https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD), Phil, Dave & Sami (https://twitter.com/MadMarx__) Further Reading: Why the Green Party Should Reject Coalition with the Right - Diarmuid Flood - https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/why-the-greens-should-avoid-coalition-with-the-right Paul Murphy tells Varadkar he should live on €350 a week before cutting the Covid support - https://www.facebook.com/719890584766018/posts/3020872591334461/

This week we have an interview with Lenny Abrahamson, director of the hit TV show Normal People and outspoken critic of inequality and oppression. Lenny & Paul talk about creating Normal People, plans for a possible sequel, the underfunding of the arts and how his politics influence his works. Following the interview Cian, Jessy and first-time panellist Aprille Scully discuss why they love the show and the book, and how the arts and capitalism clash. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod This week’s panel - Paul (https://www.facebook.com/paulmurphytd/ / https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD),  Cian Prendiville (https://twitter.com/cianplk), Jessy & Aprille Further Reading: The Socialist Politics of Sally Rooney's 'Normal People' - Anastasia Baucina - https://tribunemag.co.uk/2020/05/the-socialist-politics-of-sally-rooneys-normal-people National Campaign for the Arts - http://ncfa.ie/2020/04/09/ncfa-calls-upon-government-and-political-parties-to-ensure-that-the-arts-sector-is-not-left-behind-in-the-huge-task-of-recovery-planning-for-ireland/ #ArtsBlackout petition - https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/instate-the-covid-19-payment-for-all-artists-and-arts-workers-boycott-inadequate-covid-19-schemes

There's no panel this week, instead we have a special bonus interview with Whitney Kahn from the Democratic Socialists of America about the #BlackLivesMatter demonstrations against police brutality. We also get to talk about Trump, Bernie, and the need for a democratic socialist party in America. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Thanks again to Galway-based band Turnstiles for letting us use their song “Wasting Away” for this episode. More of their music can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/56RXz6M4Pj56eKWYDPUyQd?si=zwN0l6_qTXCU-b7Gb2a7Cg See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod Diarmuid - https://twitter.com/DiarmFlood Whitney is a member of the DSA Reform & Revolution caucus: https://twitter.com/dsaRandR Further Reading: This weekend, police responded to protests against police violence with even more wantonly brutal violence - Megan Dag - https://jacobinmag.com/2020/06/george-floyd-protests-police-brutality After Bernie: It's time to start talking about a Democratic Socialist Party - Mimi Harris, Philip Locker & Evan Seitchik - https://www.reformandrevolution.org/articles/after-bernie-its-time-to-start-talking-about-a-democratic-socialist-party/

This week the panel sit down and have a chat about the Debenham's exploiting Covid to fob off their workers, pandemic working conditions, and the views of one Eoghan Harris, who thinks dying for private profit would be pretty badass. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Thanks again to Galway-based band Turnstiles for letting us use their song “Wasting Away” for this episode. More of their music can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/56RXz6M4Pj56eKWYDPUyQd?si=zwN0l6_qTXCU-b7Gb2a7Cg See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod This week’s panel - Paul (https://www.facebook.com/paulmurphytd/ / https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD), Nicole, Phil Foster & Cian Prendiville (http://bottomdog.ie/) Further Reading: Eoghan Harris - 'A real badass would stop the subsidy and send us back to work' https://www.independent.ie/opinion/comment/a-real-badass-would-stop-the-subsidy-and-send-us-back-to-work-39211227.html Minister Creed accuses Paul of smearing the meat plants great reputation: https://www.facebook.com/719890584766018/posts/2950594778362243/ Liz Dunphy - 'Debenhams staff to block stock removal from stores; https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/debenhams-staff-to-block-stock-removal-from-stores-1000018.html

In this week’s episode, the panel is delighted to be joined by The Green Party’s Saoirse McHugh to discuss loosening up in lockdown, the Green New Deal, FF/FG’s cheerleaders in the media/NGOs, and why it might not be the best idea to join them in government. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on https://www.letusrise.ie/ Thanks again to Galway-based band Turnstiles for letting us use their song “Wasting Away” for this episode. More of their music can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/56RXz6M4Pj56eKWYDPUyQd?si=zwN0l6_qTXCU-b7Gb2a7Cg See you next week, cheers! Social Media: Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod This week’s panel - Saoise McHugh (https://twitter.com/saoirse_mchugh), Paul (https://www.facebook.com/paulmurphytd/ / https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD), Jess (https://twitter.com/jdubspear), and Jessy. Further Reading: Three Ways a Green New Deal Can Promote Life Over Capital - Tithi Bhattacharya - https://jacobinmag.com/2019/06/green-new-deal-social-care-work  A Simple Warning for the Green Party: Don’t Screw us on This – Carl Kinsella -  https://www.joe.ie/politics/a-simple-warning-for-the-green-party-dont-screw-us-on-this-697109

In this week’s episode the panel get away from the dreary world of politics and the news and instead have a light chat about what they’ve been watching during lockdown including Contagion, Too Hot to Handle, and Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’. Left Inside is a weekly podcast offering a critical look at news, politics and culture from the left. It is produced by members of RISE to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, find out more on letusrise.ie Thanks again to Galway-based band Turnstiles for letting us use their song “Wasting Away” for this episode. More of their music can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/56RXz6M4Pj56eKWYDPUyQd?si=zwN0l6_qTXCU-b7Gb2a7Cg See you next week, cheers! Social Media Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod This week’s panel – Paul (https://www.facebook.com/paulmurphytd/ / https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD), Dave – (https://twitter.com/davemurf83), Jess (https://twitter.com/jdubspear), and Jessy. Further Reading: Mike Davis on Coronavirus “In a Plague Year” - https://jacobinmag.com/2020/03/mike-davis-coronavirus-outbreak-capitalism-left-international-solidarity How Sally Rooney Gave Normal PeopleRadical Politics – Anastasia Baucina - https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/05/sally-rooney-normal-people-bbc-literature Harper Cleves reviews Normal People https://socialistparty.ie/2020/05/review-normal-people-by-sally-rooney/

In the second episode the panel has a bit of a chat about the economic impact of Covid-19, the voucher-scheme for cancelled flights, the chances of the Green’s joining FF/FG in government, and Diarmuid’s use of the word ‘discourse’. Left Inside is a weekly podcast produced by RISE members to stay entertained, informed and a little bit sane during lockdown. RISE is a socialist organisation in Ireland, more information at https://www.letusrise.ie/ RISE are running a public reading group of Naoimi Klein’s “On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal”. More information on how to get involved with can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2712330292346040/ See you next week, cheers! Social Media Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod This week’s panel – Paul (https://www.facebook.com/paulmurphytd/ / https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD) Diarmuid - https://twitter.com/DiarmFlood Nicole - https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/covid-19-who-is-going-to-pay-b62cz Sami (https://twitter.com/madmarx). Further Reading: Nicole McCarthy – Covid-19: Who is going to pay? - https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/covid-19-who-is-going-to-pay-b62cz Ireland flattens the curve, but socialist policies needed - Jessie Ni Cheallaigh –  https://nobordersnews.org/2020/04/20/jessy-ni-cheallaigh-ireland-flattens-the-curve-but-socialist-policies-needed/ Beyond Fiscal Clichés – Michael Taft - https://notesonthefront.typepad.com/politicaleconomy/2020/04/beyond-fiscal-clich%C3%A9s.html Fiscal Advisory Council: Return to austerity can be avoided – Sebastian Barnes - https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fiscal-advisory-council-return-to-austerity-can-be-avoided-1.4238372 Behind the Grand Stand: The Truth of the Government’s Response – Eoghan Ó Ceannabhàin - http://www.rebelnews.ie/2020/04/16/behind-the-grand-stand-the-truth-of-the-governments-response/ A Simple Warning for the Green Party: Don’t Screw us on this – Carl Kinsella - https://www.joe.ie/politics/a-simple-warning-for-the-green-party-dont-screw-us-on-this-697109 GDP per capita (PPP) - https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?most_recent_value_desc=true

The inaugural episode of Left Inside – A weekly podcast offering a critical look at politics, news, and culture from the left. This week the panel kicks things off with a chat on how they're finding lockdown, the government response to the virus, the Keeling’s workers controversy, and recent developments in government formation. See you next week! ----- Many thanks to Galway-based band Turnstiles for letting us use their song “Wasting Away” for this episode. More of their music can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/56RXz6M4Pj56eKWYDPUyQd?si=zwN0l6_qTXCU-b7Gb2a7Cg ----- RISE are running a public reading group of Naoimi Klein’s “On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal”. More information on how to get involved with can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2712330292346040/ ----- Social Media Twitter - https://twitter.com/LeftInsidePod This week’s panel – Paul (https://www.facebook.com/paulmurphytd/ / https://twitter.com/paulmurphy_TD), Dave (https://twitter.com/davemurf83), Diarmuid (https://twitter.com/DiarmFlood) and Jessie. ----- Further Reading: Jessie Ni Cheallaigh – ‘Ireland flattens the curve, but socialist policies needed’ -- https://nobordersnews.org/2020/04/20/jessy-ni-cheallaigh-ireland-flattens-the-curve-but-socialist-policies-needed/ John Molyneaux – Their Narrative and Ours - http://www.rebelnews.ie/2020/04/22/their-narrative-and-ours/ Cillian Gillespie – Keelings / Ryanair: profiteering disregards health of all workers - https://socialistparty.ie/2020/04/keelings-ryanair-profiteering-disregards-health-safety-of-all-workers/ Nicole McCarthy – Covid-19: Who is going to pay? - https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/covid-19-who-is-going-to-pay-b62cz Kay Keane – Mental Health Crisis During Covid-19 - https://www.letusrise.ie/featured-articles/mental-health-crisis-during-covid-19