Covid19 – CYM

Capitalism and Conspiracies

May 16, 2021July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments conspiracies, Contributions, Covid19, Opinion, vaccines

When conspiracy theorists try to boil power relations down to one or two individuals who control daily events, Marxists instead point to the economic structure which produces these roles and how they function in a class dynamic which allows political control to be maintained. With power over the process of wealth accumulation via the exploitation of labour playing a key part in how this is achieved. This is contrasted with the rather story-like narrative that conspiracies tend to weave. The convenience that conspiracy theorists enjoy is in not having to engage in a radical critique of society but instead to use an almost atavistic fear to whip the public into a frenzy.

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Students (and their Parents) are still paying full fees for a fraction of the education

November 29, 2020July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments Austerity, Covid19, Current Affairs, Editorial, Student

The Republic of Ireland has the highest student contribution fee in the EU, with our peers in the North paying even more. #WhatAmIPayingFor

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Why do they fear a proper lockdown?

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 Education 0 Comments Covid19, lockdown

The Irish government is tied at the hip to the interests of the rich making an effective people-oriented attack on the virus impossible.

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Dublin Bar Still Doesn’t Understand the Problem After Comparing the Lockdown to a Genocide

May 19, 2020July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments Covid19, Editorial, Unions, WWII

‘We’ve had our pubs, gigs & festivals taken from us. We’re like the Jews in the Warsaw ghetto being told to hop on the train to Auschwitz’

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Angajat român pe salariul minim în Dublin, mort din cauza COVID-19

May 18, 2020July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments Covid19, Current Affairs, healthcare

Soția lui, Mirela, internată tot din cauza COVID-19 a spus “Nu știu cum voi trăi fără el”. Dorel Giurcă, în vârstă de 53 de ani, a murit din cauza COVID-19 pe 8 mai. Câștiga 10.80 euro pe oră ca om de serviciu în spitalul St James din Dublin.

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The Uneven Cert

May 12, 2020May 12, 2020 editor 0 Comments Covid19, leaving certificate, points race

Cold sweats, mental breakdowns and social isolation. The points race is an outdated concept based around a carefully designed high stress environment,, but the government’s COVID-19 plan is guaranteed to fail students on an unprecedented scale.

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No, a Pandemic is Not Good for the Environment

April 4, 2020July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments Climate Crisis, Contributions, Covid19, Current Affairs, Environment

Some are calling the crisis a ‘cleanse’ of the planet, that because it disproportionately affects older people, it’s the Earth’s revenge against ‘boomers’ and that humanity really needed to ‘check itself’ or let the planet breathe.

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A Red Response to COVID-19

March 23, 2020March 25, 2020 editor 0 Comments central planning, China, Covid19, Cuba, economy, healthcare

Now more than ever, a communist response is needed – one that will transcend the false dichotomy of economic stability vs. human life and protect workers’ livelihoods while defeating the virus.

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Name & Shame – The Companies Who Fired Their Staff During a Pandemic UPDATED 13.04

March 16, 2020July 19, 2021 CYM Committee 57 Comments Covid19, Current Affairs, healthcare

Ireland is internationally labeled as a corporate tax haven. Apple owes the 26 county state 13bn. These profits have been made by these tax breaks and now it’s the Irish people who again have to pick up the pieces as they fire their workers at the first opportunity.