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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 - [email protected]

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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

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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 [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter.

See you next week, cheers!

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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.

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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

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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/

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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 [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter.

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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

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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/

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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 [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter.

See you next week, cheers!

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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

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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 [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter.

See you next week, cheers!

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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

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 

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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 [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter.

See you next week, cheers!

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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/

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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 [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter.

See you next week, cheers!

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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.

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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 [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter.

See you next week, cheers!

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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. 

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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 [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter.

See you next week, cheers!

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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 [email protected] to get the book posted. [email protected] 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.

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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 [email protected] or get in touch on Twitter.

See you next week, cheers!

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