The Week at Work

The Week at Work

By Left BlocNewsNews Commentary
Download on the App Store

The Week at Work episodes

  • 167. Palestine with Clare Daly, Aseel Marabeh & Dean Mulligan

    In this special episode Councillor Dean Mulligan hosts a public discussion with Clare Daly MEP and Palestinian activist Aseel Marabeh. The event took place on 3rd April in Swords. Dean introduces the event explaining the resistance at local council level to pro-Palestinian initiatives, while Clare Daly explains what is happening in the EU. Aseel gives a horrific breakdown of what is facing Palestinians, particularly in Gaza.

    51 min
  • 166. DUP Crisis, Bertie Revival & Israel Threaten Ireland

    This week, Dave, Michelle and Stiofán Ó Nualláin discuss:

    • Jeffery Donaldson
    • Bertie Ahern
    • Easter rising commemorations
    • Dublin - a failing capitalist experiment?
    • The Shannon 3 protest US Military use of airport
    • Stripsearching and Special branch.
    • Israel embassy trade threat
    • BDS actions in the workplace
    • Palestinian banking
    • Defunding RTE
    • The James Connolly Festival (www.jamesconnollyfestival.com)
    • The Robert Tressell Festival (www.tressellfestival.ie)

      • And much more...

      Support us at www.patreon.com/leftbloc

      52 min
    • 165. Trade Union Taoiseach, Genocide Joe and Unite Victory

      This week Dave, Clare and Conor discuss:

      • A workers' rights Taoiseach
      • All hail our new overlord
      • Gannon gets salty with Pepper
      • Unite victory in the Supreme Court
      • Calls for suspension of EU Trade Agreements with Israel
      • Genocide Joe and the continued attacks on Palestinians

        • And much more...

        59 min
      • 164. Palestine, Investor Activists and the "SaveJobs" alliance

        This week Michelle and Dave discuss:

        • Palestine & the ongoing genocide
        • Industrial Relations Act 1990 and Boycotting goods
        • Sally Rooney:  ‘good
          • friend’ in the White House.
        • “the situation in the middle east”
        • Two state solution
        • Mary Robinson on RTE
        • NI open for businesss
        • SWSW festival
        • Criminalising peaceful protesting
        • Investor “activists”
        • 94% of Forsa members voted yes to pay deal. 19 unions with
          • public service members.
        • SaveJobs – a coalition to preserve profits
          • 59 min
        • 161. Gaza , political policing, trade union bill & opinion polls
          161. This week Clare and Michelle talk about
          Palestine events, OPW block IPSC event, Seanad motion on Palestine, increased militrisation, investment in illegal companies, policing of Palestine protests,
          facial recognitiion technology,
          RTB report,
          Owen Keegan in RTB,
          Joan Collins bill
          Gaza Genocide
          Garda protester removal
          Housing Planning Developments
          Care referendum
          Opinion Polls
          & More!
          49 min
        • 159. ICJ Genocide outcome against Israel, Ryanairs Housing Model & Public Sector Pay Deal

          This week David Gibney is joined by Eoghan Fox, President of the Galway Council of Trade Unions to discuss:

          • The International Court of Justice ruling on Israel's Genocide
          • Sinn Fein visiting Genocide Joe for Paddys Day
          • New Public Sector Pay Deal
          • Ryanair snap up gaffs in Dublin
          • Guantanamo Bay and the inspiring former inmates trying to close it (book available here - https://www.connollybooks.org/product/dont-forget-us-here)

            • And more...

            42 min
          • 158. Palestine, Collective Action and the Far Right

            This week, Clare and Stevie discuss the Genocide of Gaza, the South African case in the ICJ, the Irish Government response and the power of collective action.

            We discuss the upcoming local elections and referendum and the toxic discourse being driven by far right agitators, alongside discussions on housing, the EU, the DUP and Nothern Ireland politics and more!

            46 min

          About The Week at Work

          From the publisher's feed

          Reviewing the weekly news and how those stories impact on workers.