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Ciarán Nugent @ciarannugent

3 years ago

The top 10% in Ireland have by far the highest share of net wealth of any high-income EU member at 66%. Next is Austria at 61.9%. In the Netherlands it's 47.9%. wid.world/data/

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3 years ago

#OnThisDay 1884 the Berlin Conference opened.

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#OnThisDay 1995 the Nigerian government executed the Ogoni Nine, including Ken Saro-Wiwa. In 2009 @Shell settled lawsuits by some of the relatives for $15.5m, without admitting liability.

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The House Committee on Un-American Activities began hearings #OnThisDay into communist influence in Hollywood. It led to the jail sentences for the Hollywood Ten and studios blacklisting over 300 artists including Charlie Chaplin, Paul Robeson, Dorothy Parker and Lillian Hellman

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#OnThisDay 1966 the Black Panther Party was formed in Oakland, California.

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"While revolutionaries as individuals can be murdered, you cannot kill ideas." Thomas Sankara, assassinated #onthisday 1987.

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3 years ago

Belfast's unemployed had to work on public employment schemes to qualify for welfare payments. #OnThisDay 1932 thousands of Catholic and Protestant workers went on strike across Belfast against the system. The 'Outdoor Relief Riots' ended when rates were increased.

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3 years ago

It's not the easiest to make your way through #Budget2023 so we've brought together the main housing announcements with analysis by @judesherry @ThresholdIRE @SVP_Ireland @SocialJusticeI @FocusIreland and @RebootPod to try to make sense of it all. lookleft.ie/2022/10/why-no…

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3 years ago

The first meeting of the International Workingmen’s Association was held at St Martin's Hall in London #OnThisDay 1864. A relatively unknown German journalist named Karl Marx became a member of the General Council.

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3 years ago

Thousands from all over the country join the @COLCIreland protest today ahead of Budget 2023. #CostOfLivingSept24

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3 years ago

Not long before school management called for more funding, the Department of Education avoided answering questions about whether anyone monitoring energy costs in Irish schools. lookleft.ie/2022/09/school…

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3 years ago

Workers in the community sector and Section 39 organisations have not received a pay rise since 2008. Today, they're going on strike. lookleft.ie/2022/09/public…

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3 years ago

#OnThisDay 1949 NATO's council held its first session in Washington.

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3 years ago

The Financial Services Union (@fsuireland) has called on the Central Bank to urgently intervene and inform Ulster Bank and KBC that they need to extend their timelines for exiting the Irish retail banking market. lookleft.ie/2022/09/the-fi…

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3 years ago

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (@INMO_IRL) has called for additional publicly-funded and – provided college places. lookleft.ie/2022/09/inmo-c…

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3 years ago

When the provisional government came to power they tried cutting postal & telegraph workers' wages. So #OnThisDay 1922 the workers went on strike. The gov declared the strike wasn't allowed, accused strikers of disloyalty & had the army fire on them.

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3 years ago

#OnThisDay 1949: The “Peekskill Riots” take place as a crowd attacks the racially integrated audience leaving an open air fundraiser headlined by Paul Roberson.

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3 years ago

"This pay offer sets the bar for deals elsewhere and shows the way disputes at other councils can be settled," said @unitetheunion General Secretary Sharon Graham. lookleft.ie/2022/08/pay-in…

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3 years ago

Members of @SIPTU employed by a Waterford school are to ballot for industrial and strike action following a decision by the school’s management to unilaterally outsource their employment to a private sector provider. lookleft.ie/2022/08/outsou…