I used to work in an Irish hotel cleaning rooms - it's hell.
You're always rushing and constantly sore from lifting heavy laundry bags and moving beds. On top of that, because we were almost all migrants who didn't know our rights, our wages were stolen.
For generations, Indigenous Peoples in Canada have carried the weight of colonialism, of residential schools, of the Sixties Scoop, of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls. Our people have carried this weight while trying to heal, while trying to reconnect with our
No-one should ever, ever claim that transphobia does not have consequences. Transphobia, from whatever source, is always harmful, however it is dressed up.
Especially transphobia from government.
Watching this, am noting frequent claims by protesters that immigrants present an exceptional threat to women. My experience from covering domestic violence courts is that Irish men bear heavy responsibility for violence towards women here.
RTE investigates.
No working class voices against far right just academics, a Fine Gael candidate and former Garda chief.
Joke.
Neoliberal establishment have destroyed whole communities for decades. Need working class left voices to oppose both them and those who divide us.
Speaking as someone who was assaulted by far right thugs under the noses of Gardaรญ & then threatened with arrest (& then the Garda Press Office issued a statement to say there had been no incident, a statement they retracted 2 days later) I too would like to ask this question.
Are we ready yet to talk about #Gardageddon? I was assaulted in front of the cops, pushed down the street by cops & threatened with arrest, despite having done nothing wrong. Despite the existence of pictures like this, Garda Press Office denied any incident had taken place...
'Atrocious' comments by RCMP officers alleged in internal probe. RCMP members of the group also "belittled Indigenous people, talking about how they were 'stupid' or 'drunk' and saying they have 'unfortunate bodies' and all have fetal alcohol syndrome."
cbc.ca/news/canada/brโฆ
Tonight was a crazy night. When we arrived, the guards asked us not to set our tables in front of the GPO, as tonight was culture night, and the GPO was open. They were very respectful towards us as they understood that the work MSOE does is very vital and important but the GPO
Our people in Lebanon arenโt paying the price of standing up for Palestinians; theyโre paying the price of the rest of the worldโs complicity (except for Yemen & some Iraqis).
Ffs Paul Nolan and Lesley Fagan harassing migrants again today and they've the neck to tell them they're calling the Guards " What drugs are ya smoking " WTF the pair of them have spent the last 2 decades stoned!