Uber playbook: By creating downward price competition, the livelihoods of taxi drivers will become untenable. by Darragh Golden - UCD 👇
Uber wants to disrupt Ireland's taxi regulation. Here's how and why it's being resisted
Uber's ‘platform economy’ mission is being met with resistance in Ireland and elsewhere. DARRAGH GOLDEN unravels the story behind the recent Dublin and Cork taxi protests
www.irishexaminer.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Uber playbook: By creating downward price competition, the livelihoods of taxi drivers will become untenable. by Darragh Golden - UCD 👇
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Paul Kearns: UN commission’s genocide finding has changed little here in Israel
Paul Kearns: UN commission’s genocide finding has changed little here in Israel
I want to ask the people I see in cafes: ‘Excuse me, sorry to interrupt, but what do you think about Palestinian children dying of starvation?’
www.irishtimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Paul Kearns: UN commission’s genocide finding has changed little here in Israel
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With @freefreeforum.bsky.social newly joined us, we are re-launching the Series in collaboration with @gftuet.org.uk.
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September 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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With @freefreeforum.bsky.social newly joined us, we are re-launching the Series in collaboration with @gftuet.org.uk.
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The protests following İmamoğlu’s imprisonment have brought into focus a new generation of politically active youth, shaped by economic hardship, digital connectivity, and life under an increasingly authoritarian regime. Here is our op-ed with Elifcan Celebi revdem.ceu.edu/2025/08/22/r...
Rebels with a Welfare Cause: Turkey’s Youth Rising against Authoritarianism | Review of Democracy
After Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu’s imprisonment in March 2025, youth-led protests swept Turkey. Fueled by digital activism and pop culture, this new resistance converges with social policy innovati...
revdem.ceu.edu
August 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The protests following İmamoğlu’s imprisonment have brought into focus a new generation of politically active youth, shaped by economic hardship, digital connectivity, and life under an increasingly authoritarian regime. Here is our op-ed with Elifcan Celebi revdem.ceu.edu/2025/08/22/r...
Alpkan Birelma from the Labour Studies Collective shared insights on working-class militancy, the strike wave & movement revitalisation in Turkey.
Labour Between Revitalisation and Autocratisation
Editor's Note: In the last two years, a group of organisations and collectives from countries around the world came together to produce the International Strike Reports for 2022 and 2023, offering str...
labourreview.org
August 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Alpkan Birelma from the Labour Studies Collective shared insights on working-class militancy, the strike wave & movement revitalisation in Turkey.
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Here's our latest statement on the German Sociological Association's (@dgsoziologie.bsky.social) objection to the suspension of Israeli Sociological Society’s (ISS) membership in the International Sociological Association (ISA) drive.proton.me/urls/WCCB71P...
Proton Drive
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August 12, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Here's our latest statement on the German Sociological Association's (@dgsoziologie.bsky.social) objection to the suspension of Israeli Sociological Society’s (ISS) membership in the International Sociological Association (ISA) drive.proton.me/urls/WCCB71P...
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Hello #isaforum25. So we finally meet!
July 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Hello #isaforum25. So we finally meet!
Action Alert for Palestine: I've signed a petition to demand Services are included in the Occupied Territories Bill #Ireland. Please sign it too, we have to take real action. #StandWithPalestine act.forsa.ie/occupied-ter...
Petition to include services in the Occupied Territories Bill
What is the occupied territories bill? The Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 (commonly known as the Occupied Territories Bill) is a proposed Irish law that would ban and cr...
act.forsa.ie
June 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Action Alert for Palestine: I've signed a petition to demand Services are included in the Occupied Territories Bill #Ireland. Please sign it too, we have to take real action. #StandWithPalestine act.forsa.ie/occupied-ter...
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UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds
Equality Trust says billionaires getting ‘ludicrously’ richer, with top two now wealthier than whole of 1990 rich list
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...
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19 Mart eylemleri ve gençlik – Ebru Işıklı
19 Mart eylemleri ve gençlik – Ebru Işıklı
Tarihçi Marc Bloch "İnsanlar ebeveynlerinden çok zamanlarının çocuklarıdır" der. Bu yüzden X, Y, Z kuşağı gibi kavramları bağlamı
politeknik.org.tr
May 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
19 Mart eylemleri ve gençlik – Ebru Işıklı
@DKAmbTurkiye
We as scholars, activists concerned in labor/environmental issues find the double standards applied in the subsidiary company of the prestigious Danish company #QueensFlowers in Turkey inacceptable. According to @BHrightsPy those practices are not allowed.
@btosen2014.bsky.social
We as scholars, activists concerned in labor/environmental issues find the double standards applied in the subsidiary company of the prestigious Danish company #QueensFlowers in Turkey inacceptable. According to @BHrightsPy those practices are not allowed.
@btosen2014.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
@DKAmbTurkiye
We as scholars, activists concerned in labor/environmental issues find the double standards applied in the subsidiary company of the prestigious Danish company #QueensFlowers in Turkey inacceptable. According to @BHrightsPy those practices are not allowed.
@btosen2014.bsky.social
We as scholars, activists concerned in labor/environmental issues find the double standards applied in the subsidiary company of the prestigious Danish company #QueensFlowers in Turkey inacceptable. According to @BHrightsPy those practices are not allowed.
@btosen2014.bsky.social
Sendika.org is 24 years old. Support independent press in Türkiye
April 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Sendika.org is 24 years old. Support independent press in Türkiye
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Londra'dan Dublin'e forumlarda, eylemlerde bir araya gelmeye devam ediyor, Saray Rejimi'ne karşı yükselen sesi tüm dünyaya duyuruyoruz.
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From London to Dublin, we are coming together in forums and demonstrations, amplifying the voice against the Palace Regime in Turkey.
@tipirlanda.bsky.social
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From London to Dublin, we are coming together in forums and demonstrations, amplifying the voice against the Palace Regime in Turkey.
@tipirlanda.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Londra'dan Dublin'e forumlarda, eylemlerde bir araya gelmeye devam ediyor, Saray Rejimi'ne karşı yükselen sesi tüm dünyaya duyuruyoruz.
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From London to Dublin, we are coming together in forums and demonstrations, amplifying the voice against the Palace Regime in Turkey.
@tipirlanda.bsky.social
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From London to Dublin, we are coming together in forums and demonstrations, amplifying the voice against the Palace Regime in Turkey.
@tipirlanda.bsky.social
Those in İstanbul, don’t miss it
April 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Those in İstanbul, don’t miss it
proletariat young protesters are against Islamic neoliberal government elites jacobin.com/2025/04/turk...
Turkey’s Students Demand the Future
Students have taken the lead in the struggle to defend Turkish democracy. Their activism reflects anger at the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu but also a long erosion of social rights which h...
jacobin.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
proletariat young protesters are against Islamic neoliberal government elites jacobin.com/2025/04/turk...
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Highlights from my analysis of the resistance and how it is pushing Turkey's mainstream opposition to the left. Published by @jacobinmag.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/03/turk...
"Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor 1/
jacobin.com/2025/03/turk...
"Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor 1/
The Unlikely Resistance in Turkey
Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has forced it into a more activist posture as it faces a growing mass move...
jacobin.com
March 31, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Highlights from my analysis of the resistance and how it is pushing Turkey's mainstream opposition to the left. Published by @jacobinmag.bsky.social
jacobin.com/2025/03/turk...
"Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor 1/
jacobin.com/2025/03/turk...
"Turkey’s main opposition party has long been a centrist and unradical force. But the jailing of Istanbul mayor 1/
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After two weeks of struggle and wildcat strikes in #Turkey, the leader of Birtek-Sen (Textile Workers’ Union), Mehmet Türkmen, was detained and arrested. We interviewed him recently: irgac.org/articles/we-...
#FreeMehmetTürkmenNow
#BirtekSen
#FreeMehmetTürkmenNow
#BirtekSen
“We Need a Flood!” – A Young and Independent Union’s Struggle in and through Waves of Local Strikes
In this interview, we talk to Mehmet Türkmen, President of the United Textile, Weaving and Leather Workers’ Union (Birtek-Sen), which is an independent trade union founded in Gaziantep, one of Turkey’...
irgac.org
February 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
After two weeks of struggle and wildcat strikes in #Turkey, the leader of Birtek-Sen (Textile Workers’ Union), Mehmet Türkmen, was detained and arrested. We interviewed him recently: irgac.org/articles/we-...
#FreeMehmetTürkmenNow
#BirtekSen
#FreeMehmetTürkmenNow
#BirtekSen
The leader of independent union #Birtek-Sen, Mehmet Türkmen got arrested for organizing workers in Antep who went on strikes for better wages in the last two weeks. They need solidarity @birlesiktekstil
#BaşpınarİşçileriYalnızDeğildir
#FreeMehmetTürkmenNow
#MehmetTürkmenSerbestBırakılsın
#BaşpınarİşçileriYalnızDeğildir
#FreeMehmetTürkmenNow
#MehmetTürkmenSerbestBırakılsın
February 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The leader of independent union #Birtek-Sen, Mehmet Türkmen got arrested for organizing workers in Antep who went on strikes for better wages in the last two weeks. They need solidarity @birlesiktekstil
#BaşpınarİşçileriYalnızDeğildir
#FreeMehmetTürkmenNow
#MehmetTürkmenSerbestBırakılsın
#BaşpınarİşçileriYalnızDeğildir
#FreeMehmetTürkmenNow
#MehmetTürkmenSerbestBırakılsın