This week we are joined by DJ https://twitter.com/dj_breathnach the co-host of the SnugCast Pod https://twitter.com/snugcast to chat about the Greens, Program for Government and the Green Exodus. We decided to split this episode in half as there was so much good content and such an honest conversation on why people have left the Green Party. We cover everything from internal party issues, centrist capitulation to capital, alliteration as well as the wider issues facing the green movement. This naturally brought us on to discuss the future for climate justice and how the 'Just Transition Greens ..read more

In our bumper episode we get through quite a lot! We are also joined by our new political partners Independent Left with representation from Niamh and Eoghan https://independentleft.ie/. Niamh gives a quick synopsis of who Independent Left are and what they are about. Topics discussed are as follows: ASTI Strike We concentrate here on the ASTI possible strike action and how it is acting as a coalescence of multiple societal and political issues. ASTI general secretary Kieran Christie's quote we cite: “For instance a case could be, as has happened already, identified within a school and nobody ..read more

WAP (not that one): https://twitter.com/AislinnWallace9/status/1302533313870127105?s=20 Ais goes viral in response to the Green Party's WAP bill and their surrounding rhetoric on clothing. We discuss the individualised and moralistic tendencies of neo-liberalism and how is not fit for purpose (pun intended, sorry) to solve a structural crisis. Carolyn Moore of the Green Party gives a very good synopsis of fast vs. cheap fashion here which is useful for additional reading https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/cheap-clothes-and-fast-fashion-5198063-Sep2020/, but as we discuss this is tinkering at the ..read more

Shane and Aislinn catch up on government negotiations, the rush to get the economy back up and running and have a go at the commentariat. Follow us here; https://twitter.com/StageLeftIrl https://twitter.com/thobiasinkblot https://twitter.com/AislinnWallace9 ..read more

We were joined by Ursula and Ann Marie to discuss Extinction Rebellion from the point of view of two activists inspired to get involved. We focus on what it is like to get involved as someone from outside of the organisation, what internal structures are there and what XR might look like in the future. We also spoke to Ursula about her day job which is working for an app that allows you to track the carbon footprint of the food you buy www.evocco.com which is part of the many ways we explored that you can help make individual and informed decisions to help in the Climate Crisis ..read more

Shane and Ais debate the limitations of electoralism and how this has applies to Irish politics, the likely makeup of the next Dáil, the left bloc and a celery trying to vote ..read more

Hello again all. We are back after a somewhat lengthy hiatus. Shane was out on Saturday with our local PBP representative Deirdre Wadding and joined her on a canvass of the Main St. in Wexford. After our canvass we retired to Cabin 3 in the Bullring for a coffee and a quick chat about the campaign and PBP in general. Apologies for the background noise, but some of it is hilarious. Enjoy ..read more

Episode 10 - ‘You just don’t give a fuck’ In this episode we have a look at extinction rebellion and some of its criticisms. Turned out to be pretty apt considering 18th October events. We also look at budget 2020, Northern Ireland abortion legislation and the situation on Syria. Image from Red London on Facebook ..read more

After our Summer break we are back for Episode 9 to digest some of the goings on over the past few weeks . We cover topics such as free speech, no-platforming, climate change, middle aged white men losing their minds, splits on the left and Irish Simpsons Fans. Show notes can be found here https://stageleftirl.wordpress.com/2019/10/03/stage-left-episode-9 ..read more

'If everyone did it imperfectly, rather than a few doing it perfectly' Ruth O'Connor of local Wexford business, Rake of Cakes on how individuals can make a difference against the looming spectre of climate crisis. In this episode we discuss local ethical businesses, public spaces, the role of politics in leading on climate change policy, carbon taxes, biking, vegetarianism and coffee ..read more