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I Like Public Housing and So Should You

This is the first in a new series of member-led writing for the CATU blog. In this, Enda McHugh (@Eanna_MacAodha) covers some of the history of public housing in Ireland, and why it should be supported as an alternative to the private market. Pick up a newspaper published in Ireland …

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Is there power in a union? Part 2

Housing, capitalism, and why it’s time to unionise by Aaron Downey (Training and Education Officer) Housing is a commodity under capitalism; the current economic system where most industry (and property) is owned by private individuals, and goods are produced for the market. By commodity I mean something which is produced …