Without pressure, governments will likely continue their greenwashing while we suffer deadly floods and extreme heatwaves,聽writes John Molyneux.
Dublin
Ireland鈥檚 seven-month-old United Left Alliance (ULA) is the 鈥渘ew kid on the block鈥 of European anti-capitalist parties.
Launched in November last year, it won five TDs (members of the Irish parliament, the Dail) in February elections, despite its name not appearing on the ballot paper.
To date the ULA has also won 20 positions in local councils and one seat in the European parliament.
In the Dail, the ULA TDs have already had successes, such as stopping the abolition of the Joint Labour Committees that set wages and conditions in some industries.