A World to Win: A New Republic w/ Mary Lou McDonald

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🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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This week, Grace is joined by Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Sinn Fein, to discuss the issues that drove the party's dramatic rise in this year’s general election, the impact of the pandemic on the Irish economy, and Sinn Fein’s proposals for a unification poll in the event of a no deal Brexit.

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0:17.0	Hello and welcome to a World to Win, a podcast from Tribune magazine. I'm Grace Blakely bringing you your weekly dose of socialist news, theory and action from around the world. This week I'm joined by the
0:24.3	formidable Mary Lou McDonald, leader of Sinn Féin, now Ireland's official
0:28.5	opposition, which makes her the first ever Irish female leader of the opposition.
0:34.0	We discussed the issues that drove Sinn Féin's dramatic rise in this year's general election,
0:38.4	including austerity, health care and housing, the impact of the pandemic on the Irish economy, and Shin Fain's proposals for a unification poll in the event for No Deal Brexit.
0:48.0	As always, a shout out to our amazing patrons.
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0:54.4	podcast. Without your help, we wouldn't be able to continue bringing you interviews with these
0:59.0	amazing guests. If you've been considering becoming a patron for a while but haven't gotten around to it, please consider doing so now.
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1:15.6	interviews with amazing previous guests like Naomi Klein and Dr. Cornell West, as well
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1:41.9	A big thank you to the Lippman-Millaban Trust for providing us with the
1:44.8	grant funding we've needed to bring you these first episodes. You can follow them on
1:48.7	Twitter at Lippman-Millaband. And another big thank you to Reverend and the Makers who've let us use their track
1:54.1	heavyweight champion of the world as our intro and outro music. Now here is Mary Lou
1:59.2	McDonald on the Irish government's response to COVID-19 and the need for more effective measures
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