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The history of public homes in Dublin City is essentially a story of inner-city communities fighting to survive, in the face of successive Governments trying to get poor people off rich land.  Public homes didn't used to be stigmatised. Once upon a time, the building of social homes was rooted…

In the current situation we are living through, so many things have changed - and local governance is one. In the current situation we are living through, so many things have changed - and local governance is one. Unfortunately, many Uplift members were blocked in accessing their local council meetings…

Uplift is a community of people who speak truth to power. We take thousands of actions every day on hundreds of different campaigns: for our climate, homes, healthcare, equality and other social issues that affect our everyday lives.  The problems we face -  as people trying to make the world…

Rest in peace George Nkencho and Elaiki. We wish their family and loved ones as much rest and rejuvenation as possible.  As the shock from the murder of George and Elaiki settles, we are left with many questions. How do we interact and operate with the institutions that we answer…

Introduction The quality of our media matters. Democracy doesn’t function properly without a well functioning public media that is universally accessible for all and that is trustworthy, credible and independent. The media, especially public service media, forms a ‘social glue’ that helps shape our understanding of the world around us.…

Greedy property developers have been dealt two big blows at the end of 2020 thanks to thousands of us taking co-ordinated action together. Glenveigh Homes didn’t get their hands on our precious public land at Oscar Traynor Road and Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien listened to us and banned cramped…

Searching through our database of Uplift campaigns that members have set up, we wanted to take the lead from our members ahead of writing a blog around campaigning to separate the church and state. We came across these campaigns - some of many others.  We think this list says enough…