Alex Barton
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CampaignNewsNews Update
1st January 2025

Uplift’s People Powered Forest

Welcome to Uplift's People-Powered Forest News Update Blog April 2024: We’ve planted yet another people-powered forest! Uplift members and local community groups in Longford got together in the spring to plant hundreds of small trees that will soak up carbon dioxide and clean the air for decades to come. Thanks…
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Alex Barton
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CampaignNewsNews Update
18th December 2024

We all Have the Power to Make Change 

The end of a year is a good time to reflect on all the amazing things we’ve achieved together in 2024. All across Ireland, you, along with Uplift’s 350,000 members have been campaigning hard to make the changes we want to see in our communities, and the wider world. There's…
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Patrick Kelleher
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Big TechCampaignNewsNews Update
4th December 2024

The People’s Inquiry on Big Tech Harms

For too long, the people of Ireland have been waiting for our political leaders to set and enforce strict rules for big tech corporations like Meta, Google, TikTok and X — but instead they’ve given these corporations free rein to harvest our most personal data, decide what we’re sold based…
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Brian Cuthbert
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Gaza Legal Case
CampaignNewsNews UpdatePalestine
1st November 2024

Gaza Legal Case

On Wednesday 30th October 2024, members of the Uplift community, along with solicitor Darragh Mackin of Phoenix law, delivered a statement to the Taoiseach Simon Harris demanding that the Irish government:1. Suspends all military trade with Israel 2. Suspends all dual-use trade with Israel 3. Suspends the use of Irish…
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Alex Barton
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Photo of the Conor Pass with overlaid text 'What we've been up to August 2024"
CampaignNewsNews Update
3rd September 2024

What we’ve been up to: August 2024

Time and again, we’ve proven that even when things feel hopeless and unclear, stepping forward to take action together says everything about who we are — a community from all walks of life that acts together despite those that want to divide us. I think you know how special and…
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Saoirse McHugh
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Citibank stop funding genocide
CampaignNewsNews UpdatePalestine
3rd September 2024

Citibank is funding Israel

Citibank is the largest foreign bank in Israel, and has a history of financing of weapons deals between Israel, the USA, and the weapons corporations that supply them.  Since the beginning of Israel’s genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza, Citibank has financed a $500million bond to Israel that they…
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Patrick Kelleher
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Big TechCampaignNewsNews Update
16th April 2024

Social media is hurting us: Results of Uplift’s big tech survey

We all want online spaces that are safe and where we can connect with others — but right now, social media bosses like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are hurting us and pushing content at us that we don’t want to see. The Uplift community has spent years fighting for…
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Jacob Sosinsky
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People at the protest with text Everyday is Future. Blog for climate solutions: Building public support for climate solutions: A Narrative Guide
CampaignNewsNews Update
28th March 2024

Building public support for climate solutions: A Narrative Guide

Climate change is the biggest threat to our safety and health we have ever encountered. So how do we get the conversation about climate change so loud and clear, that future governments know they have no choice but to stop those responsible for poisoning our air, water, soil, nature and…
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Jacob Sosinsky
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CampaignHousingNewsNews UpdateUncategorised
26th March 2024

Summary of Vacant Homes Research

Empty Homes: A Political Choice There are more vacant houses than people who need a home in every county of Ireland. Early in 2024 Uplift members commissioned research into exactly what the problem with vacant properties and what can be done to fix it Here is a summary of the…
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Brian Cuthbert
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Meta Stop Censoring Gaza
CampaignNewsNews UpdatePalestineUncategorised
11th December 2023

Meta Stop Censoring Palestine

On Wednesday (6th December 2023), Uplift hosted a session in the AV Room in Leinster House for Ireland's TDs and Senators to talk about Meta's censorship of Palestinian voices and under-moderation of hate speech and disinformation in Hebrew on Meta's platforms (primarily Facebook and Instagram). Representatives from 7amleh, the Arab…
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