Look Left (Ireland)
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| Type | Bi-Monthly newsmagazine |
|---|---|
| Format | Magazine |
| Owner(s) | The Workers' Party. |
| Publisher | Citizen Press Ltd. |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Headquarters | Dublin |
| Website | http://www.lookleft.ie |
LookLeft is a bi-monthly political magazine produced by the Workers' Party.[1]
History and profile
[edit]Founded in 2006 (Issue 1 September–October 2006) and relaunched in a more broad-left format in March 2010, LookLeft covers a range of broad-left views. According to its website, LookLeft provides a non-sectarian platform for progressive news, views and debate from working class communities as well as from a wide range of left-wing activists.[2] The Look Left Forum was proposed as an effort to engage the different strands of left-wing politics, particularly in Northern Ireland, with a view to co-operating and running non-sectarian left-wing candidates in elections.[3]
Editors
[edit]LookLeft is produced by an editorial committee and is assisted by a number of journalists on a voluntary basis.
Contributors
[edit]Among the contributors to Look Left, are Keith Lamb, Roisin Ni Dhalaigh, Tara Brady, David Lynch, Fergus Whelan, Dara McHugh and former Dublin City Councillor for the Workers Party Eilis Ryan.
References
[edit]- ^ "Look Left… new look". 25 March 2010.
- ^ "About us : LookLeft". Lookleft.ie. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
- ^ Northern Ireland Deserves Better – Workers Party NI conference by Alan Meban, Slugger O'Toole, October 20, 2012.