Friday, Jan 27th 2012
Max Ajl, “Venezuela: Local Reactions to the Re-Election Reform”
Max Ajl looks at the analysis being provided within Venezuela on the national vote on the 15th of February, which will amend the constitution to allow indefinite re-election. The opposition argue that this is an indication of how Chavez is moving the country towards a dictatorship, but [...]
Si. Is the Future King of Lyon!
I am watching with disgust and pleasure the vaguely general striking in France yesterday. Did you see it? Was all most very amusing and also a big disgrace.
In general, as you know, I am always opposed to the insurrectioning by members of the lower classes, such [...]
LRB · Ilan Pappe react to events in Gaza
“In 2004, the Israeli army began building a dummy Arab city in the Negev desert. It’s the size of a real city, with streets (all of them given names), mosques, public buildings and cars. Built at a cost of $45 million, this phantom city became a dummy [...]
How We Were Ruined & What We Can Do - The New York Review of Books
“This is, as many economists now concur, the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. Financial market participants created a financial bubble of tragic proportions in pursuit of personal gain. But the deeper cause was a determination among people with [...]
I had intended to treat each of the offerings in the Irish Times ‘What is to be Done’ series individually, hoping that they would provide us with new, innovative ideas. Boy, did I call that wrong. Jobs are being lost, enterprises are closing, our GDP is contracting, confidence is being lost - and all we [...]
I like John Gormley, I genuinely do. He’s one of our more thoughtful and sensible politicians. That he sits at the Cabinet table, even in the current circumstances, is no bad thing, whatever about the lack of clear positive outcomes or influence on issues close to our hearts. But one has cause to wonder… like [...]
It really is surreal. Hundreds of jobs are going in the banking sector, Retail Excellence Ireland warns that 25,000 jobs could be lost in the first quarter. The economy is turning in on itself. And the Government is obsessing over public expenditure cuts. People are demanding to know what can be done to protect their [...]
So, the Irish Times is going to treat us to a series of articles from our leading economists over the next few days. They must be serious as they are using Lenin’s ‘What is to be Done’ title. This should be fun. I intend to critique of each of these contributions. [...]
For the second podcast from Slugger O’Toole on the Irish Economy Mick Fealty has reconvened most of the panel from last week’s discussion on the economy. The topics include the call for wage cuts in the public sector, how to build towards a recovery in the medium term and support export growth, what economic hope [...]
Is the perfect Christmas gift: A book of war posters!
I was not having the space or the time last week to discuss another of my Christmas present which my inconsiderate brother Hornolo give for me and which you can see above. He tell me that he was in the city a few month back and [...]
