Originally published in Electronic Intafada on the 29th of January. It’s being republished here with Ali Abunimah’s permission. We are in the middle of a political earthquake in the Arab world and the ground has…
Monthly Archives For January 2011
They make a desert and they call it peace
This article was first published in #CrisisJam on politico.ie. In December 2010, Afri published a report entitled ‘The IMF and Ireland: what we can learn from the Global South’. We looked at the record of…
Life Imitates Art
The concept of metamorphosis has provided a rich vein of material for artists throughout history. Hundreds of artistic and literary works have benefited from characters gifted with shape altering abilities or who have been cursed…
Saturday’s Solidarity Rally Outside the Egyptian Embassy in Dublin
Saturday’s solidarity rally Outside the Egyptian Embassy Many took part in a rolling solidarity rally for the Egyptian revolution. Egyptian, Irish and a plethora of nationalities stood together chanting and singing. Many Egyptians spoke how…
A Pork Belly’s Fence Back Fires
A pork belly’s fence back fires (In sympathy with Michael ‘Stroke’ Fahy) The poor créatúr, he’s the only one you’d ever see down my road. Sure what harm
The Battle over Qasr al-Nil « P U L S E
The Battle over Qasr al-Nil « P U L S E Stunning scenes of thousands of Egyptians braving police forces on Qasr al-Nil Bridge (which connects Cairo’s Tahrir Square with Gezirah’s Opera Square) from January…
Religioscope: Tunisia: the advent of liberal Islamism – an interview with Rashid Al-Ghannouchi
Religioscope: Tunisia: the advent of liberal Islamism – an interview with Rashid Al-Ghannouchi Rashid Al-Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia's Islamist party Ennahdha, returned home from his 22-year exile on Sunday. In this interview he lays…
Memory Hole
On Prime Time Tuesday night, debating the Finance Bill, Fianna Fail’s Michael McGrath thought he was scoring a point on Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty by stating: ‘Your plan is to have 80 percent of the…
Less Politics, More Football!!
This is a Worrying Sign Just over a year ago there was big riots in Egypt and in Algeria by football fans who was angry about the cheating of the opposition’s players, not surprising when…
CrisisJam #3, curated by Harry Browne, is now live!
Browse the links below or head over to politico.ie/crisisjam to see it in all its glory. They make a desert and they call it peace Radical analyses of the Irish and European debt crisis can…
Haiti Liberte: As Duvalier Speaks Out, Célestin Weighs Bowing Out
Haiti Liberte: As Duvalier Speaks Out, Célestin Weighs Bowing Out Kim Ives on the pressure from US, EU & UN to push on with the Presidential run-off, despite the election’s illegitimacy (onnly a quarter of…
VersoBooks.com | Radical Thinkers: Judith Butler, Simon Critchley and Jacques Rancière
VersoBooks.com | Radical Thinkers: Judith Butler, Simon Critchley and Jacques Rancière To celebrate publication of the fifth set of books in Verso’s acclaimed Radical Thinkers series, you’re invited to listen to some audio from an…
Near FM | Susan George: Another World is Possible – Part 1
Near FM | Susan George: Another World is Possible – Part 1 Part 1 of the Bloom event which hosted the Susan George’s discussion of the Global Financial Crisis. Susan George, the eminent Politicsl Scientist…
Susan George in Ireland – January 2011 – Another world is possible!
Susan George in Ireland – January 2011 – Another world is possible! Podcast of Susan George talk in Dublin recently, in association with Bloom. Susan George, the eminent Politicsl Scientist was in Dublin this week…
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