Friday, Jan 27th 2012
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 still not stopped shaking. To make predictions when events are so fluid is risky, but there is no [...]
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 the IMF around the world (generally appalling) and argued that the Irish ‘bail out’ deal would have similarly terrible consequences [...]
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 to involuntarily change their form.
However, metamorphosis also plays a fundamental and critical role in the natural world.
Scientific works, dating back [...]
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 they never thought they’d see the day that the people of Egypt would rise up and fight Mubarak.
Placards plainly expressed the mood, [...]
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
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 28.
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 out his view of a more pluralist, left-leaning Islamism and says Ennahdha is committed to democracy. He also notes his [...]
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 [fiscal] correction by increasing taxes and 20 percent by reducing spending. So without any equivocation or [...]
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 you consider that it was two Arab countries who was play one another. Even although there was much tut-tutting at the [...]
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They make a desert and they call it peace
Radical analyses of the Irish and European debt crisis can benefit from engagement with some mainstream (or even right-wing) analyses - there is much to be learned there, and sometimes a surprising [...]
