Friday, Jan 27th 2012
On Monday 20th of June the Launch of the North Beach Nights Anthology which features three writers Mickey Mc Rory, Mark James and myself will take place upstairs in the Crane Bar, Sea Road Galway at 7. 30 PM.
The book will be launched by Cork poet Billy Ramsell who has also written the introduction. It [...]
Gideon Levy is a veteran journalist and columnist with the liberal Israeli daily, Ha’aretz. Along with Amira Hass, he is one of the few Israeli journalists - one of the few Western journalists - to take a long term interest in the Gaza Strip. His book The Punishment of Gaza is a valuable collection [...]
Costas Douzinas | In Greece, we see democracy in action
Costas Douzinas is Director of the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities at Birkbeck, University of London, and a Greek citizen. He says that the reaction in Greece was not a surprise:
The Greek resistance to the catastrophic economic measures was expected. Throughout modern history the Greeks have [...]
Gregor Kerr of WSM.ie | Denis O’Brien shows that for Ireland’s elite the good times still roll
Why does that member of the 1% network need burley black-clad midnight gardeners soujourned behind locked gates in his mansion - valued at 35 million in 2006? To keep the riff-raff away from his tax-free capital gains and in [...]
The Crisis, especially in Europe (not to mention Greece), is all consuming. Every day our minds are highjacked by its latest twist. Today, here in Athens, a general strike has temporarily suspended the news’ cycle and given me a few moments to reflect. I thought that today’s post, reflecting this… reflective moment, should transcend that [...]
Egyptian activists say No to military trials
Anti-torture activists hold press conference following the meeting with SCAF representatives…
Popular Protest in North Africa and the Middle East (V): Making Sense of Libya - International Crisis Group
"The character of the Libyan crisis today arises from the complex but so far evidently indecisive impact of the UN-authorised military intervention, now formally led by NATO, in what had already become a civil war. NATO’s intervention saved [...]
Book review: Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy by Ross Perlin
Not since Monica Lewinsky has the intern received as much attention as in recent months. Since the practise of auctioning off prestigious internships to the highest bidders at the Conservative Ball became public knowledge and David Cameron [...]
TASC launches major new report on ‘Eliminating Health Inequalities - A Matter of Life and Death‘(pdf)
Today TASC is launching its first report on health inequality, which was written by health policy analyist and journalist Sara Burke and Head of Policy at TASC Sinéad Pentony.
It’s an important piece for work for anyone who has followed the [...]
