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Articles from July 2011

Nothing but the Truth: the Deportation of the Izevbekhai Family

Pamela Izevbekhai and her daughters, Naomi (10) and Jemima (9) were deported from Ireland on Tuesday morning. Having been arrested at 1.30am, they were flown to Amsterdam at 6am, to be placed on a flight to the Nigerian capital Lagos later that day. Following the failure, last month, of her case in the European Court [...]

A Sense of Belonging

Book Review: New Finnish Grammar,  Diego Marani  (Dedalus Books)

A man is found battered and close to death on the quayside in Trieste during World War II. His identity is unknown and the man himself has completely lost his memory. Who he is and why he was so violently attacked remains unknown.  Is he Sampo Karjalainen, [...]

Colombia and Irish Government Policy

Grupo Raices and Justice for Colombia will be hosting a film screening on Thursday July 28th in Liberty Hall at 6pm.
We will be showing the documentary “El Baile Rojo” (The Red Dance). The film is about the experience of the Patriotic Union, a left-wing political party which tried to challenge the dominant oligarchy in Colombia [...]

Genoa 2001, the Death of Carlo Giuliani and the Making of Berlusconi’s Mousetrap

Here’s something which Eamonn Crudden passed on to me today to mark the anniversary of the death 10 years ago of Carlo Giuliani, a young anarchist who was shot dead by Italian Police in Genoa during the Anti-Globalisation protests against the G8 meeting in the city.
Below is his 2002 documentary Berlusconi’s Mousetrap, and a 12,000 [...]

Slaves and Slavery: The Economy of the Magdalene Laundry and The Industrial School

I have been thinking about the present scandals enveloping the Catholic Church in Ireland. People say, ‘How could they do it, men and women of God?’, or ‘How could they believe in the Gospel’, etc. The bafflement is understandable since the Church has always represented itself as a form of institutionalised [...]

The July edition of the Socialist Voice is out now

The July edition of the Socialist Voice is out now.
See it online here, or download the PDF. In this editions the articles include:

Growing assault on workers’ terms and conditions
First World democracy-In whose interests?
The time is long overdue for the people to have their say
Austerity is working!
Hope and defiance: Picnic in [...]

The Power of Nonsense | Alan Johnson - Jacobin

An article by Donagh of Dublin Opinion • July 19th 2011

The Power of Nonsense | Alan Johnson - Jacobin
"The only ‘realistic’ prospect is to ground a new political universality by opting for the impossible, fully assuming the place of the exception, with no taboos, no a priori norms (‘human rights,’ ‘democracy’), respect for which would prevent us from ‘resignifying’ terror, the ruthless exercise of power, [...]

One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind | Books | The Observer

An article by Donagh of Dublin Opinion • July 19th 2011

One big yawn: boredom is not just a state of mind | Books | The Observer
Long boring article on….oh god, never mind

Barbara's Blog: War Without Humans: Modern Blood Rites Revisited

An article by Donagh of Dublin Opinion • July 19th 2011

Barbara’s Blog: War Without Humans: Modern Blood Rites Revisited
Barbara Ehrenreich
"If military spending is still for the most part sacrosanct, ever more spending cuts are required to shrink “big government.”  Then what remains is the cutting of domestic spending, especially social programs for the poor, who lack the means to finance politicians, and all too often the [...]

Who Benefits From the Crisis in Ireland?

Last Sunday Michael Burke had an article in the Guardian’s Comment is Free on the European Banking Association’s stress tests and the current Eurozone debt crisis. Michael argues that the spending cuts imposed on “bailed out” economies are being imposed as a mechanism to save European banks, and the conditions around the paying of those [...]

Sins of the Father

Sins of the Father:

Tracing the Decisions

That Shaped the Irish Economy,

by Conor McCabe

from The History Press

Now Available as an e-Book.

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