This is the first of a three part analysis of Owen Jones’ book Chavs. The second part will be published tomorrow, with the concluding part appearing on Thursday. All three can be read here. Book…
Monthly Archives For September 2011
Blood, Stone, You
For households in work, if they manage to hang on to their jobs, it is going to be a difficult few years ahead if the projections for wage increases is anything to go by. This…
Stark’s warning and euro crisis | Aidan Regan
Stark’s warning and euro crisis | Aidan Regan Great letter from Aidan Regan in the Irish Times today: The European Union is facing a crisis of democratic legitimacy. The process through which economic decisions are…
An all Ireland Economic Area: Does it make sense? Peter Bunting, Assistant General Secretary, ICTU – presentation made at Greaves Summer School
[Text of Peter Bunting’s talk which was given on Sunday, 11 September 2011, at the 23rd Annual Desmond Greaves Summer School. Peter Bunting is Assistant General Secretary of the ICTU with responsibility for Northern Ireland.]…
The September edition of An Phoblacht is out now
The September edition of An Phoblacht is out now.
Depleting the Economy and the Alternative
Philip Lane’s thoughtful article in the Sunday Business Post helps clarify the debate. For while he argues for further fiscal contraction, this should not distract us from the underlying point of difference between those who support…
A 2nd Wave of Bank Share Price Armageddons?
The current falls in the prices of bank shares are widely covered in the financial media. However the overall pattern and scale of the decline in market evaluation of banking shares is still not sufficiently…
Public Meeting – Understanding the Euro Crisis: Thursday 15 September 7pm
Public Meeting Understanding the Euro Crisis Thursday 15 September 7pm Speakers: Pearse Doherty TD Yanis Varoufakis (Greek economist) Fintan O’Toole St Stephen’s Suite, Shelbourne Hotel, D2 All Welcome
Sins of the Father, Belfast Book Launch, 15th of September @7pm
Is Greece Finished?
In one sense Greece was finished the moment the Great Recession cut its growth rate (in the second quarter of 2009) from among the highest in Europe to almost zero. Given its high, and increasing,…
Gene Kerrigan | Hooray! We’re back on track — again
Gene Kerrigan | Hooray! We’re back on track — again Gene Kerrigan highlights the recently ignored (in Ireland) UNCTAD report, bondwatch Ireland, and the protests in Ballyhea (follow them on facebook). He also makes a…
Maybe It’s Because – Concluding Chapter
This is the conclusion of Maybe It’s Because, Vincent’s autobiography which has yet to find a publisher. Vincent wanted to make it available online so people could read it, share and let him know what they…
Fred Magdoff at the Desmond Greaves Summer School 2011
Audio recording of Professor Fred Magdoff’s presentation at the Greaves School on Friday (9 September). The title of the talk is: The international economic crisis – making the periphery pay. The session was chaired by…
Corporation Tax Rate the Cornerstone of Our “Tax Relief” Based Economy
Mark Cullinane, in a significant two-part Crisisjam piece published yesterday and today, thoroughly fillets the instrumentalisation of Irish education policy, an example of which was provided in a very barefaced way by the President of…
Buy ILR Journal
Sins of the Father – 2nd Edition Available Now
Contact:
conormccabeis@gmail.com
(+353) 087 219 1587
Dublin Opinion
- Some Thoughts on the Brexit Joint Report December 9, 2017[Report available here.] Britain appears to have accepted for now that it needs a soft brexit and is going to actively pursue a soft brexit in the next round of talks. The measures relating to the avoidance of a hard border are part of a ‘back-stop’ arrangement. They will only arise in the ‘absence of […]Conor McCabe
- IRISH COMMONWEALTH: TRADE UNIONS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE 21ST CENTURY November 18, 2017I There is a lot more to class than accent or dialect. It is a power relation, the dynamics of which have shaped the contours of the Irish state since its establishment over 90 years ago in the courtyard of Dublin Castle. The economic interests of Ireland’s moneyed class have had an inordinate influence on […]Conor McCabe
- Notes for a Book on Money and the Irish State - The Marshall Aid Program April 2, 2016Ireland’s Economy: Radio Eireann talks on Ireland’s part in the Marshall Plan. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1949 [official/government publication] NLI: OPIE X 26.A Forward by the Taoiseach Mr. John A. Costello S.C., T.D. (pp.1-2) Since its inception European Economic Co-operation has done much towards restoring European economic solvency and has challenged the forces which have been […]Conor McCabe
- The Financial Crisis:What Have We Learnt? August 29, 2015I start teaching a level one (introduction level) module in UCD Monday Week on the Financial Crisis. As always, I’ll post what I can here to share it with activists and progressives. This is a short audio I’m putting up for the students to give them a sense of where the module is coming from. […]Conor McCabe