Friday, Jan 27th 2012
Book Review: The Ask, Sam Lipsyte (2010)
Milo Burke is a man in distress. He’s a man who was whelped in a liberal college that let him believe he was the future of visual art, but now he’s stuck raising the money for another such institution to prop upsimilar self-delusions. But he’s not very good at [...]
Film from Paula Geraghty of Michael Albert, author of Parecon: Life After Capitalism, speaking in Dublin on 11 October 2011
Michael Albert in Dublin from Paula Geraghty on Vimeo.
I AM NOT MOVING - Short Film - Occupy Wall Street
The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council’s first report is out. It is a poor start. There is much to chew over but here I want to take up one contention - the one that says austerity is working. For if this argument is the best it can come up with, then it will have its work [...]
In Ireland all discussion on public sector pay, wage coordination and labour cost competitiveness ignores the role of collective bargaining in a democratic society. Over 80 percent of employees in the Eurozone are covered by collective wage agreements. The type of wage coordination is generally described as multi-employer bargaining. This means that wages are set [...]
Where Does Money Come From? | New Economic Foundation
There is widespread misunderstanding of how new money is created. This book examines the workings of the UK monetary system and concludes that the most useful description is that new money is created by commercial banks when they extend or create credit, either through making loans or [...]
My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters - Hit Bankers Where it Hurts | Matt Taibbi
Matt Taibbi, writer for Rolling Stone magazine is perhaps best known for this quote:
“The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it’s everywhere. The world’s most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped [...]
Book Review: Prison Notebooks Vol 1, Antonio Gramsci, Columbia University Press (2011)
“Culture is a fundamental concept of socialism because it integrates and concretizes the vague concept of freedom of thought.” Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci’s cultural awareness permeates every single reflection recorded in his notebooks. Arrested and imprisoned in 1926 on conspiracy charges of an alleged attempt [...]
Don’t Mention the Chocolate War. I was Mention It Once, But I Think I am Get Away with It.
Unless you have been living in a yurt (which is a tent containing pro-biotics), you will have by now have heard of the assortment of people, made homeless by predatory borrowing, who are making themselves at [...]
DCTV Interview with Michael Albert
James Redmond from DCTV has a wide ranging discussion about Parecon, media, the Occupy movement with Michael Albert.
Michael Albert interviewed by Dublin Community TV from DCTV on Vimeo.
