The Nevin Economic Research Institute, ICTU’s think-tank, has looked into the budgetary future and finds there is a better way of doing things. They have utilised all the tools of economic analysis to show that, what…
Monthly Archives For September 2012
From 25S to 26S: The Bond Spread as Life Insurance
This is a translation of a text posted last night by John Brown, on the new round of mobilisations in Spain, this time directed at the Spanish parliament. Translation courtesy of RMc. Many thanks. From 25S…
Athens: Social Meltdown
Athens: Social Meltdown – A film by Ross Domoney Dr Dimitris Dalakoglou explains the social meltdown which took place in Greece between May 2010 & June 2012 that is on going. This film contains videos…
Reilly Shortall Rift Exposes Contradiction at Heart of Government
The very public row between Minister for Health James Reilly and Minister of State with responsibility for Primary Care Roisin Shortall is about more than personalities. It is also about more than decision making processes…
The Anglo: Not Our Debt No long-term sovereign bond for Anglo
The Anglo: Not Our Debt campaign has warned the government against replacing the Anglo promissory note payments with a long-term sovereign bond. Campaign spokesperson Niamh McCrea described the debt as “illegitimate – it was accrued…
Chasing Mice While the Elephants Destroy the House
We’re really lucky to have public sector workers to kick around – what with all their allowances and increments. If we didn’t, media and commentary would have to give more attention to the CSO’s two…
Andy Storey on Ireland in the World Order
Speech given by Andy Storey at the launch of Ireland in the World Order: a History of Uneven Development by Maurice Coakley, 20th September 2012 In his novel Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad’s imperialist monster…
Chilean Documentary Reveals the Name of Victor Jara’s Alleged Killer
Earlier this year human rights lawyer Nelson Caucoto Pereira and Joan Jara, wife of nueva canción singer Victor Jara, appealed to the Chilean Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence to collaborate in the effort…
Grim Gets Grimmer
In the final quarter of last year there was a glimmer of hope. Employment rose, suggesting that the labour market was ‘bottoming-out’ and maybe, just maybe, we could start to see a continuous rise in…
Dirty laundry | Claire O’Sullivan
Dirty laundry | Claire O’Sullivan There should be no demarcation between the actions of the Church and those of the State with regard to the Magdalene Laundries. In return for taking these women, the nuns got…
Exploiting Wallenberg
On 12th September the Minister for Justice, Equality and Defence Alan Shatter(Fine Gael) spoke at the opening of a conference in Dublin called Man Amidst Inhumanity. This marked the centenary of the birth of Raoul…
Germany’s Recovery Is Faltering
Germany is widely regarded as the motor of the European economy. GDP grew by just 0.3% in the 2nd quarter of 2012 and is barely 1% higher than a year ago. The German statistical agency…
Max Rodenbeck on postcolonial governments in the latest issue of the New York Review of Books
Max Rodenbeck on postcolonial governments in the latest issue of the New York Review of Books Postcolonial governments have often seemed condemned to repeat the sins of the imperialists they replaced, a sad irony that…
Spain’s Mortgage Holders Platform: A lesson for Ireland?
Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca and the struggle for the right to housing Recently the provisionaluniversity.wordpress.com had a series of posts on the Mortgage Holders Platform, a Spanish based movement against home eviction and for the…
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