Wednesday, Feb 8th 2012
On the 24th of February last TASC presented its first “TASC Encounters” evening at the Royal Irish Academy with Fintan O’Toole talking to Mark Mortell, communications consultant and Newstalk 106 presenter. The event proved to be so popular that tickets to attend were quickly scooped up and with limited capacity in the RIA many who [...]
Interview with Green Isle hunger strikers
Interview with Green Isle hunger strikers from Frank Schnittger on Vimeo.
Eamon Devoy, General Secretary TEEU outlines background to hunger strike
Eamon Devoy, General Secretary TEEU outlines background to hunger strike from Frank Schnittger on Vimeo.
Juan Cole | Harvard Professor’s Modest Proposal: Starve the Gazans into Having Fewer Babies
Cole dismantles Martin Kramer's astonishing claim that forcing the Palestinians to have fewer children by starving them would resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine.
"Martin Kramer revealed his true colors at the Herzliya Conference, wherein he blamed political violence in the Muslim [...]
Charity worker safe after mob’s adoption anger | Independent.ie
Haitian's concerned about foreign nationals taking advantage of the catastrope in their country to take children - a justifiable concern - are described as an 'angry mob of Haitian men' when confronting an Irish female 'charity worker' (as opposed to an agent of a private adoption [...]
The economist Michael Burke has a post up on Socialist Economic Bulletin, which has been cross-posted on Progressive Economy about the current situation in Greece. The post is a follow on from his previous posts on the topic which I have already linked to. In this piece Michael shows that Greece’s debt crisis has been [...]
Shell Corrib Gas - Who are the real Thugs & Bullies? | Indymedia Ireland
A number of high profile Shell to Sea campaigners including 'the Chief' Pat O'Donnell and Maura Harrington sought to appeal certain criminal convictions in cases heard last week at Castlebar Circuit Court from 9th - 11th February. A few of the appeals [...]
Palestinian Avatar « Louis Proyect: The Unrepentant Marxist
Bilin Reenacts Avatar Film A.K.A The Palestinian Avatar!
Sex, Lies, and Economics: The Amazing Story of Economics and Economists Before Adam Smith | Michael Perelman
Michael Perelman provides some details and short excerpts from his current project a book which he hopes to publish called Invisible Handcuffs. It includes an incredible story of 17th Century economist William Petty, who:
Besides having the distinction of being [...]
The real reason for the euromess | Paul Krugman
For the truth is that lack of fiscal discipline isn't the whole, or even the main, source of Europe's troubles not even in Greece, whose government was indeed irresponsible (and hid its irresponsibility with creative accounting).
No, the real story behind the euromess lies not in the profligacy [...]
