Tuesday, Feb 7th 2012
The latest Socialist Register, which was published in October 2009, is called Morbid Symptoms: Health Under Capitialism. As one of the editors, Colin Leys says, the aim was to show that health is a subject that currently isn’t but needs to be considered as part of Political Economy and should be something that is an [...]
New Data on Residential Mortgage Arrears and Repossessions | Financial Regulator
The Financial Regulator today published new data on mortgage arrears and repossessions. The data show that as at end September 2009 there were 791,634 private residential mortgage accounts to a value of €118.6 billion. Of these 3.3%, were in arrears for more than 90 days [...]
The latest CSO Earnings and Labour Costs Survey
The CSO Earnings and Labour Costs Survey shows that average weekly earnings fell overall by 1.1% from €706.03 in Q2 2008 to €698.43 in Q2 2009. However, while there was a fall in the average unit cost of labour in the private sector, connected principally to the [...]
Democracy Now | Study Reveals “Revolving Door” Between Capitol Hill Staffers and Healthcare Lobbyists
A new study on healthcare lobbying published in the Chicago Tribune has found that healthcare companies have spent $635 million on lobbying over the past two years. At least 166 former congressional aides involved in shaping healthcare legislation have registered to lobby [...]
The following is a short extract from the recently published biography of political activist and former Labour Party Councillor Joe Deasy by Brian Kenny, published in association with the Hugh Geraghty-Crumlin, Drimnagh, Walkinstown Branch of The Labour Party. Details of how to get Joe Deasy: A Life on the Left are at the end of [...]
Climate Justice Photosteam From Copenhagen 2009
Very nice photostream from Climate Justice taken during the recent protests outside the Copenhagen 2009 Climate Change Summit.
Christopher Bickerton | No means no; yes doesn’t mean yes
Bickerton, in this Le Monde Diplomatique article, argues that Ireland’s final yes vote in Lisbon II, and the whole journey of the EU constitution from initial drafting to full ratification, illustates that Europe’s governments value the opinion of their peers more than that of their citizens. [...]
Annie Leonard: The Story of Cap & Trade
The Story of Cap & Trade Annie Leonard’s brilliant 20-minute animated film looking at COP15’s favorite sustainability solution. The engaging, fast-paced film probes into the hidden dangers of the proposed (non-)solution, from how the biggest polluters are exploiting the system’s loopholes to why climate Band-Aids like fake offsets [...]
During the “Fuck You Emmet Stagg, Fuck You” exchange in the Dail last Friday, the following was said:
Deputy Paul Gogarty: It is most unparliamentary language and I now withdraw it and apologise for it but I am outraged that someone dares question my sincerity on this issue.
I do not like what has to be done, [...]
Perry Anderson | Acting in the Name of Integral Nationalism
Perry Anderson’s much anticipated book on Europe, New-Old World is available now from Verso, although it was supposed to be published in May 2009 it only became available in November. It’s a meditation on the history of the European community, not in the sense of the [...]
