Wednesday, Feb 8th 2012
Mike Hulme | The Science and Politics of Climate Change
Mike Hulme is professor of climate change at the University of East Anglia:
"The events of the last few of weeks, involving stolen professional correspondence between a small number of leading climate scientists—so-called climategate—demonstrate my point. Both the theft itself and the alleged contents of some of [...]
Aidwatchers | African leaders advise Bono on reform of U2
An expert commission of African leaders today announced their plan for comprehensive reform of music band U2. Saying that U2’s rock had lost touch with its African roots, the commission called for urgent measures to halt U2’s slide towards impending crisis.
“Our youth today are imperiled by [...]
The Communist Party of Ireland are organising a public meeting at Matt Merrigan Hall, 55 Middle Abbey Street, Dublin 1 next Thursday, the 10th of December at 7.30pm.
The talk is titled: The Budget: A Response from the Left and the speakers include:
Michael Taft (Research Officer, Unite Trade Union, well know around here, and for [...]
Thinking Allowed: An Anthropological Study of Wall St.
Anthropology in an unusual setting: Wall Street. Laurie Taylor talks to the anthropologist who gave up her academic life for over a year to become an investment banker in order to study life on Wall Street. She explains why she immersed herself in the culture of high [...]
Exploring Marx’s Capital (Historical Materialism Book Series) | AAAARG.ORG
This volume, originally published in French under the title Que faire du Capital?, offers a new interpretation of Marx’s great work. It shows how the novelty and lasting interest of Marx’s theory arises from the fact that, as against the project of a ‘pure’ economics, it is [...]
Key Trends in the World Economy | The US Falls Behind China in terms of Capital Creation
The impact of the financial crisis has however driven US saving precipitately downwards. The Bureau of Economic Analysis statistics show US gross savings in the 3rd quarter of 2009 were $1,483 trillion or 10.4% of GDP. US fixed [...]
The Equality and Right Alliance conference, A Fairer Ireland: Equality and Rights at the Heart of Recovery is on today in Dublin. According to the Conference program, this morning’s speakers included Dr Kathy Walsh and Brian Harvey who are presenting their research into the real impact of government cuts in the funding of both the [...]
Pue’s Occurrences | Historian Brian Hanley on Today’s Strike
Brian Hanley, author with Scott Miller of The Lost Revolution has some thoughts on the issue of whether those working in universities and colleges should join the strike today and provides his own thoughts on the matter. There is also a good discussion in the comments [...]
Slum-TV DIY Media in the heart of Mathare - Indymedia Ireland
Slum-TV is a dynamic group composed of young men and women from 16 to 32, working from a tiny office in the heart of the Slum. They have one film camera and one computer. These lack of resources are called challenges, never problems. In spite [...]
Glen Newey | Rectification - London Review of Books Blog
Glen Newey looks at the calls for rectifcation of Thierry Henry’s handball in France’s World Cup qualifier against Ireland last Wednesday. He says that calls for a rematch shouldn’t stop with Ireland’s claim against France. Why not go all the way back to England World Cup [...]
