Wednesday, Feb 8th 2012
Billy Bragg will be marching with #OccupyDameStreet and Real Democracy Now! Ireland from The Garden of Remembrance at 2pm this Saturday. Afterwards he’ll be performing at a secret location, so come to the march to find out!! Or for those that can’t make it, watch it online via the livestream. Billy was on Newstalk radio [...]
The latest edition of the Irish Anarchist Review published by the Worker’s Solidarity Movement on the 5th of Oct, is available here.
It includes Paul Bowman on organising to beat the household tax. Kostas Avrimidis writes about Greece and Cathal Larkin reviews the excellent Anarchism and the City: Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Barcelona, 1898-1937 by Chris [...]
Wolfgang Münchau | Why Europe’s officials lose sight of the big picture
Wolfgang Münchau writing in the Financial Times yesterday says expansionary fiscal contraction is a fairy tale and cites a new IMF paper with considerable data to prove his point.
A senior eurozone policymaker, who was upset by my criticism of eurozone policy in the past, [...]
We have a dream: towards a Euro-Mediterranean social strike
This text was written by Madrilonia, a Madrid-based blog that writes about and participates in social movements. Madrilonia has been involved in the 15-M movement, which began with the mass protest organized by Real Democracy Now on the 15th of May 2011 and inspired Europe with the [...]
This is a very interesting instalment from an interview that the Scottish branch of Unite the union conducted with Yanis Varoufakis in which he provides a very damning assessment of social democratic parties in Europe.
From the Unite Scotland’s description of interview:
“Unite Scotland’s fourth and final instalment in the Varoufakis series puts focus on [...]
I AM NOT MOVING - Short Film - Occupy Wall Street
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 [...]
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.
Democracy Now | Immortal Technique: Occupy Wall St. is America’s Awakening
