In an earlier article, EU’s selective Lessons from Greece, we saw that EU Parliament’s investigation of the financial crisis (CRIS), and the hearing Lessons from Greece (ECON/7/02578), lacked the resolve to address the Greece/Goldman secret loan that was allegedly improper and exacerbated Greece’s ills.
Goldman Sachs’ explanations contained gaping holes, and that was left unchallenged. Perhaps the most striking example [...]

Press Conference & Event Notice: Friday March 30th 2012, 11.15am, Central Hotel, Exchequer St, Dublin
The ‘Anglo: Not Our Debt’ Campaign, which includes a wide range of community, global justice and other organisations, will hold a press conference tomorrow Friday 30th March at 11.15am at the Central Hotel Exchequer St, Dublin.
The press conference will be followed [...]

This was originally written for Progressive-Economy.ie
We are now starting to get data to assess just who in society is getting hit and who is getting by.  Of course, we know about unemployment rates, deprivation rates, and income inequality rates.  But the CSO’s 2010 Survey of Income and Living Conditions gives us an insight as to who [...]

You may or may not have already heard or read about the launch of the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) yesterday morning, a new economic think-tank funded by a number of trade unions affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. As a resource for the left, it is very welcome indeed.
NERI purpose is to [...]

Recently, the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo has hit the world’s news for two reasons.
One is the viral Youtube video about Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, for over 25 years the scourge of north-west Uganda. The video calls for the maintenance and expansion of the 100-strong US military team of [...]

Repudiate the Debt Campaign will be hold a public meeting this Saturday 31st of March at 2pm at the Ireland Institute, Pearse Street, Dublin 2. Due to a huge interest in this subject, please email  info@nodebt.ie if you can attend.

The headline reads: ‘GDP rises for first time in four years‘.  Well, that’s good news. The report goes on:
‘The Irish economy grew in 2011 . . . according to figures released yesterday by the Central Statistics Office. This was the first time since 2007 that GDP grew over the course of a full year.  GDP [...]

A new wave of struggle has emerged since the 2008 crisis of capitalism began. New forms of organisation have also emerged as a new generation enters the struggle. In an article originally published in the Scottish Marxist Journal Frontline and her blog 2nd Council House of Virago, Mhairi McAlpine looks at how the Coalition of [...]