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Archive for the ‘Neo-liberalism’ Category

The Lisbon Treaty Campaign in Ireland: a Review

The European Commission’s Eurobarometer report is available (PDF)

Background to the Referendum
On June 12th, 2008, the Irish electorate was presented with the opportunity to vote “yes” or “no” to the Lisbon Treaty. This was the seventh referendum on European integration in Ireland in the last 36 years, so EU referendums are very much part […]

Book Review: Travail Flexible, Salaries Jetables

Travail Flexible, Salaries Jetables: Fausses questions et vrais enjeux de la lutte contre le chomage - Michel Husson (ed.)
Editions La Découverte, Paris, 2006

Over the past decade, France has displayed something of a split personality when it comes to political orientation. On the one hand, there have been impressive mobilisations against neo-liberalism: […]

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Reclaiming Citizenship

 
Bertie Ahern’s socialist conversion occurred around the same time he took up reading Robert Putnam.[1] Putnam was famous for... More »

The Left and Climate Change ­- why green goes better with red

The convenient green honeymoon.
With everyone from David Cameron to Enda Kenny wearing their green hearts on their sleeves... More »

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Laptops of Mass Destruction

Jeremy Paxman once explained the secret of his interviewing technique - before speaking to a politician, he simply asks... More »

Get Down on Your Knees and Rejoice!!

Si, is the former Atlético Madrid moron and now Scouse bastard Fernando Torres, who score the winning goal for... More »