Introduction
In late March 2011 the UK Treasury published a consultation document on rebalancing the Northern Ireland Economy.  What follows is the Workers’ Party response to that document and its implications. It is our contention that the economy in Northern Ireland and throughout these islands needs to be rebalanced in favour of the two-thirds who have [...]

The new edition of Look Left is available in all good bookshops now -well, those willing to stock it - including an article by me, no less. An important edition to read I think, as Ireland’s corporate neo-liberal foot soldiers frog march us towards economic oblivion. Friend them on Facebook.

The editorial of the new edition [...]

Here is a short seven-minute clip of Thomás Mac Giolla speaking at the Desmond Greaves School last September. I was there to record Brian Hanley and Mick Ryan for an audio podcast, but when Thomás got up to speak I grabbed my digital camera and filmed as much as I could before the memory card [...]

HOW AND WHY FIANNA FAIL AND ITS ALLIES HAVE BROUGHT THE IRISH ECONOMY TO ITS KNEES
Introduction
The day after Ireland was officially declared to be in recession (Thursday 25th September, 2008) Taoiseach Brian Cowen was quick to reiterate his oft-repeated claim that global factors were behind Ireland’s current economic woes. “What is clearly recorded are global [...]