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Thursday, May 24th 2012

Articles Covering US

Palestinian Papers Reveals Palestinian Authority’s Concessions For Absolutely Nothing

An article by Donagh of Dublin Opinion • January 23rd 2011

Palestinian Papers Reveals Palestinian Authority’s Concessions For Absolutely Nothing
Al Jazeera are doing a wikileaks with a mega-leak of documents that came from negotiations during the Israeli-Palestinian peace process from 1999 ti 2010. As The Guardian’s Katharine Viner puts it on twitter:
“In summary: PA desperate; Israel unyielding; US contemptuous. Detail pretty shocking”
The Al Jazeera Palestinian Papers [...]

An Open Letter to all employees of Monsanto

An article by Irish Left Review of Irish Left Review • November 16th 2010

Dear Friends,

In addressing you today, I wish to draw your attention to the background of Monsanto, a company whose name and products are held in contempt not only within the United States, but also in every country where it has offices, its products sold and used. The reason for the contempt goes back [...]

In God We… Don’t Really Trust That Much, But Kind Of Hope That He’ll Do The Right Thing…

An article by Philip Pilkington of Fixing the Economists • October 28th 2010

There’s something tragic about a great power in decline. Many on the left today take it for granted that America should serve as their political punch bag. But the US was once a landmass upon which great political dreams were projected. A new land - a wealthy and prosperous land, with a solid democratic, anti-imperialist [...]

The Devil and Bailiff McGlynn

An article by Philip Pilkington of Fixing the Economists • October 26th 2010

The foreclosure process in the US has been rather brutal. On this side of the pond we became aware of the so-called ‘tent cities’ springing up across the US back in 2008 (it took the American media a little longer to pick up on this meme; it not fitting in, apparently, with popular conceptions of [...]

Howard Zinn | Three Holy Wars

An article by Donagh of Dublin Opinion • January 14th 2010

Howard Zinn | Three Holy Wars
On May 2nd last year Howard Zinn delivered a speech as part of the 100th Anniversary of the Progressive Magazine. It’s one that he has been delivering all over the US since, most recently in Boston University last November and filmed by Democracy Now. Below is the original speech presented [...]

Key Trends in the World Economy | The US Falls Behind China in Terms of Capital Creation

An article by Donagh of Dublin Opinion • November 27th 2009

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 [...]

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Sins of the Father

Sins of the Father:

Tracing the Decisions

That Shaped the Irish Economy,

by Conor McCabe

from The History Press

Now Available as an e-Book.

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