Comment on They say the situation is… by CMK
Eamonn, you are trolling, quite seriously and deliberately. Your claim that NATO air strikes stopped Serb atrocities in Kosovo is not borne out by the facts. Nearly every commentator acknowledges that...
View ArticleComment on After the troika… same old same old… by D_D
This was the intention all along. For Fine Gael anyway (an austerity whip was never going to be simply given up). And it seems for Labour too. But the essential apologia for Labour in this government,...
View ArticleComment on After the troika… same old same old… by 6to5against
Its all quite simple really… A few years ago, we thought we were rich but really we were poor. Now we must become poor so that we can actually become rich. And once we’ve done that, we must stay poor...
View ArticleComment on They say the situation is… by dmfod
Eamonn Cork – again you’re reduced to the ‘with us or against us’ line that either you support Western imperialist intervention or you must be “enabling” Milosevic/Assad/Saddam/Al Qaeda/the Taliban. I...
View ArticleComment on After the troika… same old same old… by Nessa Childers MEP...
As I’ve always said, exiting the bailout is cosmetic but will cause major political problems. No one to blame etc. watch FF closely here.
View ArticleComment on A few good pieces on Youth Defence by pub quiz austin
In other words, they go against the grain of the careers their parents had. I believe my exact words were “I don’t want to be your dirty little secret. The Bull’s Head Pub, Bangkok.
View ArticleComment on Beyond the handshake… by parquet chene pas cher
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View ArticleComment on They say the situation is… by D_D
Mark P: “I was amused earlier in the thread when D_D and EamonnCork tried using the old Bush with or us with Saddam stunt earlier in the thread in the Libyan context.” Amused and confused. When the US...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 17th April 2013 by The Commons
maybe they ain’t called ‘shares’ for n’thin. ooooo…. now ….decisions.
View ArticleComment on Meanwhile, back at the UK SWP… by Moran
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View ArticleComment on They say the situation is… by dmfod
WbS you still haven’t explained what your reasons, other than humanitarian concern and state sovereignty, were for supporting the armed NATO intervention in Bosnia. Even if you saw Bosnia as “sui...
View ArticleComment on They say the situation is… by dmfod
I think you’re constructing a false binary there D_D. Surely it’s possible to support the rebels against Gaddafi or Assad, but not to support imperialist Western intervention on their behalf because...
View ArticleComment on They say the situation is… by Jim Monaghan
“and any government that emerges in Libya will be permanently indebted to the West and more compliant than Gadaff” The idea that whatever government that emerges in Syria or anywhere else will consider...
View ArticleComment on They say the situation is… by FergusD
I think we have to put “Western” involvement in the Middle East in context, which it seems to me many aren’t doing here. The actions of the US/NATO aren’t just (if at all?) a response to an...
View ArticleComment on Inchicore Friends of the International Brigades unveiling plaque...
The first thing to consider is what type of event will the dj be considering. These musicians resort to how the DIY method (Do-It-Yourself).
View ArticleComment on Perhaps it is me… by Brendan Ryan
I was a senator for 22 years. Roughly Half as a left of centre independent, half with Lab P. Seanad of course needs reform. But if the three big political parties wanted it could always have been a...
View ArticleComment on Demonstration tomorrow, Wednesday 29th May, against Financial...
Thanks. I’ll spread it about.
View ArticleComment on Demonstration tomorrow, Wednesday 29th May, against Financial...
My Letter in Irish Times today Appeal to reject Bill to cut pay and pensions Irish Times, Tuesday May 28, 2013, 18:00 Sir, – The Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill gives...
View ArticleComment on They say the situation is… by Laim Smullen
Laim Smullen Its worth knowing for all those who opposed the 2003 Iraq war the previous policy was much worse, because it was regime change through sanctions rather than war. The question is this if no...
View ArticleComment on Austerity apostates… by Jim Monaghan
“Now, if only one of them was involved in Irish politics, or had a position, I don’t know, like a Government Minister, something that might influence the current coalition.” I get the point obviously....
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