Comment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 28th of August 2013 by Michael...
What are the one hundred and fifty million Russians exterminated by the Czarist government in the repression of the Soviets in 1905? What would the twenty million Russians do who would be exterminated...
View ArticleComment on The benefits of going to a private college? List them again… by...
“Of ‘for many students, if finances allow, private college can be the yellow-brick road to the career of choice in law or business or provide courses in areas such as game design, journalism,...
View ArticleComment on The strengths of the Irish left… by Michael Carley
That’s because we’re all getting older.
View ArticleComment on Since we’re talking about food… by workers republic
I think there are several reasons. Processed breakfast “cerials”,i.e. Corn Flakes, ( John Seamore wrote that the packet contained more nurishment!), Rice Crispies etc. don’t require cooking, so,are...
View ArticleComment on After yesterday’s vote. by sonofstan
I think, like most foreign policy debates, this had next to nothing to do with anything foreign: not Syria, not even the US and the ‘special relationship’. It was all about the next election – Tory...
View ArticleComment on Since we’re talking about food… by Bluethroat
On the general issue of food we here in Ireland have to start to think in terms of food sovereignty. The radical Left has a role in leading this debate. As oil becomes increasingly scarcer over the...
View ArticleComment on Since we’re talking about food… by workers republic
Good point.food sovereignity and public ownership of water. +1
View ArticleComment on The strengths of the Irish left… by workers republic
Sorry I left-out IRSP, good so many groups can work together.
View ArticleComment on After yesterday’s vote. by WorldbyStorm
I think that’s very true actually. But I’m interested in how this plays out internationally, and in that respect there are ramifications.
View ArticleComment on After yesterday’s vote. by Kevin Higgins
poem ‘The Eternal Peace Activist’ http://www.mentioningthewar.blogspot.ie/2013/08/the-eternal-peace-activist-published-on.html
View ArticleComment on After yesterday’s vote. by RosencrantzisDead
On that note, you may wish to look <a href="http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=89060" rel="nofollow">here.</a>
View ArticleComment on Desmond Swanton Commemoration, Cork, 1964 by Roy H W Johnston
The McCarthy story is his invention. The meeting took place in a car; I did reference it in my memoir. The level of hostility was such that I sat in the back with Mac Stiofain and Gerry sat in the...
View ArticleComment on Desmond Swanton Commemoration, Cork, 1964 by Roy H W Johnston
I was usualy on reasonable speaking terms with Mac Stiofain. I recollect our approvingly exchanging ideas about an Italian communist film (Pasolini, was it?) about the life of Jesus.
View ArticleComment on A voice from the past… by Jim Monaghan
“consistent and distinct ideology”. This maybe be true. But there is a gap between this and their practice.I suppose we will be fed the nonsense that Ryan missed the cabinet meetings that agreed the...
View ArticleComment on Another poll… by ivorthorne
The SI editorials for these things always annoy me. It seems that in order to make it seem as though they have news, they completely ignore the margin of error. Most changes in support fall within the...
View ArticleComment on Another poll… by Garibaldy
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/increasingly-angry-voters-feel-they-have-nowhere-to-turn-29542464.html Someone from Millward Browne
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Comment on After yesterday’s vote. by Enya Rand
Yey – this is a first – I’m about to link to an article in the Daily Mail! But only because Foreign Policy is behind a paywall I hasten to add. It’s not just “Dictators around the World” ™ who are are...
View ArticleComment on After yesterday’s vote. by Enya Rand
Hm. My usual luck with links. Here it is <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2402174/CIA-helped-Saddam-Hussein-make-chemical-weapons-attack-Iran-1988-Ronald-Reagan.html"...
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