Comment on Socialists or social democrats… by Liberius
‘The media selected its radical leftist’ A touch hyperbolic, no?
View ArticleComment on Ireland into the EEC: The 1972 Debate by WorldbyStorm
Completely agree JFC. I was at the opening, and Ballagh’s speech rang most true when he spoke about the democratic deficit. It’s that which is at the core of the problem. And it’s not one that is...
View ArticleComment on Ireland into the EEC: The 1972 Debate by WorldbyStorm
And btw, highly recommended for people to go look at it. Excellent collection of documents.
View ArticleComment on When you’re blue sky thinking on the economy and state… by CL
The People’s Republic of New York City ‘recreation centers offer facilities such as indoor pools, weight rooms, basketball courts, and dance studios, art studios, game rooms, and libraries.’ I don’t...
View ArticleComment on What comes next?: Roberto Unger by CL
There is widespread recognition of ” the inequity of the current situation”; more than this awareness is needed to transform society.
View ArticleComment on When you’re blue sky thinking on the economy and state… by Eamonncork
Prime example just now on that awful TV3 news programme of the political establishment’s determination to view every issue through the prism of how it helps them suck up to the business community....
View ArticleComment on What comes next?: Roberto Unger by que
My point was we all recognize the necessity for society to transform but is there a presumption that the left itself does not need to be undergo transformation
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 20th of November, 2013 by CL
Sawant’s platform is somewhat similar to Bill de Blasio’s, Mayor-elect of NYC http://www.votesawant.org/issues http://www.billdeblasio.com/issues I’m not sure that ‘Sawant’s victory has sent ‘shock...
View ArticleComment on What comes next?: Roberto Unger by CL
Ok, and i think there is also a presumption lurking here and there that the left needs to undergo transformation in the same neoliberal direction as social democracy.
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 20th of November, 2013 by...
To come back to something which was mentioned before. Gerry Adams brought up John Larkin’s dubious amnesty proposals in the Dail. Now here is an issue which directly involves Sinn Fein’s paramilitary...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 20th of November, 2013 by Tomboktu
Walmart has put out boxes for a Thanksgiving food collection — for needy employees. Why Would Walmart Raise Wages When It Can Have A Canned Food Drive For Its Employees?...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 20th of November, 2013 by CL
‘It should be noted that the heirs to the Walmart fortune can afford more canned goods than the bottom 40 percent of America combined.’(link above) grotesque inequality. NYC is Walmart-free; the labor...
View ArticleComment on The Irish Left Archive: Version 2.0 for 2013/2014 by Irish Left...
[…] by the people at The Cedar Lounge Revolution blog. An explanation of the reboot can be found here, but essentially the CLR people are launching the Irish Left Archive as a stand-alone website to be...
View ArticleComment on Within the Technical Group, without it and that ‘others’ group… by...
That’s why the ULA is having its annual convention next week.
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 20th of November, 2013 by...
” no other Irish publication has done so much to promote the plain truth of history as the Irish Political Review .” If you were looking for “the plain truth of history” about Stalin’s Russia, the...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 20th of November, 2013 by...
” every so often the IPR hits a protruding nail squarely on the head. The example of the late Peter Hart comes to mind.” I suspect because most other Irish historians didn’t subject Hart’s work to the...
View ArticleComment on A loss of votes for SF at recent elections in the North? by...
I suspect RSF’s advocacy of violence and absentionism would harm its chances of winning votes. I don’t think working class voters annoyed with Gerry’s crowd would go for RSF. Eirigi may be in with...
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