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They’re bizarre words to use, aren’t they? There’s a real condescension there, and of course no reference at all to how Irish (and British) media might feed into certain perceptions – even putting...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 27th of November, 2013 by CL
‘That is why I have argued strongly for a Living Wage and for legislation to guarantee collective bargaining.’-Joan Burton. The legal right to collective bargaining was won in the U.S. 70 years ago....
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The conference is being held in the INEC all right, but from the televised shots of Gilmore’s speech they appear to have used only part of the auditorium. On the other hand, they put seating up on the...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 20th of November, 2013 by...
@EC re Love Hate. I’m just watching the start of the fourth series and a couple of things have struck me. The first is that a foreign viewer would think there’s a Luas everywhere. The second is that,...
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Strumpet City Derek Mooney made some comment a month or two back about broadcast rights (which I took were being worked out) but if RTÉ are already selling the DVD it is difficult to see how much of...
View ArticleComment on The costs of filling that basket… by workers republic
There are good books , new and 2nd hand for sale at stalls in Temple Bar, Bantry and other open air markets , at reasonable prices. Last Sunday (24th) I got some rare books, I was ‘hunting’ a long, at...
View ArticleComment on The costs of filling that basket… by Michael Carley
If you’re in Dublin, Books Upstairs on Dame Street is good (especially for obscure political feuds) and the Secret Book Shop on Wicklow Street. When I was last in Dublin, I remember thinking that for a...
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent not so Stupid Statement of the Week… by Tomboktu
Wrong paper, but… referring to the union leaders we have the following “There was no economic or evidence-based rationale underpinning their demands for wage inflation. They demanded such inflation...
View ArticleComment on The costs of filling that basket… by WorldbyStorm
+1 Michael, it’s very depressing how few there are and it’s got little to do with ebooks I suspect. WR, some British Labour Party MPs have started a boycott of Amazon, and there’s also a boycott by...
View ArticleComment on This Weekend I’ll Mostly Be Listening to…..Power of Dreams by...
They really were, something amazing going on with them. Btw are you in Dublin for the Blades?
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent not so Stupid Statement of the Week… by...
Would that be One L Creighton in the SBP?
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent not so Stupid Statement of the Week… by Tomboktu
Yes. Dear Deputy C., A growth in a company’s profits is both an economic rationale and an evidence-based rationale for demanding a pay rise. Yours sincerely, The rest of the World.
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent not so Stupid Statement of the Week… by...
It’s a very contemporary form of belief about the (supposed) lack of relationship between wages and how well a company does in profit terms and consequent insanities in relation to wage inequality,...
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Growth of profits equals increase in worker productivity. Is it now being argued that an increase in productivity is <i>not</i> a good argument for a wage increase? If not, then what is?
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent not so Stupid Statement of the Week… by Johnny...
A disgraceful slur on our gallant allies in Europe! If Harris read the ‘Irish Political Review’ he would know that the German Empire was Europe’s first welfare state, that it had the strongest labour...
View ArticleComment on An Islamic bomb? Isn’t there already one of those? by Michael Carley
Worse than Turkey but not as bad as North Korea; maybe better than Saudi Arabia.
View ArticleComment on An Islamic bomb? Isn’t there already one of those? by que
sound, that’s what I was trying to get at
View ArticleComment on LookLeft Trade Union Forum presents a discussion on the impact of...
Annoying how different groups try to claim 1913. Labour, Siptu, shinners, SP, SWP etc . No comparison to today’s parties or unions
View ArticleComment on An Islamic bomb? Isn’t there already one of those? by Ed
‘For decades the Israelis cultivated understanding with Egypt …’ For decades the Israeli state cultivated understanding with the Egyptian military dictatorship. Not the same thing, not by a long shot,...
View ArticleComment on An Islamic bomb? Isn’t there already one of those? by que
“it’s absurd to argue that Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians has nothing to do with it. ” Lucky I didn’t do that then. By my comment that the Israelis are pricks you might be able to tell I don’t...
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