Comment on The CLR Political Quiz ….Number 61….. GAA Special by ar scáth a...
6. Kerry beat Mayo – so must be John O Mahony – Enda never got near that level as far as I know
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Sounds more like ‘Third positionist’ party. And we have plenty of those.
View ArticleComment on Return to sender and farewell the new ‘right’ party? by CL
Well at least they don’t have an ideology. Just like the RA
View ArticleComment on Return to sender and farewell the new ‘right’ party? by EamonnCork
Borgen’s role in the Creighton coverage should not be under-estimated at all. I couldn’t stand the main character in that either.
View ArticleComment on Brid Smith Leaflet ….. by EamonnCork
With the small difference that non SF people who were part of the H Block campaign, John Turnly of the Irish Independence Party and Miriam Daly of the IRSP, were murdered as a result. Which isn’t quite...
View ArticleComment on Libraries…redux by Logan
Also, remember the economics of the situation here. In a volunteer library the labour is literally FREE. In a situation like the ILAC Library, installing a few expensive automatic check-out machines,...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 15th of January, 2014 by Joe...
This Monday past marked the 150th anniversary of the death of American song writer Stephen Foster . The writer of famous tunes such as “Camptown Races” and ” I dream of Jeannie” , he spent the last...
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Looks fascinating Joe. Thanks for posting it.
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 15th of January, 2014 by CL
This is hardly a diagnosis; merely a statement that the Keynesian cure is not allowed.
View ArticleComment on Union resistance to privatisation in Ireland. How we organise. by CMK
EWI, why would ICTU want to get rid of FEMPI? It’s quite literally the best thing since sliced bread for the Union leadership. They’ll make a some half-hearted comments about repealing it but they...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 15th of January, 2014 by Johnny...
The important diagnostic element is his recognition that “the European Union decision-making process makes the above principles and decisions virtually irreversible”. It surprises me how widespread...
View ArticleComment on Militant Atheism: Soviet Russia Prepares New Offensive by Starkadder
On a side note, I was reading “Great Irish Reportage” by John Horgan today and there’s a piece by Alex Comfort * where he recalls seeing wheelbarrows full of anti-Communist literature for sale being...
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my attitude is , ‘Pessimism is not an option’, we need to fight privatization at every turn, but we also need to be realistic. for some people over optimism can eventually lead to disillusionment .The...
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(to continue—) I would be glad to attend meetings earlier on a Saturday. Our branch Union AGM will be this Friday , I will bring the matter of the TULF up for discussion. I hope we can get TU activists...
View ArticleComment on Union resistance to privatisation in Ireland. How we organise. by CL
The alleged threat of the ‘hard right’ is probably a bogey man; the capitalist ruling class has no need to lend support to the hard right because there is no credible threat from the left. This is true...
View ArticleComment on Militant Atheism: Soviet Russia Prepares New Offensive by Lightweight
Dawkins is a knob but religion is still a giant fantasy
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 15th of January, 2014 by Jolly...
Hundreds of people attended the launch rally of $15 Now Campaign in Seattle. Video of Kshama Sawant, Joe Higgins TD and others addressing the rally. http://www.socialistworld.net/doc/6620
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I’d tend to agree RiD. Your first paragraph is spot on IMO. And I’d think a secularised public sphere – in the sense of the state etc, is a necessity in a Republic and in relation to the context of...
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Fascinating line up of people too.
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