Comment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 10th October, 2012 by Red Hand
There would probably be riots and certainly sabotage if the PSNI handed over ‘Petey’ Quinn to the Free State. There has already been a semi-organised campaign of intimidation and vandalism of IRBC...
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent Stupid Statement of the Week by smiffy
“I have not seen the wikipedia ref, but if it is based on Ellman, I would recommend the late Rosencrantz to go to the organ grinder rather than the monkey.” I used Alvin Jackson’s short book on Carson...
View ArticleComment on John Brown by Michael Taft
Thanks for this post. And the chance to reread Hughes’ wonderful poem. Being American born, I only wish that the rest of the world could gain more insight into the profound progressive currents that...
View ArticleComment on The 1985 Sinn Fein Good Old IRA pamphlet and historical...
The importance of the pamphlet, The Good Old IRA, can be understood by looking at a broader context of commemoration within the twenty-six county state at a time when Provisional Sinn Féin were (while...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 10th October, 2012 by neilcaff
There seems to be an implicit assumption that rioting is a good thing?
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 10th October, 2012 by ejh
You can take it that in certain circumstances I think it a good deal better than nothing.
View ArticleComment on A Left-friendly email service provider? by me
Yeah, check riseup.net or so36.net. Both are noncommercial leftwing email servers…
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 10th October, 2012 by neilcaff
That’s precisely the time when it’s most dangerous for the class.
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 10th October, 2012 by ejh
Whenever you are tempted to write “the class”, perhaps you should ask yourself whether you are (a) writing a pamphlet (b) addressing a meeting (c) neither of the above.
View ArticleComment on Sunday Independent Stupid Statement of the Week by O'Connor Lysaght
Okay, Rosencrantz, I hope you enjoyed your tea. However, here is the reference you wanted: ‘Clarke [Wilde's counsel] hoped that Carson would accept a verdict of not guilty, “not guilty” having...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 17th October, 2012 by...
It would appear that Proinsias de Rossa has been elected to chair the board of TASC. http://www.tascnet.ie/showPage.php?ID=3299&PHPSESSID=f87d0bb52a050df1f45df7bca5ef770d TASC is, according to its...
View ArticleComment on SYRIZA MP at ULA Public Meeting in Wynne’s Hotel in Dublin, this...
Apart from the cops I would be interested to know more about the class basis of the support for Golden Dawn. Is it middle class? If so what sections? Small business types? I assume most workers are...
View ArticleComment on Austerity, the truth that dare not speak its name… by CL
Worried about the ongoing crisis, the IMF, and many conventional economists, such as e.g. Larry Summers, are re-asserting orthodox Keynesianism, and calling for expansion of aggregate demand. “He...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 17th October, 2012 by Blissett
Shortall apparently voted against the Government last night on the Home Help/carers motion. Not huge news perhaps, but still surprised that there is pretty much no mention of this in the media today.
View ArticleComment on SYRIZA MP at ULA Public Meeting in Wynne’s Hotel in Dublin, this...
Some stats about the electorate of the various Greek parties here: http://www.publicissue.gr/en/1689/greek-elections-6-2012-voter-demographics/ There’s a longer analysis of the figures here, but behind...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 17th October, 2012 by Jim Monaghan
“after the trusteeship’s fire sale 85% of it was owned by West German capitalists, 10% was owned by miscellaneous foreign capitalists” “Tired of competing against East German industry the West German...
View ArticleComment on That Latest Poll… The Comeback starting? by Jim Monaghan
Interesting analysis by Paddy Healy Analysis of IPSOS/MRBI Poll October October 18, 2012-10-18 Poll Disastrous for Labour— Many seats of Labour councillors and TDs in danger The poll published...
View ArticleComment on That Latest Poll… The Comeback starting? by CMK
Not only that but many backroom FF operatives are being found safe bearths in the public sector while FF temporarily downsizes due to the finanical implications of losing so many seats. I see it with...
View ArticleComment on What you want to say… Open Thread, 17th October, 2012 by Ed
Did any newspapers report this development with the headline ‘De Rossa New TASC Master’? (I’ll get my coat)
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Live video stream of Greek general strike (in Greek, I think): http://www.zougla.gr/zouglatv Not much to see at the minute.
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