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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday November 28, 2010 02:11 by children_of_lir   text 1 comment (last - saturday november 27, 2010 04:48)
Iceland looks to set to name and shame their top 3 maladministrators for economic negligence. "A special investigation committee, known popularly as the Truth Commission, recommended that Geir Haarde, the former prime minister, stand trial, along with Björgvin Sigurdsson, the former minister of commerce, and Árni Mathiesen, the former minister of finance." read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday November 25, 2010 16:21 by Andrew   text 2 comments (last - friday november 26, 2010 04:53)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
Ireland has an indigenous revolutionary tradition that successfully mobilized tens if not hundreds of thousands in the struggle for more freedom over the 200 years since 1798. Irish republicanism has always included a radical democratic and leveling element and which continues to provide part of the culture of resistance of the most down trodden sections of the working class. Many believe this makes it the best base to build from, at the fifth Rethinking Revolution meeting Andrew Flood asked if they are right? read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 24, 2010 23:55 by Bryan Wall   text 6 comments (last - friday december 10, 2010 16:14)
With the economic future of the country very much in doubt, a change, politically and economically, is greatly needed. With the pressure from Europe building and the national debt set to soar, the future for Ireland looks bleak. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 24, 2010 17:20 by Jolly Red Giant   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 23:26)
Sunday 21 November, the day the Irish government formally applied for a bailout to the EU and IMF, should be marked as the day that the Irish capitalist class were exposed as a rotten, despicable failure, bankrupt in every sense and incapable of offering any way forward. The significance of these developments cannot be overstated; they are a turning point in Irish history and will impact on other countries in Europe and the EU itself. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 24, 2010 17:12 by john throne   text 1 comment (last - sunday december 12, 2010 12:29)
The Celtic Tiger has imploded. The capitalists and their politicians in Ireland and internationally say there is no alternative but to make the working class pay. TINA, that is There Is No Alternative, TINA, is back again. This was a powerful propaganda weapon that Thatcher and her international allies used in the past. Convincing the working class that there was no alternative. TINA.

The opinion and analysis explained here exposes this for the lie that it is. It explains a concrete alternative. TIAA. There Is An Alternative. TIAA. IThis alternative is to make the rich and the corporations which caused this catastrophe pay. TIAA.

This piece also explains the need for any alternative to address the consciousness of the working class and how this consciousness is not yet convinced that it itself, that is the working class, can actually run things themselves. It explains the need for a practical achievable alternative for which the working class can fight. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 23, 2010 19:39 by Soundmigration
LIttle ditty - video by Barra (many thanks) read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 23, 2010 10:37 by Colm o Connor   text 5 comments (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 10:30)
Politics in this country has been made muddy by decades of civil war divisions, clientilism and corruption. As a result the political discourse required for significant social change is constricted. Now is an opportunity to change the Irish political landscape forever, for all progressive groups to demand that FF disband. Here are my Top 10 reasons. I'm sure there are more. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday November 20, 2010 15:57 by pat c   text 4 comments (last - sunday november 21, 2010 18:48)
Union leaders are now calling for the Cowen/Gormley mob to go. Jimmy Kelly kicks the ball rolling with a call to join in ICTUs demo November 27th. But thats hardly enough.Jimmy at the time said that UNITE was forced into the Croke Park deal. The record of te ICTU leadership must be examined. Its their craven policies which gave the Cowen Junta the ability to cut wages even further and to now plan to demolish the Health, Welfare and Education sectors.

Support the ICTU Demo but no illusions in ICTU. We need a new Union leadership. One that fights to make the rich pay for the crisis.

Jimmy Kellys statement is below.

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national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Saturday November 20, 2010 09:18 by Edward Horgan   text 4 comments (last - monday november 22, 2010 12:30)
We urgently need a national strike, this comming week, to force the corrupt incompetent Fianna Fail/Green regime out of government. If we fail to do so we deserve some of the shame and devestation that is being heaped upon us. We need to take back our country from the shysters and liars who claim to be governing on our behalf. We need to act now or forever live in shame as the children of Ireland suffer and are forced to emigrate.
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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday November 18, 2010 13:39 by Paddy Hackett
My piece endeavours to show that there is no essential difference between the politics of John Molyneux from the SWP(UK) and Michael Taft from the UNITE union. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 17, 2010 18:43 by Diarmuid Breatnach
The West have bled the Haitian until she collapsed and now cannot even give her clean water.
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national / education / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 17, 2010 12:20 by SIPTU PRO   image 1 image
SIPTU is absolutely opposed to the lifting of the cap on University tuition fees proposed through the Browne review which could see fees soar to an extortionate rate of up to £12,000 per year. It beggars belief that these proposals be put forward at anytime, never mind in the depths of one of the harshest economic recessions.

The Browne review or any other proposed hike in student or tuition fees can not be allowed to happen, this will only result in preventing thousands of young people from low to middle income earning families from going to University and in thousands more emigrating with little to no prospects here. read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 17, 2010 10:55 by Michael Gallagher   image 1 image
For your information, enter 'IMF and World Bank on way to Ireland' into google. See Brian Lenihan's statement, the second item down. It's been there in black and white since October. Another one of our best natural resources has just been sold off, this time it's our best natural resource, ourselves. We have been sold into bondage to the IMF.

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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday November 15, 2010 13:04 by Michael Gallagher   text 2 comments (last - saturday november 20, 2010 19:08)   image 5 images
TO: ALL MEMBERS

RE: March for “A Better, Fairer Way” – Saturday 27th November, 11.30 a.m. Wood Quay, Dublin

The country is in the throes of the most serious economic crisis in our history. This is because the Government allowed speculators, bankers and developers run riot. They then included useless institutions in a State Credit Guarantee Scheme, mortgaging all our futures. read full story / add a comment
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international / environment / opinion/analysis Saturday November 13, 2010 12:31 by fire owl   image 1 image
"The whole scene appears like something from “Lord of the Rings”. Imagine it’s dark, real dark. On one side a happy, singing crowd, including some 70-year-olds and many teenies with colourful clothes, little fires to warm themselves....On the other side machines in fighting armour, truncheons, helmets and artificial light.....Machine-people who don’t move. Sauron has sent his Orcs...." read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / opinion/analysis Friday November 12, 2010 15:33 by Revolution Now...
Firsthand account of what happened at the Student Protest. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday November 11, 2010 23:44 by Luke Eastwood   text 3 comments (last - friday november 12, 2010 16:38)
Two very different methods are being employed to deal with continuing recession and debt, with possible dire consequences for the world economy. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 10, 2010 13:43 by Paul Dillon   text 2 comments (last - monday november 15, 2010 14:04)
Author keith Bolender speaks about his book "Voices From The Other Side: An Oral History Of Terrorism Against Cuba".

For more, see the latest edition of Look Left. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday November 09, 2010 21:52 by Pepe   text 7 comments (last - thursday november 11, 2010 23:01)
I just happen to work very near the Department of Finance and so I was a first hand witness to how events unfolded on November 3rd during the Students’ Protest. I came out to support the students -“hijack their protest” according to the lazy, subservient and incredibly pro-rich Irish mainstream media journalists, who are unable to understand a simple concept called “Solidarity”. read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday November 08, 2010 17:38 by PRO   image 1 image
Anne Thompson
SIPTU, Belfast

SIPTU joined with thousands of other trade union members, workers and those currently struggling to get a job on the 23rd October at Belfast City Hall when the public made a clear stand against Tory government imposed cuts.

The reckless slash and burn cuts by the Tory government will not as they claim, pave the way to recovery but rather lead the way to mass immigration and increase the extreme hardship faced by working families and the most marginalised and disadvantaged in society, while their banker mates are propped up by criminally extortionate salaries, bonuses and enhanced pensions enabled by the saviour of good honest tax payers monies - our money.

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