Month: April 2014
8 posts
Joe Higgins TD not retiring from political activity, but not to stand in next General Election
For years to come Joe Higgins TD will be an active force fighting for the people of Dublin West and beyond, so not announcing retirement from political activity, but today he announces he won’t be a candidate in the next General Election.
CWI: History of the Committee for a Workers’ International
40th anniversary of the founding of the CWI.
Acquittal of Sean Fitzpatrick: Who will be held accountable now?
Not just individuals, but also the political and legal system that allowed banks and speculators engage in unbridled profiteering on homes and property, and the media that glorified them, that should be in the dock.
Labour right to be in a panic over Water Tax as electoral slaughter looms
The Labour Party is in an obvious panic over water charges looming large as the Local and European Elections approach. They are right to be. Labour's infamous 'Tesco' Ad during the 2011 General Election Campaign specifically named a Fine Gael water tax of €238 per annum as one of the key things they would stop if in government. Their betrayal on this will cost them dear.
Hillsborough tragedy – the final chapter?
'Heartbreak, tributes, tears' was the headline in the Liverpool Echo as the next chapter in the Hillsborough tragedy unfolded. "Let our kids know that he wasn't a hooligan" was the plea of the widow of victim Patrick Thompson.
Department of Finance ‘cooking the books’ on corporation tax
Technical Paper Author, Seamus Coffey has previously estimated ‘implicit corporate tax rate’ as 8%. Paper itself admits ‘implicit tax rate’ of 5.9% in 2012
Grandiose promises of ‘better and cheaper’ single-tier health care system are a sham
Responding to the government's white paper advocating universal health insurance, Conor Mac Liam, husband of Susie Long and Anti Austerity Alliance candidate in the upcoming local elections in Kilkenny said:
90 corporations responsible for two thirds of global emissions
Individualizing the cause of climate change will only conceal the truth. A study published in the journal Climate Change indicated that since the dawn of the Industrial Era just 90 companies have caused two thirds of all man-made global warming emissions. All but seven of the 90 were energy companies producing oil, gas and coal.