Month: June 2014
24 posts
Climate change – preparing for war
The quickening pace of global warming poses a threat to US national security, says a leading, federally-funded military research organisation
Labour’s sell-out
An opinion Poll in early June showed the Labour Party with 4% support nationally. This is a measure of how comprehensively that party has disappointed those who voted for it in the 2011 General Election.
Review: Jimmy’s Hall directed by Ken Loach
How dangerous could a parish hall with dance nights, boxing, singing lessons, poetry and art classes be? Ken Loaches new film “Jimmy’s Hall” shows how dangerous the Catholic Church considered one they didn’t control. The film is based on the true story of Jimmy Gralton, a socialist activist in Leitrim and the only person ever to be deported by the Irish Free State.
Iraq: Oil war’s bloody legacy
Escalating sectarian conflict threatens to draw in surrounding countries
Joe Higgins TD on Banking Inquiry Nomination
The government’s actions in cobbling together a majority on the Committee has been unbelievably crude and hamfisted. However, while this has shown to the world the cynical manoeuvrings that go on among the establishment political parties in the Oireachtas as they jockey for advantage, it fundamentally changes nothing. All parties understood that the government was always going to use its Dáil majority to have a majority on the Committee.
Review: The Snowden Files
‘The Snowden Files’, by Luke Harding, exposes the workings of the vastly powerful intelligence services in the US and Britain.
Mother & Baby Homes: Both church & state are guilty
Appalling – abhorrent – grotesque – it’s difficult to find words to adequately express the horrors visited upon the poorest and most vulnerable sections of Irish society, particularly women and children, at the hands of Church and State in Ireland.
Brazil: Homeless struggle & strike heat up climate as World Cup approaches
In the context of a wave of struggle and protests in the run-up to the World Cup, the Sao Paolo metro workers began a powerful strike on 5 June.
North: Elections show mass disillusionment with main parties
The local and European elections in Northern Ireland has shown a deep disillusionment with the main parties and what constitutes politics.
The tragedy of Rwanda 1994
Twenty years ago, nearly a million people were massacred in Rwanda. At the time, it went largely unreported. But it was a direct legacy of a century of colonial rule – the French state, under ‘socialist’ president, François Mitterrand, complicit in the genocide.
