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The death of politics? Well, not quite, but it’s going to be more difficult…
I wasn’t optimistic given the fairly consistent polling data throughout the campaign. This wasn’t Lisbon I. So no great surprise in the result. But I am surprised by the fact it as large a gap as 60/4… more →
The Cedar Lounge Revolution
The Sixties Radical- God Warned us About Kings in 1st Samuel 8
wrote 2 hours ago: The garbage that this is coming out of our nations Capital stands the hair on the back of neck on en … more →
The death of politics? Well, not quite, but it’s going to be more difficult...
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wrote 1 day ago: I wasn’t optimistic given the fairly consistent polling data throughout the campaign. This wasn’t Li … more →
"I always enjoy seeing the left get up and defend rapists" I'm so progressive I even used their names. Assange and Progressive Politics
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wrote 2 days ago: By Noni Sproule Yesterday a high court decision regarding the Julian Assange extradition was handed … more →
RTÉ woes...
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wrote 3 days ago: Pat Leahy has a really interesting piece on RTÉ, and he outlines how even now in the second decade o … more →
which way forward for the revolutionary left?
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wrote 4 days ago: Guest post by Chris Strafford on how communists should relate to mass movements, and his experience … more →
More on the polls from the weekend...
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wrote 4 days ago: For any SF supporter the ‘meh’ which might have greeted Sunday’s RedC SBP poll can be neatly overtur … more →
Things I Did and Didn't Know About Marilyn Monroe and Leon Trotsky
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wrote 4 days ago: I’ve long known Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism when she married Arthur Miller. What nice … more →
The Sixties Radical - Have Those Who Gave Their Lives Died in Vain
wrote 5 days ago: Today is Memorial Day. This is the time we honour the men and women who gallantly died to fight for … more →
ACRA Magazine...
wrote 5 days ago: To read latest edition please click on link: acramag 16 vol1 may 2012 Many thanks to MS for forwardi … more →
Noel Cullen RIP.
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wrote 5 days ago: Very sad to report the news of the death of Noel Cullen, otherwise known to many of you as ‘Ha … more →
Quickly, very quickly, the latest RedC poll...
wrote 5 days ago: Gains for government parties, +1 for FG to 30 per cent, +2 for Labour to 15 per cent. Losses for bot … more →
Gerry Foley 1939 -2012 An Irish Wake, Sunday June 3 2012, Teachers' Club
wrote 1 week ago: An Irish Wake, Sunday June 3 2012, Teachers’ Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1, 6.30pm Friends … more →
SF Ard Fheis... the latest Treaty Poll and Christine Lagarde's statements...
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wrote 1 week ago: There’ll no doubt be a lot more to say about the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis over the next few days, but it … more →
you can't say that! ken livingstone as a barrier to working class organisation
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wrote 1 week ago: Ollie Sutherland was not impressed by the common call on the left for us to vote labour. What always … more →
The Sixties Radical- The Brave New World is Happening Now
wrote 1 week ago: The insanity of the Left had completely gotten out of hand. If this push to do away with all of our … more →
No fault dismissal…Yeah, that'll work a treat.
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wrote 1 week ago: First let’s have a moments laugh at this: Adrian Beecroft [venture capitalist] claimed that Vince Ca … more →
Oh dear... that very special EU dinner...
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wrote 1 week ago: Funny how Stephen Collins et al were writing about how the summit meeting the EU leaders had cooked … more →
Who "Owns" the Economy?
wrote 1 week ago: Vice President Joe Biden admitted to a group of supporters in New Hampshire this afternoon that the … more →
