This post was written by Vicky Donnelly and originally posted on Contact.ie. “THERE MUST BE 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LENDER” On the occasion of International Women’s Day we ask – Is Ireland stuck in…
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Don’t pay the UNSECURED Anglo Bondholders – Not Our Debt #NotOurDebt
Dear TD/Senator, I write to demand that the so-called “debt” of 1.25bn Euro (one billion, two hundred and fifty million) due to be paid to UNSECURED Anglo bondholders be not paid. Since the Irish people…
Dear TDs, Senators, MEPs – give your Children’s Allowance Payment for December to St. Vincent de Paul
Dear TDs, Senators, and MEPs, As a gesture of goodwill towards the families across the country dependent on the assistance of the Saint Vincent De Paul, I ask that those of you in receipt of…
Gary Dunne: What Kind Of Country Are We Living In?
Here’s a song and message from Gary Dunne. Hi all, I have pledged, to myself and to those who like my music, to release a new track every month in 2011. This is the first…
Open Letter to All TDs, Senators, and MEPs in Ireland about the IMF and the need for an Election
Dear TDs, It’s time for an election. It really is. How long more can this charade of pretending you have a mandate from the “people” go on? You never had a mandate from the people…
A Litany of Abuse, Abuse, Abuse – Part 1
Update: Simon McGarr of the Tuppenceworth.ie blog has set up a Facebook group to argue for the diplomatic expulsion of the Papal Nuncio from Ireland. He also provides two sample letters to send to either…
What Price Education?
“I am totally depressed as I believe a huge amount of work has been totally undone … support structures to assist the most vulnerable have been undermined, which will mean that discipline and pastoral care…
Against Commercialism in Irish Education
Since we have not reached the level of commercialism in our schools that pervade an education system such as the American one, perhaps now is the time to begin the fight against the commercialism that…
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- Notes for a Book on Money and the Irish State - The Marshall Aid Program April 2, 2016Ireland’s Economy: Radio Eireann talks on Ireland’s part in the Marshall Plan. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1949 [official/government publication] NLI: OPIE X 26.A Forward by the Taoiseach Mr. John A. Costello S.C., T.D. (pp.1-2) Since its inception European Economic Co-operation has done much towards restoring European economic solvency and has challenged the forces which have been […]Conor McCabe
- The Financial Crisis:What Have We Learnt? August 29, 2015I start teaching a level one (introduction level) module in UCD Monday Week on the Financial Crisis. As always, I’ll post what I can here to share it with activists and progressives. This is a short audio I’m putting up for the students to give them a sense of where the module is coming from. […]Conor McCabe
- Money in 35,000 Words or Less August 22, 2015I’ve been asked to write a short book on money. The manuscript is due in the end of April 2016. As with most things I do with political economy and education I’ll be posting stuff here as I go along. I just find it an interesting way of working through ideas, concepts and analysis. Anyway, […]Conor McCabe
- THE WRATH OF KANE: BANKING CRISES AND POLITICAL POWER January 30, 2015I’ll be writing more about this at the weekend but I think this is a good standalone clip from evidence to the banking inquiry given by Prof. Ed Kane on Wednesday 28 Jan 2015. He was asked by Deputy Pearse Doherty to elaborate on the statement below which was made in a paper that […]Conor McCabe