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Archive for January, 2010

Conversations with History: Howard Zinn

Posted in History on Jan 30th, 2010 No Comments »

UC Berkeley’s Harry Kreisler interviews historian and activist Howard Zinn. (2001) Series: Conversations with History

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HOWARD ZINN, 1922-2010

Posted in United States, History on Jan 29th, 2010 3 Comments »

The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

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On the occasion of the 34th demise anniversary of the anti-IBM war heroine Steve Jobs

Posted in Ireland on Jan 27th, 2010 6 Comments »

Apple have just launched their iPad Tablet.
The best review, though, of all things Apple, comes from The Onion.
Enjoy.

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DUSTY IN GLENTIES

Posted in Irish music on Jan 26th, 2010 2 Comments »

I came across the below clip by chance on YouTube. I knew Dusty had Irish origins and a most Irish name but I never knew she got around to doing Irish material. Here she takes up the baton from Margaret Barry (with a harp thrown in for good measure) :

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MAN SLIPS ON ICE-CREAM IN O’CONNELL STREET BURGER KING

Posted in fuckwits on Jan 25th, 2010 4 Comments »

It works on so many levels…

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Friends of Charlie Donnelly Benefit Night: Friday January 29, Teachers’ Club, Parnell Square Dublin 8pm

Posted in irish culture, Irish Labour History, Spain on Jan 22nd, 2010 4 Comments »

There’s a Valley in Spain called Jarama,
It’s a place that we all know so well,
It is there that we gave of our manhood,
And so many of our brave comrades fell.”
Among the heavy casualties taken by the poorly-equipped Republicans in the bloody battle at Jarama to save Madrid from Franco’s fascist army in February 1937 was […]

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AND FINALLY, HE STROKES CLAIRE’S KNEE

Posted in French, cinema on Jan 21st, 2010 5 Comments »

[ Libération cover from the day after Rohmer’s death ]
During the mid 80s Mozzer moaned about Channel 4’s late night programming in song - something or other about ‘plans for a future war’. I don’t remember that particular evening but I do have a (very possibly) distorted memory of there always seeming to be […]

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AN ECONOMY FOR THE COMMON GOOD: PUBLIC MEETING, CLONDALKIN, MONDAY 25 JANUARY

Posted in Irish Society, Irish Economy on Jan 20th, 2010 1 Comment »


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Returning to the Ghost Estates

Posted in Ireland on Jan 19th, 2010 1 Comment »

This are now serious and empirically-based questions about the decision by the Government to overpay for property which will be bought by NAMA in an attempt to create a ‘floor’ for house prices.
According to this newspaper item published today:
Over 300,000 homes - more than double the official estimate - are lying empty around […]

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AFri Calls for Suspension of Corrib Gas Project and Launches Petition

Posted in politics/Ireland on Jan 19th, 2010 1 Comment »

At a well attended press launching in Dublin, human rights activists Andy Storey, Dennis Halliday and Benny McCabe outlined some of the history over the last ten years since Shell arrived in Erris, County Mayo, Ireland.
Human rights organisation AFri is calling for a suspension of all work on the Corrib project in Erris, County Mayo, […]

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