Posted in Mafia, Berlusconi, Africa, Italy, obituary, music on Nov 10th, 2008 6 Comments »
It’s a pity to push Conor’s Subterraneans post so soon off the top of the pile - remember them as another fine late 80s Dub band that never got their dues. I particularly remember a fairly amazing bass-playing singer (do I recollect right ?) don’t think I’ve heard anyone Irish play the bass like it […]
Posted in charities, Africa, Media on Sep 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
Following on from (RED)´s philosophy - that consumption and marketing can save Africa from AIDS, while making huge profits for consumer product corporations who employ sweatshop labour - here’s a clip from Bill Hicks, talking about people who work in marketing.
Enjoy.
Posted in China, Marx, Africa, Middle Class, Working Class on Sep 12th, 2008 No Comments »
The consumption of labour-power is completed, as in the case of every other commodity, outside the market or the sphere of circulation. Let us therefore, in company with the owner of money and the owner of labour-power, leave this noisy sphere, where everything takes place on the surface and in full view of everyone, and […]
Posted in Africa, Ireland on Jul 14th, 2008 1 Comment »
Thanks to Kassandra O’Connell for the information.
2008 marks the 40th anniversary of Concern’s first aid action - a response to the famine in Biafra in 1968. Recently, Concern deposited its film archive with the Irish Film Institute, and on 23 July the Irish Film Institute will be screening two films from the collection as part […]
Posted in Africa, U2, music on May 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
Whatever we might think of Ireland’s very own rock monolith, we can’t avoid the fact they’ve managed to just about seep into every last corner of the globe over the last 3 decades. This was brought home to me this week when I heard on French radio a track from a compilation recently brought out […]