Theatres Of War? I must admit I have long been puzzled over Ukrainian Nationalists insisting on re-taking the Donbas, whose people they despise as "Asiatic mongrels" and "Muscovite orks", and thousands of whom they killed between 2014 and 2022. Maybe it's the mineral wealth, but that seems a weak enough motivation. I have also noticed … Continue reading Letter to the Editor
I C T U Biennial Delegate Conference 2025
ORGANISED LABOUR AUGUST 25 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% I C T U Biennial Delegate Conference 2025 THE Irish Congress Of Trade Unions (ICTU) held its Biennial Delegate Conference in Belfast from July 1st to July 3rd, 2025. The Conference drew over 600 Union representatives from across Ireland, as well as international speakers. The event saw the launch of ICTU's "New Economic Model". … Continue reading I C T U Biennial Delegate Conference 2025
LABOUR COMMENT AUGUST 25
That 1921 'Treaty'? LLOYD GEORGE / DE VALERA correspondence, September1921. Dail Eireann, Official correspondence relating to the peace negotiations, June-September, 1921 (Dublin, October 1921) Lloyd George to De Valera, 29 September . . . The proposals we have already made have been taken by the whole world as proof that our endeavours for reconciliation and settlement are no … Continue reading LABOUR COMMENT AUGUST 25
Times Letter by Sir Simon Gass
Times letter by Sir Simon Gass. Former British ambassador to Iran and former head of the UK team negotiating the JCPoA. Sir, Binyamin Netanyahu is anxious to persuade us that Iran was on the cusp of possessing a nuclear weapon. Leaving on one side the accuracy of that assertion, it is worth remembering that in … Continue reading Times Letter by Sir Simon Gass
Irish Political Review 