Norman Finkelstein
Sráid Marx | An Irish Marxist Blog
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10 April 2023 25 Years On: in the debris of the Good Friday Agreement The 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement is being marked by assemblies of the great and the good. Joe Biden rushes through the North, avoiding attention to the barren political landscape. On RTE television the ghost of Bertie Ahern dominates, while the high point will be the upcoming visit of Bill and Hilary Clinton and Tony Blair to a celebration at Queens University. No-one will remark on the unsavoury character of these sai
On May 6th an anachronistic, atavistic ceremony was held for all the world to see. A man whose only merit in life is to have been born into right family was crowned King Charles III. He is of no merit. He wouldn’t even be king had his great uncle not ran away with an American divorcee. Had the royals been as tolerant of his relationship as they were of Charles’ the blood line would be different. That in itself tells you everything you need to know about his merit. None. But then royal families themselves ha
Ukraine has long been proclaimed the freest country in the post-Soviet space. In the pro-NATO media, the country is even portrayed as a bulwark of democracy. But this is a lie. The right-wing oligarchic regime that came to power in the Western-backed coup in February 2014 has severely persecuted its opponents, using terrorist methods. ( read more )
Norman Finkelstein
Sráid Marx | An Irish Marxist Blog