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In 2011 Portugal was at the forefront of Europe’s anti-austerity movement. Yet, four years later, as elections approach in the Autumn, there is no chance of a Left government to ally with Greece’s Syriza or the recent municipal victories in Spain. What went wrong? And can Portugal return to the frontlines? Village’s Ronan Burtenshaw interviews Bloco de Esquerda’s […]
If Colonel Gadaffi were still running Libya there would not be mass migration across the Mediterranean, with thousands drowned because of unscrupulous traffickers. Gadaffi was guilty of the sin of all those secular dictators. He was too independent of ‘the West’. Britain and France, backed by America, bombed him out of existence. Their excuse was […]
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By Lorna Gold Negotiations on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may still be ongoing, but the debate is shifting to questions of implementation. A strange logic is evident. A highly technocratic market-driven model of delivery is envisaged rather than any focus on embedding these goals in national political life. There appears to be little […]
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Two ways to implement Sustainable Development Goals: Government-replacement and Community-building. By Lorna Gold
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In 2011 Portugal was at the forefront of Europe’s anti-austerity movement. Yet, four years later, as elections approach in the Autumn, there is no chance of a Left government to ally with Greece’s Syriza or the recent municipal victories in Spain. What went wrong? And can Portugal return to the frontlines?
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Western imperialism stitched up the area, but it is unravelling. By Anthony Coughlan
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By Michael Smith Although his recent profile in the Sunday Business Post of potential President Hillary Clinton was entirely uncritical, in fact the apogee of Niall O’Dowd’s insatiable need to ingratiate himself with the Clintons was on the eve of St Patrick’s day. It was then the Irish Voice publisher inducted Hillary Clinton into his […]