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Garibaldy - 14:21 Sun Mar 09, 2014 This week’s winner is the editorial, and its militarism. Outside of the obvious contempt of Mr Putin for a militarily effete group of Western democracies whose leaders seek popularity rather than power, the Russian tactics have consisted of an eerily similar attempt to secure a territorial fait accompli via a mix of manufactured hysteria, nationalist […]  A
WorldbyStorm - 09:45 Sun Mar 09, 2014 From NUI Archives website: “The “Singing Flame” Rekindled: The Destruction of the Public Records Office 30 June 1922″ In the opening engagement of the Irish civil war on the 30th June 1922, the irreplaceable archive held in the Public Records Office inside Dublin’s Four Courts was destroyed by fire and explosion. Immediately the opposing Free […]  A
WorldbyStorm - 02:36 Sun Mar 09, 2014 It can be viewed online here. Table of contents: Vulture capitalists eye Irish homes [NL] James Reilly?s plenary indulgence [TMK] The Victorious General Give us bread and roses too Social media: Whose interests do they serve? [EON] Lions led by donkeys [NOM] Is Monsanto poisoning us? [TMS] They haven?t gone away, you know! [FK] United […]  A
WorldbyStorm - 16:46 Sat Mar 08, 2014 …# 45,673 The arrival of two leading Ukrainian politicians in Dublin to plead with European Union leaders for meaningful action to prevent a Russian takeover of their country put the simultaneous debate about Ireland?s legacy bank debt into perspective. Whatever the outcome of the Government?s effort to secure a more favourable deal on the debt, […]  A
WorldbyStorm - 12:01 Sat Mar 08, 2014 Here?s curious one. A while back I got a few editions of famed 1950s/60s British SF magazine New World. Edited by John Carnell and then Michael Moorcock it was at the forefront of ?new wave? Science Fiction and it?s a great read and a fascinating artefact. Anyhow, I?ve been reading through them as and when […]  A
WorldbyStorm - 08:53 Sat Mar 08, 2014 Is today. There’s an useful timeline here which points to the history of the day and its development and how it is rooted in politics of feminism and class. On the eve of World War I campaigning for peace, Russian women observed their first International Women’s Day on the last Sunday in February 1913. In […]  A
WorldbyStorm - 06:39 Sat Mar 08, 2014 Here?s an album I?ve meant to post up a piece on for years, not least because it?s one of my very favourites. Kim Deal and Tanya Donnelly of the Pixies and Throwing Muses respectively along with Josephine Wiggs of The Perfect Disaster and Britt Walford of Slint (with Steve Albini on production duties) crafted something […]  A
WorldbyStorm - 05:57 Sat Mar 08, 2014 Check this out, fresh from the Horrors, ?I See You? which manages in a succinct 7 or so minutes to touch upon numerous references from Moroder, early Futurist/New Romantic (EamonnCork detects A Flock of Seagulls in there, he ain?t wrong), an hint of mid to late period Simple Minds, more than a smidgen of Echo […]  A
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