Monthly Archives: February 2011
Lost in the Maze
Speaking in the wake of last month’s tragic spate of suicides in north Belfast, Irish President Mary McAleese blamed the peace process for failing young people in Northern Ireland, parts of which, she said, remained ‘stuck in a time warp’ of sectarianism and paramilitarism, where, in the context of rising prosperity across Ireland, levels of poverty were often ‘worse than during the Troubles’.
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@LiverpoolSalon invites you to "Welcome back America?" with @thephilippics @HudsCheryl @liamkenn and @jacobreynolds next week Wednesday 10th at 7 pm Register on Eventbrite. eventbrite.co.uk/e/welcome-ba…
'Americans have a new president but not a new country'. Fascinating analysis of European attitudes to the US from Ivan Krastev & @markhleonard @ecfr. Key reading for next week's @LiverpoolSalon ecfr.eu/publication/th…
"The democratic ideal retains immense rhetorical power for defenders of the American-led global order" but - in reality - has the American empire run out of road? twitter.com/LiverpoolSalon…
Looking forward to hearing @thephilippics take on a possible revival of liberal internationalism as America 'returns to normal'. With @HudsCheryl @liamkenn @jacobreynolds @LiverpoolSalon on Thurs 10 March at 7 pm. twitter.com/LiverpoolSalon…