What do you think about this? BSW’s biggest wins came in the same regions where AfD is most popular. At the same time, right populists believe in lolbert economics and have shown that they can’t (or won’t) curb immigration (see Trump and Meloni), so I fail to see what the populist Left gets out of a potential alliance.
What's up with the jaundiced comments about Israel that you let slip here and there in your podcasts? What's your view on their influence in world affairs and what sources is it based on? I'm not working for them, just want to know what you think, maybe get some reading suggestions.
Love the podcast, please keep up the good work. Some potential questions in descending order of usefulness (you obv don't have to answer all / any of them):-
1. Does Ireland have anything to offer the Middle East in terms of our experience of the peace process? At the moment the Israel Palestine situation looks intractable, but when we were growing up there was no way we could envisage Ian Paisley Snr and Martin McGuinness being in government together and having a good relationship. My personal take is that what has been done to the Palestinians is too grave and too recent for any realistic hope of them living together harmoniously. In Ireland, the main wrongs were probably done 400 years ago and were much less severe in recent times, even though we rehearse them in our nation myth. But if Ireland has anything to offer the world on the international stage its having come through a bitter ethnic conflict and (it seems) largely put it behind us. Can we offer any hope / guidance for this situation?
2. In the interests of balance, at what point should one say, look, there was a war, the Israelis won, they seized lands, the people there got screwed over but at some point the Palestinians have to move on and learn to live with or beside their oppressors. Some of the arguments I never hear addressed by the pro-Palestinian side include the suggestion that there was a good deal on the table for Arafat and he rejected it, with a view to pursuing a policy of trying to annihilate Israel, which was not realistic. Similarly, what is Israel supposed to do when Hamas launches attacks like they did on October 7th (leaving aside the argument that they should not create the conditions that lead to it in the first place).
3. Do you think it was Hamas's specific intent to promote the kind of slaughter we see with a view to raising sympathy internationally? They must have known the response would involve massive loss of civilian life. What was the intent apart from revenge and hostage bargaining chips?
4. I am so taken aback by how poor the nominally left wing Labour party have been on covering Gaza, and the UK media in general. Is this a function of intelligence service / zionist influence or fear of being called anti-semitic? Or a general fear of not complying with government policy which I think has been internalised by a lot of people since Brexit / Trump / Covid?
5. Feck Conor McGregor, what about Kneecap for president?
Assuming the US gets into a quagmire and loses the rest of its influence, how would Europe fare without the US? Does it have any leg to stand on its own or would it be overpowered by Russia or China or whomever would emerge after US's hegemony?
Hi Angela and Sean, you mentioned in the last question session,that you see working from home, as one of the few examples of progress for workers.
However the lads over at bungacast are dead against it (particularly Phil),because they view it as a barrier to labour organization.
I have a job where I work from home 40% of the time, and I am in favour, but I can't help but worry, that some future Eric Hobsbawm, will be blaming working from home, on some future dystopian phenomenon.
What's your take on the bunga boys attitude towards work from home?
What do you think about this? BSW’s biggest wins came in the same regions where AfD is most popular. At the same time, right populists believe in lolbert economics and have shown that they can’t (or won’t) curb immigration (see Trump and Meloni), so I fail to see what the populist Left gets out of a potential alliance.
https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/germanys-left-populist-wagenknecht-alliance-open-to-talks-with-far-right-afd/
Do you see Conor McGregor becoming president for two terms or just one
What's up with the jaundiced comments about Israel that you let slip here and there in your podcasts? What's your view on their influence in world affairs and what sources is it based on? I'm not working for them, just want to know what you think, maybe get some reading suggestions.
Love the podcast, please keep up the good work. Some potential questions in descending order of usefulness (you obv don't have to answer all / any of them):-
1. Does Ireland have anything to offer the Middle East in terms of our experience of the peace process? At the moment the Israel Palestine situation looks intractable, but when we were growing up there was no way we could envisage Ian Paisley Snr and Martin McGuinness being in government together and having a good relationship. My personal take is that what has been done to the Palestinians is too grave and too recent for any realistic hope of them living together harmoniously. In Ireland, the main wrongs were probably done 400 years ago and were much less severe in recent times, even though we rehearse them in our nation myth. But if Ireland has anything to offer the world on the international stage its having come through a bitter ethnic conflict and (it seems) largely put it behind us. Can we offer any hope / guidance for this situation?
2. In the interests of balance, at what point should one say, look, there was a war, the Israelis won, they seized lands, the people there got screwed over but at some point the Palestinians have to move on and learn to live with or beside their oppressors. Some of the arguments I never hear addressed by the pro-Palestinian side include the suggestion that there was a good deal on the table for Arafat and he rejected it, with a view to pursuing a policy of trying to annihilate Israel, which was not realistic. Similarly, what is Israel supposed to do when Hamas launches attacks like they did on October 7th (leaving aside the argument that they should not create the conditions that lead to it in the first place).
3. Do you think it was Hamas's specific intent to promote the kind of slaughter we see with a view to raising sympathy internationally? They must have known the response would involve massive loss of civilian life. What was the intent apart from revenge and hostage bargaining chips?
4. I am so taken aback by how poor the nominally left wing Labour party have been on covering Gaza, and the UK media in general. Is this a function of intelligence service / zionist influence or fear of being called anti-semitic? Or a general fear of not complying with government policy which I think has been internalised by a lot of people since Brexit / Trump / Covid?
5. Feck Conor McGregor, what about Kneecap for president?
Assuming the US gets into a quagmire and loses the rest of its influence, how would Europe fare without the US? Does it have any leg to stand on its own or would it be overpowered by Russia or China or whomever would emerge after US's hegemony?
I'm going to have to include this in the next one. I didn't see it till after recording, sorry!
Hi Angela and Sean, you mentioned in the last question session,that you see working from home, as one of the few examples of progress for workers.
However the lads over at bungacast are dead against it (particularly Phil),because they view it as a barrier to labour organization.
I have a job where I work from home 40% of the time, and I am in favour, but I can't help but worry, that some future Eric Hobsbawm, will be blaming working from home, on some future dystopian phenomenon.
What's your take on the bunga boys attitude towards work from home?
I'm going to have to include this in the next one. I didn't see it till after recording, sorry!
No worries. If I remember I'll remind you.
Cheers