Sunday, 29 April 2018

Serving the interests of capital: the role of economics as an academic discipline.

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Photo by 401 (K) 2012 Two months ago, I sat in the coffee bar of the Quinn Business School, University College Dublin in the Republic o...
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Sunday, 15 April 2018

The historical origins of Colombia’s FARC: class struggle towards ‘La Violencia’.

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In this guest post, Oliver Dodd analyses changes to Colombia’s political economy in the period preceding the Revolutionary Armed Forces ...
Tuesday, 20 March 2018

‘We shall strike, we shall fight, water is a human right!’ Defending public water in Ireland.

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When the Irish government decided in 2013 first to establish the company Irish Water and then introduce water charges for users in order ...
Friday, 16 March 2018

UCU’s ‘Syriza moment’: Putting university managements on notice!

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Despite strong support from the Greek people, in July 2015 the Greek government by Alexis Tsipras gave in and accepted major further aust...
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Sunday, 11 March 2018

Asserting power: The political economy of USS pension fund valuations.

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The University and College Union (UCU) and the employers’ organisation of pre-1992 Higher Education institutions UUK are currently involv...
Thursday, 8 March 2018

Striking for USS: four ways university managements have misjudged the situation.

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The University and College Union (UCU) and the employers’ association for pre-1992 institutions UUK are currently locked into a bitter ...
Monday, 26 February 2018

Lecturers on strike

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On Thursday 22 February, lecturers at most universities in the UK went on strike. They also stayed on strike on Friday 23 February. They ...