Synopsis
All things lefty, Ireland and the world
Episodes
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COP THE F*%K ON 26!
23/11/2021 Duration: 01h27minContributions from leftbloc podcasters during Cop26 from comrades Professor John Barry, Dr Seán Byers and Dave Gibney on the just transition, trade unionsa nd community wealth building...
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WTF is the Stockmarket? - Episode 5
22/10/2021 Duration: 43minStewart Mac Giolla, Seán Byers and Stiofán Ó Nualláín talk energy markets, finance and supply chains, share buy backs, China's property bubble and other stuff....
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WTF is the Stock Market? - Episode 4
06/10/2021 Duration: 50minTalking inflation, gold standards, derivatives and bond markets with Comrades McGill, Byers and Ó Nualláin.
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WTF is the Stock Market? Episode 3 - The Taliban's Stock Portfolio
10/09/2021 Duration: 36minTrademark and guess Stewart McGill continue their discussion of stocks, shares, dividends and bonds (and the Taliban as commodity dealers)
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WTF is the Stock Market? Episode 2 - Xi Jinping Thought and Capital Markets
27/08/2021 Duration: 38minWe continue our discussion based on listeners suggestions, including China, deregulation, why we hold on to gold and why some capitalisms rely less on capital markets than others...
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WTF is the Stock Market? - Episode 1
13/08/2021 Duration: 35minA new series of pods delving into the history of the #StockMarket, bonds, stocks, buy-backs, big bangs, short-selling, derivatives, currency and anything else we can think of with Stewart McGill, Sean Byers and Stiofán Ó Nualláin.
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The Global Attack on Protest and Dissent
09/07/2021 Duration: 56minWith the School of Anti Racism London, we talk about the slide into authoritarianism and fascism and the global crackdown on protest and dissent with Victoria Sandino FARC senator, Emanuelle Andrews of Liberty, Ben Jamal of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Yasser Louati of the 'Comité Justice & libertés por tous' and Trademark's Stiofán Ó Nualláin.
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What's green in Ireland?
25/06/2021 Duration: 33minListen here to Conor McCabe, activist and writer talking Irish capitalism, climate action and greenwashing. (Conor has uploaded his presentation from last night to https://www.slideshare.net/conormccabe
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Magic Money Tree and the lie of austerity
11/06/2021 Duration: 38minAs part of Belfast and District Trades Council's May Day Programme, Trademark's Stiofán Ó Nualláín gives a take on the Magic Money Tree, MMT and why it's not quite socialism.
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Observe the sons of Ulster...
28/05/2021 Duration: 59minSeán Byers talks to Claire Mitchell and podcast regular Dr Stephen Baker about all things Unionism and Loyalism and the challenges facing an identity and political movement that is more British than the British.
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How fascism won the internet
02/04/2021 Duration: 37minA discussion with Nolan McGregor (www.jarrow-insights.co) and Clem Ó Brolchain (www.creativeworkerscooperative.com) on how fascism won the internet and why the left needs to get its finger out, sharpish.
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Latin America and the useful idiots of Imperialism
13/03/2021 Duration: 49minJoined today by independent journalist and latina activist @UrbanNathalia and @Phil_Kelly_ from the Cuba Ireland Solidarity Forum (@CubaIreSol) to talk about imperialism in Latin America and its useful idiots.
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Alternative Ulster?
27/02/2021 Duration: 44minA tough one this, our first podcast since the passing of our friend and comrade Mel Corry on January 13th from Covid-19. But as Mel would absolutely have it, "Don't mourn, organise!" We're joined by his friends Tommy McKearney, author and activist and Dr Steve Baker, media guru at the University of Ulster to talk about all things Norn Iron, borders, protocols & paramilitaries.
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The Year in Review - 2020
10/01/2021 Duration: 49minMel Corry talks to trade unionist Dooley Harte, Alliance for Choice and trade union activist Naomi Connor and Trademark and Belfast Cleaning Coop's Alice McLarnon about the year that was 2020.
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CETA and the logic of capital accumulation
19/12/2020 Duration: 42minTrademark talks to Dr Paul O Connell (of SOAS & The Political Education Project @PoliticalEdPoj) about the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
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David and Goliath - Community Resistance to Extractive Capitalism PART 2
11/12/2020 Duration: 33minPart 2 of our chat to community activists Martin Treacy (Greencastle People's Office - The GPO) and Niall Bowen about their respective campaigns against oil exploration in the Lough Neagh Basin and Gold Mining in The Sperrin Mountain's.
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David and Goliath - Community Resistance to Extractive Capitalism
04/12/2020 Duration: 33minHere Trademark's Mel Corry talks to community activists Martin Treacy (Greencastle People's Office - The GPO) and Niall Bowen about their respective campaigns against oil exploration in the Lough Neagh Basin and Gold Mining in The Sperrin Mountain's.
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PART 2 - Towards a Workers Education Movement
28/11/2020 Duration: 46minMore and better of what youse all heard last week you lucky lucky punters, Dr Steve Baker again attempts to wrest sense for the ramblings of a small trio of organic intellectuals.
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Towards a Workers Education Movement
20/11/2020 Duration: 36minDr Steve Baker of Ulster University and member of the UCU is a guest host where he interviews us! I know it's all workers education and stuff....
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Why Greenwashing Won't Wash
13/11/2020 Duration: 01h37minA panel discussion with Saoirse McHugh - environmental activist, Natasha Josette - climate justice organiser, Prof John Barry - Queen's University Belfast, Joe Guinan, Democracy Collaborative and 60 odd participants asking questions!