Day May 8, 2007

Peace breaks out

Ian Paisley and Martin McGuinness, former deadly enemies, assumed office today in northern Ireland as the heads of a new power-sharing government. The extraordinary display of cross-community unity at Stormont marked a symbolic end to the Troubles and opened an…

The Changing of the Guard

The Times indeed are a changin’. Over here in Blighty we’re about to continue a long standing tradition of stabbing the Prime Minister in the back and replacing him without any need for elections and other tomfoolery. The Reverend Blair…

Iran on the brink

The Unrepentant Marxist has a long and fascinating post on the growing workers revolt in Iran against an increasingly repressive monied elite of religious and business interests. Eventually, the workers will find a way to unite and complete the revolution…