Today, Monday 14th November 2011, J’accuse : The New Republic is born . We’re officially dropping the “la verité si je mens” (the truth if I lie) slogan and kicking off the new season by declaring the Age of the New Republic open*. This is the age of crisis after crisis, the era of the 99% vs the 1%. It is the age of the bouncing of the cheques issued by the marketing-inspired politics of taste and of the de-crystallization of the post-1989 ideologies. This is the age of the redefinition of populist calls and the age of the clueless enfranchised cohabiting with the hapless disenfranchised.It is the age of the...
There's somethi...
posted by Jacques René Zammit
The gaps between macro-economics, micro-economics and home economics are rarely bridged in your average person’s daily thinking. Given the worry about his wages, his electricity bill, his cable football subscription and the extra little entertainment money on the one hand and the Irish...
Song for the Moment
posted by Jacques René Zammit
Have a break. This is our song for the moment. What with volcano dust, euro shambles and a general feeling of depression we turn to Belgian artist Stromae and the catchy dance song: Alors on Dance. Lyrics provided below. Qui dit étude dit travail, Qui dit taf te dit les thunes, Qui dit...