In some more bad news for the banking industry on the Emerald Isle, Ulster Bank have announced they are to close around 20 (correction - the number is now 22) branches/sub-offices island wide. As the 3rd largest bank in Ireland, Ulster Bank currently operate 146 branches south of the border and 90 in Northern [...]
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Spanish General Strike
March 29, 2023
Spanish workers are revolting against their new three month old government.The country’s biggest unions are up in arms over labour reforms and planned austerity measures,calling a general strike for today (29th March 2016). Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s conservative People’s Party was elected on a platform of saving the country from economic ruin. They [...]
Punk economics: the Eurozone crisis explained
February 8, 2024
I don’t want to be offensive to the punk community, but it’s not very often that they have an in depth point to make; they more often than not just cry, off with their heads. They often fail to see the lines of commonality that bind there anarchist dreams to those of all the [...]
IMF Warns of Eurozone Crisis Leading to 30′s Style Slump and War
December 17, 2023
There is a lot of talk in the news these days, comparing our current economic climate to that with which we faced in the 1930’s. Only recently the IMF warned that if the global community did not settle their differences and start working together to tackle the Eurozone’s deepening debt crisis, we would all [...]
The Eurozone Crisis: Timeline
December 2, 2023
Unless you have been living in a cave the past few months, you will know that there are a number of countries in the Eurozone who are struggling to pay back huge debts they have: the Eurozone crisis.
January 15, 2024
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