Two new articles added to the ISN site.

national | worker & community struggles and protests | other press Monday January 08, 2007 23:50 by Conor McGowan - ISN irishsocialist.net

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Two new articles have been added to the "Publications and Articles" section of the redesigned ISN site. In addition, the July 2006 issue of leftline has been added to the same section of the site. Although it was up on our old site, it went missing during the redesign.

>>>>>>Article No 1:

When the Boom goes Bust - Thoughts on the demise of the Celtic Tiger

Its not just dyed in the wool Marxists who are eyeing up the Celtic Tiger to check for signs of fatal illness. Even the poster boy of popular capitalism, the economist/journalist David Mac Williams, has taken to making dire warnings of about the consequence of the bubble bursting.

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Hugo Chávez & South America

As Evo Morales moves to nationalize his country’s hydrocarbon reserves, attention has again been drawn to the man identified as the root of Latin America’s creeping radicalization – Hugo Chavez. It’s typical of short-sighted establishment pundits to hold one man responsible for a process that involves millions of people and vast social movements. But there’s no denying that Chavez is the dominant political personality in Latin America, much to the discomfort of right-wing forces.