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About Aidan O’Brien

Aidan O’Brien is a hospital worker in Dublin, Ireland.
  • History of the Opium Problem: The Assault on the East, Ca. 1600 - 1950 by Hans Derks

    Has anything changed since 1840? Trade, imperialism, Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta megacity

    Aidan O’Brien

    In modern times, China has been the ultimate challenge for imperialists: it’s independence being an enigma to Europeans and Americans. From Marco Polo to Mike Pompeo, China has been a mystery to Christian crusaders.

  • The hopeless Irish countryside

    Ireland’s Faustian pact with U.S. capital

    Aidan O’Brien

    Ireland’s elite swallow uncritically the agenda of U.S. capital. And, as sure as night follows day, they will die as a result. It remains to be seen if the Irish working class will do likewise. The signs are not good.

  • Banks are bastards

    Ireland is a racket (for foreign capital)

    Aidan O’Brien

    For 60 years Ireland has based its economy on attracting in foreign direct investment. And what’s has it got to show for it? One of the highest per capita national debts in the world and one of the highest rent regimes in the world.

Monthly Review Essays

  • Ruy Mauro Marini’s Contribution to the Political Economy of Imperialism
    Torkil Lauesen

    In “The Dialectics of Dependency,” Ruy Mauro Marini developed a theory of dependency and unequal exchange that is still invaluable today.

Lost & Found

  • Militarism and the Coming Wars
    István Mészáros What Did You Learn from Iraq?

    The dangers and immense suffering caused by all attempts at solving deep-seated social problems by militaristic interventions, on any scale, are obvious enough. If, however, we look more closely at the historical trend of militaristic adventures, it becomes frighteningly clear that they show an ever greater intensification and an ever-increasing scale, from local confrontations to […]

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