Fintan O’Toole

1 week ago | nybooks.com | Fintan O’Toole |Elizabeth Kolbert |Jonathan Mingle |Bill McKibben

The New York Review of Books presents the fourth installment in a series of online events hosted by Fintan O’Toole. New York Review contributors Elizabeth Kolbert, Bill McKibben, and Jonathan Mingle join O’Toole for a conversation on the damage a second Trump administration can bring to already meager efforts to curb global warming. You may view all available recordings in this series on this page.

1 week ago | nybooks.com | Fintan O’Toole |Sara Nelson |Astra Taylor |Zephyr Teachout

For the third installment in a series of online events hosted by Fintan O’Toole, New York Review contributors Astra Taylor and Zephyr Teachout and AFA-CWA, AFL-CIO President Sara Nelson discuss what successful opposition looks like today. You may view all available recordings in this series on this page.

2 weeks ago | nybooks.com | Fintan O’Toole |Francisco Cantú |Julia Preston |Hector Tobar

In the second of a series of virtual events on the most pressing issues emerging from the second Trump administration, Fintan O’Toole hosts Francisco Cantú, Julia Preston, and Héctor Tobar for a panel on the fight for immigrant rights. You may view all available recordings in this series on this page.

Dec 2, 2024 | theguardian.com | Fintan O’Toole

The best description of Ireland’s political landscape after Friday’s general election might be: strangely familiar. The familiar bit is easy. The two main incumbent parties, Micheál Martin’s Fianna Fáil and Simon Harris’s Fine Gael, received almost exactly the same combined share of the vote (43%) as they did in 2020. As a result, the identical twins of Irish politics that have governed the state since it came into being just over a century ago will continue to do so.

Nov 29, 2024 | almendron.com | Fintan O’Toole

La situación actual de Irlanda podría describirse mejor como la vergüenza de los ricos. Un país que durante mucho tiempo fue uno de los más pobres de Europa Occidental cuenta ahora con abundante riqueza pública y privada y una economía abierta al mundo.