Forth
Forth says it is "an Irish online publication that seeks to dig beneath the surface issues covered in the news and offer a fresh perspective on Irish, European and global affairs."[1]
Its answer to the question, "What are forth's politics?" is:
- forth is unaligned but considers itself progressive, however vague that term has become in recent years. Our main objective is to bring clarity to the issues we cover and challenge conventional thinking.[2]
Forth is associated with the LM network through a number of its contributors.
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People
- Jason Walsh, editor.[3] Walsh also writes for the LM-linked online magazine Spiked.[4] He is a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor in Ireland.[5] According to the 'forth' website, he has also contributed to the Irish Times, the Irish Examiner, Daily Ireland, the Sunday Times, the Guardian, the Independent, Magill, Village, Business and Finance, Wired, Mute, Rising East, the Dubliner, and Diplo.[6]
Forth says: "The [forth] site is the work of a network of people who give their time for free including Stephen McGlennon and David Hunter."[7]
Forth also lists the following as contributors:[8][9]
- Mark Ames - the founding editor of The eXile, a satire and politics newspaper based in Moscow[10]
- Lenny Antonelli, Irish journalist and member of the Green Party[11]
- Andrew Calcutt. The Battle of Ideas (a project of the LM outfit, the Institute of Ideas[12]) website bio of Calcutt reads: "Former journalist turned academic, ‘hackademic’ Andrew Calcutt edits Rising East, the online inquiry into the re-making of East London and its international relations; and leads the MA in Journalism and Society at the University of East London. A longstanding contributor to spiked-online, and before that Living Marxism/LM, he has recently published papers on Olympic cities and the Thames Gateway. He is finishing work on a new book, Making A Spectacle Of Ourselves: Economy and society in the age of online culture.[13]
- Gerard Casey, associate professor, University College Dublin. Has several pro-life publications to his name. He was a Founder Member, Secretary and subsequently Chairman of the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars (Irish Chapter).[14]
- Frank Coles - travel journalist
- Will Deighton - has written for Living Marxism/LM Magazine[15][16]
- Michael Fitzpatrick, medical doctor. Named as a "contributor" to 'forth'.[17] Had a regular column in LM. Contributor to Spiked and defender of the MMR vaccine.[18]
- Stephen Ginn - psychiatrist
- Pauline Hadaway - has written for Spiked[19] and been involved with the Battle of Ideas, the Manifesto Club and the Belfast Salon.
- Dr Francis Halsall - art historian at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin
- James Heartfield - has a long list of publications in Living Marxism/LM magazine[20]. Frequent contributor to Spiked.[21]
- David Hunter - graphic artist
- Daniel Jewesbury, involved with the Glasgow-based radical magazine Variant
- Declan Long - senior lecturer in art the contemporary world at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin
- Rob Lyons, journalist, editor and IT developer[22]. Deputy editor of Spiked.[23] Writer for Spiked.[24]
- Ken MacLeod, author
- Laura Marcus - journalist
- Stephen McGlennon
- Domhnall Ó Cobhthaigh, former Sinn Fein Councillor, now in the Socialist Party[25]
- Caragh O'Donnell Community Arts Forum, Belfast[26]
- Brendan O'Neill - editor of Spiked; started his career in journalism at spiked‘s predecessor, Living Marxism[27]
- Richard O’Rourke - biochemist and engineer
- Dr Stephen Rainey teaches philosophy at Queen’s University Belfast[28]
- Finbar Rosato, Irish art curator
- Dave Ruffles - photographer
- Vincent Salafia - lawyer and campaigner
- Richard Stallman, free software activist[29]
- Patrick West, who writes for Civitas[30] (neocon thinktank) and Spiked.[31] According to his blog, he has also written for The Times, the New Statesman, The Spectator, the Times Literary Supplement, The Irish Times, The Daily Telegraph, the Sunday Independent (Ireland), The Irish Post, The Catholic Herald - and Living Marxism.[32]
- Dr Philip Michael Zeman
The following writers for Spiked have also provided articles for Forth: Philip Hammond[33][34]; Timandra Harkness[35][36].
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- Website: http://forth.ie/
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Notes
- ↑ About forth, forth website, acc 19 Apr 2010
- ↑ About forth, forth website, acc 19 Apr 2010
- ↑ About forth, forth website, acc 19 Apr 2010
- ↑ Jason Walsh, Google: an anti-capitalist scapegoat?, spiked, 16 Mar 2010, acc 19 Apr 2010
- ↑ Jason Walsh, The Guardian, acc 20 Apr 2010
- ↑ Index of contributors Thu 08 Oct, 2009, forth website, accessed 24 Apr 2010
- ↑ About forth, forth website, acc 19 Apr 2010
- ↑ About forth, forth website, acc 19 Apr 2010
- ↑ Index of contributors Thu 08 Oct, 2009, forth website, acc 3 May 2010
- ↑ Mark Ames Profile, The Guardian, undated, acc 20 Apr 2010
- ↑ About, The Longfielder, Oct 27 2009, acc 20 Apr 2010
- ↑ About: What is the Battle of Ideas?, Battle of Ideas website, acc 20 Apr 2010
- ↑ Dr Andrew Calcutt, Battle of Ideas website, acc 20 Apr 2010
- ↑ Gerard N. Casey, UCD website, acc 20 April 2010
- ↑ The road to hell is paved with good intentions: Will Deighton explains why the pressure for international intervention in East Timor was destined to end in bloodshed, LM Magazine, October 1999, accessed 19 Apr 2010
- ↑ A Threat to Whom? Will Deighton on what's really behind the latest Gulf crisis, Living Marxism issue 108, March 1998, accessed 19 Apr 2010
- ↑ The future of forth: an announcement: updated, forth, acc 3 May 2010
- ↑ Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, ‘The MMR-autism theory? There’s nothing in it’, Spiked, 4 July 2007, acc 3 May 2010
- ↑ Pauline Hadaway, Categorising artists, 26 Feb 2004, acc 3 May 2010
- ↑ James Heartfield, articles from Living Marxism online, listed on the website: http://www.heartfield.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/lm.htm ; screengrabs here and here (screengrabs taken 24/4/10)
- ↑ articles by James Heartfield, Spiked website, acc 3 May 2010
- ↑ Index of contributors Thu 08 Oct, 2009, forth website, acc 3 May 2010
- ↑ Spiked people, Spiked, acc 3 May 2010
- ↑ articles by Rob Lyons, Spiked, acc 3 May 2010
- ↑ Cllr Domhnall O Cobhthaigh resigns from Sinn Fein to join the Socialist Party, Socialist Party website, 4 Sept 2009, acc 20 Apr 2010
- ↑ COMMITTEE FOR CULTURE, ARTS AND LEISURE OFFICIAL REPORT (Hansard) Inquiry into the Funding of the Arts, 14 May 2009, Northern Ireland Assembly website, acc 20 Apr 2010
- ↑ Battle of Ideas 2007 festival biography (Accessed: 3 September 2007)
- ↑ Stephen Rainey, Reasons to be cheerless, forth, 15 Mar 2010, acc 20 Apr 2010
- ↑ Richard Stallman's Personal Home Page, Richard Stallman website, acc 20 Apr 2010
- ↑ We need a less 'caring' society! Genuine caring is hard work: Superficial displays of compassion may do more harm than good, Civitas website, acc 20 Apr 2010
- ↑ Patrick West, Why everyone laughs at Canada, spiked, 5 Mar 2010, acc 20 Apr 2010
- ↑ Patrick X West, Patrick West blog, accessed 24 Apr 2010
- ↑ Philip Hammond, Al-Qaeda: what’s the big idea?, Spiked, Issue 25, Jun 2009, acc 3 May 2010
- ↑ Philip Hammond, The war liberals love to love, forth, 22 Mar 2010, acc 3 May 2010
- ↑ Timandra Harkness, What on Earth is the UK Space Agency for?, Spiked, 6 Apr 2010, acc 3 May 2010
- ↑ Timandra Harkness, I want to be alone, forth, 3 May 2010
