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The Dirty VerdictS3 Eps 18: Inside the Court of Criminal Appeals with Judge Bert RichardsonIn this episode of The Dirty Verdict, Peter Taaffe and Kyle Herbert sit down with Judge Bert Richardson of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals—Texas' highest criminal court—for a wide-ranging, insightful, and at times hilarious conversation. From the intricacies of writs and actual innocence rulings to statewide judicial campaigns and aerial photography, Judge Richardson shares a lifetime of experiences both inside and outside the courtroom. We explore the significance of wrongful convictions, the inner workings of Texas' criminal appellate system, the impact of politicizing the judiciary, and what it really means to be a judge in T...
2025-07-1348 min
FM104's Select Irish with Max KaneDwayne and Karl-Inner City RunningDwayne Edgar and Karl Taaffe who set up running club Inner City Running in August 2020 to help a few people has now grown to over 700 people the lads tell Louise all about it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-09-0615 min
Socialism110. The Paris CommuneThe Paris Commune 1871 is rich in lessons for the struggles today. Listen to Peter Taaffe, Socialist Party political secretary, discussing the rich lessons for today.
The Committee for a Workers’ International, the world socialist organisation to which the Socialist Party is affiliated, will host an online rally to celebrate the Paris Commune anniversary at 3pm on 28 March 2021. See: https://www.socialistworld.net/2021/03/26/28-march-cwi-rally-broadcast-150th-anniversary-of-the-paris-commune/
The Paris Commune has been described as the working class storming heaven.
Why did Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels have such an interest in the events of 1871?
What was the relevance of the Commune to the le...
2021-03-2729 min
Made In Dublin PodcastEp.5 Inner City Running Club’s Dwayne & Karl The Greatest Stories Never ToldThis week I’m joined by Dwayne Edgar and Karl Taaffe. I had a really enjoyable chat with the two men behind the incredible Inner City Running Club. The two boys talk about the why, the what and the how of the running club. Some personal stories and Stories about the amazing charitable work they’ve done for homelessness in the inner city through bringing people together on a common ground to raise money and awareness whilst getting fitter and healthier. Check them out on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
2021-02-0757 min
SocialismRe-run: 18. Socialism: Utopian and ScientificWhat is scientific socialism, and what can it teach us about the fight for socialist change today?Labour’s left leadership failed to fight for the urgent political and democratic reforms needed in the party - a missed opportunity for working-class political representation.In politics, mistakes in tactics begin with mistakes in ideas. That’s why Marxists take ideas so seriously. As Karl Marx himself said: “Practice without theory is blind, theory without practice is sterile.”In fact, the original name for Marxism was ‘scientific...
2020-07-2428 min
SocialismRe-run: 18. Socialism: Utopian and ScientificWhat is scientific socialism, and what can it teach us about the fight for socialist change today?
Labour’s left leadership failed to fight for the urgent political and democratic reforms needed in the party - a missed opportunity for working-class political representation.
In politics, mistakes in tactics begin with mistakes in ideas. That’s why Marxists take ideas so seriously. As Karl Marx himself said: “Practice without theory is blind, theory without practice is sterile.”
In fact, the original name for Marxism was ‘scientific socialism’. In 1880, Marx’s collaborator Friedrich Engels produced ‘Socialism: Utopian and Scientific’, explaining the difference between those two...
2020-07-2428 min