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offsite link Any Electrician Knows that Lego Bricks are Genderless, Not ?Heteronormative? Tue Feb 11, 2025 20:00 | Will Jones
Any electrician knows that Lego bricks are genderless, not 'heteronormative', because each can 'mate' with any other. Perhaps Science Museum staff should study to be electricians and actually make themselves useful.
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offsite link Why All Parents Should Protest Against the Children?s Wellbeing and Schools Bill Tue Feb 11, 2025 18:14 | Elizabeth Dulley
Any parent can currently withdraw their child from school if they're unhappy. Labour's Schools Bill ends that right for many, giving local authorities a veto. That's why all parents should protest against this state power grab.
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offsite link Trump Signs Executive Order Demanding Return of Plastic Straws Tue Feb 11, 2025 15:39 | Will Jones
Donald Trump has signed an executive order?demanding a return to plastic straws, claiming their impact on marine life is limited and calling paper versions "ridiculous".
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offsite link The Covid Inquiry Calling the Vaccines ?Safe and Effective? is Like the Post Office Inquiry Calling ... Tue Feb 11, 2025 13:01 | Ben Kingsley and Molly Kingsley
The Covid Inquiry's presumption that the vaccines were safe and effective is like the Post Office Inquiry presuming that Horizon was reliable, say Ben Kingsley and Molly Kingsley. It compromises the entire enterprise.
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offsite link Donald Trump Threatens to ?Let All Hell Break Out? if Hamas Does not Release All Remaining Hostages ... Tue Feb 11, 2025 11:16 | Will Jones
Donald Trump has threatened to "let all hell break out" if Hamas does not return all the remaining Israeli hostages on Saturday in a potentially game-changing move.
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offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?119 Fri Feb 07, 2025 15:26 | en

offsite link Donald Trump plans to displace Palestinians from Gaza and build a riviera on the... Fri Feb 07, 2025 13:33 | en

offsite link Misinterpretations of the Evolution of the United States (2/2), by Thierry Meyss... Tue Feb 04, 2025 06:59 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?118 Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:57 | en

offsite link 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:16 | en

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national / miscellaneous Monday November 22, 2004 - 14:46 by Paul Kinsella   text 12 comments (last - friday december 03, 2004 - 08:34)
Now we have it confirmed from the horse's mouth! Swiss teenagers smoke more cannabis than their peers in every other European country, a survey has said, casting a pall over the country's prim and wholesome image. One in three Swiss 15-year-olds has lit up a joint within the past year, while the number of teenagers regularly smoking or getting drunk rose 10 percent between 1998 and 2002, the Swiss Institute for the Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse said in their survey. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism Monday November 22, 2004 - 13:24 by Mark Murphy   text 13 comments (last - wednesday november 24, 2004 - 21:46)
Lawrence Cox debates with
SWP’s Kieran Allen
this weekend in Trinity College on ‘Does the Movement need
Political Parties’. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday November 22, 2004 - 12:37 by Ciaron   text 13 comments (last - monday november 29, 2004 - 12:49)   image 2 images
Over 16,000 people from across the Americas — including actors Martin Sheen and Susan Sarandon — gathered this weekend outside the gates of Ft. Benning, Georgia in the most diverse demonstration yet of opposition to the School of the Americas/ WHINSEC! ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Sunday November 21, 2004 - 18:20 by Ronan from CYM   text 10 comments (last - thursday november 25, 2004 - 18:04)
Connolly Books, Irelands oldest radical bookshop has moved across the liffey to a brand new site at 7 Bloom Lane opposite the millenium bridge. ... read full story / add a comment
Sean Crudden, acting chairman, pictured at the pier Omeath with Warrenpoint in the background before the meeting.
louth / environment Sunday November 21, 2004 - 15:59 by Sean Crudden   image 3 images
Incremental progress with the business of the group was reported at the November meeting of Cooley Environmental and Health Group. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Saturday November 20, 2004 - 19:24 by Diet Simon
Here’s a collation of all the English-language coverage (including pics) on German IndyMedia of this year’s protests against the haulage of 12 more Castor containers of nuclear waste to the Gorleben “interim” storage hall near the north German village of Gorleben. A 21-year-old French student died after the train ran over him in France when he tried to stop. This collation also contains some other anti-nuclear protest news that appeared here recently in English. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Saturday November 20, 2004 - 16:14 by Sean Crudden   text 1 comment (last - saturday november 20, 2004 - 16:50)
A full house heard this program of very popular pieces which sounded fresh, new and free from cliche. There were many new faces in evidence around the National Concert Hall for this performance and, judging by last night's experience, audiences around the country are in for a very pleasant musical treat. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday November 20, 2004 - 01:25 by CESL
* The Venezuelan Comision de Relaciones Anarquistas (CRA) calls for solidarity with a project which is the first of its kind in our country: the opening (sunday 14th November 2004) of a Libertarian Social Studies Centre (Centro de Estudios Sociales Libertarios - CESL), together with a social library. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday November 19, 2004 - 22:17 by x   text 18 comments (last - tuesday november 23, 2004 - 03:49)
International media and newspaper report that the US-army uses Napalm and Phosphor bombs in Falluja.
Here is a summary (with links; some in foreign language) ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Friday November 19, 2004 - 16:20 by Dusty Bin Laden   text 1 comment (last - friday november 19, 2004 - 22:34)
Dublin City Council will be introducing Pay by Use/Volume System for household waste from 1st January 2005. This system is designed to benefit the environment by encouraging housholds to reduce, reuse and recycle their waste materials and present theirs bins or bags for collection when they full. It quite simple - the less you throw away the less you pay!!! There are also wavier systems in place. In this system waste can be presented in either in a Wheelie Bin or in Tagged Bags. ... read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism Thursday November 18, 2004 - 19:38 by Court Reporter   text 5 comments (last - friday november 19, 2004 - 12:52)
Presiding Judge: Joseph Mangan
Prosecution : Inspector Kennedy
Defendants: Conor Cregan, Owen Rice, Elaine O'Sullivan, Zelda Jeffers.

Today in Ennis Court House, the sitting of Shannon District Court (long story) was expected to be fairly routine, even for the four peace activists facing charges before judge Mangan. As it turned out, the Judge was in no humour for routine. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Wednesday November 17, 2004 - 19:41 by Sean Dunne   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 17, 2004 - 20:42)
The Green Party and Libertarian Party have just recently succeeded in raising enough money to demand a recount of votes in the Ohio election.

David Cobb of the Green Party and Michael Badnarik of the Libertarian Party (both candidates for the 2004 election) are both demanding a recount. These are the same two candidates who were arrested outside of one of the debates earlier in the year.

The campaign raised $150,000 in four days, more than the necessary 113,000 needed for a state recount. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday November 17, 2004 - 19:27 by news hound   text 8 comments (last - sunday november 28, 2004 - 15:02)
O'Dea loses the plot in argument about Shannon and neutrality , makes wild allegations about green party members, claims to have Garda evidence, later withdraws his remarks. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday November 17, 2004 - 17:43 by eeekkkkk   text 10 comments (last - monday november 22, 2004 - 15:28)
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday November 17, 2004 - 07:18 by Mary La Rosa   text 5 comments (last - thursday november 18, 2004 - 19:48)
"Mr. Vanunu, who is a Christian and who claims his faith profoundly directed and sustained him during the worse of his imprisonment, gives much credit to the spiritual teachings of Jesus Christ." ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous Tuesday November 16, 2004 - 21:18 by Noise Hacker   text 13 comments (last - sunday february 13, 2005 - 13:59)   image 26 images
Sincere thanks to all the artists, sprayers, and writers. Thanks to Indymedia Ireland for providing the exhibition platform and all the viewers comments (both positive and negative). Perhaps one thing we can all agree on is that it brought some much needed colour to the pages of Indymedia. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / miscellaneous Tuesday November 16, 2004 - 15:47 by Noise Hacker   text 24 comments (last - monday april 11, 2005 - 01:15)   image 21 images
Robocop Garda Donal Corcoran has become a gay icon. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday November 16, 2004 - 13:14 by Ciaron   text 2 comments (last - wednesday november 17, 2004 - 18:01)
The resistance continues at the School of the Americas. A soldiarity vigil (multifaith/no faith) will be held this Saturday Nov 20th. 12 noon - 2pm at the US Embassy, Dublin, while friends gather for resistance at Ft. Benning on Sunday Nov 21st. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday November 16, 2004 - 09:25 by RSF Watch   text 53 comments (last - friday march 25, 2005 - 06:35)
Mary Kelly addresses 100th RSF Ard-Fheis. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday November 15, 2004 - 17:56 by .   text 32 comments (last - thursday november 25, 2004 - 20:42)   image 2 images
Just heard - jury is back in the 2nd RTS case and has found Donal Corcoran not guilty of all three charges of assault despite being shown the video evidence.

This is the second case of Guards charged with assault out of the May 2002 incident. 2 guards were also found not guilty last month. ... read full story / add a comment
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