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A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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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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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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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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national / eu Tuesday March 09, 2004 - 11:54 by another europe is possible   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 09, 2004 - 12:11)
May Day update-
Poster proposal will read- Cead Mile Failte to new EU,
No to Ahern, Blair, Belusconi…
warmongerers, racists and puppets of corporate greed-
Another Europe is Possible-
March of colour and music 12pm central bank, Dublin- May 1st
Susan George, internationally reknown author and debt campaigner will be speaking and Damian Dempsey has provisionally agreed to play ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday March 09, 2004 - 00:34 by Dominic Carroll   text 42 comments (last - tuesday april 06, 2004 - 19:07)
One year after the US invasion of Iraq, the anti-war movement around the world must ask itself the question: Why were we unable to stop the war? In addition, we urgently need to consider how we can sustain and develop our opposition to US imperialism. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 08, 2004 - 23:11 by redjade   text 1 comment (last - thursday march 11, 2004 - 12:15)   image 1 image
{ photo by redjade } (c) ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Sunday March 07, 2004 - 14:48 by jean baptiste Aristide.   text 16 comments (last - saturday january 16, 2010 - 21:43)   image 2 images
Published for world consumption March 6th 2004.
Aristide Details Last Moments In Haiti, Calls For Stop To Bloodshed In First Address To Haitian People From Exile ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday March 07, 2004 - 03:37 by Mutter   text 3 comments (last - monday march 08, 2004 - 15:43)
Greetings and Blessings from across the ocean! To let you all know how the Irish spirit continues and is honored in all inclusive ways... ... read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism Sunday March 07, 2004 - 02:03 by Eoin Dubsky   text 19 comments (last - tuesday march 09, 2004 - 14:49)
According to Ireland On-Line's breaking news section, SIPTU members at Shannon Airport have voted to take strike action on St. Patrick's Day. Though it is over the voluntary redundancies of some 100 baggage-handlers, rather than America's war crimes, the move must be welcomed! ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday March 06, 2004 - 11:24 by Pigsback member   text 4 comments (last - wednesday march 24, 2004 - 19:47)
Pigsback.com are currently running an opinion poll on the visit of Bush to Ireland. Over 600 have already voted with over 80% opposing the visit and only 11% in favour ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Friday March 05, 2004 - 23:56 by Anonymous   text 28 comments (last - tuesday march 09, 2004 - 10:25)
According to the letter reproduced below (taken from irishantiwar.org) the most active anti-war group in Dublin - Fairview Against the War - has joined the Cork Anti-War Campaign and the Clare/Limerick anti-war group in disaffiliating from the now badly misnamed 'Irish Anti-War Movement' (IAWM). ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 05, 2004 - 11:59 by Janus   text 11 comments (last - monday march 08, 2004 - 23:10)
PLEASE do not delete this. I know there is a rule against providing links to racist sites but surely that applies to people encouraging such stuff, and not people warning others. NOTE FROM EDITOR: Sorry J - no exceptions - I'm removing the links - the curious will know where to look. ... read full story / add a comment
down / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 05, 2004 - 10:52 by News reader   text 19 comments (last - saturday may 14, 2005 - 16:32)
Newry and Morne District Councillor Martin Cunningham has resigned from SF citing the reason as an "internal dispute". ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Friday March 05, 2004 - 09:40 by JMcK   text 10 comments (last - tuesday march 09, 2004 - 15:51)
A 24 yo male suspect was released without charge late last night after being questioned about the production of child pornography. He is suspected of distributing hundreds of images on the internet. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / eu Thursday March 04, 2004 - 23:58 by Indymedia Kevin   text 4 comments (last - saturday march 06, 2004 - 00:03)   image 15 images
Short report & pictures. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Thursday March 04, 2004 - 18:28 by Jonah   text 7 comments (last - friday march 05, 2004 - 13:16)
Well, probably not, but she did endorse a key demand of campaigners against the privatisation of public serviced through the European process. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 04, 2004 - 16:46 by Paul O'Donnell   text 13 comments (last - sunday march 07, 2004 - 14:20)
Am I the only one to notice the huge difference in the way gardai are approaching the farmers blockade in Leitrim and their heavy-handed tactics at anti-war demos, particularly at Shannon? ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Wednesday March 03, 2004 - 22:05 by Fergus   text 4 comments (last - thursday march 25, 2004 - 21:13)
2nd March - Minister for Social & Family Affairs Mary Coughlin, Announces Restrictions On Access to Social Welfare
http://www.welfare.ie/press/pr04/pr020304.html

“Yes, well one of the parameters and prerogatives of introducing any type of changes, that once you do it, it must be for EVERYONE and this would include all EU citizens and Irish citizens,
and I’m satisfied that the new changes that I’m introducing
...will be satisfied under EU law because they are going to be eh… eh…available to all people in the EU."
-Mary Coughlin ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / miscellaneous Wednesday March 03, 2004 - 15:02 by Natema   text 10 comments (last - tuesday november 30, 2004 - 23:45)   image 5 images
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national / anti-capitalism Wednesday March 03, 2004 - 04:11 by antrophe   text 8 comments (last - thursday march 11, 2004 - 03:04)   image 3 images
No longer debatable in the abstract, globalisation is now impacting on Irish education with the local face of a neo-liberal driven Irish state After the defeat of fees last year, cutbacks are being used to force college authorities into an implicit acceptance that funding will have to come from outside taxation. This is no coincidence. The World Trade Organisation's 'General Agreement on Trade In Services' has long defined public services as 'trade barriers' to be eliminated, education is no exception and Article 133 is there to speed up the whole process. Of course the business lobby are only delighted to eye up opening spaces for profit production. The only way to spin a profit from education is through commodification, and like all products the only way we can then access it is through paying. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 02, 2004 - 10:44 by Newspaper   text 19 comments (last - friday march 05, 2004 - 16:34)
John Kelly who, with the assistance of Fianna Fail, armed the provisional republiican movement , has come out strongly against thee leadership of Sinn Fein ... read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday March 02, 2004 - 01:16 by Reporter   text 22 comments (last - monday march 08, 2004 - 17:22)
The Limerick-Clare based Mid-West Alliance Against Militarism and Aggression (MAMA) have followed the Cork Anti-War Campaign lead and disaffiliated from the now completely misnamed 'Irish Anti-War Movement' (IAWM). Reasons are much the same as those expressed by Cork and Fairview.

Tim Hourigan (Limerick) had already resigned from the IAWM steering committee. ... read full story / add a comment
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