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offsite link Year After Lockdown Saw Massive Spike in Attempted Child Suicides Mon Feb 03, 2025 09:00 | Richard Eldred
Lockdowns and school closures have triggered a devastating surge in child suicides and self-harm, with hospital admissions soaring and mental health disorders skyrocketing.
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offsite link The Chancellor?s ?Growth Agenda? Is Full of Sound and Fury, but Signifies Nothing Mon Feb 03, 2025 07:00 | Ben Pile
Ben Pile brands the Government's 'growth agenda' as empty political theatre, with wooden actors stumbling through hollow lines, written by someone who has no clue what growth actually is.
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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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offsite link Towards Post-totalitarianism in the West: Some Warnings From the East Sun Feb 02, 2025 19:00 | Michael Rainsborough
The West's moral, spiritual and political decay mirrors the post-totalitarianism of Eastern Europe, says Michael Rainsborough. The difference is today's authoritarianism wears a progressive mask.
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offsite link Sky News Scrambles for Survival Amid Exodus of Viewers Sun Feb 02, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
With viewers tuning out, finances in freefall and an industry in flux, Sky News is betting everything on paywalls, podcasts and a political reset to save itself from oblivion.
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international / environment / press release Wednesday May 26, 2004 22:40 by Darrin
Talk Energy (www.talkenergy.com)- is a new online community that specializes in sustainable energy. Its unique online software allows people from around the globe to participate in conversations regarding sustainable energy. The twist with the Talk Energy community is that we send our members new energy products in exchange for their reviews- they get to keep the products.

Yesterday Talk Energy launched its “Million Person Campaign” with a goal of having one million people talking about energy. When Talk Energy achieves its goal, one member will win a $50,000 home energy renovation.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday May 25, 2004 19:26 by Asociación Diáspora Vasca   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 25, 2004 21:44)
The Asociación Diáspora Vasca, with members in more than 20 countries, addresses the general public and the Argentinian Government to alert them over the political significance of keeping Basque political refugee Josu Lariz Iriondo in a prison in Buenos Aires. 17 months ago, he was illegaly abducted from Uruguay which was his country of residence at the time. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday May 23, 2004 00:24 by Palestina Peacewatchers
a "Die In" outside the danish ministry of foreign affairs by 30 former peacewatchers to demonstrate the attrocities put upon the Palestinian people by the israeli occupation in Gaza and killings in Rafah which has given worldwide ressonans.
International Peacewatchers are on their way to the Gaza area in a protest demonstration. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday May 22, 2004 22:19 by Rory
So NSC is now addressing cycling and they seem to have some very concrete plans for cyclists: less cyclists and less cycling. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / press release Saturday May 22, 2004 11:49 by hamish arrowsmith   text 10 comments (last - wednesday august 11, 2004 22:12)
PRESS RELEASE

WHY DOES THE BBC IGNORE AFRICAN WARS

Tools For Solidarity and the Black Youth Network are commemorating African Liberation Day outside the Bedford St offices of the BBC on Tuesday 25 May from 5 – 6pm. We will be asking the BBC when it is going to start reporting the 22 ongoing forgotten wars of Africa. There will be some street theatre from 5pm and at 5.30pm there will be a 3 minute silence for the forgotten dead. There will be 22 gravestones representing 22 ongoing conflicts in Africa. People are asked to wear something black as a mark of respect for the dead. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday May 20, 2004 18:20 by Rory McKevitt   text 9 comments (last - sunday may 23, 2004 19:35)   image 1 image
If they were serious about saving lives, one would might expect that the NSC would actually tackle the real issues of safety for the Irish cyclists: Heavy Goods Vehicles, Speeding , Lack of lower speed limits, Dangerous junction designs and bad driving. [ See the URI below for an article published in Irish Cycling - ed ] read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday May 20, 2004 15:39 by Caoimhe Butterly, Tim Hourigan   text 17 comments (last - wednesday may 26, 2004 10:49)
Members of Anti War Ireland are disgusted and outraged at the recent killings in Palestine and Iraq, not just at the killings themselves, but also at the ongoing list of abuses of human rights in the Middle East, especially the most basic right to life. We are outraged also at the lack of effective action by the UN and the international community. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday May 19, 2004 11:55 by Eoin Dubsky   text 39 comments (last - wednesday may 26, 2004 21:48)
Peace campaigner and independent candidate for the European elections in Leinster, Eoin Dubsky, today handed in a letter to Pearse Street Garda Station requesting that they investigate the American warship currently in Dublin for serious offences under Irish law. read full story / add a comment
waterford / anti-capitalism / press release Tuesday May 18, 2004 13:02 by Roy Hassey   text 2 comments (last - wednesday may 19, 2004 23:37)
For Alternative Environmental Summit and Demonstration in Waterford read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday May 17, 2004 12:45 by Shane Foran   text 7 comments (last - tuesday may 18, 2004 20:44)
Cyclists totally opposed to compulsory wearing of helmets as proposed by National Safety Council. The Irish Cycling Campaign calls yet again for the scrapping of the current NSC board which is dominated by the motoring industry to the detriment of cyclists, pedestrians and public transport users. read full story / add a comment
national / summit mobilisations / press release Friday May 14, 2004 19:32 by Fergus Robson   text 6 comments (last - wednesday may 19, 2004 17:38)
I am one of the MayDay arrestees,I am in need of video or photographic evidence concerning my arrest. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday May 14, 2004 16:21 by AI
Arms export controls in the expanded European Union are dangerously ineffective and stringent new regulations are urgently needed to protect human rights and safeguard people's security, Amnesty International said today. read full story / add a comment
national / summit mobilisations / press release Friday May 14, 2004 15:46 by Laurence Cox   text 57 comments (last - thursday may 20, 2004 11:32)
The four spokespeople of the Dublin Grassroots Network - Aileen O'Carroll, Mark Malone, Liz Curry and Laurence Cox - have laid down their mandates, which were for the May Day events only. They will remain active in relation to ongoing court cases and possible legal action. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday May 14, 2004 12:00 by Shane Foran   text 11 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2004 23:55)
The Galway Cycling Campaign has rejected the National Safety Council's recent call for compulsory cycle-helmets for children and has dismissed the National Safety Council's claims regarding helmets as false and untenable. read full story / add a comment
waterford / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday May 13, 2004 11:25 by Roy Hassey   text 5 comments (last - thursday may 13, 2004 20:13)
national / politics / elections / press release Thursday May 13, 2004 09:28 by Michael Gallagher   text 77 comments (last - monday june 14, 2004 11:08)
MICHAEL GALLAGHER
REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST

LOCAL ELECTION CANDIDATE

I am formally launching my campaign to stand in the North Inner City Ward as an Independent Socialist.
Born in the North Inner City, where I have lived - and struggled - for most of my forty-seven years, I will continue to fight for my community and the working class in the battles ahead against the capitalist system. In a time of unprecedented wealth, the divide between the rich and the poor has widened even further, pushing people even more to the margins and the growing 'underclass'. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday May 12, 2004 22:38 by Elaine Byrne   text 6 comments (last - wednesday may 19, 2004 11:39)   image 1 image
PRESS RELEASE

Following a peaceful demonstration (May 12th) by the Irish Peace Society on the visit of the Premier of China, Mr. Wen Jiabao, to the University of Limerick, the Irish Peace Society received a commitment from the Chinese Ambassador to Ireland, H.E. Zhang Xiaokang, to meet formally with members of the Irish Peace Society to address the concerns raised. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Wednesday May 12, 2004 18:19 by Will St. Leger   text 1 comment (last - thursday may 13, 2004 18:00)
Voice Of Irish Concern for the Environment (VOICE) have launched a national ‘voting' campaign called ‘ Down to Zero' . The campaign calls on the Government to reject incineration and provide maximum recycling and composting for household and commercial waste. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Wednesday May 12, 2004 14:56 by Eoin Dubsky   text 2 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2004 00:20)
This morning at the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand, Mr. Justice
Grigson delivered his ruling on what legal arguments will be allowed in the
trials of the "Fairford Five," anti-war protesters awaiting trial for
disarmament actions at a Gloucestershire air base. In three separate
actions at RAF Fairford last year, all five defendants tried to reach and
damage US bomber planes, or damaged aircraft support vehicles, in their
efforts to resist the war on Iraq. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday May 11, 2004 19:38 by YFG Member   text 5 comments (last - saturday may 15, 2004 23:33)
Suicide, attempted suicide and the pressures on people in modern Irish society must become an issue in the forthcoming elections on June 11th according to Young Fine Gael President William Lavelle. read full story / add a comment
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