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fermanagh / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday July 11, 2009 20:01 by Le Chéile Saor
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I.R.A Continue To Resist Occupation. read full story / add a comment 
national / eu / feature Saturday July 11, 2009 19:18 by Steve McGiffen
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Steve McGiffen is Assistant Professor of International Relations at the American Graduate School of International Relations and Diplomacy in Paris. He is editor of the radical left website Spectre [www.spectrezine.org] and, with Kartika Liotard, MEP, the author of Poisoned Spring: The EU and Water Privatisation (Pluto Press, 2009). Steve can be contacted at spmcgiffen [@] yahoo.co.uk The Lisbon Treaty is the latest step in a process which, though its conception can arguably be traced to the Treaty of Rome itself, was born at Maastricht. This process is one of removing what is truly of fundamental importance to capitalism – principally, the way in which it manages its economy – from the realm of an at least partially democratised politics. This is, moreover, not an exclusively European process, but one which is global. As parliamentary institutions have spread following the collapse of authoritarian systems of 'left' and right, they have simultaneously been deprived of a range of powers once considered proper to them. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Saturday July 11, 2009 18:45 by Judy
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The Ryan report into the abuse that occurred in the industrial and reformatory schools – which were run by the religious orders and supposedly under the supervision of the state – has recently been released. At this system’s height there were 7,998 children in the care of the state. Since the release of the report we have heard politicians rushing to condemn this system and saying how shocking it was. I find it incredible to hear the politicians pandering to the press in their condemnation of the old industrial school system when they know that children under their care in 2009 are being neglected still. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday July 11, 2009 11:31 by Diarmuid Breatnach
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Seomra Spraoi collective took the decision on political grounds to refuse Basque solidarity group the use of their space for a Basque festival. Dublin Basque Solidarity Committee accuses Seomra of breaking a previous undertaking to allow them a right to reply to objections raised against them and states that they are aligning themselves with the oppressors of the Basque people. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / press release Saturday July 11, 2009 10:43 by Workers Party (Cork)
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A motion calling for an inquiry into the Corrib Gas Project has been put down by Councillor Ted Tynan and is on the agenda for next Monday night's meeting of Cork City Council (13.07.09). read full story / add a comment |
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