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meath / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday March 22, 2008 17:02 by Paula Geraghty
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"I saw the worst destruction, all in the name of construction" Squeek on Thursday's activities by the in the name of the NRA. Listen to the full interview on the down loadable mp3 file, exactly 4 minutes long. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Friday March 21, 2008 11:27 by James R
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Some weeks ago, with last weekend's Winter Soldier event on the horizon, I talked to David Zeiger, through the freebie magic of Skype. He's the directer of the documentary Sir, No Sir. It's a Displaced Films and BBC production that came out about two years ago, and focused on the GI movement to end the war in Vietnam. It consists in part, of interviews with veterans explaining why they resisted the war, and in some cases went as far as to defect. Hundreds went to prison and thousands into exile, by 1971 it was a movement that in the words of one colonel had “infested the entire armed services” - yet few people today are aware of this soldiers movement against the war in Vietnam. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Thursday March 20, 2008 00:05 by safe legal and rare
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The Council of Europe has called on Ireland to decriminalise abortion. This week , the Council of Europe's Committee on Equal Opportunities issued a report saying all member states should guarantee women the right to a safe termination of pregnancy. The report states quite clearly: “the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men considers that a ban on abortions does not result in fewer abortions, but mainly leads to clandestine abortions, which are more traumatic and more dangerous.” Some people estimate that the number of Irish women who travel to England every year is about 7,000. Since some women obviously use false British addresses, or disguise their origins in other ways, the true figure can never be known. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday March 18, 2008 15:06 by Andrew
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Interview with two members of the Syracuse Solidarity Network covering anarchist organising, local anti war and feminist movements and activism in a rust belt town. The second half is Stephen talking about how the experience of working with Common Ground in New Orleans after Kathrina radicalised him and is probably the most interesting segment of the six interviews I've done to date. read full story / add a comment |
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