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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday December 16, 2012 17:38 by Elric
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Joshua Brollier writes on the latest shooting of a Palestinian farmer, Mohammed Qdeih, by the IDF. Joshua also documents the story of ninety five years old Ahmed Hassan Jabbar Qdeih. Ahmed tells how Zionist militias terrorized his farm in 1948. Ahmed was detained, along with his family, and taken to their house where they were forced to watch as his father was murdered in front on them. The militias destroyed their home, bombed the well and set ablaze 60 dunams of land. Additionally, they stole 60 sheep and two cows to take with them. Full text at link. Yesterday in al-Faraheen, Gaza , Israeli Occupation Forces shot and wounded an unarmed 22 year oldfarmer, Mohammed Qdeih, from behind. Mohamed and nine others went out to their fields in the early afternoon, walking approximately 250 meters from the Israeli border. Within minutes, two heavily armed Israeli military jeeps rushed to the security fence. They issued a warning for the farmers and residents to leave the area and shortly thereafter the Palestinians, intimidated by the heavy military presence, began to head back tothe village of Abasan . The soldiers were not satisfied and opened fire, piercing Mohamed's right arm from the backside. Israeli forces continued to shoot rounds of live ammunition while Mohamed and the others frantically evacuated and waited for an ambulance. Another young Palestinian, 19, was shot yesterday near the border in Jabaliya. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday December 15, 2012 01:58 by John Cornford
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In this week's issue: SWP CONFERENCE: CRAZY CONTORTIONS OF SWP CENTRAL COMMITTEE Following criticisms of the SWP’s culture and practice in the first two Internal Bulletins, the leadership has mobilised to rubbish opponents. Peter Manson reports ISRAEL-GAZA: WHY DID ISRAEL DO IT? The success or failure of the onslaught on Gaza can only be judged against the operation’s aims, writes Israeli socialist Moshé Machover. This is an edited version of a talk given to the December 8 CPGB aggregate The latest edition of the Weekly Worker is now available online at: www.cpgb.org.uk/home/weekly-worker/942 read full story / add a comment 
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday December 12, 2012 22:09 by RSC
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Today in Belmullet district court Shell and Mayo County Council stood co-accused in a case for blocking the road during the disastrous attempt to deliver the Tunnel Boring Machine to Shell's tunnelling site at Aughoose in August this year. The co-accused settled out of court with the plaintiff and had the case struck out before the details were made public. read full story / add a comment
national / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 12, 2012 20:10 by M
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Today Ireland's Justice Committee is to start hearings on prostitution legislation. You can watch online, they are taking place in Committee Room 2 from 2 p.m. G.M.T. onwards. All of the organisations invited are members of anti-sex work coalition Turn Off the Red Light (TORL). TORL initially announced the news of these hearings last month, saying they are hopeful the new law they are advocating for will be enacted before the new year. It was only yesterday in a press release the Justice Committee stated today's hearing will be the first, giving some hope that there may be further hearings at a later date which will include sex workers. Also today a letter written by a sex worker and sent to the Justice Committee last month has come to light. read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice / news report Tuesday December 11, 2012 22:41 by Brian Clarke
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Murder of two leading International Human Rights Lawyers, sanctioned at the highest level, by the British Government in Occupied Ireland read full story / add a comment 
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday December 11, 2012 20:38 by RSC
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Yesterday morning 8 campaigners from the Rossport Solidarity Camp blocked workers from entering Shells main work site for the Corrib Pipeline project for 2 hours. A second action later in the day halted work at the Glengad compound, where Shell are expanding their compound to build a landfall valve. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday December 10, 2012 23:40 by anon
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It has been reported that President Chavez of Venezuela will be returning to Cuba immediately for more cancer treatment and he has acknowledged the seriousness of his health situation in a televised address, saying for the first time that if he suffers complications Vice President Nicolas Maduro should be elected as Venezuela's leader to continue his socialist movement.. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday December 10, 2012 15:20 by Elric
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Sounds of Resistance presents a night of punk, reggae, ska and soul with . . . . Shane Walsh (Sleepless Nights 6ts Club) Tommy Rash (Radioactive International/ Ska Reggae at Sin E) Fuxy (No Bother/Ska Reggae at Sin E) 10pm - late Saturday, December 15 @ Seomra Spraoi. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday December 10, 2012 14:39 by Zionism-Nazism
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Yesterday an image that is purportedly British street artist Banksy’s Christmas card this year started making the rounds on Twitter. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday December 10, 2012 04:47 by lefty
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US conducts a nuclear test on Dec 6th while continuing to demonise Iran and impose ever more crippling sanctions on the Iranian state which mainly just harm civilians, on account of it's non existent nuclear weapons program. This despite Iran's full compliance with the terms of the NPT, unlike the US itself or it's dog wagging tail in the middle east, Israel. This brings blatant US hypocrisy regarding Iran to a new level. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday December 10, 2012 03:23 by BrianClarke
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The censored peace cry of traditional Irish republicans, has long been 'peace with justice' while Mahatma Gandhi himself said that injustice must be made visible for a real peace. Which politicians are actively working for justice in the island of Ireland, as opposed to those pontificating about it for political gain, ought to be a priority of all Irish people who genuinely love peace with justice. Peter Robinson and the DUP are not the only hypocrites collecting large salaries, while 'ruling by fooling' in Ireland. But we will always get the politicians we deserve in Ireland because of our lazy censored ignorance and unintelligent shortsighted greed in Ireland. read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights / press release Monday December 10, 2012 01:08 by Ban Blood Sports Now
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The campaign to end bloodsports in Ireland has been taken beyond our shores. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday December 08, 2012 20:45 by Memzers
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Anti Racism Network Public Meeting: Cuts Breed Racism - “Crisis and the Asylum Seekers in Ireland” read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday December 07, 2012 13:46 by Elric
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Torab Saleth reviews: Ervand Abrahamian, 'The coup: 1953, the CIA and the roots of modern US-Iranian relations', New Press, 2013, pp304, £16.84. Instead of physically opposing the Coup the Tudeh were out distributing leaflets and getting people to sign petitions. Remind you of anyone? Full text at link. With the continuing efforts made by the self-proclaimed global imperial power, the USA, to achieve ‘regime change’ in Iran, it is timely that a book about the 1953 coup - in which the US, with the help of the British government, carried out exactly such regime change - has been published. The coup was aimed against Mohammad Mosaddegh’s National Front1 government, which had nationalised the British-controlled Iranian oil industries. If Los Angeles-based Iranian TV stations or Facebook campaigns have given the imperialists a false impression that a nation is waiting to be liberated by the US and its allies, this book should remind them why there is in fact still a deep and widespread hostility in Iran towards the USA and Britain: precisely because of this event. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday December 07, 2012 12:16 by Elric
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Tony Greenstein writes on the latest extension of Zionist colonies on the West Bank. Full text at link. It is widely accepted, not least amongst Israeli public opinion, that Operation Pillar of Defence - the murderous attack on Gaza, which indiscriminately killed all in its path - achieved nothing, other than emphasising Israel’s growing impotence in the region. ... On November 22 the ceasefire came into effect, and a week later, on November 29, the United Nations general assembly voted to accord Palestine ‘non-member observer status’. Within hours Netanyahu had promised to build an extra 3,000 houses in the West Bank and East Jerusalem and put into effect the ‘E1 plan’ that envisages the expansion of the settlement Ma’ale Adumim, to the east of Jerusalem read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday December 07, 2012 03:30 by Jurgette Honculada
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HOW DO I TREAT THEE? Let me count the ways. Statistics from the AFP-PNP over a 33-year period (1978-2010) report an aggregate of 29,553 fatalities in the ongoing conflict between GPH and the CPP-NPA categorized thus: 13,412 Communists (45%), 8,264 military and police (28%) and 7,877 civilians (21%). This further translates into 80 deaths daily for the period: 36 Communists, 23 soldiers and police, and 21 civilians. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Thursday December 06, 2012 19:18 by Sharon.
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Rory O' Connor , Liam Mellows , Dick Barrett and Joe McKelvey to be commemorated in Dublin on Saturday 8th December 2012. read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday December 05, 2012 22:21 by T
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The key points so far are increases to PRSI working out at about €250 per year per person. Children allowance cut by €10. Property tax set around €500 per year for a Celtic Tiger era house. 10 cents on the pint. Cuts to electricity allowance and telephone allowance for OAPs. The devil will be in the details. read full story / add a comment 
cork / arts and media / event notice Tuesday December 04, 2012 18:16 by Eric
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Solidarity Books will be holding a fundraising Ska Party! for Cork's radical bookshop and social space. Fundraiser will take place Thursday, 13th December at 9pm at Nancy Spain's on Barrack Street. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment / feature Tuesday December 04, 2012 10:05 by dublin rambler
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Our political parties are at it again. They can't seem to stop. They are rezoning land in areas where the County Manager has already strongly opposed it and as usual FF councillors are at the forefront with FG very close behind. You would think that something might change after FF has led this country to economic ruin and has saddled everyone with debt that has nothing to do with them, restarted emigration and condemned the young, old and sick to cutbacks and poverty for an indefinite period with no end in sight. It all just goes to show the huge democratic deficit in this country and the fact that these self-serving political parties and their developer friends don't give a damn about anyone, the environment or our common future. And so we feel it is important to featurize this local but important story below.
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown councillors are to vote on a murky rezoning project near Tibradden in the Dublin Mountains on December 10th, which breaches the county development plan and national policy, as well as policy on siting of facilities for older people. Most crucially it breaches the current limits of the no-building areas in the Dublin / Wicklow Mountains, which are a vital amenity for the whole community. To date a majority of local councillors have been in favour, against the advice of the planners and even the County Manager - but have not explained their reasons for voting yes to this development. It will create a "retirement village" cut off from library, churches and other community contacts: perhaps isolation facility would be a better term. Despite all the scandals, it seems to be "business at usual" over at DL-Rathdown... read full story / add a comment |
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