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national / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday May 13, 2008 22:11 by E
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92 years ago, the British government murdered James Connolly for his participation in the anti-Imperialist rebellion of 1916. Shot while tied to a chair by a firing squad. He was a founding member of the Labour Party and a member of its executive when he was shot. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Tuesday May 13, 2008 19:15 by Terence
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This article from the LA Times by Bill McKibben presents the case that the situation with the Earth's environment is far worse than has been admitted so far and he reports on the latest scientific paper from climate scientist James Hansen which in the opening paragraph he says: "if humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm." read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday May 13, 2008 15:53 by Tara Tara Tara
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A Memorial Stone dedicated to the Irish Rebels killed during the 1798 Rebellion at Tara has mysteriously disappeared. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday May 13, 2008 14:59 by Nikita
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On Sunday 11th of May representatives of the CPI and the Connolly Youth Movement laid wreaths and flowers on the grave of James Connolly at Arbour Hill, Dublin, in the annual tribute to the revolutionary socialist pioneer and martyr. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday May 13, 2008 14:46 by Nikita
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Dr Carolus Wimmer, international secretary of the Communist Party of Venezuela and vice-president of the Latin American Parliament, gave the 2008 James Connolly Memorial Lecture in Dublin on the theme “The working class and the struggle against imperialism.” read full story / add a comment |
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