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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 29, 2008 14:02 by Jim
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A juvenile anti-war left in the US and Europe are hopeful that Obama, a left-leaning liberal Senator, will be an abrupt and positive change from the "worst President ever" George W. Bush. the story goes that the Bush policies of maintaining American economic and military dominance invited the 9/11 attacks and that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq which have led to the deaths of thousands of American soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians have become an endless quagmire, while the social divide between rich and poor has never been greater as the US economy is in free fall. The accepted "wisdom" is the Obama will turn American and the world around. But is this true? Absolutely not. Obama is in fact Bush 2. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 29, 2008 12:12 by José Antonio Gutiérrez D.
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With the occasion of the launching of the Bloom Alliance through a conference with national and international activists on the issue of how to build a Global Justice movement in Ireland (November 7th & 8th, http://www.indymedia.ie/article/89493 ) we want to share some thoughts on the intention behind the conference and the gap we are intending to fill with it. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Wednesday October 29, 2008 11:28 by Jack Lane
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Troubled History - a 10th anniversary critique of Peter Hart's The IRA and its Enemies by Niall Meehan and Brian Murphy osb, introduction by Ruan O'Donnell (Head of History Dept, Limerick University) Launch Friday 7 November 2008, 8pm (sharp) Teachers' Club, Parnell Square, Dublin 1 Introduced by Tim Pat Coogan Author of biographies of Michael Collins (1990), Eamon deValera (1993), histories of The Irish Civil War (1998), 1916: the Easter Rising (2001),The IRA (1970), The Troubles (1995), and Tim Pat Coogan: A Memoir (2008) All Welcome read full story / add a comment |
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