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One of the woke boondoggles USAID was funding was BBC Media Action, a pro-censorship lobby group. Now that Elon Musk has turned off the tap, will it go bust? asks ex-BBC science producer Tony Edwards.
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international / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 09, 2003 22:58 by Robert Looby
The private detective with the torturous personal life is a standard cliche of modern television and cinema. But he was also to be found sleuthing away behind the Iron Curtain. Similarly, devious intellectuals and honest sincere workers have thrived on both sides of the divide. This article compares the effects of communist censorship on popular culture with the effects of market pressures on modern popular culture, finding some striking similarities. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / news report Tuesday December 09, 2003 20:05 by John Meehan
Democracy and Public Services in Europe (DAPSE) Seminar :
Chairperson :
Ailbhe Smyth, Women’s Education Research and Resource Centre, University College Dublin

Speakers :
Franz-Josef Stummann, Executive Secretary, Assembly of European Regions
Barry Finnegan (ATTAC Ireland, interim convenor of the Irish Social Forum)
Bernadine O’Sullivan (former president, Association of Secondary Teachers’ in Ireland (ASTI)

This is a personal report by John Meehan. Other people who attended the event are welcome to add comments clarifications and corrections. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Tuesday December 09, 2003 18:12 by Campaign activist   text 1 comment (last - friday december 12, 2003 17:51)
On 12th December the High Court will be hearing the test case of 3 Finglas
residents in relation to non-payment of the Bin Tax. read full story / add a comment
wexford / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday December 09, 2003 17:59 by Yellowbellied worker
Staff in sections of Wexford County Council are to be balloted for all-out strike action in support of a colleague who was made redundant last month. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 09, 2003 16:50 by Rightteous pragmatist   text 3 comments (last - saturday december 20, 2003 23:28)
It is in destroying jobs that the economy improves and makes it possible for the standard of living of all Americans to increase. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 09, 2003 16:41 by Cormac Cahill   text 2 comments (last - friday december 12, 2003 01:39)
In relation to the meeting of the Legal Advisory Group (LAG) at UCD last week in a bid to reform the libel laws in Ireland and also to debate the introduction of a press council, statutory or self-regulated. It is of the utmost importance to journalism in Ireland that the libel laws are reformed and a press council to suit this be implemented. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / press release Tuesday December 09, 2003 16:40 by Ailín   text 7 comments (last - thursday december 11, 2003 20:34)
"Republican Sinn Féin refutes in the strongest possible terms the attempt by the 26 County Justice Minister, Michael Mc Dowell to take our good name by attempting to associate our organisation with criminal activity, in a report carried on RTÉ radio's 'News At One' programme, today (Tuesday Dec 9). The only activity engaged in by Republican Sinn Féin and its members is legitimate political activity, as we have done for almost the past 100 years, the centenary of our foundation is in 2005." read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday December 09, 2003 15:26 by Inaki
Date: 12 December 2003

Time: 7.30pm

Venue: Teachers Club (room 2) 64 Parnell Sq. West

The event will be a public presentation of the situation of the political prisoners currently being held in Spanish and French prisons as a consequence of the political conflict between the Basque Country and the Spanish State. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday December 09, 2003 02:42 by Chris Donoghue   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 09, 2003 09:54)
As Irish troops prepare to enter Liberia some news companies in Ireland have portrayed the country as still being at war. This is untrue and positive steps are being taken everyday to maintain permanant PEACE in the West African State. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Monday December 08, 2003 19:43 by Anthony Coughlan   text 2 comments (last - thursday december 25, 2003 21:57)
"This is crossing the Rubicon, after which there will be no more sovereign
states in Europe with fully-fledged governments and parliaments which
represent legitimate interests of their citizens, but only one State will
remain. Basic things will be decided by a remote 'federal government' in
Brussels and, for example, Czech citizens will be only a tiny particle
whose voice and influence will be almost zero. ; We are against a European
superstate."

- Czech President Vaclav Klaus, Mlada Fronta Dnes, 29-9-2003 read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday December 08, 2003 18:22 by Fintan Lane   text 2 comments (last - monday december 15, 2003 00:20)
I need to give some background to why this letter is dated. Fintan wrote and sent this letter out to me on December 2nd, to be put out before the blockade. It arrived in my letterbox today, December 8th. Other letters he has sent have arrived within 24 hours of sending. The prison censors must have made a conscious, politically motivated decision to delay the sending of this one, as it encourages people to attend December 6th and make it a success. I doubt that the delay is the fault of An Post, given the speed with which Fintan's other letters have been delivered. We know the blockade was indeed a success, but I thought it appropriate to post this letter up verbatim regardless, because we wouldn't want to buy into attempts to silence an anti-war prisoner. Instead, let's use this as fuel to spark the planning of the next blockade.
Deirdre Clancy (Pitstop Ploughshares). read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Monday December 08, 2003 17:28 by no verse today   text 5 comments (last - monday december 12, 2005 12:58)
with the words "I think the chapter of terrorism in Greece is finally over," Michalis Tsinisizelidis, political science professor at Athens University has led reaction to the long awaited trial in the wider english speaking world. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday December 08, 2003 16:34 by joe   text 4 comments (last - sunday december 14, 2003 00:51)
Deputy Joe Costello, has called on the government to withdraw the European Arrest Warrant Bill, 2003, the Committee and Report Stage of which is due to be completed in the Dail this week, following the discovery that two distinct and conflicting versions of the Bill had been published. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Monday December 08, 2003 16:29 by pat c   text 9 comments (last - tuesday december 09, 2003 16:43)
Dublin Campaign Against the Bin Tax

Bertie Heckled in Bin Tax Protest

8th December 2003

The Dublin Campaign Against the Bin Tax today held a protest at Binns Bridge
in Drumcondra to highlight the ongoing opposition to the Bin Tax and double
taxation. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Monday December 08, 2003 15:12 by Dermot Looney (Oifigeach Forbairt)
University College, Dublin Students' Union (UCDSU) is organising a picket of tonight's meeting of Dún Laoghaire / Rathdown County Council in protest at the 3-month delay in grant payments to UCD students. At the end of the college term last Friday, a significant number of students from the County region had still to receive grants that were initially meant to arrive in September. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Monday December 08, 2003 13:19 by Janus   text 47 comments (last - wednesday december 10, 2003 16:59)
Was chatting to a member of Ográ Sinn Féin over the weekend and I brought up the Coca-Cola boycott issue with him and some of the problems I had with the party’s stance on the issue.

He told me that the party had not had a policy stance on the matter when the referendum took place in UCD and so members were relatively free to take what stance they wished. He went on to claim that this was no longer the case and that at an Ard Comhairle meeting last week the Ard Comhairle had overwhelmingly voted to adopt a position of supporting the boycott campaign.

I expressed surprise at this making the point that there had been nothing in the media about it and no statements from the party on it. He could offer no explanation for this but he was very sure that the decision was taken.

So basically, I am looking to see if anyone else has heard the same thing and what effect does this have on those members of the party’s Ard Comhairle who openly opposed the boycott campaign? read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Monday December 08, 2003 05:53 by EDN   text 3 comments (last - tuesday march 18, 2008 13:48)
(This may be not so much of Interest of Indymedia Ireland,but since peoples stay in other meber states of the EU and want's to visit Ireland,but their family is not 'EU' Visa rules applies stronger then enter any known faschist nations. It is shooking to believe Ireland is in the EU.Visa rules are more discriminationg then to enter the US with a Irak Passport!http://www.botschaft-irland.de/english/Default.htm read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / opinion/analysis Monday December 08, 2003 02:30 by seedot
Tells the story of the bin in 3 acts - Past present and future.

The origin of the bin and where the right to have your bin collected came from, how after 175 years this right has been taken away and a comment on whats next for the BIn

It's the result of some legal research around the bin tax (thanks D) and links to the Article 133 material.

Collect All Bins - Restore the Act - Protect our environment read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday December 08, 2003 02:06 by Maratist
Report on the action at Shannon last weekend, plus irrelevant complaints about travelling back and forth, conspiritorial analysis to follow later...... read full story / add a comment
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