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national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday June 25, 2007 13:40 by John McAnulty
Review by joe Craig The 2007 election has been a focus for the plans of the left for the last number of years and guided most of its activity. Almost universally the results have been regarded as disappointing. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / other press Monday June 25, 2007 10:11 by MaxKeiser.com
"If you don't do anything else this month, you need to go watch this special on how rigged the so-called "free" markets are. It's clear, concise, amusing in a wry, quirky way...and terribly sad, as it shows that it is simple to explain all this in a comprehensible manner, and yet it isn't by the supposedly fair US media. Commentator Max Keiser does a remarkable job in describing how completely ugly this is, and arrives at the same conclusion I did - playing in a rigged game is a fool's errand." - Bob O'Brien's Sanity Check read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday June 24, 2007 22:17 by Wandering Reporter
Last Thursday 14th June in Asturias, Northern Spain I was present at an action where a Zombie Collective came back from the dead to support La Campana Asturiana e Contra el Expolio de las Petroleras and other Spanish solidarity organisations by staging a series of die-ins in a garage forecourt and elsewhere around the city of Gijon. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday June 24, 2007 22:07 by Gregori Chicherin
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No, its not just the Great Satan - the USA who executes those convicted of crimes committed while they were under 18, Iran does so as well. The difference is that Iran actually executes children aged under 18. Not just murderers, if you have sex outside of marriage or are gay it doesnt matter what age you are: The Mullahs will hang you or stone you to death. Iran’s highest judicial authorities have repeatedly upheld death sentences handed down to juvenile offenders charged with committing crimes when they were as young as 15. Such sentences violate Iran’s international treaty obligations, which prohibit the death penalty for crimes committed by people under 18. In some cases, the death sentences also violate Iranian domestic law requiring that children under 18 be tried before special juvenile courts. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday June 24, 2007 17:48 by The Green Flyer
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Calling all Concerned environmentalists Unhappy Greens An informal group discussion to take place at the Ross and Walpole Pub beside the Central Hotel Exchequer street Dublin on Saturday the 14th July at 9pm 2007. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / news report Sunday June 24, 2007 14:28 by Brendan Young
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CAEUC to meet Saturday July 7 at 11.00 at the WP offices in Hill St We are now in the run-up to either a referendum or Dáil decision on a revised version of the EU Constitution. The EU Heads of Government agreed on changes to the failed Constitution over the weekend and a full IGC will begin in July to finalise a new treaty / constitution. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday June 24, 2007 08:21 by Caoimhe Butterly
As the siege of Nahr al Bared continues reports of the systematic abuse of Palestinian detainees have emerged. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / opinion/analysis Saturday June 23, 2007 20:00 by Dublin 9
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This is very serious and something has to be done about this hideous proposed Planning Application on the grounds of the Kilmardinny and Super Valu on Lorcan Avenue in Santry. Many of these apartments that they want to build are 6 storeys high in an area which has always been a 2 storey area. Naturally the residents of the area, especially those most effected by this proposed development, those on Lorcan Avenue and Lorcan Grove are vehemently opposed to this on a number of grounds; including; but not limited to; increased traffic, noise and pollution, reduced water pressure, loss of light and lack of privacy, and are preparing to fight this very strongly. Now this particular version of this Planning Application has been declared invalid, but from all the information available, they are going to reapply again very soon with the exact same plans. Click on the link below and read the full information on this Planning Application below as well and see for yourself the huge size of this. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Saturday June 23, 2007 10:18 by David Manning & Miriam Cotton
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Free elections were held in Palestine in 2006 and the Hamas party were the Palestinian electorate's choice for government. The message was clear: if the UN, US, and Israel were to have any chance of negotiating a constructive outcome in the region, Hamas would have to be taken seriously. In a landslide victory, they had incontrovertibly become the legitimately elected voice of the Palestinian people. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday June 23, 2007 09:16 by peptide
The title refers to the band on the ‘Titanic’ playing until the ship sank beneath the icy waters. Metaphor or allegory for the assault on free speech and democracy, judge for yourself but don’t forget to remain passive, servile and fearful in the face of all assaults on hard won freedoms and civil liberties – liberties your fathers died in wars to protect! read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues / other press Friday June 22, 2007 20:07 by apophenia
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the current issue of eSkeptic tackles "Autism & Vaccination" On June 11, 2007, nearly 5,000 parents of autistic children filed a lawsuit against the [U.S.A.] federal government, claiming that childhood vaccines (specifically the mercury-containing thimerosal in the vaccines) caused their children’s autism. The previous year The New York Times ran a column that was skeptical of the claimed link between autism and vaccines, which generated this comment on an internet message board that is typical of the anecdotal thinking that perpetuates this myth: "You say, ‘There is no proven link’ between mercury and autism. There also is ‘no proven link’ between going outside in the rain and cold without a hat or coat and getting the sniffles. Look at the data: the epidemic of autism mirrors the administration of vaccines with mercury. Now that they are off the shelves (more or less), the cases are going down." read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday June 22, 2007 19:53 by Seán Ryan
Bush wants to close Guantamo read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday June 22, 2007 15:20 by Coilín Oh-Aissieux
Following our sensational event of last month, which was totally sold out - Beginning at the end: Dublin's Narrative Arts Club: http://tinyurl.com/2barxo - we are delighted to announce another evening of innovative storytelling with Coilín Oh-Aissieuz, Ciarán McMahon and Gerry MacGregor. Library Bar Extension, Central Hotel, Exchequer Street, Dublin Saturday 23 June Show starts 9 pm sharp. Admission EUR 5. Concessions EUR 3. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday June 22, 2007 15:08 by Erich Muehsam
Yes, once upon a time there was a Mass Anti-War Movement in Britain but it was destroyed. How did this calamity occur and who was responsible? Torab Saleth of Workers Left Unity Iran points the finger at the SWP for its pro-Tehran apologetics. The full article is available at the url below Have you ever wondered what happened to the mass anti-war movement which in London alone brought out almost two million people before the invasion of Iraq in February 2003? How come no such huge response is at hand when we are faced with a similar plan for Iran? read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Friday June 22, 2007 14:07 by Dante Algheiro @ the drive by motel with Virgil just outside
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About two weeks a book review made its way into the New York Times & then by editorial selection (the universal vagaries and whimsical nature of which we all must agree) into the "best of review" by which the NYT increases newspaper sales by a few kilograms at the weekend. But the reader interest and plugmanship didn't stop there. Within a week the local language issues of the NYT had picked up on the story and translated it into the major European tongues. (but obviously not gaeilge, polish or chinese). The story is now a pay for view - but it has excited certain interest in the Eastern seaboard US blogosphere & touches on areas of cognitive analysis which I first raised in 2003 - namely "are their rules or ritualised preparations for being a suicide bomber?" So I'm reproducing it here. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday June 22, 2007 12:20 by Mick Hall
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For a Nation with a population less than that of London, Ireland to its credit has always had a historic, vibrant and rigorous left wing political culture, thus it is impossible to do justice to what constitutes the Irish Left of today in a single article. This piece is far from a complete bibliography and unlike many previous articles on the Left in Ireland, I have included the Irish Republican Movement. Whilst I accept this may not be to the liking of some readers, in my opinion not only do many Republican organizations deserve on merit to be within any serious analysis of the Irish Left, but I believe it would be nonsensical to exclude the Irish Republican Movement, not least because it has acted as the mid-wife to much of today's Irish left. Republicanism has at times also managed, for a host of differing reasons, to divert some of the finest sons and daughters of the Irish working class into the cul-de-sac of nationalism. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Friday June 22, 2007 09:39 by SDLP Youth
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SDLP Youth Universities and Schools Officer Malachy Quinn has today spoken out about the money spent by the University of Ulster on international flights. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday June 22, 2007 00:50 by Jolly Red Giant
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Classroom assistants across Northern Ireland are preparing for industrial action to defend their pay. Their employers, the Education and Library Boards acting under the direction of Education Minister Catriona Ruane, are proposing to cut their pay by as much as 79p an hour. The insulting move comes at the end of years of negotiation by the main trade unions representing Classroom Assistants, NIPSA and UNISON. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / news report Thursday June 21, 2007 20:17 by R. Isible
1 comment (last - friday june 22, 2007 11:19)
ThePirateBay is best known for hosting trackers for distributed file-sharing and getting raided recently by the Swedish police at the behest of the US MPAA. They've been making noises about a couple of new ventures, and one of them has gone live: a completely uncensored image hosting service. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Thursday June 21, 2007 17:35 by Terence
3 comments (last - saturday june 23, 2007 17:59)
The Enlish town of Modbury has become the first town in Europe to ban plastic bags outright. This goes a lot further than the plastic bag levy here which did go a long way towards reducing the amount of plastic strewn across our landscape. read full story / add a comment |
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