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international / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday October 20, 2004 21:34 by SP Member
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On 14 October the Forum on Europe heard an address by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan who had come to speak about planned reforms to the United Nations. All Party leaders were allowed to address comments to Kofi Annan. The following speech was made by Joe Higgins. Annan, reflecting the arrogance of all diplomats and members of the political elite these days, did not answer any of Joe’s questions or refer to any points made in his speech in the summation given to the Forum. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday October 20, 2004 20:53 by Nina Ni Cheallaigh
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Intimidation and racism in Dunsink read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Wednesday October 20, 2004 19:44 by iosaf
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It's legal and free and based in Luxembourg the Skype company founded by Niklas Zennström last August offers users "free telephone calls". read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday October 20, 2004 13:55 by ARN
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Dear friends, the momentum for the ARN march - carnival rally is growing. Public endorsement and support already to date has come from, the Chinese Welfare Association, The Belfast Jewish community, The Indian Community centre, the Belfast Islamic centre, the Multi Cultural Resource Centre, The Latin American Support Group, Travellers organisations. Also from the trade union movement - to date - the Irish Congress of Trade Unions {ICTU}, as well as Unison, T&G, NIPSA and from the Belfast Trades Union Council. Support and endorsement also from the N.Ireland Human rights Commission, the N.Ireland Law Centre, The N.Ireand! Children’s Commissioner, as well as political parties, local community, writers, solidarity and women’s groups and organisations. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday October 20, 2004 12:43 by Slarti
"President Bush's special envoy, James Baker, who has been trying to persuade the world to forgive Iraq's crushing debts, is simultaneously working for a commercial concern that is trying to recover money from Iraq, according to confidential documents." "Mr Baker's Carlyle Group is in a consortium secretly proposing to try to collect $27bn (£15bn) on behalf of Kuwait, one of Iraq's biggest creditors, by using high-level political influence" "Yet Iraq continues to make regular reparations payments for Saddam's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. In the eighteen months since the US invasion, Iraq has paid out a staggering $1.8 billion in reparations--substantially more than the battered country's 2004 health and education budgets combined, and more than the United States has so far managed to spend in Iraq on reconstruction." Selected highlights from http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041101&c=1&s=klein http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1326037,00.html read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Tuesday October 19, 2004 18:46 by R. Isible
An excerpt of an Amy Goodman interview with Noam Chomsky was carried on the Tue Oct. 19th. 2004 edition of DemocracyNOW! In it Chomsky comments on the furore over his endorsement of the VoteToStopBush petition. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday October 19, 2004 17:15 by mick
7. 30 Axis Centre Ballymun . Slide show , talks ,music ,poetry. Organized by Ballymun Palestine Support Group as part of the International day of Action against the Israeli Apartheid Wall. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / other press Tuesday October 19, 2004 16:35 by Anthony
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Two gardaí were acquitted of assaulting a participant in the Reclaim The Streets party held in May 2002. It's interesting to note that two years later, despite extensive video evidence of garda brutality not one garda has yet been convicted of any crime. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday October 19, 2004 11:50 by Mister Ed
Given the current escalation of Israeli depredations in Gaza and the daily US bombings of Falluja, it is interesting to examine Amnesty International's (AI) statements on the situation. AI is widely viewed as an authority on human rights issues, and thus it is of interest to analyze its output on these recent events. Careful scrutiny of AI's record reveals that, its typical response to the daily obscene deeds by either Israeli or US armies is a few barely audible ruminations with an occasional lame rebuke. The impotence of these responses raises many questions. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday October 19, 2004 11:24 by InterSteller Master Traders
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This morning several activists succeeded in penetrating the salubrious confines of Ballsbridge's Berkley Court hotel - Fire alarms were activated.............read on read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday October 19, 2004 01:09 by Spokesperson
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Below is a proposed text for a 'No Platform Policy' for TCD. We will be circulating copies to the TCDSU and amongst the political parties over the next few days and are expecting their full support. Also, we are confident that those who stood up to the fascists in UCD will support our campaign to deny the extremists the oppurtunity to use TCD as a recruiting ground for hate. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday October 19, 2004 00:59 by antibase
Pacifists stop the train with the equipment of Valencia's NATO headquarters, which was departing to prove its capacity to lead the new NATO Response Force (NFR). read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday October 19, 2004 00:46 by pc
judges rules out metal detectors for school of the Americas protest on Nov.19-21, Call to Action: Shut Down the School of the Americas! http://www.SOAW.org read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / news report Monday October 18, 2004 18:52 by John Johnson
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Indaver, a waste management company seeking to build two incinerators in the Cork Harbour area today received a visit from local activists keen to let them know they are not welcome if they persist with their plans. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday October 18, 2004 18:26 by pc
French and Spanish interior ministers today shot down a German proposal to set up transit camps in North Africa that would process asylum seekers before they reach Europe. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday October 18, 2004 15:56 by Jack Black
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With all the fuss over Justin Barrett not speaking at U.C.D. and then speaking at N.U.I.G. I decided to have a look at some of the websites frequented by fascists in Ireland and see what type of people hung out there. In one thread on the Irish Nationalist website someone identified themselves as having worked on Justin Barrett’s election campaign, another as a justin Barrett supporter and someone else gave the user name of the nazi skinhead who got into a fight at the back of the lecture theatre when Barrett tried to speak in U.C.D. By going through these sites i hoped to learn more about the kind of people who support Justin Barrett and the type of people who will turn out and watch him speak. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Monday October 18, 2004 12:15 by Michael Hennigan
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Last week the Guardian launched Operation Clark County to help readers have a say in the American election by writing to undecided voters in the crucial state of Ohio. In the first three days, more than 11,000 people requested addresses. Here is some of the reaction to the project that it received from the US read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday October 18, 2004 01:43 by Tom Lonergan
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Public talk given by 2 Israeli soldiers, who have refused to serve in Occupied Palestine and have suffered prison terms as a consequence. The Public meeting is open to everyone and will take place this Thursday 21st Oct in Room 3074 (Arts Block) at 7pm. read full story / add a comment
Book Launch & talk by Adah Kay, Co Author of Stolen Youth, Israeli detention of Palestinian Children
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday October 18, 2004 01:38 by Tom Lonergan
The book launch of 'Stolen Youth' and Adah's talk will take place at Buswells Hotel, Molesworth St. at 7pm on Wednesday 27th October. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday October 17, 2004 14:25 by bob dobbs
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A group of us in Cork decided to do something to mark international anti-mcdonalds day, and so the day before we collected food to be thrown out from local supermarkets and bakeries. The next morning we met up at a friends house and struggled with our cooking skills, and managed to whip up sum vegetable soup, and vegi burgers and hummous, which we then distributed with with bread and fruit outside our local mcdonalds. read full story / add a comment |