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offsite link The Feminists Who Blame ?Men? for Rape Gangs Fri Feb 07, 2025 09:00 | Steven Tucker
Feminist lawyer Charlotte Proudman has done some great work drafting legislation to criminalise forced marriage and FGM, says Steven Tucker. But when it comes to the rape gangs, she has a glaring blind spot.
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Special Episode of the Sceptic: Andrew Orlowski on the truth about AI, the failures of Britain?s policy-making class, Elon Musk vs Ofcom and how Trump is shattering liberal delusions.
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A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link The Blob Has Sunk to New Depths in Its Quest to Destroy Educational Freedom Thu Feb 06, 2025 19:00 | Randall Hardy
The Blob has sunk to new depths in its quest to destroy educational freedom. No wonder, says Randall Hardy. It's only the right to withdraw children from the state system that restrains its worst indoctrinating tendencies.
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offsite link Lego Can Be Anti-LGBT, Says Science Museum Thu Feb 06, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
Lego can be anti-LGBT, the Science Museum has said. As part of its 'Seeing Things Queerly' tour showcasing "stories of queer communities", Lego bricks are said to reinforce the idea that heterosexuality "is the norm".
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galway / arts and media / news report Wednesday August 22, 2007 01:46 by Over The Edge   text 1 comment (last - wednesday august 22, 2007 18:17)
international / gender and sexuality / other press Tuesday August 21, 2007 18:25 by Maryam Namazie
This article is taken from the website of the International Humanist and Ethical Union. The article is written by Maryam Namazie, a leading member of the Worker-communist Party of Iran.

Recent reports on the Islamic regime of Iran’s crackdown on women who are ‘badly’ veiled (bad-hejab) and their resistance to the regime’s campaign of arrest and harassment has been reported quite extensively in comparison to other similar events over the years. This is partly due to amateur video footage taken via mobile phones by passers-by uploaded on YouTube for the world to see.

There are two pieces of footage that everyone should take a look at. One is of an unveiled woman shouting ‘we don’t want the veil; we want freedom’. The other is of a young girl who is being questioned by security agents for being ‘badly veiled’; she pulls off her veil in front of them and is kicked into a waiting car to be driven away. Given that veiling is compulsory in Iran, these acts of defiance are all the more heroic. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday August 21, 2007 18:24 by Mark G   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 04, 2007 07:38)
Dublin Shell to Sea will be holding a table Quiz on Friday the 7th of September in the Teachers Club. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday August 21, 2007 17:54 by Diarmuid
Basque traditional band is brought to Dublin to play by Dublin Irish/ Basque Committee, amidst other support and solidarity activities. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / press release Tuesday August 21, 2007 17:15 by Fred Johnston, Manager
The Arts Council-sponsored Touring Experiment includes the Western Writers' Centre with €10,000 grant read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Tuesday August 21, 2007 17:07 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Co. Clare-based poet Knute Skinner launch from Salmon Poetry read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday August 21, 2007 16:08 by David L
A diary from Electronic intifada describing everyday life in Gaza read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / event notice Tuesday August 21, 2007 09:35 by Kate
The first festival of its kind to be held in the South West is set to take place in Bantry over three days in August. Sustain West Cork, a voluntary group are organising the “Eco-Festival” to raise environmental awareness and promote local Sustainable Development. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday August 21, 2007 08:58 by by Kaveh L Afrasiabi   text 14 comments (last - wednesday august 22, 2007 19:25)
In a staggering show of Hubris, the Bush Regime has labeled the army of a sovereign, internationally recognized nation as a terrorist organization. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-capitalism / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 19:35 by Joe Moore
The Cork Branch of the Socialist Workers Party will hold a public forum entitled "Crisis in Darfur, Is UN Intervention a Solution?" on Thursday 30th August, at 8.00pm in the Victoria Hotel, Patrick Street, Cork. The meeting will be addressed by Donal McGarry. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 17:53 by Over The Edge
This September Galway Arts Centre presents a daytime class for all those beginner writers out there, facilitated by Susan Millar DuMars. Susan Millar DuMars writes both poetry and fiction. A collection of her stories, ‘American Girls’, was published by Lapwing Press in April; her first collection of poetry, ‘The Wellspring Wife’, is forthcoming in 2008 from Salmon Poetry. Susan is a renowned creative writing teacher, and with her husband Kevin Higgins co-organises the Over The Edge readings in Galway City Library. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 16:50 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Leading novelist and journalist Martina Devlin will read for the Western Writers Centre read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 16:42 by Fred Johnston, Manager
Renowned Greek poet, DIMITRIS LYACOS, will read for the Western Writers’ Centre at Oranmore Library, Oranmore, Co Galway, on Wednesday, September 26th, starting at 7. 30pm. Admission is free. The reading will be in English. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday August 20, 2007 16:21 by Sunsara Taylor
As the war drums begin their deadly tattoo we must realise that my enemies enemy is not my friend. Herewith is an article by Comrade Sunsara Taylor which deals with the complex question of Iran. Bob Avakian, Chairman of the RCP,USA

As the U.S.'s crimes against humanity in the Middle East mount, it is of tremendous importance for people in the U.S. to honestly confront and rise to the profound responsibilities before us in bringing this to a halt. In this spirit, I welcomed the argument made by Thier and Hess in the Socialist Worker on April 20, 2007 entitled “Standing up to Islamophobia,” while I find their central arguments to be wrong & harmful.I do not doubt that they wish to oppose U.S. wars of aggression and their accompanying assault on Muslims, Arabs and South Asians living in the U. S. But they end up arguing for an approach that will neither meet the actual challenges of opposing the U.S. “crusade,” nor bring forward truly liberating possibilities here and around the world. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 15:33 by Socialist
Socialist Forum
Crisis in Darfur: Is UN intervention a solution?

Speaker: Helena McNeil
Tuesday 21st August,

8.30pm The Red Parrot Pub, Dorset St. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday August 20, 2007 10:38 by Davy Carlin   text 10 comments (last - thursday october 04, 2007 19:26)
The Murph - Turf, and beyond read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Monday August 20, 2007 10:14 by Dublin S2S
Dublin Shell to Sea are hosting a meeting to organise building for September the 14th in Seomra Spraoi, 4 Mary's Abbey at 7.00pm on Tuesday the 21st of August. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Sunday August 19, 2007 19:30 by Borat
Kazakhstan as we all know is where Borat comes from. & in keeping with their post-Soviet democratic traditions they've just celebrated a general election with results which could probably cause even Ahern or Brown to go quite puice green with envy.

The Fatherland's Ray of Light "Nur Otan" party has won all the seats in the parliament. Quite. every single one of them.

Of course people are wondering were the elections fair - but nobody is calling Jimmy Carter quite yet because seemingly according to some mystical election pillar of Western life, there has never been a fair election in Kazakhstan.......so it doesn't matter then. Meanwhile the Kazakhs look forward to oil and gas revenue the new Russian/Chinese pipeline through their country will bring. Puice. lovely colour. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday August 19, 2007 18:51 by Dublin North City SWP
The crisis in Dafur will be introduced by Helena McNeill after which there will be an an open forum to discuss and debate the issues.
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