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international / consumer issues / other press Monday December 20, 2004 15:19 by redjade   text 3 comments (last - tuesday january 11, 2005 14:13)
you know you're paranoid when the US Government agrees with you.... read full story / add a comment
louth / miscellaneous / other press Saturday December 18, 2004 16:30 by Brian Vernon   text 1 comment (last - sunday december 19, 2004 15:13)
he British arms firm BAE yesterday refused to comment on documents showing mysterious payments linked to UK weapons purchases by General Augusto Pinochet.

Sums of up to $5m (£2.57m) are listed in Gen Pinochet's bank records obtained by a Senate investigation in Washington.

Some appear to be linked to arms purchases he agreed to make from Royal Ordnance, a BAE subsidiary.

http://www.12thharmonic.com/wordpress/index.php?p=548 read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Saturday December 18, 2004 15:17 by Michelle Clarke   text 8 comments (last - friday march 11, 2005 17:41)
The Home Secretary, Mr. Blunkett chose to resign. There is a need to re-focus in line with characteristics of integrity, justice, equality and honour.........Administratively the vulnerable in Irish society are not being protected - nb the hospital/pension issue at present. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Friday December 17, 2004 18:19 by Orla Ni Chomhrai
An end of year bash that unashamedly caters for activists in Galway. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Friday December 17, 2004 14:23 by nerd   text 4 comments (last - wednesday january 05, 2005 17:34)
No one expects Mr Bush to weaken his support for a project that has become an article of faith among many Republicans. But analysts said that they expected sceptics in Congress and in the Pentagon to try to whittle down the vast sums being spent on the project, some $10.2bn this year alone. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday December 17, 2004 11:58 by Kieran O'Sullivan   text 14 comments (last - tuesday december 21, 2004 13:51)
Rwanda Invades Democratic Republic of Congo again and the commercial media don't say a word. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday December 17, 2004 05:47 by redjade
'Under a presidential directive and authorities approved by administration lawyers, the CIA is allowed to capture and hold certain classes of suspects without accounting for them in any public way and without revealing the rules for their treatment.' read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday December 17, 2004 00:16 by Appeal   text 9 comments (last - friday january 14, 2005 09:26)
Ever since the major disarmament actions in Jan/Feb 2002 there has been an Irish military presence at Shannon Airport. Their mission? To ensure the unfettered use of the airport by the US military.

Each day that Irish soldiers guard US military flights they are accessories to America's criminal wars. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday December 16, 2004 22:33 by Mark Johnson   text 27 comments (last - monday august 08, 2005 04:36)
Despite being acquitted by Colombia's courts, political pressure has led to the conviction of three Irishmen. International observers are aghast at how contrived and insufficient evidence has led to this conviction. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday December 16, 2004 22:13 by Peter Quinn   text 1 comment (last - saturday december 18, 2004 19:48)
The Partition of Ireland did not create a peaceful state as what was hoped by the British. There was serious tension in the North in the 20’s and 30’s and the Unionists consolidated their state. There were several stringent measures taken in to end IRA action. Many Nationalists believed that the border would be re-fixed so that they could live in the Irish Republic however this never materialized and the Unionists dissolved Nationalist majority councils and took over their power.

In 1921 and 1922 Proportional Representation (PR) was ended in General and Local Elections and although this broke the Government of Ireland Act, the British took no action. Nationalists walked out of Stormont in 1922 after the Unionists got rid of PR and the Unionists then re-drew the council ward boundaries. read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax / news report Thursday December 16, 2004 22:10 by Indy Council Corr   text 74 comments (last - friday december 24, 2004 13:28)
Budget passed in South Dublin by 16 votes to 3. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday December 16, 2004 21:20 by jac   text 2 comments (last - sunday december 19, 2004 14:23)
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday December 16, 2004 17:03 by Jon Glackin
Street Seen Sleeping Bag Appeal

Street Seen, Northern Irelands very own Homeless paper, will be launching their Xmas Sleeping bag appeal Monday 20th December at 4pm at the Bandstand, Cornmarket in association with Queens University and many of Belfast’s Homeless Agencies

We are appealing for sleeping bags, warm clothes and food to be donated at the Bandstand, Cornmarket between 4pm and 6pm on Monday 20th December, all items will be directly given to those most in need by street outreach teams from the Welcome Centre, Homeplus, Simon Community and the East Belfast Mission....

Entertainment will be provided by local buskers and street performers; all are encouraged to support this important appeal in any way they can.

Items can also be donated at Phoenix Records, The Haymarket Arcade, Royal Avenue read full story / add a comment
cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax / news report Thursday December 16, 2004 16:41 by james   text 6 comments (last - friday january 07, 2005 17:11)
Cork city council effectively abolished the waiver system on Monday night. They also decided to charge people who produce no waste 255 euro per year. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday December 16, 2004 16:16 by Cian FNB
FOOD NOT BOMBS hold a benefit in Dalymount Park tonight (THursday 16th)
Dalymount park is in Phibsboro and is the home of Bohemians Football Club.

The admission is 1 kilo of dried food eg. rice, pasta, pulses, spices etc. THis will help FooD Not BOmbs build up a staple of food we can't skip.

There will be DJS playing all night and the booze is really cheap.
It starts at eight.

THe bar in Dalymount is just off the Cabra Rd. ITs a side alley that you follow up and the entrance to the bar is on our left.
See ya there.
Cian! read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday December 16, 2004 16:07 by Davy Carlin   text 19 comments (last - wednesday december 29, 2004 16:05)
Democratic Centralism?

In this short piece I will give a frank {point – based }summary of my experiences of Democratic Centralism {DC}. This shall be done from the position of having being both in a DC organisation and working closely with others from similar DC organisations. read full story / add a comment
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has passed on from this life
in her 105th year.

.:. Rest .:. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday December 16, 2004 15:02 by Dan   text 55 comments (last - sunday march 27, 2005 14:05)
Latest issue of Irish Socialist Network publication Leftline, contains articles on Iraq, water charges, the Labour Party and the Easter Rising read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday December 16, 2004 13:35 by Justin Morahan   text 1 comment (last - friday december 17, 2004 02:40)
Mordechai Vanunu has been elected Rector of Glasgow University. He won 1033 student votes with John Ross Beattie, the runner-up, getting 793 votes. University students claimed that they wanted Vanunu as Rector to show that they support basic human rights, and that they oppose weapons of mass destruction.
In a press release, Annie Vaz says that Mr Vanunu will hold office for three years, representing the students in diverse ways, which can include chairing the University Court. The Rector's participation in events is entirely voluntary and depends on their own availability and choice. The role is principally as spokesperson and representative for student issues. The Rector is not active in University strategy or policy-making.
Mordechai Vanunu is at present living in Jerusalem under virtual house arrest since his release from Ashkelon prison last April. He had spent almost 18 years there, eleven and a half of them in solitary confinement. read full story / add a comment
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