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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday February 18, 2012 15:11 by Yassamine Mathe
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Yassamine Mather examines the current threats to Iran, the internal situation and discusses how the drive to War by the Imperialists should be opposed. Full text at url below. In the last few weeks Iranians have woken up every day to news of further military threats and new sanctions. Anyone you contact in Iran will tell you how the constant media ‘analyses’ of if/when the bombing will start is affecting the national psyche, how morale is down, how the current situation is reminiscent of the terrible days of the Iran-Iraq war. One Iranian blogger summarised the frustration of many Iranians when he lambasted callous statements by United States and Israeli officials debating the likely timing of air raids and military attacks against Iran. He wrote “These people discuss the timetable for bombing Iran as if they were deciding on dates for family holidays.” read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday February 18, 2012 14:15 by Indyjourno
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Marian Price has been moved to Hydebank Wood a womens prison while her lawyers are set to begin judicial review proceedings against her internment. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday February 17, 2012 18:18 by pat c
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Sanctions: such a simple word, it sounds harmless. But sanctions are really War by other means. Here Michael Jansen writes about the reality of sanctionsc as ordinary Syrian people suffer. Full text at link. SHOESHINE BOYS and girls line up with their simple kits along the pavement across from the luxury Cham Palace Hotel, which charges more than a poor man’s monthly wage for a single night’s stay. Women holding bundles which may or may not be babies sit on the broad walkway in a colonnade. Grubby children peddling chewing gum and lottery tickets pursue pedestrians for blocks in the hope of receiving a coin or two. In all the years I have been visiting Syria, I have never seen such desperation. Economic sanctions touted as targeting the regime actually affect the poor, punish the middle class, and destroy commerce. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Friday February 17, 2012 10:47 by Gregor Kerr
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The fiscal treaty, as agreed by EU governments, is clearly an austerity treaty and will impose serious levels of economic and financial pain on Irish workers for years to come. In his blog ‘Notes On The Front’ Unite economist Michael Taft says “The Government, in signing the Fiscal Treaty, has effectively committed itself to introducing up to €6 billion more in tax increases and spending cuts in the medium-term, over and above what it has already planned”.[1] The prospect of such an approach is horrific and should shock all of us into action. Unless this is resisted we can expect even further tax increases, wage cuts and a slashing of all public services over the next couple of years. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / press release Wednesday February 15, 2012 22:50 by Meg Rybicki
"The Realities of Hydraulic Fracturing" - Dr. John O'Connor
'Fracking Inhumanity' - Jessica Ernst MSc A series of presentations on the potential impact of hydraulic fracturing, or 'Fracking' will take place in Dublin, Sligo, Fermanagh and Leitrim next week. Dr. John O'Connor and Jessica Ernst, M.Sc., will travel from Canada to address key issues in relation to the practice of Fracking, and to address public concerns in relation to the proposed extraction of shale gas in the North West using this controversial method read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday February 15, 2012 12:59 by Paul Doran
The Debt burden must be dumped off the peoples back: read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday February 14, 2012 19:42 by Action on X
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Join Action on X for a discussion on the X case, 20 years on read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday February 14, 2012 17:24 by Justin Morahan
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Protests around the world, including Ireland, but the case of this dying hunger striker in Israel has escaped notice in our media read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday February 14, 2012 12:42 by pat c
The US Navy is building up its forces in the Persian Gulf, more provocations against Iran. With another Aircraft Carrier Battle Group arriving, Admiral Fox, commander of the 5th Fleet upped the ante: “We’ve developed very precise and lethal weapons that are very effective, and we’re prepared,” he said. “We’re just ready for any contingency.” Full text at link. The increasingly menacing character of US rhetoric toward Iran was underlined by the comments to the media on Sunday by Admiral Mark Fox, commander of the US 5th Fleet based at Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. While couched in terms of “defence”, Fox’s remarks contained a barely concealed threat. President Barack Obama has repeatedly declared that the US will not allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon and that “all options are on the table” to prevent that from taking place. Fox was signalling that the 5th Fleet was “ready today” for “any contingency”, including war. read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday February 14, 2012 07:55 by wallace
Book launch of A Labour History of Ireland by Emmet O'Connor, with guest speaker, Dr. Conor McCabe, author of Sins of the Father. read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Sunday February 12, 2012 11:11 by Eve
Inaugural meeting of reading group on the origins of capitalism in early modern Europe (i.e. c. 1500 – c. 1800). read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday February 10, 2012 13:41 by Moshé Machover
Israeli Marxist Moshé Machover writers on how the Israelis continue to plot action against Iran. They will likely use a military provocation to get Tehran to react and use the ensuing disturbances to drive more Palestinians out of the Occupied Territories and Israel itself. One thing is beyond any doubt: a major aim of Israel’s foreign policy is the overthrow of the Iranian regime. What is not generally understood are the motives behind this aim, and the present Israeli government’s preferred means of achieving it. In this article I would like to say something about the motives, and then explain why prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s preferred means is war - one likely to ignite a major conflagration. read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / opinion/analysis Thursday February 09, 2012 18:18 by Glen Clifford
This post is a quick response to an SWP internal members bulletin, which was presumably leaked by one of their members - available to read here: http://tomasoflatharta.com/2012/02/09/kubla-heard-from-...else/. It gives an insight to the real views of the SWP on a number of issues including the ULA and the CAHWT. I want to take up some of their points relating to the Household tax campaign, which I object to and to offer what I think is the real situation with the campaign. read full story / add a comment
wexford / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Thursday February 09, 2012 15:33 by O. O'Connell
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“Our core concerns remain: what are the actual tank standards? What assistance will be available if we now need to upgrade our systems, despite having complied by the rules that the institutions of state set previously? Instead of answering these questions, Minister Phil Hogan has introduced draconian legislation which dictates that householders will be dragged through the courts and may be fined up to €5,000 if they cannot comply with his secret standards. The heavy-handedness, and lack of clarity surrounding this scheme stinks.” read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 08, 2012 22:33 by Galway Alliance Against War
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The regular bulletin from the Galway Alliance Against War read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday February 08, 2012 00:23 by T
In the murky world of wars, covert operations and so called intelligence agencies, it can be hard to work out at times what are the true motives behind any particular policy, campaign or action. In the case of Afghanistan and Pakistan it has been long stated that the aim of the US govt is to disrupt Pakistan and cause so much civil strife so as to lead to the breakup of the Pakistani state. And as part of the ensuing chaos, the aim would be to launch an operation to seize the Pakistan nuclear weapons so as to deny the only Muslim power of having these happens. This apparently would make the world safe. To do this the US needs to start a civil war and the northern provinces have been the target of multipe operations by the Pakistani army and also of Drone attacks by the CIA. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday February 07, 2012 21:24 by Séan Ó Murchú
Clonmult Martyrs Commemoration Committee Clonmult Martyrs Commemoration Committee, members of Republican Sinn Fein Poblachtach, relatives and friends met recently in Midleton to organise the Annual Commemoration for Sunday 19th February 2012 at Midleton. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday February 07, 2012 14:10 by Sean Edwards
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Of all the colonies in America, the most profitable to the coloniser was Saint Domingue, where the slaves produced more wealth for France than the North American colonies did for England. The French republic decreed an end to slavery, but Napoleon sought to reimpose it. The armies he sent to the island were defeated, and the victorious people renamed their country Haití, the indigenous name for the island. Haiti thus became the first free country of America in 1804, sixty years before chattel slavery was ended in the USA. For the crime of freeing themselves the people of Haiti have never been forgiven. The slave owners and colonisers feared the example they set. Haiti was later forced to pay 90 million gold francs to France to compensate the slave owners for the loss of their property, which took 150 years to pay off, thereby inhibiting any economic development. read full story / add a comment
kerry / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Tuesday February 07, 2012 12:08 by Seán
TD Richard Boyd Barrett is to address a public meeting in Killarney opposing the household charge. 95% of the eligible population have not registered to pay. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday February 06, 2012 22:07 by Declan Cullen
Will the victims of 9/11 ever receive justice? read full story / add a comment |
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