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international / environment / news report Monday December 12, 2005 18:28 by Oisin Coghlan
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Friends of the Earth has welcomed the outcome of the UN climate talks as an historic step forward. The Montreal Action Plan (MAP) was concluded despite a last minute intervention from Russia which almost resulted in deadlock. Friends of the Earth Director in Ireland, Oisin Coghlan said: "Despite Russia's last minute jitters, the Montreal meeting has made a historic agreement which will strengthen global resolve with legally-binding targets to take action to tackle climate change under the Kyoto Protocol. It has sent a clear signal that the future lies in cleaner and more sustainable technologies and is good news for people and the planet." read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Monday December 12, 2005 17:33 by pat c
Three cheers for the Orleans Court! They have recognised that the destruction of GM crops was a justified action. Full article at the link. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday December 12, 2005 17:21 by Otto Rules
The planting of bombs on tubes and buses in London amounts to nothing more than an attack on working class people going about their daily lives. read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday December 12, 2005 16:25 by Tadhg
Weekly Shell to Sea Meeting at EENGO office above the Bounty Stores on Lwr Camden Street. Opposite the Camden Palace. Ring the EENGO buzzer. Call 0876181620 if you're lost. read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / event notice Monday December 12, 2005 13:44 by John Cunningham
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Imperial Hotel, Eyre Sq., 8 pm. All welcome One of the most controversial environmental issues of recent years has concerned incineration. Proponents –including the government– have argued that it is a vital element in modern waste management, while opponents contend that it both dangerous and unnecessary. In Galway, provision for incineration in the Connacht Waste Plan of 1999 led to the emergence of considerable local opposition which was effectively marshalled by the campaigning group, Galway for a Safe Environment (GSE). read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday December 12, 2005 12:23 by pat c
The famed "Dykes On Bikes" have finally managed to copyright their name. Read the full article at the link below. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Monday December 12, 2005 02:40 by x-x-x
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Italy, Val di Susa, (Turino): Heavilly resistance in the Val di Susa Valley against the planned tunnel for the TAV-high-speed train. Fascist-Style Police raids, 100s of injured people, solidarity strikes at schools and at companies, and: on thursday 50.000 people managed to fight back against the police and to re-occupie the valley! read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Monday December 12, 2005 02:17 by A. Programmer
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Members of the European Parliament will vote on whether to mandate retention of ALL email and mobile and landline phone call records across europe for 12 months. To fight "The Terrorists", but of course... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday December 12, 2005 01:08 by Coilín Oscar ÓhAiseadha
The right-wing parties’ decision for Denmark to participate in the Iraq war is not popular among the voters. And not at all among the women. The Danish People’s Party has a particular problem with the Danish forces in Iraq. For the first time, an opinion poll from Gallup shows a majority opposed to Danish participation in the Iraq war. 52 percent of Danes do not think it was a correct decision, while 43 percent support participation. This was reported in the Danish conservative daily, Berlingske Tidende, on Sunday. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Sunday December 11, 2005 23:26 by pat c
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You wouldnt normally expect The Economist to write a favourable article about Unions but in this weeks edition (6 Dec) there is a piece about the Unionisation of janitors in Houston, Texas. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has organised 5,000 janitors, some readers might remember the Ken Loach film, Bread And Roses, which dealt with the SEIU organised strike in Los Angeles. As The Economist requires a paid subscription to view this article, I am posting it here in full. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday December 11, 2005 19:49 by Mittens
Anti-war protesters, refuseniks and supporters of lesbian and gay and other human rights will took to the streets on Friday 9 December to free conscientious objector Mehmet Tarhan. Tarhan, 27, is a gay Kurdish anarchist who is a “total” conscientious objector – against all wars and any alternative to military service. He was sentenced to four years by a military court for “refusing orders”. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday December 11, 2005 16:04 by iosaf
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This weekend, as the French state celebrated 100 years since the law that seperates state :+: church in education and beyond. French youth have enjoyed secular secondary education and been taught the values of the republic "liberty equality fraternity" fo 100 years. As insidiously the triad of republican values has seen added the quaternion (*) "Equity" added. France has changed: 500 French youth were attacked by police last night for attempting a rave in Rennes, shouting as near 40 were arrested "Liberté!". On Sundays I occasionally publish an opinion piece:- I want you to ponder how Mrs Larkin told Jim he looked great just because she was on her knees, and then she arose, and that beautiful human detail is what seperates you from and joins you to the birth of the Irish Labour movement. Jim thought it was such a funny line, and would be a secret testament to "what its all about" = Arise now. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday December 11, 2005 11:40 by Rebel
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The statement issued by the leadership of the PIRA on Thursday 28th of July, instructing an end to their armed campaign is significant beyond its declaration that the war is over. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday December 11, 2005 00:09 by Jonah
14 comments (last - friday december 16, 2005 00:18)
Our march says that the work of Christian Peacemaker Team in Iraq is
like the work that we're doing here as we march to Guantánamo.
We're all looking for just and humane treatment for all the detainees
whether in Guantánamo, Iraq or other hidden detention camps we
can't reach. -Sr. Anne Montgomery, Marcher and member of Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq The only thing standing between us and the Guantánamo prisoners is George Bush's permission. -Gary Ashbeck with the Witness Against Torture read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday December 10, 2005 23:30 by Cindy
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Forty-four year old Rigoberto Alpizar, an American citizen was Murdered by federal air marshals on Wednesday as he fled an American Airlines jet at Miami International Airport. Federal officials lied about him saying he had a bomb. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday December 10, 2005 19:37 by Wayne Madsen
Internet censorship. It did not happen overnight but slowly came to America's shores from testing grounds in China and the Middle East. read full story / add a comment
limerick / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Saturday December 10, 2005 17:35 by St.John
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Great demonstration in Limerick yesterday against the crazy Irish Ferries debacle, loadsa folks from all walks of life in the march, biggest one I've ever seen down here read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday December 10, 2005 16:33 by Kingfisher
A fundamental feature of extremist regimes is the absolute requirement of an adversary. If a real or perceived enemy loses its opponent status then a bogeyman (under the bed) mentality is cultivated until the negative effects of that strategy (fear, loathing etc.) can be successfully superimposed onto a suitable ‘candidate’. The ‘successful’ candidate would then immediately attract the fear, loathing and violence of the extremist society (or group) in question. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday December 10, 2005 15:03 by maria golpe
Thirty thousand colombian asylum seekers wait to be accepted into Ecuador. Some of them come from the region of Putumayo, south of Colombia. This is the most affected area by the indiscriminate spraying of crops from the air that US companies, in association with the Uribe Administration, have been carrying out since december 1999 in order to eliminate coca plantations. Or so they say. Since the beginning of this “War on drugs” instigated by the Plan Colombia, food crops have been totally devastated, animals are killed by the millions in the area, people suffer from skin and gastric disorders, and some doctors talk of the high risk of getting cancer, suffering miscarriages, genetic mutations…these people from south Colombia are exposed to, due to the spraying of their lands that breaks all sorts of environmental and human rights laws. But, what’s happening in Putumayo? And why? read full story / add a comment
national / environment / opinion/analysis Saturday December 10, 2005 13:53 by Sean Crudden
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Arthur Morgan TD as well as Shane McEntee TD passionately expressed during the week in Drogheda, at a meeting organised by Meath Community Forum, their oppostition to incineration. But what if the incinerator at Carranstown (or the one in Cork) goes ahead? read full story / add a comment |
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