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offsite link News Round-Up Wed Feb 05, 2025 01:58 | Richard Eldred
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 Starmer Hands Prisoners 6.6% Pay Rise at Cost of ?4.4 Million Tue Feb 04, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has handed prisoners a 6.6% pay rise at a cost of ?4.4 million despite depriving 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel allowance because money is so tight.
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offsite link EU Plans to Let States Deport Failed Asylum Seekers and Criminals in Reform to Refugee Convention Tue Feb 04, 2025 17:00 | Will Jones
The EU is drawing up a plan to overhaul its 1951 Refugee Convention that prevents countries from rejecting asylum seekers at their borders in a belated effort to address Europe's exploding migrant crisis.
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offsite link How Afraid Should we be About the Government?s Plan to Come up With a Legal Definition of ?Islamopho... Tue Feb 04, 2025 15:00 | Sam Bidwell
The prosecution of a man for burning the Qur'an shows how Islamic blasphemy codes are becoming embedded in criminal law. Coming up with a legal definition of 'Islamophobia' will accelerate this process, says Sam Bidwell.
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offsite link US to Stop UNRWA Funding and Withdraw from UN Human Rights Council Tue Feb 04, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order today withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council and removing all US funding for the Gaza agency UNRWA.
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offsite link Misinterpretations of the Evolution of the United States (2/2), by Thierry Meyss... Tue Feb 04, 2025 06:59 | en

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offsite link 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:16 | en

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international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Sunday February 20, 2005 22:42 by Michelle Clarke   text 8 comments (last - friday october 14, 2011 21:20)
Justice delayed is Justice Denied.

The CAB will not apparently being receiving early pensions. Instead, their skills refined through the 1980's/90's scandals of tax evasion will now prove refined to the degree that we may have an effective, speedy system of tribunals with prompt delivery to the Justice system


However, in the midst of all this exciting blame festering news let us not forget the important issues. We need to review children, we need to consider restorative justice, we need to appoint educational psychologists in our schools, we need Ethics established as a mind set of those entering the work environment, government etc. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Sunday February 20, 2005 20:35 by D Lynch   text 1 comment (last - monday february 21, 2005 15:30)
Socialist Forum
Topic: Socialism and republicanism
Date: Monday 21st Feb 8.30pm
Location: Red Parrot, Dorset Street North Dublin read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Sunday February 20, 2005 13:23 by John   text 8 comments (last - saturday february 26, 2005 14:30)
Politics.ie (http://www.politics.ie) has launched its own Wiki.

Their aim is " to create the largest central repository of political information on Irish politics. You may edit any page on this website, to add more information or correct mistakes, by clicking on the edit button which is visible on every page. You can also create new pages if you so wish. This is a member driven Irish political encyclopedia, so the more help you give us the better it will become."

Join, edit and contribute read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday February 19, 2005 21:10 by John Kaminski
The Second Wave
New Books, New Groups Fuel Smoldering
Resurgence Of 911 Skeptics Movement
By John Kaminski
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international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday February 19, 2005 16:35 by Conor Purcell   text 4 comments (last - friday february 25, 2005 14:54)
The U.S. embassy has just issued a warning to it's citizens to stay away from certain parts of Seoul. Demonstrations against foreigners are planned and an online petition to keep foreigners out of the country has already got thousands of signatures. Many foreigners are worried, some have already left. And all this because of a website? Welcome to Korea, one of the most reactionary and xenophobic countries in Asia. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday February 19, 2005 15:04 by ICAHD
A new campaign from the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions to apply more international pressure to the Israeli government. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Saturday February 19, 2005 08:37 by Ross Getman
Coca-Cola may be making noises in the UK to cut down its branding and marketing of caffeinated sugar water to children, but in the US they are steaming full bore ahead like a schoolyard bully. The "pouring rights" contracts at public schools are not just incredibly bad policy, but they have been challenged as unlawful. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Saturday February 19, 2005 04:08 by Chris Floyd
'You had to attack civilians, the people, women, children, innocent people, unknown people far removed from any political game. The reason was quite simple: to force ... the public to turn to the state to ask for greater security."
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national / environment / press release Friday February 18, 2005 22:28 by Bob Wilson
CELT are to run a 12-day introductory level course - 'Sustainable Woodland Management' - at Bealkelly Wood, Tuamgraney, Co. Clare on Sundays beginning Sun 20th February. Registration can be on 20th or 27th February. Course fee 165 euro - and is subsidised by County Clare VEC. Course outline below. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / event notice Friday February 18, 2005 19:21 by Y€$
so do Nicuraguans.
so do Mexicans.
so do Columbians.
so do El Salvadorians.
so do Argentinians.
so does mr Bush.
Iraqis didnt speak Spanish. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / news report Friday February 18, 2005 19:19 by amanda   text 4 comments (last - monday february 28, 2005 02:57)
This is a link to the list of recalled foods from supermarkets. The food is found to have a cancer causing food dye Sudan1. It is being taken off the shelves and if you have any of it at home, even if you bought it months ago, don't eat it.
Supermarkets in the Uk are offering refunds if you return with the wrappers, I assume they are doing the same here. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Friday February 18, 2005 18:40 by R. Isible   text 1 comment (last - tuesday february 22, 2005 01:49)
Excellent Guardian summary of the history of US torture and how widespread it is.

"The infliction of pain or suffering per se, whether it is physical or mental, is insufficient to amount to torture." Jay Bybee, Assistant US Attorney General (now a federal judge in Las Vegas) read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Friday February 18, 2005 17:50 by Ciara Brady
The Complementary Therapy Society will host the first ever Holistic
fair to take place in the university on Wednesday the 2nd of March in the
busy foyer of Aras na Mac Leinn. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday February 18, 2005 12:03 by pat c
Curators’ Talk

On Friday 18 March 2005 at 11.00am , (First Floor Landing, RHK, IMMA,) Rachael Thomas and Berta Sichel, Director of the Audiovisual Department, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, will discuss Pierre Huyghe’s work in relation to the history of film and video. Admission to the talk is free but booking is essential on Tel: +353 1 612 9900 or the automatic booking line +353 1 612 9948; Email: [email protected].

The exhibition continues until 15 May 2005. Admission is free.

Irish Museum of Modern Art
Royal Hospital
Military Road
Kilmainham
Dublin 8 read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Friday February 18, 2005 00:47 by european gossip and celebrity press office   text 4 comments (last - tuesday february 21, 2006 01:42)
To mark Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams first visit to Montserrat Abbey in Catalonia where he joined with the President of ERC Josep Carod Rovira (the Catalan republican left independence party) our own occasional contributor, Mr Eoin O Broin published at his welcomed suggestion a piece in the local english language (girona based) pan catalonia weekly paper today.

Mr Adams expressed his belief that there is enough wisdom in the current Spanish gov. to help the basques sort things out, and that Mr Blair for another term is still preferable to the tories.
He didn't say he had seen the BVM and I'm sure he got chocolate biscuits.

And stirring words they were too.
But it would breach copyright to publish them here at the moment, and so I won't. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday February 18, 2005 00:19 by tahira faune alford   text 2 comments (last - saturday july 02, 2005 07:02)
Quechua infant taken without consent from her Indigenous Parents read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday February 17, 2005 22:57 by Tracey Ryan
The Drumcollegher Organic Students Collective are hosting a 'Skillshare Weekend' this Sat 19 & Sun 20 Feb, at The Heritage Centre, Drumcollegher, Co Limerick.

Workshops run from 10am - 6pm Sat and 10am - 3pm Sun, and they include:

Apple tree grafting ( bring home your own apple tree)
Introduction to Organics
Embroidery
Massage
Tipi erection
Forestry
Sustainable Lifestyles
Herbs
Video on organics in Brazil
Basket making
Map making
Women in Activism

Price is 40 euro (or donation) and includes accomodation.

We have hired a minibus to take us to and from the Falls Hotel, Ennistymon, Co Clare on Sat night to a fundaising benefit for the children of Mongolia. This concert features some of Clare's finest traditional musicians including Tommy Peoples, Josephine Marsh, Davy Spillane, Jackie Daly, Paul Dooley, Yvonne Casey, Kevin Griffin Eoin O'Neill and more.

For more info you can contact me on 087 6543425. Hope to see you there.

Tracey Ryan. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday February 17, 2005 19:01 by Maria   text 2 comments (last - friday february 18, 2005 10:53)
Latvia rewrites its history by erasing its Soviet past.
Socialist Party of Latvia proposal to recognize the 9th of May as Victory Day over Nazism in the Great Patriotic War of 1945 has been refused by the Latvian government.
Vaira Vike-Freiberga presented “History of Latvia: XXth Century” to Vladimir Putin at the Holocaust Memorial Day in Oswiecim. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Thursday February 17, 2005 17:12 by R. Isible
The floor traders (who are "self-employed") and security guards are reported to have assaulted the non-violent activists pretty severly. read full story / add a comment
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