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offsite link Can Coal Be Gay? Does Fracking Cause Rape? Drilling Down Deeper Into Woke Geology Mon Jan 20, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
In his ongoing series about academic subjects disappearing up their woke fundament, Steven Tucker explores a new approach to geology that asserts coal is inherently queer.
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offsite link ?There is a Pakistani Problem and we Must Root it Out,? Says Head of Equality and Human Rights Commi... Sun Jan 19, 2025 15:00 | Toby Young
The head of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has written an excellent comment piece for the Sunday Times urging the Government to hold a proper full inquiry into the rape gangs scandal.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 27, 2007 11:16 by paul o toole   text 2 comments (last - thursday july 05, 2007 01:37)
international / sci-tech / other press Wednesday June 27, 2007 11:05 by Terence
There is an article with the above title published over on Anarkismo that discusses free software and related activities in terms of what it means for Anarchism. It draws some parallels with previous freebie or volunteer efforts in the past and compares them to today.

Unlike most discussions around changing the future that tend to focus on key political events and ideas, this article presents the case that the mundane acts of writing free software is creating important kinds of awarenesses in people that would otherwise not be politically motivated. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday June 26, 2007 19:47 by Seán Ó Murchú   text 17 comments (last - sunday october 14, 2007 00:06)
Statement from Cathleen Knowles McGuirk
Vice-President Republican Sinn Féin.

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kildare / miscellaneous / event notice Monday June 25, 2007 21:14 by Press Office   text 6 comments (last - friday june 29, 2007 01:11)
Workers' Party to hold annual Wolfe Tone Commemoration on Sunday. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday June 25, 2007 18:25 by Sheldon
The Iraq war was won and lost a long time ago. Now it's time to get out and go home. Like Vietnam the United States is fighting an enemy that will not give up. Like Vietnam the US is fighting an enemy on their home turf. Like Vietnam more and more Americans are turning against the powers that be that got us into this war. Unlike Vietnam we won the war and now comes the cost. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday June 25, 2007 15:56 by Martha   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 26, 2007 12:26)
DUBZAG-DUBLIN ZAPATISTA ACTION GROUP WITH LASC-LATIN AMERICAN SOLIDARITY CENTRE AND WSM-WORKERS SOLIDARITY MOVEMENT CORK AND DUBLIN.

PUBLIC TALK-MEXICAN GRASSROOTS RESISTANCE

Jaquelina Lopez Almazan and Jose Luis Diaz Franco, both members of the APPO-CODEP- Popular Asembly of the Oaxacan People in Mexico Will give an acccount of their sttruggle and their fight for justice and freedoom.

IRISH TOUR:
CORK: MONDAY 2ND JULY @8PM Metropole Hotel, MacCurtain St., Cork

GALWAY: TUESDAY 3RD OF JULY @7 PM IN CONRAD NA GAILGE
DUBLIN: THURSDAY 5TH OF JULY @ 7PM IN TEACHERS CLUB
CONTACT Martha or Nick for more details: 0872031764 or 0872862848
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday June 25, 2007 15:38 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - monday june 25, 2007 15:48)
The translation here is a bit creaky but please bear with it. The Iraq Freedom Congress brings together socialists, feminists, workers and progressive forces. It stands for:
1. End the occupation of Iraq – the US forces must leave Iraq immediately
2.End the interference of the Islamic currents from people’s lives
3. Guarantee the right of the Iraqi people to make an informed and free decision on the future of political system
4. Restore civil life to Iraq

Its slogan is:
Working For a Democratic, Secular and Progressive Alternative to both the US Occupation and Political Islam in Iraq

The US forces flagrantly provocative raided the IFC headquarter in Baghdad. They arrested a number of its guards and confiscated some important documents. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday June 25, 2007 14:51 by Organised Ideas
Armed Ambitons // Organised Ideas was started a few years ago when the first communique was released to the unknown audiences in the form of Organised Ideas , a Diy gig Promotions that has put on many gigs , some of them benefits for such things as Shell 2 Sea , Indymedia and The Brains Collective . Since then Organised Ideas has merged with Gz collecitve to become apart of The Porco Dio collective as well as still working on its own . The other side of the project is Armed Ambitions which is an independent record label and publisher . Armed Ambitions is currently working with a few different bands from varied genres . The whole project takes its inspiration from the glam rock of david yes david bowie and the diy ethos of crass in a world wind of mind blowing proporitons . read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Monday June 25, 2007 14:09 by Terence
It is reported today that Algeria plans to start exporting solar power and using it domestically from a plant from a hybrid solar/gas plant in the Sahara desert due to come on stream in 2009, with exports of power to Europe due to start up by 2015. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Monday June 25, 2007 13:40 by John McAnulty
Review by joe Craig

The 2007 election has been a focus for the plans of the left for the last number of years and guided most of its activity. Almost universally the results have been regarded as disappointing. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / other press Monday June 25, 2007 10:11 by MaxKeiser.com
"If you don't do anything else this month, you need to go watch this special on how rigged the so-called "free" markets are.

It's clear, concise, amusing in a wry, quirky way...and terribly sad, as it shows that it is simple to explain all this in a comprehensible manner, and yet it isn't by the supposedly fair US media. Commentator Max Keiser does a remarkable job in describing how completely ugly this is, and arrives at the same conclusion I did - playing in a rigged game is a fool's errand."

- Bob O'Brien's Sanity Check
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international / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday June 24, 2007 22:17 by Wandering Reporter
Last Thursday 14th June in Asturias, Northern Spain I was present at an action where a Zombie Collective came back from the dead to support La Campana Asturiana e Contra el Expolio de las Petroleras and other Spanish solidarity organisations by staging a series of die-ins in a garage forecourt and elsewhere around the city of Gijon. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday June 24, 2007 22:07 by Gregori Chicherin   text 57 comments (last - wednesday july 25, 2007 16:21)
No, its not just the Great Satan - the USA who executes those convicted of crimes committed while they were under 18, Iran does so as well. The difference is that Iran actually executes children aged under 18. Not just murderers, if you have sex outside of marriage or are gay it doesnt matter what age you are: The Mullahs will hang you or stone you to death.

Iran’s highest judicial authorities have repeatedly upheld death sentences handed down to juvenile offenders charged with committing crimes when they were as young as 15. Such sentences violate Iran’s international treaty obligations, which prohibit the death penalty for crimes committed by people under 18. In some cases, the death sentences also violate Iranian domestic law requiring that children under 18 be tried before special juvenile courts. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday June 24, 2007 17:48 by The Green Flyer   text 2 comments (last - monday july 02, 2007 20:26)
Calling all Concerned environmentalists Unhappy Greens
An informal group discussion to take place at the Ross and Walpole Pub beside the Central Hotel Exchequer street Dublin on Saturday the 14th July at 9pm 2007.
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national / eu / news report Sunday June 24, 2007 14:28 by Brendan Young   text 10 comments (last - tuesday june 26, 2007 16:25)
CAEUC to meet Saturday July 7 at 11.00 at the WP offices in Hill St

We are now in the run-up to either a referendum or Dáil decision on a revised version of the EU Constitution. The EU Heads of Government agreed on changes to the failed Constitution over the weekend and a full IGC will begin in July to finalise a new treaty / constitution. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday June 24, 2007 08:21 by Caoimhe Butterly
As the siege of Nahr al Bared continues reports of the systematic abuse of Palestinian detainees have emerged. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / opinion/analysis Saturday June 23, 2007 20:00 by Dublin 9   text 1 comment (last - wednesday january 18, 2012 00:53)
This is very serious and something has to be done about this hideous proposed Planning Application on the grounds of the Kilmardinny and Super Valu on Lorcan Avenue in Santry. Many of these apartments that they want to build are 6 storeys high in an area which has always been a 2 storey area. Naturally the residents of the area, especially those most effected by this proposed development, those on Lorcan Avenue and Lorcan Grove are vehemently opposed to this on a number of grounds; including; but not limited to; increased traffic, noise and pollution, reduced water pressure, loss of light and lack of privacy, and are preparing to fight this very strongly. Now this particular version of this Planning Application has been declared invalid, but from all the information available, they are going to reapply again very soon with the exact same plans. Click on the link below and read the full information on this Planning Application below as well and see for yourself the huge size of this. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Saturday June 23, 2007 10:18 by David Manning & Miriam Cotton   text 13 comments (last - wednesday june 27, 2007 15:35)
Free elections were held in Palestine in 2006 and the Hamas party were the Palestinian electorate's choice for government. The message was clear: if the UN, US, and Israel were to have any chance of negotiating a constructive outcome in the region, Hamas would have to be taken seriously. In a landslide victory, they had incontrovertibly become the legitimately elected voice of the Palestinian people.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday June 23, 2007 09:16 by peptide
The title refers to the band on the ‘Titanic’ playing until the ship sank beneath the icy waters. Metaphor or allegory for the assault on free speech and democracy, judge for yourself but don’t forget to remain passive, servile and fearful in the face of all assaults on hard won freedoms and civil liberties – liberties your fathers died in wars to protect! read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues / other press Friday June 22, 2007 20:07 by apophenia   text 2 comments (last - tuesday april 06, 2010 13:25)
the current issue of eSkeptic tackles "Autism & Vaccination"

On June 11, 2007, nearly 5,000 parents of autistic children filed a lawsuit against the [U.S.A.] federal government, claiming that childhood vaccines (specifically the mercury-containing thimerosal in the vaccines) caused their children’s autism. The previous year The New York Times ran a column that was skeptical of the claimed link between autism and vaccines, which generated this comment on an internet message board that is typical of the anecdotal thinking that perpetuates this myth: "You say, ‘There is no proven link’ between mercury and autism. There also is ‘no proven link’ between going outside in the rain and cold without a hat or coat and getting the sniffles. Look at the data: the epidemic of autism mirrors the administration of vaccines with mercury. Now that they are off the shelves (more or less), the cases are going down."
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