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offsite link Trump Compares Starmer?s Britain to Communist China in Podcast Wed Mar 05, 2025 15:30 | Dr Frederick Attenborough
President Trump compared Keir Starmer's UK to Communist China after the Government ordered Apple to give it backdoor access to users' encrypted data. This isn't far-fetched, says Frederick Attenborough: it exposes us all.
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offsite link French Navy Refuses to Rescue 60 Migrants From Dinghy Filling with Water Off French Coast ? and Inst... Wed Mar 05, 2025 14:07 | Will Jones
French navy officers refused to rescue 60 migrants on a cramped boat filling with water off the French coast ? and instead radioed and asked UK Border Force to come and take them to Britain.
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offsite link Vance?s Message to Europe: Give Up the Information War and Get the Hell Out Wed Mar 05, 2025 12:00 | Will Jones
If European states don't want to be treated as enemies of the US they're going to have to retreat from the war they've been waging on behalf of Washington's old regime and disarm their censorship machines, says N S Lyons.
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offsite link A Diplomatic Dust-Up for the Ages Wed Mar 05, 2025 09:00 | Ramesh Thakur
Trump's art of the deal always has been to ask for everything, judge the point at which the other party has made his final offer and then take what he can get, says Ramesh Thakur. That's what he's doing with Ukraine.
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offsite link Meet the Immigrants Sending Their Children Back to Africa Because London is Too Dangerous Wed Mar 05, 2025 07:00 | Steven Tucker
African immigrants in London are now sending their children off to boarding school in Ghana and Sierra Leone to escape London's deadly black gang-culture. England it seems is no longer a safe country, says Steven Tucker.
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kildare / environment / event notice Sunday November 06, 2005 17:49 by Donagh Davis
Speaking tour of Dublin area colleges this week: IT Tallaght; TCD; NUI Maynooth; UCD read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Sunday November 06, 2005 17:39 by Donagh Davis   text 2 comments (last - monday november 07, 2005 21:02)
Speaking tour of Dublin area colleges this week: IT Tallaght; TCD; NUI Maynooth; UCD read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday November 06, 2005 12:16 by Davy Carlin
Loads of benefits to flow from this read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday November 06, 2005 03:36 by Kingfisher
Real democracies are populated with active not passive citizens; passivity is characteristic of totalitarian and other oppressive regimes. Prior to any government or ruling body eliminating hard-won liberties and circumventing constitutional rights, the population must necessarily become timid, fearful, apathetic and passive. How simple it becomes to harness and manipulate such a population! read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday November 05, 2005 22:50 by Ploughshares Defence Group   text 4 comments (last - monday november 07, 2005 16:41)
Monday will be the climax of the 2 week trial of the Pit Stop Ploughshares. The five are charged with $U.S. 2.5 million criminal damage. Charges arise out of their nonviolent disarmament of a U.S. Navy War Plane at Shannon Airport 3/2/03

*8.30am Anti-War Vigil at the Spire
*9.45am Peace Walk to the Four Courts
*Buddhist monks will maintain an anti-war vigil outside the court
*10.30 am -Judge rules on Fridays legal arguments
-Closing speeches by Prosecutor & Defence Barristers
-Jury sent out to consider verdict
-Judge advised jury to bring overnight bags, verdict could come down Monday or Tuesday. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Saturday November 05, 2005 21:12 by Paul Kinsella   text 7 comments (last - sunday november 20, 2005 22:57)
The strike by members of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) in An Post is to go ahead from Monday after last-ditch talks facilitated through the National Implementation Body (NIB) to avert planned strike action ended without a breakthrough. Pickets will be placed on the GPO in Dublin from Midnight Sunday, meaning the GPO will be closed, and a nationwide overtime ban will also come into effect.

Things are slightly complicated by the fact, that, at the moment, only the CWU will be on strike from Monday. However many members of the other 3 unions representing An Post workers, the CPSU, PSEU and AHCPS have said that they will refuse to cross any picket lines, thus raising the prospect of suspensions, and a very rapid escalation of the dispute. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday November 05, 2005 18:54 by Coilín ÓhAiseadha
Five Danish peace activists were this week sentenced to pay a fine of DKK 3,000 each as a penalty for protesting from the public gallery against the Danish parliament's decision of November last year to extend the duration of Danish troops' participation in the war in Iraq.

The text below is a translation of a press release issued by one of the activists.

Coverage on a Danish anti-war website includes photos of the action and four of the protesters:
http://tinyurl.com/955mx read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday November 05, 2005 17:18 by Residents Against Racism   text 2 comments (last - sunday november 20, 2005 21:11)
Residents Against Racism are organising a Table Quiz for the November 18th at the teachers club to raise funds so we can continue to operate as an organisation.

If you would like more info our contact details are posted above or we meet every Friday at 7pm in the Teachers Club or come along to our stall every Saturday from 12-2pm at College Green.

November 18th
8pm
Teachers Club 36 Parnell Square

Donations for prizes are welcomed and appreciated! read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday November 05, 2005 17:14 by Éamonn Ó Flanngagáin   text 4 comments (last - sunday november 06, 2005 15:56)
We have it from Noel Dempsey that thre is no foundation to unsubstantiated rumours that SHELL and its asscociates in The Corrib Gas Field may have been generous with corporate hospitality to public servants.

In answer to a Parliamentary Question from Treveor Sargent, the Minister replied :

"There has never been sufficient corporate hospitality by any licensee involved in offshore exploration to warrant the necessity for a declaration under the [Ethics in Public ]Acts." read full story / add a comment
international / housing / other press Saturday November 05, 2005 15:28 by iosaf
This week sees 2 of Europe's very historic squat communities step up their latest campaigns to fight eviction.

(1) St Agnes' Place in Kennington. London has been squated for 30 years, and though attempts have beenmade to evict some resident before the latest attempts by Lambeth borough to evict the community seem the most concerted yet.

(2) The Rhino squat in Geneva called a demonstration which began at 14h00 today, and sees the wider housing movement in Switzerland support the 80 residents against the Geneva's canton's attempts to evict them by 22 november they have been in continuous occupation of the site for 17 years. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday November 05, 2005 14:33 by Court Reporter   text 12 comments (last - monday november 07, 2005 12:06)
Deirdre Clancy gave the rest of her testimony, followed by Nuin Dunlop. The junior prosecutor bored the jury while he made insinuations about Ms. Clancy's religious beliefs, the existence of a ringleader in the group, and hidden desires to get arrested. The senior prosecutor tried to portray Ms. Dunlop as not having thought the action through very well. Both ladies explained quite well the real context and motives of their action, from what they knew of the impending shock and awe, and the concerns for the people in Iraq.
After lunch Cathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness and former UN Asst Secretary-General Denis Halliday testified as to what they had told the defendants about the situation in Iraq when they attended a peace conference in Kildare shortly before the action. Both of them related the first hand experience of the hard realities of Iraqi life to the jury as they had done to the defendants. This report is not verbatim, and is based on notes taken in court. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday November 05, 2005 13:11 by Roger Eldridge   text 7 comments (last - tuesday november 08, 2005 21:35)
The recent outburst that penalties would be imposed on Poland by the EU if they did not protect the rights of homosexuals shows just how crazy the world has become. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Saturday November 05, 2005 10:29 by Ploughshares Defence Group
2pm-4pm

Bank of Ireland, opposite Trinity

They're will be an anti-war presence in solidarity with the ploughshares 5 on trial. If you'd like to catch up with what has been happening with the trial drop by. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / event notice Saturday November 05, 2005 00:57 by Eoin Dubsky
Okay, first off, I want to say that there are 15 free tickets specially available for interested Indymedia folk (you reading this!) to this excellent workshop and seminar. Contact Coastwatch by email to make a booking or pick up one of those free tickets now -- coastwatch[at]eircom.net

When: 11th and 12th November 2005

Where: European Commission & Parliament Conference Room, Molesworth street Dublin (Entrance opposite Government Stationary Office.) read full story / add a comment
sligo / politics / elections / news report Saturday November 05, 2005 00:20 by Mike   text 1 comment (last - saturday november 05, 2005 13:37)
Sligo Labour Party Councillor and former TD, Declan Bree, has ruled himself out of contesting the next General Election as a Labour candidate. Councillor Bree has this afternoon indicated that he will not stand as a candidate while Pat Rabbite remains leader of the party. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday November 04, 2005 22:09 by CÓB
Agallamh le Micheál Ó Seighin
Dé Domhnaigh 6ú Samhain, 8in
An Chultúrlann, Bóthar na bhFál
Táille dhorais: £3

An interview with Micheál Ó Seighin
Sunday 6th November, 8pm
An Chultúrlann, Falls Road
Door charge: £3 read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday November 04, 2005 18:22 by Tadhg
November 10th 2005
1.30 -2.30 PM
Peaceful demonstration outside Shell Headquarters,
Corrib House,
52 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2.

Please bring flowers.

Ogoni Solidarity Ireland in conjunction with Shell to Sea. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday November 04, 2005 17:15 by Ex-Militant   text 109 comments (last - saturday november 19, 2005 15:38)
In a significant shift, the Socialist Party of England and Wales has indicated that it will take part in or initiate a conference to bring together left and trade union activists to discuss the creation of a new broadly based workers party. Can we expect a response in their Irish sister party?. read full story / add a comment
dublin / sci-tech / event notice Friday November 04, 2005 17:07 by Liberated Info
IFSO meeting on 10am-12:20pm Friday, 18 November 2005, in Dublin. MEP Proinsias De Rossa is hosting the event read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / news report Friday November 04, 2005 16:45 by Tony Sauvignon   text 7 comments (last - tuesday november 08, 2005 14:57)
Get me out of here (Westminister) I'm a celebrity.
Clive Conway Celebrity Productions were more important than standing up and being counted in the fight for civil liberties. read full story / add a comment
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