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international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Sunday December 11, 2005 23:26 by pat c
 1 comment (last - monday december 12, 2005 12:01)
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
2 comments (last - sunday march 19, 2006 15:39)
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
16 comments (last - monday december 12, 2005 22:32)
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
12 comments (last - tuesday december 13, 2005 19:56)
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
2 comments (last - friday november 02, 2007 12:42)
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
2 comments (last - monday december 12, 2005 20:04)
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
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Saturday December 10, 2005 02:21 by seedot
Thoughts on watching a large number of working people gather together and walk through my city during working hours. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday December 10, 2005 01:13 by Daithí Mac Lochlainn
5 comments (last - monday december 12, 2005 23:09)
…as an Washington Post: read full story / add a comment
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday December 09, 2005 22:32 by james mc barron
7 comments (last - monday december 12, 2005 21:16)
Workers march to secure their rights read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Friday December 09, 2005 20:06 by Slarti
Plans to ship nuclear waste and MOX to and from Europe in single hull, single engine converted RORO ferry... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday December 09, 2005 14:47 by Seán MacRuadhán
2 comments (last - saturday december 10, 2005 03:38)
IRSP fully supports day of action on Friday 9 of December. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Friday December 09, 2005 14:16 by iosaf
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Lest anyone think that strike action is old-fashioned the main Italian unions for workers in print and broadcast media have called a 48 hour series of stoppages starting today. This is the third strike in Italy by media workers this year not including the general strike of November 25th & the fifth strike in the media sector in Europe in 2005. Most recently the workers of Liberation the French left-daily protested the rescue package of their company, and earlier this year a one day stoppage at the BBC saw workers there fight lay offs and continuing privitisation. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Friday December 09, 2005 14:12 by Fish
Never mind the Holy Grail. First 250 million-year-old peace award goes to cyberspace and airpond knight errant. read full story / add a comment
meath / environment / opinion/analysis Friday December 09, 2005 11:56 by Meath on Track
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The 2005 'Transport 21' plan and the 2000 'A Platform for Change' plan - Compare & Contrast the promises made for reopening the Navan rail link under both plans. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday December 09, 2005 10:44 by John McAnulty
1 comment (last - saturday december 10, 2005 18:08)
Say No to starvation wages Organise rank and File Solidarity If one common message is being presented from Government, employers and union leaderships it is that the Irish Ferries dispute is an exceptional case, well outside the safe reliable boundaries of social partnership and with no effect on the lives of the average worker. Nothing could be further from the truth. read full story / add a comment |
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