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national / housing / press release Thursday December 30, 2010 21:37 by Costello
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday December 30, 2010 19:40 by David Walsh with General Joe
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“Feminist opinion—as the Assange case and the Polanski affair before it have demonstrated—has become one of the means of legitimizing the suppression of nonconformists and political dissidents, and of changing the subject from the great social issues, above all, class oppression and social inequality, to stale and self-pitying concerns. Those supervising the attack against Assange are no doubt congratulating themselves on its clever design. Mounting it in the guise of a campaign against the sexual molestation of women… how else could such a filthy operation, with its threat of a sweeping assault on democratic rights, be mounted and even legitimized today? The powers that be know the Pollitts of this world, and the Nation. The magazine’s editor, Katrina vanden Heuvel, is, after all, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a leading ruling class think tank whose membership has included numerous CIA directors, along with dozens of US generals and admirals.” read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Thursday December 30, 2010 15:57 by Socialist
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A protest will be held outside NI Water in Belfast on Monday 3 January to demand emergency action to guarantee the immediate reconnection of water to homes. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / news report Thursday December 30, 2010 00:43 by tony batter
Street fighting on a wednesday evening - sure why wouldn't two carloads of men be carrying weapons on a main Dublin thoroughfare - you never know when you might have to use them on a couple of other motorists. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Wednesday December 29, 2010 19:10 by Jane Ruby
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Ten Days of Intensive Training in Central Mexico: Video Production, Investigative & Online Reporting, and Movement Strategies for Journalists read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday December 29, 2010 04:39 by r.i.p.
R.I.P Thomas (Tomi) Schwaetzer. alias "Max Watts" 1928 - 2010 read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday December 29, 2010 03:53 by Astrid Essed
The arrest case of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks is politically motivated and therefore an attack on the freedom of press read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / other press Tuesday December 28, 2010 22:57 by Bryan Wall
"The ongoing economic destruction of Ireland is not surprising when one looks at the history of collusion between bankers and politicians, at the highest levels, in Irish politics. Over the years, some of this has been revealed by insiders and tribunals. " read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday December 28, 2010 16:56 by nmn
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Today Michael Noonan TD, Fine Gael Spokesman on Finance, released a press statement that his ministerial pension was being paid in full to two "well known charities". read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday December 27, 2010 20:38 by reposter
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A bomb posted to the Greek embassy in Rome this morning ,apparantly by the terrorist Informal Anarchist Federation , failed to explode . Police say the device was similar in construction to those claimed by the IAF that seriously injured an embassy worker at the Chilean embassy and a Swiss diplomat in Rome last week . read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday December 26, 2010 06:55 by Farah Mokhtareizadeh
On New Year’s Day, 01/01/11, people around the world are invited to raise their voices, through Facebook, Twitter, Free Conference calls, Skype, and blogs at several websites in a massive refusal to accept this war any longer. Let your New Year’s resolution be to stand for the people and end wars by sending a digital or spoken peacemaking message to people in Afghanistan. By amassing millions of messages calling for peace, we can create yet another indication that ordinary people within and beyond Afghanistan have had enough of war. read full story / add a comment |
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