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national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday February 21, 2008 - 13:48 by observer
 107 comments (last - tuesday july 08, 2008 - 18:37)
What No fanfare. I'm suprised at the lack of comment. I would have assumed as Time for Change are simply a left wing election vehicle they would have been crowing proudly at their excellent election result in the NIPSA GC election. NIPSA Unity on the other hand I would expect to be more pragmatic and modest. Let's face it they do have a lot to be modest about!! ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday February 18, 2008 - 18:04 by Fiachra Ó Luain
1 comment (last - sunday february 24, 2008 - 17:16)
‘Winter Soldier’ (1972) is a film that has suffered from de facto censorship for most of its thirty six years. Its recent screening as part of the ‘War at Home’ category in the Berlinale Film Festival affected people in Berlin’s Filmpalast theatre as it did when first screened in the early seventies. It is harrowing viewing. Perhaps never before have words, simple spoken words, had such an affect on a society as this film did in the United States of America in 1972. This was because of the undeniable integrity of the U.S. servicemen articulating the extent of the genocidal operating procedure of the U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam. It has since effectively been erased from the public memory. In the eighties and nineties the era of the Vietnam War underwent a full-scale reconstruction with the likes of Hollywood facelifts of the Vietnam veteran with such films as ‘Rambo’, ‘Hamburger Hill’ and ‘Full Metal Jacket’. Many people in Berlin were moved by the film as it is once again so relevant to all of us. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 14, 2008 - 18:22 by Irish Nationalist
19 comments (last - saturday april 19, 2008 - 10:37)
The truth about religious discrimination in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 11, 2008 - 16:11 by Mairtin MacMaolain
Upon leaving the Westlink and heading right towards the heartland of Belfast Republicanism at the bottom of the Grosvenor Road is written on a low wall one of the more thoughtful pieces of graffiti associated with this troubled town. "Nil mar a shíltear a bhítear" it reads, which translates as "that which is thought is not that which necessarily is". Accompanying this defiant meesage is another equally penetrating statement "I am not your stereotype". ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 07, 2008 - 23:00 by mickeymouse
Former USI officer Steven Conlon recently published a piece in the irish times calling for USI to be made a statutory body with compulsory membership for all students unions ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday February 06, 2008 - 21:15 by Simon
Last year a Belfast anarchist travelled to the West Bank to work with the International Solidarity Movement and Palestinians and wrote this report on his impressions of the Palestinian struggle. “The South African apartheid regime never engaged in the sort of repression Israel is inflicting on the Palestinians. For all the evils and atrocities of apartheid, the government never sent tanks into black towns. It never used gunships, bombers, or missiles against black towns or Bastustans. "What we are witnessing in the occupied territories- Israel’s penal colonies- is the invisible and daily killing of the sick and wounded who are deprived of medical care, of the weak who cannot survive in the new poverty conditions, and those of us who are approaching starvation” (Ronnie Kasrils, S.Africa’s minister of water affairs, Al Ahram Weekly, p175). ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Tuesday February 05, 2008 - 12:07 by jim cairns
Vote No! ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday February 03, 2008 - 21:45 by paul o toole
be afraid, be very afraid...ha!, ha! ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday January 31, 2008 - 19:38 by Gregor Kerr
2 comments (last - friday february 01, 2008 - 11:14)
When Irish Ferries launched their new €50million vessel in Dublin Port on Tuesday 29th January, 400 guests from the tourism, freight and shipping sectors attended the naming ceremony. How many of them, I wonder, took a moment as they quaffed their champagne and nibbled on their canapés to ponder on the news revealed by International Transport Workers Federation inspector, Ken Fleming, that the workers who would be manning the ferry will be paid as little as €4 per hour? ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Tuesday January 29, 2008 - 13:40 by C Murray
2 comments (last - wednesday january 30, 2008 - 14:48)
In the wake of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences Bill) 2006; as amended in 2007, two expert committees were set up to look at :- The issue of consent , to which interest groups were invited to make submission; and in the wake of that a committee was set up under the chairmanship of Mary O Rourke (Senator) to look at amending the Constitution. Latest news on the issue of Protection is that the State may postpone the Referendum now until 2009, because they do not (nor do the opposition) want the two Referenda to coincide and create confusion for the voter. The Government had discussed holding a referendum on Protection on the same day as the Lisbon Treaty Vote. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Tuesday January 22, 2008 - 03:30 by wageslave
13 comments (last - saturday march 05, 2011 - 05:20)
Immortal technique. A breath of fresh air in a choking corporate musical gangsta bling wasteland Play some for the kids near you! ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Monday January 21, 2008 - 23:07 by Portia
Many readers will ask- what on Earth is this person on about?? Of course the Government wants to stop violence!!!!!!!! Does it really?? No, that is propaganda. Violent men and women are rewarded by the system in secret courts not open to the public. Secret courts are supposed to keep the childs identity secret.!! That is not what is being kept secret at all. Rather- it is the corruption of the state agents, lawyers, judges etc that is kept hidden. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 17, 2008 - 13:53 by Paul Kinsella
This is personal with me! Without going into detail, I personally know people who are very ill, and who could die if they don't get check-up, examinations, tests and treatment soon. Of course, if they have money, they will get seen to straightaway. It's not right! That's why it's good to see that the Dublin Council of Trade Unions (DCTU) have launched a Campaign Against The Health Cuts. Full details in the main article below. ... read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum Wednesday January 16, 2008 - 11:11 by Nessa
Nessa Ní Chasaide argues that the World Social Forum Global Day of Action provides an opportunity to bring a global movement home ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 14, 2008 - 23:49 by Seamus Power.
2 comments (last - thursday january 17, 2008 - 18:03)
Politicians are at the forefront in creating a new world, but will they slip further into their world of power and deceit ? ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday January 14, 2008 - 11:33 by Geoffrey Cooling
9 comments (last - wednesday january 30, 2008 - 19:24)
We need real and workable measures to deal with our drug problems, mandatory prison time for users is at least one option, while legalization is another. Let us at least start the debate. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 07, 2008 - 15:26 by Weary
48 comments (last - tuesday january 22, 2008 - 10:46)
"Threads" a BBC docudrama from 1984 focuses on the impact of a full blown nuclear war on the residents of Shefield in the 1980's. The U.S. and Russia come to blows after a military coup in Iran prompts a Soviet military incursion which provokes an American military response. The conflict escalates into a full-blown nuclear war which decimates humanity and population of Britain. Shefield recieves a direct hit which transforms the city into a wasteland. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Wednesday January 02, 2008 - 11:36 by Geoffrey Cooling
13 comments (last - friday april 18, 2008 - 18:59)
Behind the current drugs problem is an underlying moral social issue. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday December 17, 2007 - 00:20 by Gregor Kerr
In early December classroom assistants in the North returned to work after a series of strike actions which had gone on since September. This action by the classroom assistants showed in stark form the two faces of the trade union movement. On the one hand there was the tremendous bravery and solidarity shown by the workers themselves in standing up to attempts to bully and harass them back to work. On the other hand was the duplicitousness and skulduggery of some trade union bureaucrats who not alone did their best to undermine the dispute but actively worked with management and politicians to betray the workers. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday December 14, 2007 - 08:20 by Seán Ryan
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Bertie blames water framework directive for water charges in schools. ... read full story / add a comment |
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