|
Upcoming Eventsno events match your query! New Eventsno events posted in last week
Blog Feeds
The SakerA bird's eye view of the vineyard
Public InquiryInterested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
Human Rights in IrelandPromoting Human Rights in Ireland
Lockdown Skeptics
|
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday January 01, 2011 - 00:29 by Bryan Wall
Another year has passed by where the Palestinian people have been denied their right to self-determination, have lived under an illegal occupation and have had to endure daily hardships under an occupying force. Despite this, when one looks into the new year, the future may seem brighter than it would appear as the public becomes more and more aware of the struggle for freedom in the Occupied Territories. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression 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
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 27, 2010 - 20:38 by reposter
 2 comments (last - thursday december 30, 2010 - 18:35)
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 / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 22, 2010 - 01:33 by Bryan Wall
3 comments (last - monday december 27, 2010 - 20:56)
A new Human Rights Watch report lays out the details of the discriminatory laws aimed at the Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. ... read full story / add a comment
donegal / anti-war / imperialism Sunday December 19, 2010 - 19:22 by Bill O'Brien
4 comments (last - sunday november 02, 2014 - 20:18)
What follows is a letter written to the editor of the Donegal Democrat newspaper in November. Letter to the Editor. Wear a White Poppy ... read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech Friday December 17, 2010 - 17:12 by Sean Crudden
1 comment (last - sunday december 19, 2010 - 14:24)
The much trumpeted discovery of RNA and DNA copperfastened in the public mind the discrete, "quantum" characteristics; in a sort of "digital" understanding of human genetics. It may have blinded us to qualitative effects and the incalculable genetic fallout from widespread prescription of neuroleptics and other pharmaceuticals. One of the tragically serious ironies of this is that people of otherwise very high genetic perfection are often the most prone to "mental illness." ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday December 17, 2010 - 10:22 by Paddy Hackett
4 comments (last - monday december 20, 2010 - 22:56)
Concerning the “deal between the Irish Government and the ECB/EU/IMF troika” Constantin Gurdgiev argues in the Sunday Independent, December 5th 2010, that far “from providing a resolution to Ireland’s financial and fiscal crises, it made the restructuring of our banks’ debt inevitable, ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday December 14, 2010 - 14:42 by Paddy Healy
Only IFUT and TUI proposed doing anything about Public Sector Pension Cuts. INTO and INMO mentioned the cuts in statements. There was no mention of the cuts on Websites of the following bodies: ICTU, SIPTU, ASTI, CPSU, PSEU, IMPACT. Union responses are pasted below. While INTO, ASTI, TUI are running a campaign against the pension rip-off of new public servants announced in the Budget, there is no mention of this issue by the silent unions above. It is believed that ICTU has refused to oppose the new “pension Scheme” which is in effect a tax because the individual gets less out than was contributed (Trident Report to Teaching Unions). There is no proposal by any union to do anything about the pay cut for new entrants. This decision breaches a whole range of existing industrial relations agreements and agreed circular letters. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday December 05, 2010 - 05:44 by Anthony Ravlich
New Zealand has been given another chance to free itself from discriminatory collectivism while the US seems to be still battling with it. NZ was saved by the emerging truth of human rights omissions and one of life's miracles, the major Christchurch earthquake (no one killed). The past 20 years in NZ was based on the simple idea that 'the collective is everything and the individual is nothing' driven by the bureaucracy, the status seekers, and supported by governments not, as often believed, by the corporations, the wealth seekers, who however have benefited considerably. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday November 29, 2010 - 13:16 by Patrick Connolly
2 comments (last - wednesday december 08, 2010 - 00:56)
In releases giving to the media on the 28th of November, in which Road Tax was discussed, Minister Brian Dempsey's tone suggested that the Road Tax exemption, that allows people to take their car off the road, was being used willy - nilly by people who had left the country for a period of time and then returned to start re-using the vehicle. This is a pure distortion of the facts, if not a complete lie, and has to be challenged, even if is only for the sake of correction. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday November 28, 2010 - 02:11 by children_of_lir
1 comment (last - saturday november 27, 2010 - 04:48)
Iceland looks to set to name and shame their top 3 maladministrators for economic negligence. "A special investigation committee, known popularly as the Truth Commission, recommended that Geir Haarde, the former prime minister, stand trial, along with Björgvin Sigurdsson, the former minister of commerce, and Árni Mathiesen, the former minister of finance." ... read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum Wednesday November 24, 2010 - 23:55 by Bryan Wall
6 comments (last - friday december 10, 2010 - 16:14)
With the economic future of the country very much in doubt, a change, politically and economically, is greatly needed. With the pressure from Europe building and the national debt set to soar, the future for Ireland looks bleak. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Wednesday November 24, 2010 - 17:20 by Jolly Red Giant
1 comment (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 - 23:26)
Sunday 21 November, the day the Irish government formally applied for a bailout to the EU and IMF, should be marked as the day that the Irish capitalist class were exposed as a rotten, despicable failure, bankrupt in every sense and incapable of offering any way forward. The significance of these developments cannot be overstated; they are a turning point in Irish history and will impact on other countries in Europe and the EU itself. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday November 24, 2010 - 17:12 by john throne
1 comment (last - sunday december 12, 2010 - 12:29)
The Celtic Tiger has imploded. The capitalists and their politicians in Ireland and internationally say there is no alternative but to make the working class pay. TINA, that is There Is No Alternative, TINA, is back again. This was a powerful propaganda weapon that Thatcher and her international allies used in the past. Convincing the working class that there was no alternative. TINA. The opinion and analysis explained here exposes this for the lie that it is. It explains a concrete alternative. TIAA. There Is An Alternative. TIAA. IThis alternative is to make the rich and the corporations which caused this catastrophe pay. TIAA. This piece also explains the need for any alternative to address the consciousness of the working class and how this consciousness is not yet convinced that it itself, that is the working class, can actually run things themselves. It explains the need for a practical achievable alternative for which the working class can fight. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Tuesday November 23, 2010 - 19:39 by Soundmigration
LIttle ditty - video by Barra (many thanks) ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Tuesday November 23, 2010 - 10:37 by Colm o Connor
5 comments (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 - 10:30)
Politics in this country has been made muddy by decades of civil war divisions, clientilism and corruption. As a result the political discourse required for significant social change is constricted. Now is an opportunity to change the Irish political landscape forever, for all progressive groups to demand that FF disband. Here are my Top 10 reasons. I'm sure there are more. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday November 20, 2010 - 15:57 by pat c
4 comments (last - sunday november 21, 2010 - 18:48)
Union leaders are now calling for the Cowen/Gormley mob to go. Jimmy Kelly kicks the ball rolling with a call to join in ICTUs demo November 27th. But thats hardly enough.Jimmy at the time said that UNITE was forced into the Croke Park deal. The record of te ICTU leadership must be examined. Its their craven policies which gave the Cowen Junta the ability to cut wages even further and to now plan to demolish the Health, Welfare and Education sectors. Support the ICTU Demo but no illusions in ICTU. We need a new Union leadership. One that fights to make the rich pay for the crisis. Jimmy Kellys statement is below. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Saturday November 20, 2010 - 09:18 by Edward Horgan
4 comments (last - monday november 22, 2010 - 12:30)
We urgently need a national strike, this comming week, to force the corrupt incompetent Fianna Fail/Green regime out of government. If we fail to do so we deserve some of the shame and devestation that is being heaped upon us. We need to take back our country from the shysters and liars who claim to be governing on our behalf. We need to act now or forever live in shame as the children of Ireland suffer and are forced to emigrate. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday November 18, 2010 - 13:39 by Paddy Hackett
My piece endeavours to show that there is no essential difference between the politics of John Molyneux from the SWP(UK) and Michael Taft from the UNITE union. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday November 17, 2010 - 18:43 by Diarmuid Breatnach
The West have bled the Haitian until she collapsed and now cannot even give her clean water. ... read full story / add a comment |
|
|
