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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 20, 2010 - 10:55 by Press Freedom
 5 comments (last - wednesday december 22, 2010 - 14:39)  1 image
It is ok for this writer to ask if our Fianna Fáil/Green Government are men or mice? because it is quite clear that Ireland's government is male-dominated and amongst the trash of its legacy appears the failure which we have come to know as the Blasphemy Amendment , which was an innovation by a Minister for Justice unconcerned in the state of prisons, best practices with regard to fefamation of religions or personal freedom. On July 23rd of 2009 the Irish president gave her seal to the Criminal Justice Act and the Defamation Bill, wherein groups are incentivised to take legal action against what they perceive or understand to be published or uttered Blasphemy. ... 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 / eu Wednesday December 15, 2010 - 04:48 by Anthony Coughlan, Emmett O'Connell
6 comments (last - saturday december 18, 2010 - 22:27)  2 audio files
We need to know this if we are ever to recover. We need to know who was ultimately responsible for the situation we now find ourselves in, trapped inside the Eurozone when we did not need to join it. ... 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 Monday December 06, 2010 - 14:00 by Tony Phillips 1 attached file
First things first! Have your voices heard in those snowy streets and prevent a bad budget! If the current government or future governments show any signs of corruption, change them. Their mismanagement to date should make such political changes not just necessary but popular. Elect a government who can be trusted to represent national interests against global financial power and capable of cooperating with European allies. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday December 05, 2010 - 20:14 by john throne
16 comments (last - sunday december 12, 2010 - 02:03)  4 video files
Capitalism is in never ending conflict with the working class and with its capitalist rivals. This is the objective reality and why it has to have secret diplomacy. It cannot be honest or its system would spin out of control. The wikileaks have dealt an important blow to capitalism's needs in this area. As a result capitalism is going after wikileaks in a very serious way. This assault has to be opposed. Let us build a Hands Off Wikileaks campaign. See more proposals below. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday December 05, 2010 - 13:55 by Diarmuid Breatnach
43 comments (last - tuesday february 08, 2011 - 00:25) 1 attached file
The United Left Alliance was launched during the week on a socialist programme and planning to stand in the forthcoming elections. The meeting was well attended and addressed by speakers from People Before Profit, the Socialist Party and Unemployed & Workers' Action Group. The mood was upbeat and even euphoric. However, their charter does not mention imperialism and there were some prominent absences among their sponsors, including éirigí and Workers' Solidarity Movement. There was hardly a mention of work-place organisation and this essential work is not being focussed on by either the ULA or the 1% Network. ... 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 / anti-capitalism Thursday November 25, 2010 - 16:21 by Andrew
2 comments (last - friday november 26, 2010 - 04:53) 1 image 1 audio file
Ireland has an indigenous revolutionary tradition that successfully mobilized tens if not hundreds of thousands in the struggle for more freedom over the 200 years since 1798. Irish republicanism has always included a radical democratic and leveling element and which continues to provide part of the culture of resistance of the most down trodden sections of the working class. Many believe this makes it the best base to build from, at the fifth Rethinking Revolution meeting Andrew Flood asked if they are right? ... 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 |
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