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national / politics / elections Tuesday May 20, 2014 - 17:08 by 1 of Indymedia
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The Local Council Elections are taking place this week and it is worth taking a look at what they are about and what main groups other than FF and FG are running whilst relecting on recent history aka the Mahon Planning Tribunal to remind ourselves of how bad things were. Also an attempt is made to devise a list of questions for the candidates when they come canvassing to your door and to get people thinking about what councils do and why you should spend even a few minutes a year to find out more and get them to work for you instead of vested interests. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday May 18, 2014 - 18:09 by Paddy Hackett
State expenditure, as a whole, constitutes an enormous deduction from total surplus value. This largely unproductive spending involves an enormous contraction in the accumulation of capital. It is a deduction that has been growing significantly in the aftermath of the 2nd World War. In the present period of growing problems, regarding the accumulation of capital, there have been continuing feeble attempts to shrink the state or at least reduce the annual rate of state spending. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Saturday May 17, 2014 - 14:12 by Ban bloodsports in Ireland
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Anti-blood sport campaigners joined various animal protection groups outside Dublin Castle to protest at the exempting of blood sports from prohibition under the Animal Health and Welfare Act. Other groups were there to promote animal friendly lifestyles and to highlight cruel animal transport practises. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday May 15, 2014 - 10:10 by Pat Waine
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The article deals with the challenge to the Left parties and individuals to get their act together and Put a strong opposition to the neo liberal agenda. That calls for them to put aside party sectarianism in the general interest of working people and put realistic goals before people and move things on that ill benefit all the left . ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday May 12, 2014 - 13:01 by Anthony Ravlich
The consequences of the UN's neoliberal absolutism on 10 Dec 2008 has been hidden from the public by the UN and the leadership of the major human rights organizations but its effects are seen in the GFC 2008/9 and the recent rise of repressive regimes at the UN. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday May 09, 2014 - 20:01 by Paddy Hackett
3 comments (last - saturday may 17, 2014 - 19:08)
The more a police force appears to serve the class interests of the working class the more successful it may be in fooling the working class. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday May 05, 2014 - 15:12 by Justice
2 comments (last - sunday may 11, 2014 - 22:21)
Indeed Should Gilmore, Lynch and Rabbbitte be questioned about the crimes committed by the Official IRA> I'm not suggesting that they were members of the OIRA, I have no evidence of that. One thing is certain: Gilmore, Lynch and Rabbitte could not have been unaware of the activities of the OIRA. When they were members of OSF/SFWP/WP the party paper The United Irishman carried War News of the OIRAs actions. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday May 05, 2014 - 14:37 by Paddy Hackett
9 comments (last - friday may 09, 2014 - 11:07)
The essential point is that Sinn Fein/IRA betrayed its core principles many years ago when it officially accepted the existence of political partition and its two reactionary states on both sides of the border. This means it accepts the validity of the imperialist domination of the island of Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday April 30, 2014 - 11:58 by PLM, PM, Akbayan
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The small window of opportunity to forge an independent foreign policy that the Philippines gained with the expulsion of the US bases in 1992 will disappear with the impending signing of the Agreement on Enhanced Defense Cooperation with the US. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday April 29, 2014 - 22:53 by Dave Moore
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Eden College, one of Ireland's biggest private colleges and which until recently trumpeted former Minister for Education Batt O'Keefe as its President, abruptly shut up shop at the end of last week, laying off its staff. ICOS has been busy dealing with the fall-out. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday April 22, 2014 - 01:08 by john throne
German imperialism was left in an extremely weakened state militarily after world war 2. It depended on US imperialism and its stooges to help it stand against Stalinism. With the collapse of Stalinism it sought peace and friendly relations with the new Russian power. Within this umbrella its economic power flourished. This is now threatened. So also is the entire stability of Europe. the stupidity of US imperialism as its thrashes about in its death those is no help. See the article below. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights Sunday April 20, 2014 - 18:36 by End Bloodsports in Ireland
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When: Friday, 16th May 2014 from 12 midday to 2pm Where: Outside the Dame Street entrance to Dublin Castle ... read full story / add a comment
galway / environment Sunday April 20, 2014 - 00:40 by george unthank
If the industrial salmon cages are permitted to be located in Galway , the sea trout and wild salmon are impaired. Evidence adduced by gargan et al show unequivocal evidence of louse infestation on returning fish ( to spawn) to be attributable to the proximity of returning wild fish . The closer the salmon cages are located to the swim paths of the fish , the more the infestation of lice on the wild fish ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Saturday April 19, 2014 - 13:09 by Mark White
Please allow me an opportunity through your site to comment on the interesting I.Green article (31st March 2014) on Garda corruption. While the article deals with a number of cases I will focus on one case in particular, which is less likely to get mentioned during all the present hype into the endless Garda tapes debacle. In my view the case of Michael Mc Kevitt is equally, if not more significant, regarding corrupt activity by some members of the Gardai. Evidently misdemeanours by certain individuals throughout the Mc Kevitt case were endemic. Fearful of the reverberations it is very unlikely that the state would permit the case to be reopened. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 19, 2014 - 11:52 by Anthony Ravlich
Repost (correction). Dissent within human rights groups grows after article Profound Arrogance at UN, the latter virtually seeing themselves as God when reinventing the UDHR to emphasize elite interests rather than individual rights. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Wednesday April 16, 2014 - 15:58 by Sean Crudden
Saturday night's concert was part of the International Concert Series presented in The National Concert Hall for 2013/2014. I was looking forward to the concert because the soloist and conductor, Michael Collins, is a totally congenial and engaging musician whom I last saw a number of years ago at the celebrity farewell concert for John Ruddock the famous Dublin/Limerick impresario. The atmosphere in The National Concert Hall that night was unforgettable, the best I ever remember. And Michael Collins had a lot to do with it. Everything was set fair for Saturday night. A very appealing program. A treat in store. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Wednesday April 16, 2014 - 11:57 by Biofuelwatch
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Having followed the partial conversion of Drax coal power station in the UK to biomass, we are dismayed to see calls across the Irish media for Moneypoint to be converted to biomass. Those calls follow ReThink Pylon's recent publication of a report by a UK consultancy which greenwashes Drax's experience. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Tuesday April 08, 2014 - 09:01 by Abolish Hare Coursing in Ireland
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The news that six greyhounds that participated in this year’s National Hare Coursing Festival have tested positive for banned substances can be offered as yet further evidence of the true nature of live hare coursing. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday March 31, 2014 - 09:33 by I. Greene
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Not unexpectedly Martin Callinan was forced to stand down as head of the Gardai on 25th March 2014. Throughout 2013 I have written a number of articles concerning malpractices within the Garda organisation and particularly the questionable management style of (former) Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan. While Callinan was eventually forced from office, the ‘mess’ created during his term will take years to cleanse, indeed if ever. That will only happen when there is accountability. Amongst the outstanding bad practice issues are multiple claims of Gardai mishandling of a number of serious cases involving abduction, assault and murder that are being presently looked at by a Senior Barrister and now we are told that people have been maliciously prosecuted previously, it is frightening. However, if former Garda Wilson or others are in possession of such detail he must divulge it to the relevant authority. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 28, 2014 - 14:22 by Anthony Ravlich
Describes the 'Profound' Arrogance of bureaucratic elites at the UN in disregarding history, as if they 'know', to reinvent human rights to emphasize elites rather than individuals. Discussion with Islamic academic on global ethical human rights. ... read full story / add a comment |
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