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he Selective & Collective memory : Memory as fetishised community : Communality as fetishised memorial
international / arts and media Sunday May 22, 2005 - 15:47 by ipsiphi .:. (ipsi)(phi...) / i(psi...)(phi)   text 6 comments (last - sunday march 05, 2006 - 15:52)   image 7 images
It has long been observed that the mediocre praise the dead and refract the vision of living folly with a mythic myopia.

This weekend saw the philosopher Paul Ricoeur die peacefully in his sleep, and the Irish State really kick into its Hamilton year. Whom they term "Ireland's greatest scientist" = utter crap.

In honour of Paul Ricoeur, this week's sunday papers is an attack on false memory, the Selective and Collective memory : Memory as fetishised community : Communality as fetishised memorial & I hope readers will bear with the different style as I recover from watching Star Wars episode 2 & I Robot, on DVD, and writing encylcopedia pages and blogs wonder, what has Ricoeur to offer the XXI century???

The Dangerous Place for consideration this Trinity Sunday is the future of Biotech and Human Cloning. ... read full story / add a comment
national / housing Friday May 20, 2005 - 11:56 by Gregor Kerr
The great Housing rip off
Whether we pay rent or a mortgage, the cost of keeping a roof over our heads takes up a huge proportion of our income - those of us who are 'lucky' enough to be in a position to do so. Everywhere we look - both in Dublin and other cities and also in small rural villages and towns - the skyline is dotted with cranes and houses and apartments seem to be springing up everywhere. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Thursday May 19, 2005 - 15:00 by Ed & Imelda Moran, fwded by an imcer
Detailed description of the issues surrounding the pipeline Shell wish to build through Rossport, a small village in the north west of Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
looking down Beaver street from Montgomery. oh sure it has changed a lot now.
national / arts and media Sunday May 15, 2005 - 17:49 by being sure this is the way to change things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   text 6 comments (last - thursday june 30, 2005 - 15:43)   image 4 images
As you will guess from the title, the special are of interest this week is dogs.

No dangerous places.
No travel options.
No internet festivals.
No hooded youth trying to deceive thier elders.
No riots or restless masses wary of change.
No Uzbekistan, coz all the refugees are going eastwards and thus really aren't our concern. ... read full story / add a comment
Full steam ahead for the "Re-election Express"
national / politics / elections Saturday May 14, 2005 - 17:42 by John McDermott   image 1 image
Bertie,s latest nutty election scheme is on track - west of the Shannon! ... read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media Saturday May 14, 2005 - 15:04 by Sean Crudden   text 5 comments (last - monday august 15, 2005 - 18:21)   image 1 image
The Abbey Theatre had almost dropped off the nation's radar until the centenary celebrations last year. Now it seems to be undergoing a crucial hour of trial. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Friday May 13, 2005 - 16:21 by Tim   text 16 comments (last - tuesday may 17, 2005 - 11:38)
Revelations in this week's Village magazine raise serious questions about Willie's motivations for supporting Ireland's role in the invasion of Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Wednesday May 11, 2005 - 10:56 by Jarlaith Kelly   text 83 comments (last - sunday may 22, 2005 - 13:48)
An article by Barry, Thursday 21 April, predicted an "interesting diversion" would be provided by the "independent" republican candidates standing in the Norther elections. However, his soothsaying seems to be a little erroneous. Polish that crystal ball mate. ... read full story / add a comment
he was there. “You cannot imagine what it means, being exposed to this martyrdom, this extermination and to so much suffering.“ Pablo Escribano
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday May 08, 2005 - 12:14 by .:. @ * + € $ %   text 17 comments (last - tuesday september 20, 2005 - 14:45)   image 2 images
It has long been observed that there are families and voices missing. That there are many who are not, were not and will not be here.

More voices than we can imagine.

But they stir to be heard. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 07, 2005 - 21:50 by ashamed to be irish   text 24 comments (last - tuesday november 29, 2005 - 21:17)   image 9 images
The main route for the US Military into the charnel house that is now Iraq (2 years plus after an Illegal Invasion massively facilitated by the Irish Government) is popularly known as 'Route Irish' - the name given to it by the US Military.

It is called 'Route Irish' because it is the road US Military use to get to the Green Zone in Baghdad immediately after they get off the plane from Shannon Airport Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media Saturday May 07, 2005 - 18:43 by James R   text 6 comments (last - saturday may 14, 2005 - 14:40)   image 1 image
The Edukators comes bundled with enough hype and hope to prompt you into the IFI of an evening instead of lazily borrowing from your mates pirated DVD collection. Billed in reviews left, right and centre as an exposition of the political angst of a generation, the film provides a brief glance into the lives of Jan, (Daniel Bruhl), Peter, (Stipe Erceg) and Jule, (Julia Jentsch). Together they are three radicalised young Berliners, coping with the alienation of daily life in the city. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / politics / elections Friday May 06, 2005 - 18:11 by jmj   text 16 comments (last - tuesday may 10, 2005 - 01:12)
The SSP's share of the vote in the British general election has fallen pretty much across the board. On average, SSP candidates got 2% of the vote, losing 1.2% of the overall vote. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 04, 2005 - 13:26 by Tyler   text 15 comments (last - monday may 09, 2005 - 12:23)   image 1 image
Robert Jensen vibrantly illustrated the mindset of America’s fifth column Left when he wrote, “The United States has lost the war in Iraq, and that's a good thing.” ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 04, 2005 - 12:04 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 14 comments (last - monday may 09, 2005 - 17:05)   image 1 image
The link below is an interview I did following the recent mistrial of the Pit Stop Ploughshares. We return to trial Oct 24th. at the Four Courts. In the past week 200 Iraqis have been killed in the U.S. war, 15 US soldiers & 1 British soldier.


http://www.threemonkeysonline.com/threemon_article_pitstop_ploushares_anti_war_protests_shannon_interview.htm (full story) ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Sunday May 01, 2005 - 19:49 by IIB Team
Ad Industry mag Marketing Week reports that global brands are being affected by activist lobbying. ... read full story / add a comment
it has long been observed
international / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday May 01, 2005 - 12:36 by my name, my number, my tax record, my CV, my exams, my certs   text 1 comment (last - sunday may 01, 2005 - 13:23)   image 5 images
It has long been observed that on their non-banking days, those with considerably more capital, credit and resources than average allow those whose labour and effort maintain's that status quo "a day off" to watch TV, water their plants, spend money and read shite.

Today is our day. Not because we have cancer of the prostrate or breast, or are women or literate, or are remembering the end of a war and some victory, or the liberation of a camp or some famine-

This is Our Day because we are still in struggle. ... read full story / add a comment
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louth / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 30, 2005 - 15:34 by Sean Crudden   text 4 comments (last - friday september 23, 2005 - 19:30)   image 1 image
Are politicians jumping on the bandwagon pursuing anti-youth policies merely to enhance their own status before a mislead and increasingly gullible public? ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday April 30, 2005 - 14:40 by Urs Maurer   text 2 comments (last - tuesday may 03, 2005 - 12:14)
You probably as interested in this as you are in the ISRP.

May 1 is International Labour Day, when even Switzerland’s social calm is sometimes threatened by violent demonstrations.

In an interview with swissinfo, Peter Hasler, the director of the Swiss Employers’ Association, gives his take on relations between employers and employees. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday April 30, 2005 - 00:36 by IRSP   text 5 comments (last - sunday may 01, 2005 - 19:10)
A statement issued by the Ard Comhairle, leadership of the Irish Republican Socialist Party. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / racism & migration related issues Thursday April 28, 2005 - 22:23 by Fergus   text 12 comments (last - monday june 05, 2006 - 12:37)   image 6 images
'Migrant Workers - The Hidden Scandal',
Not 'the official minutes'. Selected moments that made an impact from the talk hosted by Comhlámh Held at Tigh Fili, Cork in the middle of an art exhibition.

Somewhere lines blurred
And borders were crossed. ... read full story / add a comment
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