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How are we going to get rid of racism when we have expects and intellectuals paid to find us guilty of racism at all costs? The answer is never, says Prof James Alexander.
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A summary of the most interesting stories in the past 24 hours that challenge the prevailing orthodoxy about the ?climate emergency?, public health ?crises? and the supposed moral defects of Western civilisation.
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offsite link Starmer Hands Prisoners 6.6% Pay Rise at Cost of ?4.4 Million Tue Feb 04, 2025 19:00 | Will Jones
Keir Starmer has handed prisoners a 6.6% pay rise at a cost of ?4.4 million despite depriving 10 million pensioners of their winter fuel allowance because money is so tight.
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The EU is drawing up a plan to overhaul its 1951 Refugee Convention that prevents countries from rejecting asylum seekers at their borders in a belated effort to address Europe's exploding migrant crisis.
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The prosecution of a man for burning the Qur'an shows how Islamic blasphemy codes are becoming embedded in criminal law. Coming up with a legal definition of 'Islamophobia' will accelerate this process, says Sam Bidwell.
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national / anti-capitalism Friday December 16, 2005 - 17:18 by Emily Henry   text 6 comments (last - sunday december 18, 2005 - 19:59)
From the black block havin’ a go, to the clown army tickling cops and putting flowers in their hair, from marches to smashing McDonalds, gluing locks to throwing bricks and even it seems going to rock concerts– all of these activities have had the term direct action applied to them incorrectly. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Friday December 16, 2005 - 13:18 by Lefty type   text 6 comments (last - saturday december 17, 2005 - 05:05)
The WTO is meeting in Hong Kong this week... ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 16, 2005 - 11:26 by Barry   text 83 comments (last - friday september 17, 2010 - 23:03)   image 7 images
This article was originally written to provide background information on the discussion on the loyalist demonstration in Dublin taking place in January 2006. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Friday December 16, 2005 - 00:03 by Mairead NiCarthaigh   text 3 comments (last - tuesday january 03, 2006 - 13:48)
On carrying out the Everest Base Camp trek in April 2005, one trekker anticipating the trek with months found herself to be disgusted at the exploitations of the people of Nepal and the environment surrounding one of the most beautiful and talked about landscapes in the world. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 15, 2005 - 17:21 by Haffajaffa   text 25 comments (last - monday december 19, 2005 - 17:59)
Liberating Iraq and Other Lies

…whether it’s a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, a parliament, or a communist dictatorship … the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. ... read full story / add a comment
national / summit mobilisations Wednesday December 14, 2005 - 17:11 by Sacha   text 3 comments (last - wednesday december 14, 2005 - 18:58)
In the wake of the anti-G8 protests in Gleneagles and Edinburgh Matti from the libcom.org group takes a critical look at the protests. ... read full story / add a comment
Rightless Innocent clocks in...
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 14, 2005 - 13:05 by Geneviève Margaret Ryan Kennedy   text 16 comments (last - monday july 03, 2006 - 18:16)   image 1 image
Hell bent for leather, I sped toward this insalubrious title of Outlaw Mother, fully aware of its legal pitfalls due to lack of legislation but still unwilling to suppress my desire to become a parent... ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday December 13, 2005 - 20:15 by Paul Kinsella   text 5 comments (last - wednesday december 14, 2005 - 22:30)
Well done to the 100,000 plus Protestors, who took part in the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) National Day of Protest in Support of the Irish Ferries Workers on Friday, December 9th! ... read full story / add a comment
national / summit mobilisations Tuesday December 13, 2005 - 17:16 by Billy O'Flaherty   text 3 comments (last - thursday december 15, 2005 - 14:06)
One of the problems that charities have experienced in the last twenty years or so has been what is referred to as ‘compassion fatigue’. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 13, 2005 - 00:35 by Gearóid O Loingsigh   text 46 comments (last - tuesday march 28, 2006 - 16:04)   image 3 images
There are many similarities between Uribe and McDowell as evidenced by the Frank Connolly issue. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday December 12, 2005 - 21:22 by Panzram   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 13, 2005 - 14:52)
Irish Ferries management has played its trump card, the treat to withdraw the “generous” redundancy packages offered. Irish Ferries workers are made of sterner stuff and will face down management even if this leads to the demise of Irish Ferries. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Monday December 12, 2005 - 21:16 by rinagaeilge   text 23 comments (last - thursday march 09, 2006 - 15:09)
Tá sé i gceist ag an Ord Buí mórshiúil ó Shráid Uí Chonaill go Teach Laighin a eagrú. Beidh grúpaí fé leith páirteach ann fé scáth "Love Ulster". Tá an chuma ar an scéal go bhfuil cead faighte ag na daoine atá á eagrú é seo a dhéanamh. Tá sé i gceist acu é a dhéanamh ar Sathairn éicint ach níl dáta cinnte go fóill. Tá sé i gceist acu freasúracht i gcoinne Éire Aontaithe a léiriu. Ní féidir linn géilleadh do dhream chomh binibeach suarach fealltach sin. Níl sé de chead againn lieann don dream seo a rogha nithe a dhéanamh. Iarraim agóidíocht mhór chun cur i gcoinne an tíorántacht seo. Cuirfidh mé scéala eile ar aghaidh chugaibh mar a thagann siad chugaim. Tá sibh ar an eolas....... ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday December 12, 2005 - 21:03 by Michelle Clarke   text 10 comments (last - tuesday march 29, 2011 - 16:28)
The history of Dublin fascinates me and Dublin Castle is one of the most spendid buildings and courtyards that became a bequest of the British Establishment as they left the 26 counties in 1920's....... ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 12, 2005 - 17:21 by Otto Rules
The planting of bombs on tubes and buses in London amounts to nothing more than an attack on working class people going about their daily lives. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Sunday December 11, 2005 - 11:40 by Rebel   text 16 comments (last - monday december 12, 2005 - 22:32)
The statement issued by the leadership of the PIRA on Thursday 28th of July, instructing an end to their armed campaign is significant beyond its declaration that the war is over. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday December 10, 2005 - 15:03 by maria golpe
Thirty thousand colombian asylum seekers wait to be accepted into Ecuador. Some of them come from the region of Putumayo, south of Colombia. This is the most affected area by the indiscriminate spraying of crops from the air that US companies, in association with the Uribe Administration, have been carrying out since december 1999 in order to eliminate coca plantations. Or so they say.
Since the beginning of this “War on drugs” instigated by the Plan Colombia, food crops have been totally devastated, animals are killed by the millions in the area, people suffer from skin and gastric disorders, and some doctors talk of the high risk of getting cancer, suffering miscarriages, genetic mutations…these people from south Colombia are exposed to, due to the spraying of their lands that breaks all sorts of environmental and human rights laws. But, what’s happening in Putumayo? And why? ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday December 10, 2005 - 13:53 by Sean Crudden   text 2 comments (last - monday december 12, 2005 - 20:04)
Arthur Morgan TD as well as Shane McEntee TD passionately expressed during the week in Drogheda, at a meeting organised by Meath Community Forum, their oppostition to incineration. But what if the incinerator at Carranstown (or the one in Cork) goes ahead? ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday December 10, 2005 - 02:21 by seedot
Thoughts on watching a large number of working people gather together and walk through my city during working hours. ... read full story / add a comment
meath / environment Friday December 09, 2005 - 11:56 by Meath on Track   text 11 comments (last - saturday may 10, 2008 - 23:46)
The 2005 'Transport 21' plan and the 2000 'A Platform for Change' plan - Compare & Contrast the promises made for reopening the Navan rail link under both plans. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Friday December 09, 2005 - 10:44 by John McAnulty   text 1 comment (last - saturday december 10, 2005 - 18:08)
Say No to starvation wages

Organise rank and File Solidarity

If one common message is being presented from Government, employers and union leaderships it is that the Irish Ferries dispute is an exceptional case, well outside the safe reliable boundaries of social partnership and with no effect on the lives of the average worker.

Nothing could be further from the truth. ... read full story / add a comment
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