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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday October 05, 2008 - 23:38 by Amanda
 5 comments (last - tuesday october 14, 2008 - 13:20)
What is 42 day detention? 42 day detention is part of the new counter terrorism bill that the British government is trying to pass. The bill successfully made it’s way through the House of Commons thanks to the last minute help of the Democratic Unionists. We do not know what the Democratic Unionists were offered in return for their votes but it has been suggested that honours and titles may have been on the shopping list. The bill aims to extend the amount of time that a terrorist suspect can be held without charge from 28 days to 42 days. The bill needs to pass through the House of Lords before it becomes law. To date it has received its first and second reading and is to go through it’s review stage this week. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday October 05, 2008 - 23:34 by Sean Matthews
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Alliance for Choice is an organisation that campaigns for the extension of the 1967 Abortion Act to Northern Ireland. It is made up of women and men, from both Catholic and Protestant communities in the North of Ireland, who want to see equality and self-determination for women here. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday October 04, 2008 - 16:50 by john throne
2 comments (last - saturday january 03, 2009 - 08:04)
It is everywhere. The talk of the bail out. And now the talk of the extra $140 billion they bribed the politicians to pass it. Meanwhile tens of millions of American workers are watching their savings, pensions, homes and jobs vanish before their eyes. The anger about the bail out prevented it being passed the first time. There has been a fundamental shift in consciousness in the US working class. It will not go back to having the same trust in the Republicans and the Democrats and the system. However a much greater shift could have taken place if the union leaders instead of trailing with their heads down after the Democrats and the bail out had taken an independent stand. ... read full story / add a comment
wicklow / environment Friday October 03, 2008 - 19:34 by Mr.Peter Brady Alias.
20 comments (last - wednesday november 05, 2008 - 10:08) 9 images
This is our sixth statement. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Friday October 03, 2008 - 00:22 by Terence
2 comments (last - monday november 17, 2008 - 14:58) 1 image
The article below presents some initial thoughts on the Irish govt's plan to support the banks up to 400 billion euro and its wider implications an whether it can help solve the crisis or just solve it for Ireland alone. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Thursday October 02, 2008 - 17:46 by Paul Bowman
14 comments (last - thursday october 09, 2008 - 16:33) 35 images  1 video file  3 audio files
A very detailed talk on the cause of the current world financial crisis that starts off by explaining the background economics in an easy to understand manner, moves on to the role the war and other events apart from the sub-prime crash played and concludes with a look at what opportunities have been created for anarchist by this sequence of events. ... read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum Wednesday October 01, 2008 - 00:54 by TGH Frequent Visitor
Very little by the look of it... The services in Kerry General are pathetic. The staffing levels are completely inadequate and its embarrassing to see the lack of dignity on show sometimes. Virtually all departments are completely under staffed and cant deliver the basics. It appears that budgets are more important than patients in this establishment. So much so that, staffing levels are more weighted towards the drugs invoices than the drugs themselves. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Tuesday September 30, 2008 - 12:35 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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Well Dan O'Neill's visit began with a hurry up & wait dash to Dublin airport, with "Hammered by the Irish " author Harry Browne, ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Sunday September 28, 2008 - 15:06 by John Green
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Birdlife International has just issued a report that shows birds are now in serious decline everywhere, my article looks at birdlife in Ireland and wonders how can birds possible survive due to the way our goverment and we treat our ecology. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday September 27, 2008 - 20:05 by wageslave
7 comments (last - wednesday october 01, 2008 - 18:24) 1 video file 2 audio files
The entire media seems to be singing in unison on one of the biggest potential movements of public funds into private hands. And it looks like they might get away with it too. surely there's a better way? Here's one suggestion I came up with in all of 5 minutes to get the ball rolling. I invite your hopefully much better suggestions in the comments ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Thursday September 25, 2008 - 21:04 by John
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In a period of mass unemployment in 1920's Germany fascism came to power despite not only the presence of mass Communist and Social Democratic parties but also of significant anti-fascist street fighting. Why did the left fail and what was the attraction of fascism. What about fascist movements today, do they represent a similar threat? Can we even agree a single definition of what fascism is? ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 23, 2008 - 17:22 by Johnjo
Lots of negative comment on McAleese' visit to Romania ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Tuesday September 23, 2008 - 17:14 by dunk
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While many view these days with dread; the outset of climate crisis, political corruption and corporate manipulation blocking healthy change, lack of hope that things can change. Others are starting to see something profound emerging; a re-awakening, an eruption of activity, new and intelligent ways of human interaction. Ecologist Paul Hawken sees this phenoman as "the immune system of humanity finally kicking in" and calls it Blessed Unrest. As another bubble in all this, yesterday saw the first of 25 days of the first "Global Eco Forum"... ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday September 21, 2008 - 22:54 by Sean Matthews
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Despite its retention of a heavy arsenal of lethal weapons including Tasers, repressive legislation including ‘dip-lock courts’, and the building of new M15 headquarters at Hollywood, Hugh Orde, current Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland often refers to the force as the ‘most democratic, accountable police service in the world’. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 23:56 by Gavin
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An mp3 talk on the Kibbutz movement in Palestine / Israel focusing on the radical and anarchist elements of it. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 13:47 by Ciaron O'Reilly
4 comments (last - thursday september 18, 2008 - 17:03)
Like many people around the world and around the country, I am humbled and inspired by the nonviolent resistance undertaken by in Rossport against Shell and the collaborating Irish state. Those who have gathered at Rossport to confront the power and wealth arraigned against the environment, community and a way of life nourish many of us focused on a varitey of fronts nonviolently struggling for peace and justice. The steadfastness, heroism, solidarity and creativity of the past weeks has been both humbling and inspiring. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Tuesday September 16, 2008 - 10:06 by FalseFlag
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Reported on the radio this morning that a 'device' was found near Shell's Dublin HQ last night and was made safe by the bomb disposal team. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Monday September 15, 2008 - 10:24 by John Baker
10 comments (last - monday september 22, 2008 - 17:17)
Let’s plant trees in Erris. Let’s plant a f**k load of trees in Erris. Let’s plant enough trees to balance out any past and future damage done by Shell or other invaders and indeed by ourselves, for we are all part of the same fossil fuel based economy with our cars, our boats, our flights abroad, our central heating and our food from far away, and given this maybe it’s not enough to fight against the system that left us with no choice but to be part of it, perhaps it falls to us to create something different, to demonstrate our commitment to another reality and to get our own bodies involved in the building of it. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday September 14, 2008 - 19:16 by Gregor Kerr
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In June of this year the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) wrote to its members in all primary schools in the Republic announcing that a National Rally on the issue of class size would take place on Saturday 4th October. Posters were included for display in schools and staff reps were urged to begin the process of building a delegation of teachers and parents to represent their school at the rally. Last week another communication arrived in schools from INTO head office. This informed members that the 4th October rally “will not proceed… as previously indicated.” Here Gregor Kerr, a member of the Dublin City North Branch of the INTO (writing in a personal capacity) analyses why the union leadership have backed off from the rally, asks whether they really have the bottle for a fight on this issue, and urges a grassroots campaign to deliver victory on the issue. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Saturday September 13, 2008 - 01:00 by Tel
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Drawing the thread through some recent news stories of oil corruption, climate chaos, fuel poverty, and doing what the so-called ‘mainstream’ media will not do, linking them together, most pertinently linking them with the continuing Corrib gas controversy. Then weaving into a consideration of zoning for pollution, or future resource exploitation in the West. ... read full story / add a comment |
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