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international / anti-war / imperialism Monday February 18, 2008 - 18:04 by Fiachra Ó Luain
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‘Winter Soldier’ (1972) is a film that has suffered from de facto censorship for most of its thirty six years. Its recent screening as part of the ‘War at Home’ category in the Berlinale Film Festival affected people in Berlin’s Filmpalast theatre as it did when first screened in the early seventies. It is harrowing viewing. Perhaps never before have words, simple spoken words, had such an affect on a society as this film did in the United States of America in 1972. This was because of the undeniable integrity of the U.S. servicemen articulating the extent of the genocidal operating procedure of the U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam. It has since effectively been erased from the public memory. In the eighties and nineties the era of the Vietnam War underwent a full-scale reconstruction with the likes of Hollywood facelifts of the Vietnam veteran with such films as ‘Rambo’, ‘Hamburger Hill’ and ‘Full Metal Jacket’. Many people in Berlin were moved by the film as it is once again so relevant to all of us. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Saturday February 16, 2008 - 17:52 by ribbid
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180,000 signatures on a petition have failed to lobby the Wikipedia foundation to remove images of the founder of Islam from entries in multiple languages available on the online encyclopedia. However, the illustrations are not nor are likely to be included in the arabic version or other lingustic portals associated with muslim sensibility. It might thus appear languages are sensitive. I have always suspected so, to be frank - perhaps more sensitive than the eye.., ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Friday February 15, 2008 - 17:21 by C Murray
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Many women artists have given time to their art and neglected their art to continue their passionate dialogues with contemporary culture. This small piece is about some contemporary activist women, in literacy, anti-war, against oppression; and surviving regimes that find 'art' to be at variance with their ideologies. ... read full story / add a comment
15.02.03 What was all that about then? The Rise & Demise of the Anti-War Movement!Where to Now Then?
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday February 15, 2008 - 09:56 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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It's five years on since millions marched against the invasion of Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 14, 2008 - 18:22 by Irish Nationalist
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The truth about religious discrimination in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 11, 2008 - 16:11 by Mairtin MacMaolain
Upon leaving the Westlink and heading right towards the heartland of Belfast Republicanism at the bottom of the Grosvenor Road is written on a low wall one of the more thoughtful pieces of graffiti associated with this troubled town. "Nil mar a shíltear a bhítear" it reads, which translates as "that which is thought is not that which necessarily is". Accompanying this defiant meesage is another equally penetrating statement "I am not your stereotype". ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Monday February 11, 2008 - 11:22 by C Murray
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http://www.europelostandfound.net http://schoolofmissingstudies.net The Lost Highway Expedition is currently in Sarajevo and comprises a network of groups, individuals and artists who are 'moving roughly along the unfinished Highway of Brotherhood and Unity in the former Yugoslavia'. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday February 11, 2008 - 10:58 by Nora
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It's time that Islamic followers all over especially women, must demand radical progressive change to their religion and the so-called Sharia laws, especially in this very modern century. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Friday February 08, 2008 - 18:38 by Cian Prendiville
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In January’s Finance Bill VAT on condoms was lowered slightly from 21% to 13.5%. Any reduction should be welcomed, the crucial question is why, given the problems with STIs, is there VAT on condoms, or indeed why are they not free? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 07, 2008 - 23:00 by mickeymouse
Former USI officer Steven Conlon recently published a piece in the irish times calling for USI to be made a statutory body with compulsory membership for all students unions ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday February 06, 2008 - 21:15 by Simon
Last year a Belfast anarchist travelled to the West Bank to work with the International Solidarity Movement and Palestinians and wrote this report on his impressions of the Palestinian struggle. “The South African apartheid regime never engaged in the sort of repression Israel is inflicting on the Palestinians. For all the evils and atrocities of apartheid, the government never sent tanks into black towns. It never used gunships, bombers, or missiles against black towns or Bastustans. "What we are witnessing in the occupied territories- Israel’s penal colonies- is the invisible and daily killing of the sick and wounded who are deprived of medical care, of the weak who cannot survive in the new poverty conditions, and those of us who are approaching starvation” (Ronnie Kasrils, S.Africa’s minister of water affairs, Al Ahram Weekly, p175). ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Tuesday February 05, 2008 - 12:07 by jim cairns
Vote No! ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday February 03, 2008 - 21:45 by paul o toole
be afraid, be very afraid...ha!, ha! ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Saturday February 02, 2008 - 11:38 by C Murray
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'Dictionary of War is a Collaborative Platform for creating 100 concepts on the Issue of War to be invented and arranged by scientists, artists, theorists and activists at four public two day events in Frankfurt, Munich, Graz and Berlin.' The Novi Sad edition/collaboration took place on the 25th and 26th of January. http://dictionaryofwar.org ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday January 31, 2008 - 19:38 by Gregor Kerr
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When Irish Ferries launched their new €50million vessel in Dublin Port on Tuesday 29th January, 400 guests from the tourism, freight and shipping sectors attended the naming ceremony. How many of them, I wonder, took a moment as they quaffed their champagne and nibbled on their canapés to ponder on the news revealed by International Transport Workers Federation inspector, Ken Fleming, that the workers who would be manning the ferry will be paid as little as €4 per hour? ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Tuesday January 29, 2008 - 13:40 by C Murray
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In the wake of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences Bill) 2006; as amended in 2007, two expert committees were set up to look at :- The issue of consent , to which interest groups were invited to make submission; and in the wake of that a committee was set up under the chairmanship of Mary O Rourke (Senator) to look at amending the Constitution. Latest news on the issue of Protection is that the State may postpone the Referendum now until 2009, because they do not (nor do the opposition) want the two Referenda to coincide and create confusion for the voter. The Government had discussed holding a referendum on Protection on the same day as the Lisbon Treaty Vote. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Saturday January 26, 2008 - 19:51 by C Murray
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This is the last week of the annual Turner Exhibit in the National Gallery's Print Room. The blurb on the boards describes the provenance of the bequest and the agreement between the estate of the collector and the Scottish and Irish galleries. We only exhibit the Turner's in their climate control cases during the month of January, this is largely because they are drawings and washes of landscapes and are fragile. The light is weakest at this time of year in Dublin and conducive to a visit. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / arts and media Thursday January 24, 2008 - 20:23 by Rudiger
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Shell recently launched another cynical attempt to buy off opposition to their Corrib Gas project by offering grants to community groups that will be closest to Bellanaboy and their proposed raw gas pipeline. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage Thursday January 24, 2008 - 10:19 by Terry
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Meath, Heritage Capital of Ireland? Balloon is Full of Hot Air in more ways than one. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Tuesday January 22, 2008 - 21:40 by Mark A. Nolan
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The healthcare system, upon which people in Ireland depend, is an apartheid system. Simply put, some lives are worth more than others. Rare attempts at reform have been stymied by historic, chronic underspending and vested interests. This legacy has forced the vast majority of working people to take out private health insurance and has laid the foundations for a neo-liberal push towards an American-style system of private medicine. ... read full story / add a comment |
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