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international / eu Tuesday April 15, 2008 - 10:34 by Howard Holby
 12 comments (last - wednesday may 14, 2008 - 13:44)
The purpose of this article (see below the video) is to provide further support to the statement upheld by politicians, academic and legal experts that the Lisbon Treaty is a constitution. The emphasis on this fact is vital because from this fact it follows that the Lisbon Treaty needs referendum not only in Ireland but in all of the 27 EU member states. Because the Lisbon Treaty a constitution, it is crucial to understand that no constitution ever permits the act of overthrowing it, i.e never allows the act of replacing it with another one without the permission of a country's citizens. Therefore the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty without referendums in the other 26 states, is a dictatorial power-grab over Europe. (Please see the document referred at the end of the article.) With this article we wish to call Ireland to Vote NO to Lisbon Treaty! Vote NO to a constitution that establishes a dictatorial federal regime with powers over all Europe. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights Monday April 14, 2008 - 16:55 by Laura Broxson
1 comment (last - wednesday april 16, 2008 - 12:54)
ACTION ALERT! ... read full story / add a comment 
national / gender and sexuality Sunday April 13, 2008 - 11:39 by Add Your Voice
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This is a brief link to the Irish Safe and Legal campaign, who have linked to the Pro-choice Majority Campaign in Britain in relation to the attempt through legislation to reduce the Upper Abortion Limit, as part of the HFEB Bill . On May the Seventh 2008, the Houses in the UK will vote on a divisive Bill which has actively left women's rights and NGO groups out of the equation in relation to Choice and Healthcare issues. http://www.safeandlegal.blogspot.com The HFEB is called the Human Fertilisation and Embrology Bill. (HEFB 2008) ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 11, 2008 - 20:37 by Eire Nua
11 comments (last - thursday april 24, 2008 - 18:45)
By creating a provincial parliament for the nine counties of Ulster, within the framework of a new Ireland the partition system would be disestablished and the problem of the border removed. The Protestant people of Ulster would have a working majority and would have immediate access to power. Furthermore, the devolution of power to the local level would ensure for each community the opportunity to foster its own traditions and culture. Each region and community would have within itself the immediate power to deal with its own social and economic problems. Such devolution of power from one central authority to the people is the essence of democracy. The Nationalist population would be of sufficient strength to ensure a strong and credible opposition within reach of power. For the first time in fifty years we would see a normalization of politics with an end to the domination of one community by another and the resultant frustration and conflict. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday April 11, 2008 - 09:51 by Dave Walsh
5 comments (last - wednesday december 03, 2008 - 16:07)
There is fundamental little that can be done to counter bullying in the workplace. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday April 10, 2008 - 18:08 by Drew
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The following is a statement by the Communist Party of Iran (MLM). It was written before Mahmoud was released. The statement is not available elsewhere online in English. It is preceded by a commentary from A World to Win News Service. Drew WPRM http://www.wprm.org/ At a time when the US is threatening to attack Iran and is posing as the “liberator” of the Iranian people, Mahmood took a clear position against both U.S. imperialist war and the IRI and has refused to call for “national reconciliation” with the Islamic regime. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday April 08, 2008 - 10:37 by Weary
A number of popular myths are doing the rounds. The most dangerous is that the war is over and the peace is permananent on this island. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday April 07, 2008 - 19:20 by Sean Matthews
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from workers solidarity 102. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 06, 2008 - 15:23 by Roger Yates
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174 horses have died on British race tracks in one year. Three deaths at the latest "Grand" National Race. This does not include those killed away from the racing arena. It is not clear how many Irish horses are killed every year. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Sunday April 06, 2008 - 14:29 by C Murray
3 comments (last - sunday april 06, 2008 - 18:45) 2 images
On a day when the UN released a report that 70% of women suffer poverty and only own 1% of the world's titled land, which is a common inheritance of all people I decided to look at media coverage of the issues. The Irish Times had the report in small paragraph without title or reference to the committee release. And I could not find it elsewhere. Addressing the root cause of women's poverty is not a simple prospect, afterall, National Governments do not listen to women. If they did they would hear what they say to me everyday... ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday April 04, 2008 - 18:58 by Joe Lawlor
2 comments (last - monday april 07, 2008 - 22:02)
Twenty ten is the date the HSE say a Cystic Fibrosis unit will be built. Proudly they boast of “fast-tracking” this process to deliver the care that has being so desperately needed for years. This “spin” is never more quickly put into perspective than when a mother or father, brother or sister weep and stare at tossed soil which is beginning to settle where their loved one lays. Peacefully, yet cold, with the colours of nature and heart broken messages of love and memories at any of the thirty graves. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Thursday April 03, 2008 - 14:35 by Ronoc
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The upcoming referendum for the Treaty of Lisbon, only voted for by the people of Ireland will determine the future of all European member states. The Treaty is basically a redraft of the EU Treaty rejected by the people of France and Holland, although the majority of political partys where campaigning for a Yes vote in both countries. The Treaty of Lisbon will passed now in France and Holland and all other member states without ratification. Well Ireland gets to vote and the majority of political partys are urging people to Vote Yes... ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday April 03, 2008 - 12:04 by Defend Pat Lawlor
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Pat Lawlor, Nursing Convenor at the Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast is currently 'under investigation' by the National Executive of UNISON. Pat's alleged 'crime' is that he spoke out in support of striking classroom assistants and for daring to criticise the actions of the leadership of UNISON. During the classroom assistants strike, Pat did what any decent trade unionist should have done - publicly supported workers on strike. The regional leadership of UNISON refused to do so. Their actions actually undermined the classroom assistants pay and conditions. Because Pat chose to express solidarity with workers in struggle, he now faces disciplinary action being taken against him. He may even be expelled from UNISON. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights Thursday April 03, 2008 - 11:39 by Bernie Wright
21 comments (last - friday october 10, 2008 - 19:25)
Statement regarding Dublin Zoo Orangutan escape. The Alliance for Animal Rights (AFAR) is saddened by hearing of the Oranutan Maggie's bid to find freedom yesterday even to the point of leaving her baby ' The understandably frustrated animal has been confined in an enclosure for 24 years, more than the length of a sentence that would be imposed on a human for the crime of murder. Zoos are but Prisons to non human animals, yet they have not committed any crime. Those in captivity are driven insane, deprived of a natural life and are basically kept imprisoned for life so that our species can amuse themselves. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / consumer issues Tuesday April 01, 2008 - 12:21 by C Murray
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It's amazing that an active politician, albeit of the right, has found himself in the privileged position of both funding and financing a hate crime movie. The man know the laws of his country and is an elected official thus we can all presume that the only reason that he made it was for ego-indulgence. Lots of politicos do that- its called abuse of office. How far we have come from being privileged to study the word and poetry of Islam? Sufism provided many international writers with an area of study and cross-cultural pollination that has benefited Western art and literature in the poetry of Hughes and the writing of Lessing , to name two. Westergaard got an injunction to have his image removed- it was opposed to fanaticism, not Islam. http://www.nrc.nl/international/article1032015.ece/Wild...ction http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7310439.stm ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday April 01, 2008 - 10:30 by Jim
Last weeks visit by Sarkozy signals the end of France's rebellion against NATO and the US/UK Anglo-Saxon sphere. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Monday March 31, 2008 - 19:06 by Anne McShane
11 comments (last - sunday may 18, 2008 - 19:15)
A major and imminent threat to women’s rights looms in the amendments being put forward to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. ‘Pro-life’ MPs aim to reduce the time limit for abortion from 24 weeks to as little as 13 weeks. Although the Labour Party formally defends the current time limits, Gordon Brown like his predecessors will allow a free vote, so as to appease the significant and vocal anti-abortion section within the cabinet. From reports, it seems likely that there will be some reduction, probably to 20 weeks, given the current balance of forces, as there is strong support for such a move among Tory, Liberal Democrat and Labour MPs alike - all of whom will have a free vote. David Cameron has taken the lead by announcing that he will be using his vote to lower the limit. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Monday March 31, 2008 - 00:41 by Internationalist Group
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On March 27, the U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia reaffirmed the frame-up conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther Party spokesman and world-renowned radical journalist who has been locked up on Pennsylvania’s death row for more than a quarter century. Mumia is innocent. He was declared guilty and sentenced to die because of his revolutionary politics and because for years he had been a thorn in the side of the racist rulers of the misnamed “city of brotherly love.” Around the world, millions have come out in defense of Jamal. This latest ruling, like all those that preceded it, shows that the exploited and oppressed must have no faith in the racist injustice system. We call on the workers movement to mobilize its power to free Mumia now! ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Sunday March 30, 2008 - 13:07 by Mark C
3 comments (last - saturday march 12, 2011 - 13:17)
Below is a letter that I recently sent to about 120 newspapers. A small number have got back to me to say they are featurising the story. Others are publishing it as a letter. The Sunday Business Post got in contact to see if it was sent to anyone else (I haven't heard from them since I said it was; my personal thought it that if it's not their scoop, they're not interested). It has also been sent to Tesco (without a reply, yet!). Feel free to copy/distribute/send to Tesco. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Saturday March 29, 2008 - 13:58 by Obit
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Maureen Kenny Has died, a true lover of education and books, many will have a memory of the Labyrinthe bookshop, the smell of the books and the friendly family who ran it. You could find yourself tripping into Mr Kenny's office and getting a lecture on dropping out of college, work; and where the bestest poetry books were kept. Many of us miss the old shop with the low ceilings and the carpetted stairs and Maureen always had a smile- did not matter if you were the Laureate or a small writer, everyone was united by love of knowledge and books. ... read full story / add a comment |
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