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international / gender and sexuality Saturday March 12, 2011 - 16:10 by Yassamine Mather
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Yassamine Mather examines the reality of the continuing struggle against the regime's oppression. On March 8, for the second time in a week, demonstrators gathered in the streets of Tehran and other major cities in Iran to protest against the regime - despite its attempts at suppression, its armed security forces, its tear gas and its arrests. Thirty-two years ago, on March 8 1979, tens of thousands of Iranian women took part in the first major demonstration against the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran, following the forced imposition of the hijab. The women’s slogans were: “I say it every moment, I say it under torture: either death or freedom!” “Freedom is neither eastern nor western: it is universal!” “Death to censorship!” “In the dawn of freedom, the place of women is empty: revolution is meaningless without women’s freedom - we do not want the hijab!” ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday March 11, 2011 - 15:27 by Liam Mac Sheamais
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With the vitsit of the British Monarch to Dublin due to take place in May 2011, many Irisih Republican's consider this to be the last part of a process which has been aimed at solidifying the partition of Ireland and legitimising the continuing British occupation of six northen counties. A process that began with the establishment of a 'friendly' (in British terms) leadership of the Irish Republican Movement in 1986, continuing through ceasefires, decommissioning, treaties and open support for the British colonial police, referred to as the PSNI. The visit by the British Monarch to Dublin is seen by many as the concluding part in this drawn out process. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday March 10, 2011 - 17:28 by Ruairi Og
The following letter appeared in various newspapers last year addressing the issue of Orangism and the Orange Order in particular. I came across it and believe it is worthy of republication here. Specifically as the issue that is addressed is the clash between Republican ideology and Orangism, which have become pertenent with the debate around the British Monarch coming to Dublin in May. The traditional battle between Republican's and Monarchists is still with us and will remain while the so-called Irish Question is unresolved ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Thursday March 10, 2011 - 17:09 by Luxefaire
1/28/2011 4:50 PM EST Tags: teaching, mnemonics, mnemonix, celtic ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday March 06, 2011 - 00:55 by john throne
3 comments (last - saturday march 26, 2011 - 01:15)
The employers have been on an offensive against the working class for the past forty years. The assaults on the public sector are the latest fronts. Unfortunately the union leaders have gone along with this offensive. In the present battles they bleat that they will get their members to give concessions as long as they can negotiate these. In essence this is what the union leaders position boils down to. Let us negotiate and we will get our members to make concessions. Of course this would continue to give the union leaders a role. The union leaders fear a victory in Madison and elsewhere because this would show that victories are possible and that defeat in front of this bosses offense is always inevitable. If this was shown it would undermine the entire propaganda of the union leaders and weaken their control of the movement. They prefer defeat to this. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday March 05, 2011 - 20:08 by okanenas
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This is not a call for philanthropy. This is a call for solidarity to 300 proud and brave people who are determined to sacrifice their life in order to claim their right to a better future. They want the same thing our forefathers wanted when they decided to migrate. They are not strangers, they are not invisible, they are not disposable. They are dignified human beings who teach us a hard lesson about true struggle. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Saturday March 05, 2011 - 13:52 by Battling Cruelty to Animals in Ireland
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Hares getting a break...Coursing and greyhound racing fans savaging each other! ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Saturday March 05, 2011 - 13:52 by Graduate
36 comments (last - monday april 25, 2011 - 15:23)  1 video file 1 attached file
FF, FG, Labour, ex-PDs, and other shades of establishement opinion are putting themselves forward as 'independents' in the upcoming election to Seanad Éireann. The mask of 'disability campaigner' or 'human rights advocate' is unfortunately the last refuge of some of them. This is most obvious on the university constituencies. Here I have outlined the party loyalties of some of them. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 28, 2011 - 22:09 by APIC (APICONG)
19 comments (last - wednesday march 16, 2011 - 14:40) 2 images
Against the background of an increasing probability of a military intervention on the part of the United States of America and, which is the more probable scenario, the United Nations, in Lybia, we wish to state in clear terms our rejection of any US, European or UN invasion. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Monday February 28, 2011 - 15:17 by Swing O'Meter
19 comments (last - tuesday march 01, 2011 - 22:16)
While the United Left Alliance got five TDs elected, its percentage vote has actually fallen since the disastrous 2007 election. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Sunday February 27, 2011 - 20:39 by Anti Blood Sports
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New hope for the gentle hare as radical parties head for 31st Dail ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday February 26, 2011 - 02:57 by john throne
The countries of the Middle east and North Africa are rising up and crushing their imperialist imposed stooge regimes. They are forcing their way into modern history. We are witnessing the changing of the world. If you are not celebrating then you have a serious flaw to your system. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections Thursday February 24, 2011 - 19:22 by Peter Geoghegan
3 comments (last - saturday february 26, 2011 - 14:59)
Beyond the political and financial classes, Irish people’s response to the crisis has surprised many on the Left, especially in the UK. Looking to riots in Greece last year, and more tangentially, the revolts spreading like wildfire across the Middle East, why, they ask, has Ireland not been more restive? Why, with joblessness running at over 13% and 1,000 people emigrating every week, did it take two years, and the intervention of the IMF, for mass street protests to take place? Where is the anger, why has Yeats’s ‘passionate intensity’ been monopolized by Fine Gael, a party of the rural and middle classes? ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 21, 2011 - 22:46 by AC
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What could we do with the €540 billion in oil and gas which according to the Irish government lies in Ireland’s Atlantic Margin area? ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Saturday February 19, 2011 - 16:54 by Diarmuid Breatnach
26 comments (last - friday february 25, 2011 - 09:50)
Despite the opportunities presented to the Irish radical and revolutionary Left by the current economic climate and people’s anger with the Government, financial establishment and other authorities, the electoral landscape for the Irish Left is bleak indeed. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights Friday February 18, 2011 - 23:46 by Bernie Wright
2 comments (last - saturday february 19, 2011 - 21:11) 2 images
Please print AFAR's poster calling on all voters to make use of their vote to keep Fine Gael out of power. The majority of normal people do not want Stag hunting legalised again, even if the ban is not being enforced. Place this poster in a prominent place to let people know how cruel they intend to be , that is if they get into Government. They want STAG-HUNTING back!!! Its really unbelieveable. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections Friday February 18, 2011 - 17:54 by T
3 comments (last - tuesday february 22, 2011 - 12:58) 1 image
With the election coming up many people are planning to firmly boot Fianna Failure out and there is strong indications that people are not happy with any of the main parties. Therefore we should see the smaller parties and the independents having a real chance. But do they or can this unravel because of the way we pick our preference votes? ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday February 18, 2011 - 10:31 by KSI
Statement of the International Initiative: 15 February 2011 ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday February 18, 2011 - 02:39 by Astrid Essed
1 comment (last - friday april 01, 2011 - 19:04)
The US led smear and hatred campaign against Julian Assange and his close co workers also affects important adherents, like Israel Shamir As well by Domscheit-Berg, ex second Wikileaks man, as by newsmedia as the Guardian and the Dutch RTL News, Shamir is wrongly accused of Holocaust denial and anti-semitism ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / politics / elections Friday February 18, 2011 - 00:28 by FSB!
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Dan Boyle, formerly Bertie Ahern's choice for senator, is running for election in Cork South Central once again. This means he has to present a justification of his and his party's record as part of this government we've suffered for getting on four years. One of the ways he has been doing this is through his election literature, some of which I received in the post only this morning. After reading it, I must say I was surprised at the level of grandiose self-delusion on display in this leaflet! ... read full story / add a comment |
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