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international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday May 09, 2006 - 18:46 by watcher
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A “special all-day debate” on European issues is to be held in the Dáil Eireann, on 10th May. But it’s unlikely that CIA torture flights will be mentioned or indeed the fact that (unelected) EU foreign policy chief claims that he knows nothing or has no power to ask countries about the flights. Or the fact that EU governments, including Ireland's, are covering up the truth. And meanwhile, the US claims that rendition is a well-established procedure that has no connection with torture. It all depends on your definition it seems. "'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said, in a rather scornful tone,' it means just what I choose it to mean, neither more nor less.' ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Tuesday May 09, 2006 - 06:13 by Seán Ryan
21 comments (last - saturday may 13, 2006 - 19:09)
Chapter VII from Book II A very short chapter that looks at illogical relationships proposed and adopted by Science. Explores Artificial Intelligence and takes a swipe at the Turing Test. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday May 09, 2006 - 03:47 by Robbie
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mp3 12 mins 128kbps phone interview with Jim Loughran on Human Rights abuses in Mexico and on the nature of Amnesty International as an organisation. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / politics / elections Tuesday May 09, 2006 - 01:31 by iosaf
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Oscar Arias has entered history as the first Nobel Laureate ( Peace prize 1987) to be president of a nation twice. Chavez doesn't like him nor will he ask the Iranians to help him exploit his natural resources. This is because Costa Rica has very little on the natural resources side. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday May 08, 2006 - 04:54 by Robbie Sinnott
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national / crime and justice Sunday May 07, 2006 - 19:34 by Michelle Clarke
5 comments (last - monday february 11, 2008 - 20:11)
Quotation: Fr. John Powell 'A growing person is self-renewing.......as new as each new day....Study his face and hands, listen to his voice....look for change.....It is certain that he has changed. 'To tell you my thoughts is to locate myself in a category. To tell you about my feelings is to tell you about me'...............Have we lost this capacity to share feelings!!!!!! ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Friday May 05, 2006 - 18:21 by erse
3 comments (last - friday may 05, 2006 - 23:24) 3 images
25 years ago today after a hunger strike of 66 days, Robert Gerard Sands more commonly known as Bobby Sands died. He had been born on the 9th of March 1954 and was only 27 when he died. He was serving a 14 year sentance for possession of firearms, a pistol which had been found in car in which he and 4 others had been travelling. His trial in 1977 saw other charges relating to a bomb which had been planted nearby the car dropped for lack of evidence. It was not his first experience of imprisonment. He had joined the IRA in 1972 and that same year been interned and held without trial till 1976. Of his 27 years' life, only 17 were spent in freedom. Ireland as they say - was different then. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday May 05, 2006 - 18:19 by Adam Lacey
21 comments (last - wednesday may 12, 2010 - 01:37)
An investigation of government and Garda Siochana policies on bullying and harrassment within the Gardai ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday May 05, 2006 - 16:09 by Sheikh Dr. Shaheed Satardien
1 comment (last - friday may 05, 2006 - 20:22)
Recent events in Iraq, Denmark, Paris and many other countries demonstrate the power of conviction as a motivator for action. When that conviction lacks the mollifying factor of “perspective” it can motivate actions that are destructive for the person and the community at large. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday May 04, 2006 - 16:02 by prufrock
3 comments (last - friday may 05, 2006 - 10:35)
The recent controversy concerning names not included on the voting register prompted me to ask how democratic are our elected representatives? !. People can personate and vote more than once. 2.People who believe themselves to be registered are turned away from the polling booths or told their vote is in Tipperary or whatever and who go away without casting their vote. Since fewer and fewer people vote and Governments are elected with smaller and smaller majorities then how many of us vote or more importantly don't vote for them. Remember they make descisions that affect our lives from everything from how much you pay to get rid of your rubbish to how long you spend on a plastic chair in a hospital A & E not directly mind but by not providing enough money for those services. So Don't whinge and decide I won't vote because they're all crooks (I'm sure a lot of them are) But then VOTE AGAINST rather than for. If you are dissillusioned with a particular party or individual politician don't just not bother to vote VOTE AGAINST them. Vote for any independent candidate or party standing agaimst them. Vote for the guy standing on the pot holes or the lDog poo on the street ticket, vote for the person in the Gorilla suit but VOTE otherwise the people who want the current policies of Look after the Rich (Mainly the Rich themselves and some poor fools who think being able to put a deposit on a crumbling pile on the Costa Brava puts them in the Bill Gates bracket) They will romp home again for another constipated five years of more of the same so Get Registered and VOTE AGAINST. Try it it's more fun than you think. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday May 04, 2006 - 15:16 by Workers Power Ireland
The sale of Aer Lingus via flotation on the stock market was given the green light by Irish Transport Minister, Martin Cullen, on Wednesday, 5th April. All but a quarter of the national airline will shortly be up for grabs to the highest bidder. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday May 04, 2006 - 12:30 by Miriam Cotton
22 comments (last - sunday may 07, 2006 - 11:36) 2 images
It would be hard to beat the condescension of Irish Times editorials most days, but they really excelled themselves yesterday - and on the subject of press freedom, what's more. BTW, we are all now 'citizen journalists' here on Indymedia. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Thursday May 04, 2006 - 09:33 by Timmy Nolan
14 comments (last - monday may 08, 2006 - 17:19) 1 image
Foxhunting is just as cruel as many outlawed forms of entertainment which involve violence against animals. Fox hunters profess to be doing the agricultural sector a favour by hunting and killing foxes. The reality is that foxes are beneficial to crop farmers as they hunt and kill rodents such as field-mice and rabbits to survive. These “pests” are very often responsible for the destruction of crops. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 18:39 by Lets come together
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The debate, discussion regarding left wing unity continues on this site, in the “left wing” political press, in the pages of Daily Ireland and in small meetings. However this could be the most significant of all the moves so far. The ATGWU and SIPTU have announced closer ties. The fact that the two largest unions on the island are getting closer together surely must inspire those who care about progressive politics on this island to try and work closer together. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 18:08 by thtiipwio[pww[e[eor[f
4 comments (last - thursday may 04, 2006 - 21:10)
According to Max Weber, the capitalist economy of the present day is an immense cosmos into which the individual is born and which presents itself to him at least, as an individual, as an inalterable order of things in which he must live. It forces the individual in so far as he is involved in the system of market relationships, to conform to capitalist rules of action. The manufacturer who in the long run acts counter to these norms will, just as inevitably be eliminated from the economic scene as the worker who cannot or will not adapt himself to them will be thrown into the streets without a job. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 16:49 by W. Finnerty.
3 comments (last - thursday may 11, 2006 - 22:41)
The Venice Commission, also known as the European Commission for Democracy through Law, is the Council of Europe's advisory body on constitutional matters. It contributes to the dissemination of the European constitutional heritage, based on the continent's fundamental legal values - while continuing to provide “constitutional first-aid” to individual states. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 11:36 by John Fairfax
10 comments (last - thursday may 04, 2006 - 12:40)
You can understand why government might want to quantify the demographic and social circumstances of the population. Without statistical data it would be impossible to allocate resources appropriately. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 04:07 by Mikaela
I don't know how the government in all the different countries that we find ourselves in are acting when it comes to the Bird Flu, but I am sure that the situation here in Aotearoa (New Zealand) is in no way original. There was a mass send out of material a few months ago to all households on the both islands. In this material one would find information about the pandemic and how to protect oneself and one's family. There are regular announcements in the media regarding the flu, its symptoms, vaccinations, etc. I have no idea of how much this campaign is costing the people of this country. A campaign which as far as I can see is only creating more fear in a time when that is the last thing we need. Fair enough, if the Bird Flu was a pandemic, then it might be worth the effort. At this stage though there is no need to be afraid. And please, feel free to contradict me on this, educate me and enlighten me! ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 02:53 by JamesO'B.
1 comment (last - wednesday may 03, 2006 - 17:08)
According to ABN AMBRO Bank, Venezuela “has developed a reputation for fiscal responsibility and is seen as a stablizing influence in the markets of both Ecuador and Argentina.” ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 00:02 by Annie Shipsea
1 comment (last - friday february 13, 2009 - 22:42)
I’ve reflected hard on John Water’s latest ‘The Chorus’ column for Village (27 May – 3rd May) and concluded, on balance, that the guy has a gift for satire unparalleled in Ireland. ‘Why redistribution can help the wealthy’ (what a hoot!) is a piece that pretends to work its way, via a series of hilariously OTT caricatures and studiedly faux-academic analyses, to Waters’ windingly funny conclusion to his column: ... read full story / add a comment |
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