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international / anti-capitalism Friday June 29, 2012 - 20:00 by Jim Averill
 1 comment (last - friday june 29, 2012 - 21:11)
I'm putting up the full article as it requires registration to access it. Many activists are put off by this so please leave it up. It tells an important story about how land in the developing world is stolen, even by god fearing folk who made their money in private prisons. Another great article by Fred Pearce. MIGHTY MOM was angry. She was doing her washing a few miles from Lake Victoria in east Africa, soaping her clothes in the shadow of a tall chain-link fence, behind which there was a large farm. The farm was owned by an evangelical American who had made his fortune running private prisons for state governments in the US before coming to Kenya and taking a leasehold to drain the Yala swamp and grow rice in place of papyrus. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday June 29, 2012 - 15:47 by Paddy Hackett
19 comments (last - saturday july 07, 2012 - 19:59)  1 video file
Today what is described as the Irish working class is of a different character. Much of the working class work a three day week or don’t work at all. But they and the so called low paid worker receive a basket of benefits from the capitalist welfare state that bring their living standards up to the level(and even beyond) of the higher strata workers who, prima facie, appear to be better off. But much of this strata may earn less revenue, in effect, than many of these workers from the lower strata. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday June 29, 2012 - 12:08 by Indyjourno
Sark is a tiny island, with a population of around 600 people of the coast off the coast of Normandy which operated a feudal system of government until 2008 when it was forced to comply with the EU convention of human rights. It is held as a fief on behalf of the Queen of England and while it is a part of Britain it is not part of the UK and sets its own tax rates which is set at an extremely low rate. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday June 27, 2012 - 09:33 by YBIG
41 comments (last - monday july 02, 2012 - 21:33) 1 video file
"Rent a drunken Paddy" "They are only there for a sing song" "Singing away while we are humiliated" "They are an embarrassment" These are some of the abuse leveled at the Irish fans who travelled to the Euro's by a small, yet loud, number of fans who stayed at home. To those of us who travelled we have a different story to tell. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Monday June 25, 2012 - 09:18 by En_Pissant
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For those of us who like a drink, but don't see ourselves as the type to march around with signs when banksters and politicians rob us and lose us our jobs, but still feel a tear when the anthem is played after the footy, here's a way we can get some relief and at the same time show our disdain for the crooks that helped get us into this bind. Lager louts and those with distended bladders who feel like "you're a nation" still, Here's an effective protest you can believe in! Go with the flow people ;-) ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Friday June 22, 2012 - 19:34 by Ban Hare Coursing
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The horrific practice of live hare coursing in Ireland is kept alive by THREE main financial sponsors: One of them is County Louth-based betting company, Boylesports. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 20, 2012 - 13:33 by Brian Flannery
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In the last number of weeks I have been digging in relation to the newly appointed head of SFI Professor Mark Ferguson. What I have found - seems to be slightly hidden from the Irish taxpayers. It is very subtle but yet constructive. What I have found is completely fact and can be checked on Google and on various newspapers Ireland and UK. The one in particular I found most helpful was the Manchester Evening News. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday June 17, 2012 - 13:28 by uli schmetzer
When two Americans raised their fists in the Black Power salute in 1968 no one paid much attention to the third man. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 16, 2012 - 05:52 by BrianClarkeNUJ
1 comment (last - saturday june 16, 2012 - 06:19) 2 images 1 video file
British Headlines screamed; REES LASHES DUBLIN OVER TORTURE REPORT, Times, ANGRY REES ATTACK AS DUBLIN CHARGE OF TORTURE IS UPHELD: Daily Telegraph,REES ANGRY AS EIRE PRESSES TORTURE ISSUE, Sun,TORTURE TURMOIL, BRITAIN LASHES BACK OVER THE GUILTY VERDICT, Financial Times, IRISH PERSISTANCE ANGERS UK, Mirror, REES IN STORM OVER TORTURE. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Thursday June 14, 2012 - 12:27 by Sonya Oldham
This is in response to the article 'Frank Convery, Yvonne Scannell, Fracking and Local Credibility in Ireland' published in Irish Environment on May 30: http://www.irishenvironment.com/commentary/frank-conver...land/ ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Tuesday June 12, 2012 - 03:01 by Lisa Hiariej
By Lisa Hiariej, an Indonesian and Australian lawyer. Almost all Australians have no sympathy for those they perceive as people smugglers. I do not blame Australians for that because they don’t know the real story about why they end up in Australian waters. I believe Australians know only what journalists tell them through the media. The real story of the people who crew the boats is that they are lied to by the Mr Bigs, the organisers, who have little sense of responsibility towards them. These people took the passengers’ money and promised to give a small payment to those who would skipper, cook and deckhand the boats. But they never ever received the money. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday June 11, 2012 - 14:11 by Sean Marks
5 comments (last - tuesday june 12, 2012 - 17:47)
Rightwing parties have rounded on Mick Wallace, a true friend of the working class. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Sunday June 10, 2012 - 23:33 by lefty
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Michael Noonan attended the bilderberg meeting this year. Interesting that a key government official in charge of finance goes to a meeting with foreign banksters, financial terrorists and a host of global corporate evildoers. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday June 10, 2012 - 00:15 by RNU PRO
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mayo / environment Thursday June 07, 2012 - 22:30 by Colin Johnston
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At the time of the magnitude 4 earthquake detected on the Mayo coast on Wednesday morning, "seismic survey" vessels contracted to Shell E&P Ireland were scheduled to be in the process of using high-energy explosive pulses to probe the deep rock strata within 10-15km of the quake zone. ... read full story / add a comment
The proposal to ratify the European Stability Mechanism Treaty as it stands and to approve the Article 136 TFEU amendment to the EU Treaties as authorizing the Stability Mechanism envisaged in the ESM Treaty, are unlawful under the EU Treaties and are therefore unconstitutional in Ireland and the other EU Member States. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Saturday June 02, 2012 - 17:58 by jason mcateer
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a rant about the titanic frenzy in northern ireland featuring a critisism of "heritage" and slightly covert sectarianism ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Friday June 01, 2012 - 20:00 by D Martyn
35 comments (last - friday august 10, 2012 - 08:59)
Like lambs to the slaughter the Irish people ratified the Fiscal Stability treaty by a yes vote of 60.3%. Even members of the parties advocating the yes vote admitted fear and confusion were among the reasons why Irish people gave into the demands of the government. As they threw around buzz words such as stability, growth, investment and threatened a harsher budget if the treaty wasn’t ratified, it’s no surprise their school yard bully tactics won out. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Thursday May 31, 2012 - 10:10 by Bernie .Wright
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COCK FIGHTING IN IRELAND: INFORMATION NEEDED The AOHS has received information that a Cock fighting event will be held in Ireland this coming Saturday, 2nd June 2012. We were told that it will be organised by some of the Travelling Community. It is apparently well known by blood sports enthusiasts in the area. The area is Tipperary/ Waterford, near the border. The alleged event we are told is apparently to be put on utube. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday May 30, 2012 - 23:36 by Tom Stokes
8 comments (last - monday june 04, 2012 - 17:20)
There are fools who decry history as if it was irrelevant to the present or the future. Here is an extract from a piece my late father wrote in 1969 on the subject of the drive towards membership of the EEC, now the EU. Relevant? I certainly think it is, in the context of the vote we are going to cast, or not cast, or cast unwisely, on May 31st. ... read full story / add a comment |
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