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national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 18, 2005 - 17:28 by Sean Crudden
 6 comments (last - sunday june 19, 2005 - 19:22)
Who has the best chance of forming the correct opinions about management in the police or in the health "service"? Is it the tub-thumping, opinionated politician with a big mouth and deaf ears? Has the individual worker a smaller brain or a less important personal life than "Mr Big" in the Health Service Executive (HSE)? ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Friday June 17, 2005 - 14:21 by Sean Crudden
Is alcohol a false helper which slips its hook into us under our guard? Does it anaesthesise us into a false sense of well-being and security? Are we merely conning ourselves that we are getting pleasure out of drink? ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism Friday June 17, 2005 - 12:35 by Tom Paine
8 comments (last - monday june 20, 2005 - 19:13)  2 images
Bonoff is the head of the distraction squad and is doing more harm than good. ... read full story / add a comment
national / summit mobilisations Thursday June 16, 2005 - 20:56 by soundmigration
6 comments (last - tuesday june 21, 2005 - 17:04) 5 images
This Sunday from 11am there will be a day of summit workshops at St Nicholas of Myras Hall of Meath St. These will cover many topics including affinity building, past manifestations, decision making processes and much more. This will posted as soon as the programme is put together, as its growing all the time. however for the time being here is a brief guide to various action that will be taking place in scotland around the G8 See ya Sunday ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / summit mobilisations Tuesday June 14, 2005 - 19:37 by w - dissent
4 comments (last - wednesday june 15, 2005 - 17:53)
The dissent long bus is now full and our short bus is filling up quickly. If enough people get in touch with us we will try to run a 3rd bus. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism Monday June 13, 2005 - 11:26 by Ex
11 comments (last - thursday june 16, 2005 - 14:48) 1 image
For the creation of an autonomous space ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice Sunday June 12, 2005 - 01:36 by John McDermott
5 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2005 - 23:34) 1 image
It,s all in the name of the game.! ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 11, 2005 - 15:56 by Brian Nugent
20 comments (last - tuesday january 15, 2008 - 08:46) 2 images
"I believe that spies, the security services, in the world generally, are becoming increasingly powerful and that our civil liberties are being eroded." Justin Keating. This article is an attempt to put flesh on those bones. I attempt to list some of those agencies active in Ireland, to list some of the powers they can and do use to make life difficult for those that cross them and to look at some of the technology they have access to. I put in two appendices too that hopefully show the controlling role of those agencies in Irish paramilitary groups and some international comparisons to this type of intelligence agency support for 'terrorist' groups that they are ostensibly opposing. An Orwellian island in an Orwellian world! ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Saturday June 11, 2005 - 11:53 by Tom Paine
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In the running; Branson, Lord Browne (BP), Exxon. Shell,O'leary (Ryanair),Geldoff and Bonhoff. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Friday June 10, 2005 - 15:48 by Ed
At the end of March, 2005, an injunction was granted to Shell (SEPIL) by the High Court restraining the defendants from refusing to allow pipe-laying on their lands. As of Tuesday last the period of injunction ended with the commencement of the legal proceedings proper, but again the high-profile Shell legal team managed to obtained a deferral for several further weeks. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 08, 2005 - 15:38 by Davy Carlin
9 comments (last - saturday june 25, 2005 - 20:39)
I reprint an article I had written a few years ago that was carried in the main Northern Newspapers at that time. -Friends over the last weekend yet another two young men took there own lives in my local area. This is a growing tragedy that I must admit that when reading of such increasing growing deaths, it brings a lump to my throat.. For oneself I would have thought that those involved in the conflict would have found it more difficult to adjust {and many have}. Yet it seems teenagers and those in their twenties {the children of those at the forefront and brunt of the war} are finding it even more difficult. This is a situation that needs to be addressed and addressed urgently and many good community activists along with parents of those deceased are campaigning actively on this. The situation is getting worse and I believe that all support that can be, should be forthcoming to such campaigns, both in the forefront and in the background on this matter., ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday June 08, 2005 - 03:24 by paul o toole
12 comments (last - friday june 10, 2005 - 17:13)
Irelands best, lies to the world. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Sunday June 05, 2005 - 19:46 by iosaf mac d. the ipsiphi
3 comments (last - sunday july 24, 2005 - 11:55) 2 images
It has long been observed that on their non-banking days, people generally have more time to pursue their liberty & happiness, do their neverland things, enjoy the fruits of their labour, spend time with their family, relations, kids, friends. Some garden, some do long division sums, some protest, some even vote, some worry about themes of the day like War, Europe, Terminology, or indeed the themes of the immediate season - bird migration, global warming, Europe, War, sport or those which never go away such as Europe, War, whatever you understand by "babalon". ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues Sunday June 05, 2005 - 17:55 by A. Kaffir
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national / politics / elections Saturday June 04, 2005 - 15:21 by John McDermott
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I want to get out of this place. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 04, 2005 - 13:01 by Sean Crudden
It is interesting to consider in the abstract some of the principles which may apply to community development work and to see how these ideas sit with our own organisations. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Thursday June 02, 2005 - 18:27 by SP Member
6 comments (last - friday june 03, 2005 - 11:16)
Despite the comments by German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder following the defeat of the EU constitution in France and Holland, the German political establishment is in crisis. The potential now exists for the establishment of a new broad left formation. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Thursday June 02, 2005 - 17:31 by via stunned
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international / anti-capitalism Thursday June 02, 2005 - 01:36 by paul o toole
20 comments (last - wednesday june 08, 2005 - 02:51) 1 image
Bono's answer to a question about his friend Tony Blairs attack and murder of 100,000 Iraqi people at the Meteor awards in dublin last year...anyone can make a mistake.... ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Wednesday June 01, 2005 - 16:21 by saoririseoir
17 comments (last - sunday june 12, 2005 - 04:18) 1 image
The best television and newspaper ratings go to light entertainment. Looking at the news, it’s easy to understand why. It’s nicer to feel happy, albeit brain-dead, than depressed and powerless; though the two are not mutually exclusive. Most of us take for granted the whole concept of ‘news’, so much so that the question ‘what is news?’ almost seems ridiculous. Yet, when we reflect honestly on the unaccountable agenda-setting power of news editors over everyday conversations in parks, pubs, the canteen etc., we can only conclude that news has a tremendous influence over the thought of the public, and the question becomes more obvious, as does its variant; ‘who decides what’s news?’ News editors are deciding what we should think is important, and in doing so, defining each of our situations for us, as well as the situation of the World around us. ... read full story / add a comment |
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