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international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday February 14, 2006 - 23:09 by Liam Mullen
INTRODUCTION Eleven years after the conflict, which claimed an untold numbers of lives, it seems that it is only now seeping into the western consciousness the scale of the human genocide that occurred in this region with the shooting down of President Habyarimana’s airplane, and the death of Burundi's President Cyprien Ntaryamira. Writing for the Irish Times a year after he first reported on the conflict, Ed O’Loughlin, states that the unrest between the Hutu majority and the wealthier Tutsi minority runs deep and that massacres occurred here back in 1959, 1961, 1963 and 1972. In many ways O’Loughlin’s report sounds like a class struggle between rich and poor, uneducated and educated, and this kind of struggle has been replicated in many other arenas and trouble spots around the world. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday February 14, 2006 - 22:58 by Liam Mullen
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Philip Knightley wrote ‘The First Casualty’ in 1975, and the updated edition was published in 2003 by André Deutsch to take account of new conflicts. The New Yorker describes it as “Disturbing, even dismaying, yet also in its painful way, enormously entertaining.” The renowned journalist, John Pilger, describes the work as follows: “Philip Knightley’s clear-sighted and principled book throws down a challenge to journalists to examine their role in the promotion of war.” (Book Jacket) The title of the work is derived from what American Senator Hiram Johnson said in 1917: “The first casualty when war comes, is truth.” ... read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum Tuesday February 14, 2006 - 22:28 by Liam Mullen
Introduction. When looking at the reasons why the NGO’s might be up in arms when facing the policies of the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, I have decided to focus on Trócaire and Concern, two Irish organisations passionately involved in debt relief for the Third World. Concern has been in existence since the Biafra famine of 1968, and has become internationally recognised in the intervening years. Trócaire was set up by the Irish Catholic Church in 1973 as a response mechanism to combat disasters, famines, and to offer aid to the “world’s poorest and most oppressed peoples”. (http://www.trócaire.org). ... read full story / add a comment
limerick / anti-war / imperialism Sunday February 12, 2006 - 01:46 by Martin Garcia Mortell
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All oil is traded using the American dollar and the American dollar only. This means that anyone wishing to purchase oil must do so using US dollars. . . ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Friday February 10, 2006 - 19:11 by waterboy
World Water Forum has an anti alternative media policy - What have they got to hide? ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Thursday February 09, 2006 - 17:14 by jim travers
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A private opinion on why we should not pay waste charges and to question why public money is squandered while we are forced to contribute to increasingly local authority mishandling of our hard earned cash. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday February 09, 2006 - 07:52 by Seán Ryan
The story continues...... This time I look at how to resolve paradox, how paradoxical ideas can be used to create propaganda. Fairly long article covering lots of ground, including science, philosophy and politics. A speech by Liz O'Donnell, on neutrality is torn asunder to illustrate propaganda and deceit. And an ideological difference between Fianna Fail and the PD's is finally discovered and discussed. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Wednesday February 08, 2006 - 21:00 by Seán Ryan
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The story continues..... This time the author attempts to prove that any description applied to the possibility of the existence of God, is a man-made one. The overall point of the author is not to disprove the existence of God, but to prove that man is wasting his time, trying to define an aspect of something they equate with 'everything.' ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday February 08, 2006 - 20:50 by Yompy
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Values such as political freedom, capitalism, individualism, democracy, scientific inquiry, rationalism, and open debate form an especially lethal combination when applied to warfare. ... read full story / add a comment 
Kevin Myers, Google, China, Celtic Cubs and unfortunately yet more bullshit about the ideals of 1916
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 08, 2006 - 18:49 by inverted antimatter atomised m-dimensional string being
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The usual meandering. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / eu Wednesday February 08, 2006 - 11:57 by iosaf
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Thanks to our good manners, lack of religious hatred, and famed inter-cultural tolerance, the Irish people have in the last week become one of the few predominantly blue eyed pasty skinned nations of northern europe with a bit of viking past not to be threatened with armageddon. Our cartoonists and children book authors are safe. Our museum of Islamic literature with its oft overlooked iconoclastic illustrations un-molested, Our embassies proud and inviolate. & our butter sales have gone up. Time my friends to remind ourselves of our commercial relations with the state of Iran. ____________________________________________________ ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday February 07, 2006 - 07:11 by Seán Ryan
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The story continues....... A look at some of the myths we listen to and then repeat to ourselves, so that we may feel proud of ourselves, in lieu of having an actual reason to. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday February 07, 2006 - 00:11 by ASF Media Team
* In Caracas, Venezuela between the 23rd and 29th of January 2006, 10 local socio-political organizations offered an alternative forum and critique of national politics in response to the World Social Forum. The result was a smaller-scale event but self-directed and reflective of current self-organizing capacity. The alternative forum was independent, self-managed and borne out of years of experience of organizing in the Venezuelan context. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday February 06, 2006 - 19:46 by Organise
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So the Daily Mail enters the seedy underground of tabloid infotainment, a tragic day shared by many i do not doubt. A chilling mix of US republicanism and a belief that Thatcher and the Torries were not Right wing enough. 'ASYLUM' You Have A Right To Worry was a recent headline. For a time in the early 1930s its editor and journalists if we can call them that were sympathetic to some degree with Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists. The editor wrote an article, Hurrah for the Blackshirts, in January 1934, in which he praised Mosley for his "sound, commonsense, Conservative doctrine". The paper also published articles lamenting the number of German Jews entering Britain as refugees after the rise of Nazism. A sad day that must be lamented on our personal weapon of communicative freedom- Indymedia. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Monday February 06, 2006 - 08:27 by Brian
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A look at the recent statements by the FRU source known as Martin Ingram who states that Martin McGuinness is a paid agent of the British government. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Sunday February 05, 2006 - 15:21 by torch bearer
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on the 2nd of February 1972, a group of between 20,000 and 30,000 angry people burnt the embassy of Her Britannic Majesty of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland. The building used stand on Merrion Square opposite Leinster House. They had laid seige to the Diplomatic mission since January 31st 1972, and threw petrol bombs and stones. In those days, the Gardaí had neither water cannon nor blunt trauma protection kevlar wear. And they were well worked. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday February 04, 2006 - 18:32 by Ed Lee
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Who knew global politics could be swayed by cartoons? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday February 04, 2006 - 03:28 by Seán Ryan
Back into the theme of my recent submissions, that the model for our society is so flawed and broken that we cannot fix it, but must replace it. This time, I explore body language and how it is assimilated into advertising. This leads to an introduction into mind control and behaviour modification and how we use these techniques. A long read, but a solid argument. Are our Government and 'Big business," a pack of liars? Yes ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday February 03, 2006 - 01:36 by Grace Walsh
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Since 1998, when Hugo Chavez Frias became president of the newly declared Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the charismatic president, has emerged as one of the most influential and radical leaders in Latin America. His reforms and plans, if realised could alter the face of Venezuelan society, if not that of Latin America. Loathed by many Venezuelans, revered by even more, Chavez has reached almost messianic status as the leader in a country where the socially underprivileged, the poor and the uneducated masses have long since felt disenfranchised by the political process. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 02, 2006 - 23:21 by Seán Ryan
The story continues.... This time it's a big mixture of politics, science, sociology and loads of other 'ologies.' Some tongue twisters for the mind are included. ... read full story / add a comment |
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