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international / history and heritage Tuesday February 27, 2007 - 05:50 by hogworts
 4 comments (last - monday april 16, 2007 - 12:16)  5 images
Last summer solstice (June 24, 2006) in Pretzien a tiny village of Saxony-Anhalt (former DDR - east Germany) not too far from Berlin occurred an incident of burning books or "Bücherverbrennung" as it is said in the German language. 8 months later 7 individuals went to trial on Monday accused of "inciting racial hatred" and "disparaging the dead". The men ranging in age from 24 to 29 also burned a US flag. Local villagers called the police who did not recognise the burning of a diary by Anne Frank as being that worrying. The men face up to 5 years imprisonment and the training of police officers in the state has been improved to help them deal with the large scale emergence of neo-Nazi groups & far-right crime. They'll be better skilled in understanding the neo-Nazis who get a job working next to them or the historical stuff behind a Jewish kindergarten being burned last weekend in Berlin. They may even read Anne Frank. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Monday February 26, 2007 - 16:36 by SPer
2 comments (last - thursday march 08, 2007 - 22:56) 6 images 2 attached files
PLANET BEFORE PROFIT: -> No to Nuclear; Demand mass investmet in renewable energy! -> Decent public transport as a viable alternative to driving! -> No to the destruction of the environment for profit! ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Monday February 26, 2007 - 15:58 by Dr Nick
9 comments (last - thursday march 27, 2008 - 14:45)
Deppression and suicide is crippling our nations society so why does mental health not win votes? ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 25, 2007 - 20:46 by Bob Wilson
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Five men from the village of Rossport, Co.Mayo, were jailed when they refused to stop resisting workers from Shell who had been awarded a Compulsory Acquisition Order to put a high-pressure gas pipeline through their land. They became national heros of a fast-growing campaign to defy the multi-nationals and their government backers and make them build their gas refinery at sea. This was the Shell to Sea campaign and this book tells the story of 'The Rossport 5' in their own words. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday February 25, 2007 - 20:14 by Brendan Young
32 comments (last - wednesday june 06, 2007 - 22:44)
The debate on the French Left about the forthcoming elections has parallels for the Left in Ireland – in particular for those leftwing Independent TDs and those on the Left who do not agree with supporting a government of the parties of the Right. In France the question is: should a united-left (anti-neoliberal) candidate support or be part of a government led by the Socialist Party (which will be a social-liberal or Blairite government)? In Ireland the question is similar: should the non-right-wing parties (Labour, Greens, Sinn Fein) be part of a government of the Right (FF, FG, PDs)? And should Independent TDs support a government of the Right? ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday February 24, 2007 - 06:09 by J. P. anderson
11 comments (last - thursday march 01, 2007 - 17:32)
The most needy, most deprived are indeed very poorly served by the political establishment in Ireland. There is overwhelming evidence to suggest that most crime is linked to poverty, social exclusion, educational disadvantage and dysfunctional parenting, often each are combined. If we really want to reduce crime, we have to invest in the education and welfare of our disadvantaged children right from birth and even before birth. Early school-leaving has consistently identified as a major risk factor for offending, but there are no systematic supports for those at risk of dropping out of school. http://uk.360.yahoo.com/greagues2 ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Friday February 23, 2007 - 21:39 by Laure Akai
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Anarchists and ecologists are in their 12th day of a protest camp out in -20 degree weather. The proposed road through the Rospuda Valley threatens a unique wetlands but local residents have had enough of the lethal traffic problems in their town. A look at the problems facing activists in Poland with getting the word across when even the local priest tries to organize his parishoners to carry out a pogrom against the activists. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Wednesday February 21, 2007 - 10:09 by Jim O'Sullivan
7 comments (last - saturday july 14, 2007 - 18:35)
Over the past few years operators have been allowed to exploit mobile phone owners by misleading them into "subscriptiopn servcies" where they are exploited. Its time to call a halt. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday February 20, 2007 - 16:03 by Sean Crudden
3 comments (last - tuesday february 27, 2007 - 19:15) 1 image
"A useful starting point, therefore, might be to ask not why there is so much disruptive behaviour in Irish second-level schools but why there is so little?" Professor Tom Collins The Irish Times, 20 February 2007. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 18, 2007 - 21:32 by Kevin T. Walsh
9 comments (last - friday october 12, 2007 - 21:40)
Education.......... Community Service Cookery classes for prisoners at Castlereagh ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Saturday February 17, 2007 - 14:19 by La Plataforma
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The Spanish “Transition to democracy” was simply a way to fortify the capitalist economic model. With such Transition, the Spanish dominant class eliminated all sort of social resistance and opened the way for business; they made a Francoism without Franco and presented the Transition as a triumph of the people. It was a history written by the owners of money and their fascist sentries. But Memory, Dignity and Struggle continue ... read full story / add a comment
galway / eu Friday February 16, 2007 - 15:28 by gníomhaí
1 comment (last - friday may 11, 2007 - 10:15)
Faoi dheireadh tá Gaeilge ina teanga oifigiúil den Aontas Eorpach, ach is scannal é nár tharla seo 30 bliain ó shin nuair a chuaigh muid isteach san AE ar dtús. Measaim gur seo seans deireanach don Ghaeilge teacht slán. Is trua é seo mar tríd is tríd táim i gcoinne an Aontais Eorpach. I mo thuairim, tá an eagraíocht ann go príomha chun an bóthar a réiteach do ghnóthaí móra. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 15, 2007 - 15:06 by gníomhaí
5 comments (last - sunday february 18, 2007 - 20:14)
Food prices 'set to soar'. I urge all Indymedia readers to pay heed- this is by all accounts only the beginning.... ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Wednesday February 14, 2007 - 15:00 by RogerC
2 comments (last - sunday february 18, 2007 - 18:25)
I know that while the Northern Ireland assembly was running the local parties didn't seem to have a problem introducing water charges. However it would be foolish to let them off the hook at this time. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections Wednesday February 14, 2007 - 12:55 by John McDermott
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Fianna Fail threatened with voting meltdown catastrophy in north county Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Wednesday February 14, 2007 - 09:33 by Peter Sharp
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Isn't that a crime? ... read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections Tuesday February 13, 2007 - 20:23 by C Murray
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http://www.justice.ie has details of a new 'Counter Gangland Crime Law' published 'draft legislation' which means he thinks he's coming back, or the guillotine will be used. The Guillotine is a handy little device which the FF/PD administration has been using for many years, in which full debate is disallowed ,to shove everything through in time for 'snap' elections- of which there are few, or recesses (of which there are many). ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Tuesday February 13, 2007 - 04:39 by iosaf
12 comments (last - wednesday may 09, 2007 - 22:27) 5 images
It has been long observed that people for some reason on their non-banking days readily absorb shite about Dangerous Places, Famous People, Sensible Saving Options, Holidays, Interesting facts, Sport results, Media, gardening and health as well looking ahead at “democratic evolution” or looking back at "how history was made". We will assume dear & attentive reader that you are one of those who has passed directly from Saturday to almost Tuesday with the sort of crumpled Sunday Papers a person uses to mop up spilt things like milk. Maybe you didn’t absorb your interesting facts & didn’t want to absorb more Dangerous places. We all have a limit of absorption, like that point where credulity ends & credibility is lost. This edition I will consider the mystical progress from Tolstoy's "War & Peace" and his accompanying anarchist beliefs to the composer Scriabin & his experimental music & then his nephew a.k.a. Comrade Molotov, Soviet negotiator with Hitler & daddy of the "petrol bomb". ... read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality Monday February 12, 2007 - 10:38 by Chris murray
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The Socialist Leader Jose Socrates insists that abortion rights will be legalised in Portugal after a large abstention in the electorate. The Leader of Christian Democratic Party Riberio de Castro says that the referendum is not legally binding,Of the % that voted the right to legal abortion was carried. The Socialist Party must now use their parliamentary majority to legalise abortion as they promised in the 2005 election. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday February 11, 2007 - 18:42 by jim travers
9 comments (last - thursday march 01, 2007 - 01:28)
History was made today as the GAA opened its doors and welcomed in a modern Ireland for all to enjoy. The pitch was fantastic, the fans were in their thousands and the stadium was a shining tribute to an association that calls itself the governing body of amateur games while boasting a world class stadium for its members to play in. ... read full story / add a comment |
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