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international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 22, 2004 - 18:56 by john petrovato
 35 comments (last - friday january 14, 2005 - 00:55)
Bethlehem today is little more than a sleepy town. But not the same sleepy town it was 2000 years ago. After 4 years of military incursions, oppression, and violence, the town remains beseiged. Frequently the town is put under “curfew”, meaning that the residents are not allowed to leave their homes. More frequently, roadblocks and checkpoints are placed in and around the town to make travel to and from Bethlehem nearly impossible. Under such conditions, it is not surprising that the town expects very few tourists and visitors during the holidays. Rather than being greeted on the street, we are asked by young children in Bethlehem for help in finding missing relatives, taken by Israeli forces. Refugee camps have sadly become permanent fixtures, with United Nations relief replacing Christmas spirit. Army green seems to be the color of this Christmas season, with coils of barbed wire trimming the roads and alleys. ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Wednesday December 22, 2004 - 12:00 by i remember
3 comments (last - thursday december 23, 2004 - 23:09)
As I watched the annual Televised lottery numbers taken from the drum this morning by little orphan children, and the first prize awarded to a ticket whic had been bought in the Catalan Town of "Sort" which translates to the english "Luck", I thought about the concept of luck as one of the other writers of the collective in the last days as wondered about "Belief". ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Tuesday December 21, 2004 - 13:30 by Terry
4 comments (last - thursday december 23, 2004 - 23:52)
An investigation into the Suas ‘development education’ course and the whole issue of World Bank window dressing. See also: http://www.indymedia.ie/newswire.php?story_id=68015 ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday December 21, 2004 - 13:25 by Terry
5 comments (last - wednesday december 22, 2004 - 23:00)
Backgrounder on the social origins of world hunger and on the policies of the I.M.F. and World Bank. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 21, 2004 - 00:29 by An Pśca
44 comments (last - thursday april 28, 2011 - 13:59)  5 images
George bush recieves this coveted award for the second time. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Sunday December 19, 2004 - 19:33 by Sean Crudden
11 comments (last - friday january 21, 2005 - 22:25) 1 image
"The law is an ass." How can we distinguish what is authentic and genuine in the dense snow of pretence, pretension, ostentation pouring down on us from the hallowed halls of the media, politics, the professions, and the law as well as the gnomes of commerce? ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Saturday December 18, 2004 - 15:17 by Michelle Clarke
8 comments (last - friday march 11, 2005 - 17:41)
The Home Secretary, Mr. Blunkett chose to resign. There is a need to re-focus in line with characteristics of integrity, justice, equality and honour.........Administratively the vulnerable in Irish society are not being protected - nb the hospital/pension issue at present. ... read full story / add a comment |
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