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international / miscellaneous Saturday January 22, 2005 - 17:38 by Sean Crudden
 3 comments (last - monday january 24, 2005 - 15:53)  1 image
The tough guy (or the tough girl) is the accepted norm in politics and public affairs generally - particularly since the days of Margarer Thatcher. We have heard seductively in the past of the efficacy of "tough love." But what is toughness? Is it just cowardly bluster? Is it a real virtue in sport or in our personal lives, for example? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday January 21, 2005 - 17:10 by Soundmigration
5 comments (last - thursday january 27, 2005 - 08:36)
The difference between altruistic human responses and ‘political’ responses to continuing human misery. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Friday January 21, 2005 - 15:19 by Laura Synnott
5 comments (last - friday january 28, 2005 - 14:59)
Irish media is following the British tabloids in its coverage of celebrity lifestyle, little realising that people are growing tired of being bombarded with 'famous' peoples lives. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Thursday January 20, 2005 - 19:21 by Media_Matters
17 comments (last - wednesday january 26, 2005 - 21:14) 1 image
A query to users of this website, regarding the 'openess' of a self-styled open media forum. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday January 20, 2005 - 15:33 by - -
Now more than ever, we are one. In the world of global economy and global media, it is possible to consume products from the other side of the planet on a daily basis and to understand something of far away places as our cultural input speeds thousands of miles in a split second to reach us. ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Thursday January 20, 2005 - 15:08 by James R
18 comments (last - wednesday april 12, 2006 - 04:11)
The latest McDonalds’ ad is telling. A man rushes to the counter and proceeds to push a microphone into the face of some bewildered kid bedecked in a green smock. “So what’s in your burgers?” he asks, in pursuit of the sort of anti-corporate expose that has fuelled Fast Food Nation and Super Size Me. Pressed, the kid blurts “100% Irish Beef.” ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday January 17, 2005 - 21:26 by John McDermott
1 comment (last - tuesday january 18, 2005 - 11:52)
Bertie and ordinary citizens pay for the massive expenditure to enrich Ireland,s fat cat hoteliers and golf course owners such as Oliver Barry(a Cork based Fianna Fail "soldier of destiny" whose name is linked to the corruption tribunals) ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 17, 2005 - 11:40 by Henk Ruyssenaars
To those who consider the war a mistake but still fear the consequences of military withdrawal, we ask these questions: when will enough be enough? If not now, when? ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Sunday January 16, 2005 - 21:58 by NorthStar Anarchist Collective
3 comments (last - wednesday january 26, 2005 - 01:03)
(a response to Beyond Voting, by Chris Crass - Clamor Communique 42) ... read full story / add a comment |
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