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international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday October 24, 2005 - 22:11 by iosaf
 4 comments (last - friday october 28, 2005 - 13:20)  2 images
Last week saw the publication of this year's "transparency org" world corruption perception report. Its a report which is taken seriously by some, and certainly no country looking for foreign investment wants to be at the bottom of the 158 rankings. But both the annual list of "corruption perception" and "bribery perception" indixes, can not be understood as isolated statistics. Just as Greenspan's biographer assured us he takes stock of over 4000 weekly indicators, we can not consider just one single country or economy when discussing corruption or bribery. Nor can we refuse to draw in other human development indicators, (the UNHDR report) all the usual "facts and figures" and internal data. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 24, 2005 - 11:44 by Fiona de Londras
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Today we celebrate the 60th birthday of the United Nations but to what extent can we celebrate the United Nations’ capacity to enforce the human rights standards they have successfully put in place in international law since the 1940s? ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice Monday October 24, 2005 - 01:15 by MMcD
13 comments (last - tuesday december 13, 2011 - 17:00)
With the pressure on the Minister for Injustice McDowell and the Government to tackle the Garda corruption being constantly exposed, an opportunity exists for all those affected by police harassment to push for a genuine independent complaints body. Both political activists and ordinary people, working to expose Garda brutality can have an effect. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday October 22, 2005 - 18:11 by Robbie Sinnott
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With the construction of the China-Tibet railway this week, the destruction of Tibet reaches a new level. Studio interview with Yungchen Lhamo (from Tibet) and Neil Steedman (Tibet Support Group Ireland). mp3 (22mins, FM-friendly). To listen on broadband (immediately - depending on your player settings/preferences), left-click the next link. http://radio.indymedia.org/uploads/yungchenradioedit.mp3 to download on any connection, right-click etc. The above link is also the radio edit, suitable for rebroadcasting on FM. The same interview is segmented at lower resolution for immediate access for all sorts of internet connections lower down, and synopsis given under those headings. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / racism & migration related issues Saturday October 22, 2005 - 15:31 by iosaf
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Once upon a time, the global system allowed pharmaceutical companies to withhold patents on drugs, vaccines and treatments needed by the poorest of this earth to protect intellectual property rights, assets, and the R&D budgets of scientists in the newly prosperous technologically focussed economies of the north. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday October 21, 2005 - 22:25 by IRSP
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20 October 2005 Irish Republican Socialist Committees of North America ... read full story / add a comment |
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