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international / anti-capitalism Saturday May 13, 2006 - 23:42 by DF
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Critics of Hugo Chavez have renewed their charges of authoritarianism against the Venezuelan leader. How well do these claims stand up? ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday May 13, 2006 - 23:09 by James Reilly
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Susan McKay’s article in the Weekend Review section of the Irish Times (May 13 2006 - see link below) explains the background to the unionist sectarian killing of Michael McIlveen in Ballymena. In this DUP heartland over 90% of the sectarian attacks are unionist. The PSNI calls this sectarianism that is almost universally unionist a “two way thing”. Ian Paisley wants “all sides” to “pull back”. Instead of examining whether unionist ideology is in any way at fault, Paisley warns nationalists in an insulting and bullying manner not to turn the issue into a “political football”. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday May 13, 2006 - 10:24 by Sean Crudden
Nowadays none of us want to believe that we are living - or struggling to live - in a "top-down" patriarchal society. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Saturday May 13, 2006 - 10:14 by Manus O'Riordan
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Review: Eoin O’Duffy – A Self-Made Hero by Fearghal McGarry, Oxford University Press, 2005, €35/£25 Fearghal McGarry first made his mark as a historian with Irish Politics and the Spanish Civil War (1999), described by me as “the definitive textbook on the subject” in the Fall 2003 issue of Irish Literary Supplement. This was in the context of a review of his second book, Frank Ryan (2002), a biography criticised as both disappointing and sensationalist, with little evidence of the depth of research and analysis required to do justice to its subject. The hope was nonetheless expressed that the author’s future work would demonstrate a return to the “high standards of scholarship, balanced presentation and conscientious evaluation” that he had previously shown. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday May 13, 2006 - 09:22 by Manus O'Riordan
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CORK COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS May Day commemorations by MANUS O’RIORDAN HEAD OF RESEARCH SIPTU Metropole Hotel, Cork MAY 2nd, 2006 James Connolly “Be Moderate”: “Some men faint-hearted ever seek Our Programme to retouch And will insist when e’er they speak That we demand too much. ‘Tis passing strange, yet I declare Such statements cause me mirth, For our demands most modest are: We only want the Earth! PHOTOGRAPH COMMEMORATIVE ADDRESS ON JAMES CONNOLLY AND TERENCE McSWINEY BY MANUS O'RIORDAN ON EASTER SUNDAY 2006 AT THE FORTRESS OF CASTELL DE SANT FERNAN, FIGUERES, CATALONIA. (see linked story) ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday May 11, 2006 - 05:21 by Native American fan of Ward Churhill
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Ward Churchill of AIM talking about Sinn Fein?--poor Gerry Adams, Native Americans Continue the Struggle and wonder why while they Watch Sinn Fein Sell out for Glory and the Pound ... read full story / add a comment |
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