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national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 31, 2006 - 16:30 by C Murray
 2 comments (last - friday december 01, 2006 - 13:08)  1 image
10% are not. Of that 10%- There is a disparity in the care of Irish Children and in the caring for Children who are separated from their Parents becuase of the Asylum Process. Of That 10%- The reports say that there is an increasing use of restraints. Of that 10%- No home has been found for them Mary Rafferty in the Irish Times published an appalling indictment of the State approach to care of the most vulnerable in Irish Society. Lenihan was last seen in Geneva being carpetted because the rights of the Child are not transposed into our constitution- though we signed onto it. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday October 31, 2006 - 00:21 by W.
10 comments (last - wednesday november 01, 2006 - 18:43) 1 image
Social mobility is the amount which an individual in a given society can change their social status, or class, throughout their life. Under modern western capitalism we are told that through hard work, study and dedication we can all become wealthy and successful. Some even go so far as to say that we no longer live under a class system, as our social-status is purely the product of our own actions. How true is this idea and what purpose does it serve? ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday October 30, 2006 - 20:37 by The Starry Plough
8 comments (last - wednesday november 08, 2006 - 22:08) 2 images
It is 93 years since two of Ireland's greatest republican socialists, James Connolly and James Larkin, led what became known as the Dublin lockout. The bosses 'locked out' thousands of workers for the heinous crime of defending their rights as workers and seeking union protection. While this may seem like a very long time ago, the struggle for workers rights on this island has not disappeared nor should it. What the lockout represented was an organised attempt to undermine the systematic exploitation of Irish workers. In 2006 that reality is still amongst us. Workers are effectively seen as a necessary evil to help the capitalist classes to achieve maximum profits. One key difference exists between now and 1913. While in 1913 the bosses were shielded by the existence of a British imperialist administration, they are now aided by an industrial relations tool which has actually been endorsed by many unions. That tool is social partnership. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 30, 2006 - 14:48 by The New World Order Resistance
1 comment (last - wednesday november 01, 2006 - 14:13)
www.ipsc.ie 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' (Martin Luther King) The IPSC was set up in late 2001 by a group of established Irish human rights and community activists, academics and journalists who were deeply concerned with the current situation in the Occupied Territories. In partnership with Palestinians now living in Ireland the IPSC was formed to provide a voice for Palestine in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 30, 2006 - 13:34 by Joseba Agudo, lawyer from the Basque Country
Basque political prisoner Iñaki de Juana’s hunger strike has been in the media in recent weeks. After 63 days on hunger strike demanding justice and attending the numerous requests he received and the mobilisation of Basque society, De Juana ended his protest. He began his hunger strike due to the attempt by the Spanish State Prosecution to get him sentenced to 96 years in jail for writing two press articles. ... read full story / add a comment |
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