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international / anti-war / imperialism Friday March 23, 2007 - 19:53 by Common Sense
 8 comments (last - tuesday march 27, 2007 - 00:50)
Everybody but the most myopic neo-conservative agrees that the invasion of Iraq has been an utter catastrophy. It seems inevitable that US troops will be withdrawn, if not in the lifetime of the Bush administration, then certainly in the lifetime of the next US administration either Democrat or Republican, when a realist will certainly occupy the White House with the mandate of a US public who have awoken from the hysteria after 9/11 which brought to them to war in the first place. But only a fool would believe Iraq will be peaceful after the US withdraw. Indeed it seems obvious that Shia and Sunnis will slaughter with impunity once the ineffectual US referee is removed from the boxing ring.That is why the UN must send peacekeeping troops to the region to prevent this catastrophe from occuring. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday March 22, 2007 - 20:04 by BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine --Weekly Sum
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limerick / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday March 21, 2007 - 12:25 by BossWatcher
7 comments (last - sunday december 14, 2008 - 13:37)
I have been contacted recently by a number of foreign workers who have been screwed over by their employers in both money and health and safety issues. None of them speak much english and none were in a union. Finding it hard to get them help through Solicitors, any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated. ... read full story / add a comment
kerry / environment Tuesday March 20, 2007 - 23:38 by seashell
1 comment (last - thursday march 22, 2007 - 16:28)  1 audio file
In 1996, what we know today as the Corrib Natural Gas Field was discovered by Enterprise Oil, which was subsequently acquired by Shell in 2002. The Shell oil company had entered into talks with An Bord Pleanála about securing planning permission for a gas pipeline through north Mayo. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Tuesday March 20, 2007 - 20:06 by C Murray
8 comments (last - saturday march 24, 2007 - 20:44)
The European Court for Human Rights today held that Poland was in violation of the human Rights of Alicja Tysiak who had sought an abortion due to a medical condition which had caused irreversible eye damage. She had been refused a certificate authorising the abortion, which had left her forced to continue with the pregnancy. By Law Poland allows women to have abortions when their health is in danger, in the Tysiac case the Polish State had failed to meet with it's legal obligation. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday March 20, 2007 - 03:18 by LiP
The age old-adage that nobody celebrates quite like the Irish rang true this weekend. As is common during Irish festivals a large proportion of the population chose the local pub as the most appropriate venue to celebrate our patron saint. However, reports of over two hundred arrests relating to drink driving and eight fatalities on our roads this weekend leads this writer to question why in this day and age do we still refuse to follow the rules and ask is it not time we started to celebrate a little less haphazardly and a little more sensibly? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday March 18, 2007 - 23:46 by Idle Speculation
10 comments (last - wednesday may 16, 2007 - 16:37)
We can speculate on alternative scenarios that may have arose if Hitler had won WW2 or JFK had not been shot in Dallas or Cantona had not attacked a spectator with a kung fu kick. But the most important question we must speculate about is the great "what if" of our times. "What if Al Gore had won the US Presidential Election in 2000?" This is what I think might have happened: ... read full story / add a comment |
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