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international / consumer issues Tuesday April 01, 2008 - 12:21 by C Murray
 20 comments (last - friday april 04, 2008 - 22:31)  5 images
It's amazing that an active politician, albeit of the right, has found himself in the privileged position of both funding and financing a hate crime movie. The man know the laws of his country and is an elected official thus we can all presume that the only reason that he made it was for ego-indulgence. Lots of politicos do that- its called abuse of office. How far we have come from being privileged to study the word and poetry of Islam? Sufism provided many international writers with an area of study and cross-cultural pollination that has benefited Western art and literature in the poetry of Hughes and the writing of Lessing , to name two. Westergaard got an injunction to have his image removed- it was opposed to fanaticism, not Islam. http://www.nrc.nl/international/article1032015.ece/Wild...ction http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7310439.stm ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday April 01, 2008 - 10:30 by Jim
Last weeks visit by Sarkozy signals the end of France's rebellion against NATO and the US/UK Anglo-Saxon sphere. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Monday March 31, 2008 - 19:06 by Anne McShane
11 comments (last - sunday may 18, 2008 - 19:15)
A major and imminent threat to women’s rights looms in the amendments being put forward to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. ‘Pro-life’ MPs aim to reduce the time limit for abortion from 24 weeks to as little as 13 weeks. Although the Labour Party formally defends the current time limits, Gordon Brown like his predecessors will allow a free vote, so as to appease the significant and vocal anti-abortion section within the cabinet. From reports, it seems likely that there will be some reduction, probably to 20 weeks, given the current balance of forces, as there is strong support for such a move among Tory, Liberal Democrat and Labour MPs alike - all of whom will have a free vote. David Cameron has taken the lead by announcing that he will be using his vote to lower the limit. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Monday March 31, 2008 - 00:41 by Internationalist Group
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On March 27, the U.S. appeals court in Philadelphia reaffirmed the frame-up conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal, the former Black Panther Party spokesman and world-renowned radical journalist who has been locked up on Pennsylvania’s death row for more than a quarter century. Mumia is innocent. He was declared guilty and sentenced to die because of his revolutionary politics and because for years he had been a thorn in the side of the racist rulers of the misnamed “city of brotherly love.” Around the world, millions have come out in defense of Jamal. This latest ruling, like all those that preceded it, shows that the exploited and oppressed must have no faith in the racist injustice system. We call on the workers movement to mobilize its power to free Mumia now! ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Sunday March 30, 2008 - 13:07 by Mark C
3 comments (last - saturday march 12, 2011 - 13:17)
Below is a letter that I recently sent to about 120 newspapers. A small number have got back to me to say they are featurising the story. Others are publishing it as a letter. The Sunday Business Post got in contact to see if it was sent to anyone else (I haven't heard from them since I said it was; my personal thought it that if it's not their scoop, they're not interested). It has also been sent to Tesco (without a reply, yet!). Feel free to copy/distribute/send to Tesco. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Saturday March 29, 2008 - 13:58 by Obit
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Maureen Kenny Has died, a true lover of education and books, many will have a memory of the Labyrinthe bookshop, the smell of the books and the friendly family who ran it. You could find yourself tripping into Mr Kenny's office and getting a lecture on dropping out of college, work; and where the bestest poetry books were kept. Many of us miss the old shop with the low ceilings and the carpetted stairs and Maureen always had a smile- did not matter if you were the Laureate or a small writer, everyone was united by love of knowledge and books. ... read full story / add a comment
donegal / environment Saturday March 29, 2008 - 02:59 by Patricia McCafferty
2 comments (last - tuesday december 16, 2008 - 02:20)
Bundoran has the most scenic views of the Donegal Bay, Dartry Mountains of Leitrim and a coastline accessible to everyone. We preserved our old historical buildings and respected our community atmosphere. In the last twelve years Bundoran Town Council has allowed Planning Corruption erode the very HEART of Bundoran and now the greedy developers and certain Corrupt Councillors want to destroy our Foreshore not or enhancement but to built apartment blocks on the most beautiful coastline in Ireland. In the last twelve years the population of Bundoran has decreased now these greedy developers want to destroy Bundorans Sealife. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Thursday March 27, 2008 - 12:04 by Dr. Spock
2 comments (last - thursday march 27, 2008 - 22:27)
When I first heard about this march a couple of weeks ago I began thinking about what people hoped to achieve. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday March 27, 2008 - 12:04 by paul o toole
6 comments (last - sunday march 30, 2008 - 19:36)
Well done to TG4 for breaking Media Silence ... read full story / add a comment |
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