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international / anti-capitalism Sunday August 31, 2008 - 21:23 by James
Some things in life are pretty obvious. One is that you don’t attack a heavily armed gang that outnumbers you 30 to 1. So what was Georgian leadership thinking when it ordered an attack on South Ossetia? There can be no question that they thought they would be able to defeat Russia. There are, after all, limits to human idiocy. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice Friday August 29, 2008 - 20:21 by Mairtin Og
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CEARTAIS held a successful seminar on August 26th in the Felon's Club on the Andersontown Road in Belfast. The conference was well attended by dozens of former Long Kesh Prisoners and relatives. Who were shown new photos of the battle and brutality that took place on October 16th, 1974. They were also given a comprehensive update of our Campaign and how we intend proceeding in the future. Our Committee would like to thank the Felon's, Coiste Na Iarchimi, Tar Isteach, The Andersontown News and everyone who attended our first Seminar. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 21:43 by some assembly required
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Have a look at these two short videos from youtube. They show very similar instances - in the first one a police officer in New York City (Officer Patrick Pogan) assaults a protester at a critical mass bike ride, and in the second a member of the Garda Siochána (Garda Kevin O'Connor) assaults a protester at an anti-Shell protest in Mayo. There is one big difference though. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday August 27, 2008 - 16:34 by BrainwashedSportsFan
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Western media coverage of China's hosting of the Olympics was at best disingenuous and seemed more like propaganda than news most of the time ... read full story / add a comment 
While the rest of us are coming to terms with a deepening recession, growing house repossessions, stagnation in rises and steep rise in the cost of living. In the face of a so-called downturn in the housing market and credit crunch, the wealthy in the form of parasitic property developers and speculators expect to be bailed out by the Government for their calculated era in borrowing too much from Banks and leading to first time buyers ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media Monday August 25, 2008 - 15:18 by Ciaron
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"Well it's losing some of its politcial significance as Obama moves rapidly to the right, but it's a great song!" "O.K. Hit me with it!" ...and then and there on the Connolly station platform, IWW anarchist singer Anne Feeney did her Dublin one song perofrmance. A great cover of Roy Zimmerman's Obama song...check it out http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=you+tube+zimmerman+...rd=r1 ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Monday August 25, 2008 - 14:01 by Henk Ruyssenaars - Foreign correspondent
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The EU 'presidents' and prime ministers keep betraying the 490 million people in the 27 EU countries. To avoid another defeat, the managers of the EU decided not to hold any referenda at all, but the referendum in Ireland could not be avoided. The Irish European Affairs minister Roche however, said the Irish had to vote in another referendum. Until they vote Yes? ... read full story / add a comment |
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