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international / animal rights Sunday October 24, 2010 - 00:33 by Mi cke y
 2 comments (last - monday october 25, 2010 - 00:53)
At the end of August Time.com published an article containing a controversial opinion of co-founder of the most popular organization fighting (supposedly) for animal rights – Ingrid Newkirk. Mrs President, said, inter alia, that “Absolute purists should be living in a cave.” In the ranks of the activists PETA has been regarded as the organization which in no way improve the lot of animals. After another raid someone may even be tempted to declare that the organization becomes harmful, because denying ethical considerations justifies the same industry which is responsible for the holocaust of the animals. This in turn leads to the construction of the belief that everything is really okay, we should eat animals, we just need to kill them a bit more gently. This way, Burger King customers will soon become defenders of the animals. Anyway Gary L. Francione issued an excellent response to Mrs. Newkirk views. I urge you to read it to understand fully what I mean. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday October 23, 2010 - 23:10 by Kerry Worker
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Notably absent from the media analysis of the recent SIPTU scandal has been the conclusion that Irish trade unions were corrupted by government hand-outs under the guise of “partnership”. That during the “Celtic tiger years” Irish trade union leaders’ interests diverged strongly from that of the ordinary membership. That “partnership” and “benchmarking” significantly advanced the interests of the managerial class within the trade unions, while yielding miniscule cost-of-living pay increases for ordinary members in a time of rapid inflation. That these same union bosses need removal every bit as urgently as do the current crop of Irish political and financial leaders. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday October 23, 2010 - 16:18 by SQ
It may come as a surprise to union members but the government and the trade union general secretaries have now revealed that further pay cuts are in fact provided for under the provisions of the Croke Park agreement. The Irish Independent of 23rd October reported that the department of finance "is strongly considering reducing wage levels for all new recruits to the public sector by a flat 10pc in the Budget". See this link: http://www.independent.ie/national-news/budget-plan-to-....html ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Wednesday October 20, 2010 - 19:45 by Kevin Quinn
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Every step this government takes drags us further towards the economic abyss. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism Wednesday October 20, 2010 - 17:18 by Gregor Kerr
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Zombie developers….. Vampire bankers….. Ghost estate creators….. Black holes that swallow tens of billions of Euros….. They sound like characters from a particularly eerie Hallowe’en tale of horrors. However while they might be spooky, there’s nothing fictional about this array of characters ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday October 20, 2010 - 16:05 by Paddy Hackett
"Why not freeze all mortgage payments for two years? Nobody makes any payment on their mortgage until November 2012. If we assume a conservative multiplier of only 1.4, Ireland would get € 20 bn worth of stimulus without upsetting our EU leaders rules at all."
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