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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday June 28, 2009 - 15:32 by Bazooka Joe
In a move that not only mimics the Bush tactics on illegal detention Obama is "crafting language for an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely." The Washington Post observes, "Such an order would embrace claims by former president George W. Bush that certain people can be detained without trial for long periods under the laws of war." ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday June 28, 2009 - 14:52 by Mohamad Reza Shalgouni
The Iranian Socialist Organisation Rahe Kargar analyses the current situation in Iran and says that it is time to move from street demonstrations to a General Strike. Full text at link. The call for a general strike has been put forward by a number of tendencies active in the current protest movement inside Iran and is gaining increasing support amongst Iranian activists outside. In my opinion, ignoring such calls is ignoring the challenging potential of the mass movement we and the world are witnessing in total amazement, a protest whose brave steps are witnessed with great admiration. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Sunday June 28, 2009 - 07:05 by Turlough Kelly
It may no longer be hot off the presses, but the analysis of the recent European and local elections which appeared in the June 21st edition of the Sunday Business Post has something of the flavour of workhouse gruel about it. Unpalatable when hot, positively stomach-churning when allowed to cool and fester for seven days. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 25, 2009 - 17:07 by Yassamine Mather
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Yassamine Mather writes on the developing situation in Iran, on howdivisions are developing amongst the Mullahs and most importantly on the class composition of the demonstrations. Full text at link. The problem with most dictators is that, even in their dying days, they believe they can stop the movement by simply passing orders or blaming ‘foreign powers’. Some supporters of the shah are still under the illusion that he was not overthrown by the 1979 Iranian revolution, but was deposed thanks to a plot by Britain and the US. In fact, as he went on speaking, attributing strange comments to Obama (the US president has apparently admitted in public that he had been looking forward to the demonstrations that have rocked Iran), one wondered if Khamenei, well known for using opium as a painkiller for his injured arm, had taken a double dose that morning. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / racism & migration related issues Wednesday June 24, 2009 - 20:31 by gargoyle
Dublin No Borders have launched their new website to coincide with an imminent mass deportation. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 24, 2009 - 00:35 by Brid's Blog
Our first engagement with the council as newly elected councillors was an induction session where we met the main management team of the council and were briefed on meetings, facilities, positions etc. Dublin City Council is a huge organisation and has a beurocracy to match. But what alarmed me mostly was the horse-trading for positions that goes on among the elected councillors themselves. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Wednesday June 24, 2009 - 00:33 by Con
éirígí analysis of the recent local and European elections around the country. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / racism & migration related issues Monday June 22, 2009 - 15:45 by Sean Matthews-personal capacity
Mark McGregor should check his facts before embarking on baseless comments without any shred of evidence or truth, before deciding to demonise those who attended the rally as a crime and stayed with the Romanian families, who actually requested help and assistance. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday June 19, 2009 - 14:58 by Chicherin
In this article Yassamine Mather writes about the mass demonstrations in cities across Iran. She points out that these demonstrations show the anger and frustration of the majority of Iranians with political Islam. Full text at link. Early on Saturday morning, the supreme leader congratulated Ahmadinejad, which was seen as official endorsement of the results. But by Sunday pm, under the pressure of impromptu demonstrations, he was forced to reverse this decision, and called on the council of guardians to investigate the other candidates’ complaints. By Monday June 15, with a massive show of force by the opposition - over a million demonstrators on the streets - he was instructing the council of guardians to call for a recount. By Tuesday there was talk of new elections. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday June 17, 2009 - 16:10 by Roowyrm
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An account of yesterdays (16/06/2009) action at the UK offices of Van Oord (operating dredgers in Broadhaven Bay) and in solidarity with the Rossport Solidarity Camp and the people of Erris in their long struggle against Shell. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Monday June 15, 2009 - 19:22 by scorchio
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Mr B has flown off to meet Obama, the first time they share space since the queen of Engurland ticked Berlusconi off at the G20 gig in April. Their one hour meeting will be had through interpreters since neither speaks the same language or lingo. But before he boarded the plane quipping &/or gaffing yesterday that he was going to Washington "handsome and tanned", he did open a new can of worms so interesting that it merited pick-up in today's Irish Independent and prompted a thoughtful analysis from the Italian "Repubblica" journalist Ezio Mauro, a complete of translation of which to English is reproduced below. It seems despite winning the EU election Mr B really is realising he's on the way out. & now rather than it all being a "leftwing" plot, a "rightwing" name has entered the picture. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday June 15, 2009 - 13:21 by Darren C
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After a demonstration this morning by SOAS students to protest against the arrest and deportation of several cleaners at the London School of Oriental and African Studies, around 50 students occupied the Director’s office. Immigration officials raided SOAS at 6:30am on Friday 12th June and arrested nine cleaners, contracted to ISS. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Friday June 12, 2009 - 02:32 by gurggle
A Spanish bakery accused of barbaric behaviour towards an illegal worker will face "the full weight of the law", the Spanish government has vowed. The statement comes amid shock over the case of a Bolivian worker whose arm was cut off in an accident at work. Bosses at the bakery in Valencia are accused of dumping him 100m (330 feet) from a hospital entrance and throwing him severed limb in a rubbish bin. Mr Rilles was allegedly warned by the son of the bakery owner not to tell doctors where his accident had taken place, and was left a distance of some 100m from the hospital entrance, while bleeding heavily. Mr Rilles, 33, worked had 12-hour days at the bakery, earning 23 euros a day (£20; $32) under no contract. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Wednesday June 10, 2009 - 20:04 by iosaf
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The constitutional council of the republic of France has today published its 580th ruling this year. It overturns a Sarkozy law which would have allowed for the state to block internet access by all the kind of people who download movies, books, music and all that sort of general crap & fun regardless of whether they intented to enjoy it at home or sit by the side of a street like a third worlder and flog it to a passerby. This good news shall have repercussions on the European political level, the history of Human Rights, the shaping of the entertainment industry lobby strategy to tax RW CD' and storage devices & thus will make many more pages of news than malaria or Darfur. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Monday June 08, 2009 - 11:59 by pat c
The Bulgarian Queer-Community is under attack by neo-nazis, last year a Queer march was attacked byfash scum who threw Molotov cocktails at the parade.This year its under threat again and a member of the Bulgarian Parliament has called for it to be attacked. Full text at link. On June 28th 2008, neo-Nazi groups aggressively attacked the first LGBTQ Pride march in Sofia, Bulgaria. A week before the march, the Bulgarian National Alliance, the most visible nationalist organization in the country, called for a “week of intolerance.” The BNA strongly encouraged nationalistic groups to organize themselves against the right of the queer community in Bulgaria to peacefully march, which resulted in loosely organized violence during the festivities. BNA members and other neo-Nazis threw molotov cocktails and small explosives at the participants of the Pride march. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. However, more than eighty skinheads, including Boyan Rasate (head of the BNA) were arrested for their attempted harm and direct violence toward pride participants. This year neo-Nazi groups are once again organizing themselves against the march and Bulgarian queers’ ability to defend their human rights. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday June 05, 2009 - 06:51 by Ciaron
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Kathy Kelly is longtime U.S. nonviolent activist and anti-war resister. She has served prison sentences for nonviolent resistance to U.S. nuclear and interventionary war preparations. She was in the peace camp on the Iraq/Saudi border druing Gulf War 1, she initiated the sanctions busting "Voices in the Wilderness" movement in the mid-90's, was on the ground in Baghdad during the "Shock and Awe" bombardment of '03. She came to Dublin in '05 and '06 to testify at the 3 Pitstop Plougshshares trials and was recently arrested at the Nevada U.S. Air Force base where the U.S. drones have their firing mechanism pressed. She is presently in Pakistan...... ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday June 04, 2009 - 16:57 by Ronoc
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"What do Nigeria and Ireland have in common? Shell, gas and trouble." By Miriam Cotton "While Royal Dutch Shell are on trial in New York on charges of conspiring with the Nigerian government to have the activist and writer Ken Saro Wiwa hanged, Shell is also embroiled in a similar controversy in Co Mayo, Ireland, where its plans for a pipeline and refinery are meeting with determined opposition. A version of this article first appeared in the June 2009 issue of Village - an Irish current affairs magazine. " ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday June 02, 2009 - 16:56 by Red Banner
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Issue 36 of Red Banner is out now, available from the above address or from good bookshops ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday June 02, 2009 - 16:28 by Susan Boyle
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Sandusky is a small city of about 70,000 citizens which is in the news because John Hamilton (48) tired of the unkempt grass in his local park decided to mow it himself & when he refuse to desist at the suggestion of the police, they arrested him and are charging him with obstruction of justice and disorderly conduct. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday June 02, 2009 - 09:27 by supporter
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How the Elites have Squandered with our Health and Wealth Dr. Andy Storey and Michael McCaughan “We gave the Corrib gas away and now Éamon Ryan is intent on giving away the remaining choice areas of our offshore acreage at less than bargain basement prices”. ... read full story / add a comment |
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