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international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday May 31, 2009 - 15:05 by Maidhc Ó Cathail
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A recent book by Gavan McCormack documents how Japan has become a "client state" of the United States, an indispensable ally through its uncritical support of the global American empire. However, a closer examination of the forces driving recent US wars in the Middle East suggests that America may in fact be serving the interests of one tiny country in the region. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Sunday May 31, 2009 - 14:57 by Yassamine Mather
Yassamine Mather writes on the upcoming presidential election in Iran. She suggests that there is no real choice on offer and in any case tne Supreme Leader ayatollah Ali Khamenei holds the real reins of power. Full text at link Western governments are hoping for the election in Iran of a more ‘moderate’ president and the US has delayed any negotiations until after the poll. Obama, speaking on May 18, said he expected international talks with Iran to begin shortly after the elections. Inside Iran, however, there seems to be little enthusiasm for this farce beyond the ruling circles. Most Iranians are well aware that the president, like all other ‘elected officials’ in the Islamic Republic of Iran, wields limited power. Iran’s supreme religious leader - currently ayatollah Ali Khamenei - is not just a figurehead, but the head of state and ‘guardian of the nation’. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 30, 2009 - 15:33 by ronan gallagher
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Lebanon’s army has been put “on full alert” in response to the Israeli Home Front Command drill which is to begin this Sunday. Despite Israeli and UN assurances that the drill will be defensive in nature , Hezbollah has was warned of “possible aggression” along the Israel Lebanon border and stated that its fighters are prepared to respond ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 30, 2009 - 02:32 by Miriam O
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According to Reuters a massive bomb just rocked the South of Iran and many people have died. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections Saturday May 30, 2009 - 00:38 by Socialist Party
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Irish Times and RTE say that Joe Higgins is now fighting with Eoin Ryan and Mary Lou McDonald for the last MEP seat in Dublin. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday May 28, 2009 - 13:18 by Ronan Gallagher
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Alonzo Bodden arrived in Ireland this week for the Carlsberg Kilkenny Cat Laughs Festival. He’s back here after playing to US troops at Camp Liberty in Iraq. As a former Stealth Bomber mechanic, Alonzo was no stranger to the military world when he signed up to bring a bit of laughter to the lives of troops on active service. The zany comic told Jay Richardson wittily in an interview published in today’s Irish Times. ... read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage Monday May 25, 2009 - 20:22 by erudite type
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Reuters and other newswires are carrying an Iranian story in the last hour that the revolutionary guard have arrested 114 "devil worshippers" and seized drugs and alcohol during a party in a southern city. "Cutting (their own) skin and sucking up the blood was among the indecent behavior of the group," Mehr News Agency quoted Colonel Abbas Hamedi of Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the city of Shiraz as saying. He said a Guards intelligence unit launched an investigation into the all-male group about one year ago, leading to their arrest Sunday evening. "The group's aim was to promote irreligious behavior," Hamedi, adding they had posted footage of their parties on the Internet. The Islamic Republic, which bans alcohol and narcotics, last year said it would launch a crackdown on "indecent Western-inspired movements" such as rappers and satanists. Which all sounds dandy to the general public who probably don't know about the Melak Taus ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday May 25, 2009 - 09:06 by CWI
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Following the defeat of the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka by the army, the govt is using this victory as an opportunity to remove all and any opposition to their hold on power and have drawn up a death list of people they want to get rid of.
One of those is the United Socialist Party leader who has been put on death list ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday May 24, 2009 - 15:21 by john throne
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Some years ago a group of Comrades were expelled from the Irish Socialist Party and the Socialist Party's international organization. I John throne was amongst these. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Saturday May 23, 2009 - 16:11 by spare the rod spoil the childer
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Branislav Peranovic is the "archpriest" (orthodox equivalent to dean's rank) who has run the "Novi Pazar" drug rehabilitation centre since 2003. Video footage shown on Thursday night on Serbian TV,& being widely picked up throughout European media, clearly shows inmates being beaten, a regular occurence which Peranovic justifies completely telling press that a "heavy hand" is needed and that anyone who has a "junkie in their home" would understand this. He further insists that parents of his "patients" approve the regime which is now to be investigated by the Serbian state who understandably consider the whole thing to be torture. One former inmate describes how patients put their trousers bottoms in their socks before their beatings knowing that they will lose bowel control & in common parlance "shit themselves" but at least it won't go over the carpet or tiles. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday May 21, 2009 - 03:48 by Ciaron
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For those who knew him and knew of him we are shocked and saddened by the killing of Larry in Guatamela. Larry served the poor in the streets of the U.S. and at the bloody edges of the empire.....El Salvador, Brazil, Guatamela. His nonviolent resistance was steadfast from the draft board raids of the Vietnam War to the School of the Americas at Ft. Benning and many places between. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 19, 2009 - 12:23 by Philip Ikurusi.
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Call For Immediate Action to Stop the Attacks on Niger Delta Civilians by Nigerian Military – Statement From Sweet Crude, a Documentary Film About the Niger Delta Crisis ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Saturday May 16, 2009 - 09:27 by Blacbloc
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Shell are obviously in full-on panic mode juding from their favourite spin-meister, Mr Kevin Myers, at the Independent this morning. A little taste of his own medicine here on p.ie: http://www.politics.ie/media/69118-kevin-myers-pens-ano....html See his article at the link over there. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday May 15, 2009 - 15:48 by saeed
To: Worker and Human Rights Organisations and Activists ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday May 14, 2009 - 19:00 by Socialism or Barbarism
Article reviewing impact of bank bailout from a marxist perspective. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections Thursday May 14, 2009 - 12:16 by Joe Higgins.eu
There will be live streaming of a debate between the candidates for the Dublin Euro Elections 2009, organised by the European Anti- Poverty Network. 14.00-16.00 today, Thursday 14 May 2009. Confirmed speakers: Joe Higgins (www.JoeHiggins.eu), Eoin Ryan MEP, Gay Mitchell MEP, Proinsias De Rossa MEP, Mary Lou McDonald MEP, Senator Deirdre De Burca. Click the link to watch. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday May 14, 2009 - 10:34 by Joe Higgins
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As venture capitalists seal their plan to smash 1,150 jobs at SR Technics by selling off the Landing Gear and Auxiliary Power Unit, the Irish Government and trade union leadership are in a state of pathetic paralysis. They simply stand by and allow the dictatorship of the market to lay waste to an invaluable industry and source of jobs. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections Wednesday May 13, 2009 - 16:30 by Joe Higgins.eu
The first two election leaflets of Joe Higgins’ Euro Election Campaign are now available online. The first, the black and red one, is solely focused on the Euro campaign and has been distributed around the city by volunteers. The second, in full colour, is for both the Local and Euro elections, and has been distributed in Dublin West, in the Castelknock Ward in which Joe is also standing for the local election. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday May 12, 2009 - 22:47 by José Antonio Gutiérrez D.
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A denunciation of the atrocities perpetrated against the Tamil people in Sri Lanka, of the distortions fed by its government to the international media and of the need to step up solidarity with the Tamil people in their struggle for self-determination. Please show your support tomorrow Wednesday 13th at 13,30 in the dáil, Kildare Street in a protest organised by the Stop the Slaughter of Tamils Campaign. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism Tuesday May 12, 2009 - 20:38 by Socialist Party
Videos from the launch of the Socialist Party's local election campaign. ... read full story / add a comment |
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