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international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 23, 2008 - 05:34 by Courage to Resist
André Shepherd is the first American GI to have applied for political asylum in Germany. Shepherd, who deserted to avoid going back to fight in Iraq, argues that the war there is in violation of international law. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday December 23, 2008 - 00:18 by bjoerndaeler häagmundson
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Things are more and more fucked here in Iceland.
Iceland's three main banks have been nationalised and the tax payer now has to pay off the loans. The country is broke and the IMF have been called in and have imposed their usual austerity measures. Unemployment is growing rapidly along with the threat of people losing their homes. Alongside this the population is growing increasingly angry. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 22, 2008 - 15:21 by pat c
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Torab Salehi addressed the agm of HOPI Britain on the continuing threat of Imperialist aggression towards Iran. Here are some extracts from his speech. Full article at link. What we said and should continue saying is very simple: to build an effective and broad campaign opposing US war against Iran means we should not align ourselves with those who in the name of support for the Iranian people are actually aiding the plans of US imperialism to control and dominate the Middle East. Nor should we align ourselves with those who in the name of anti-imperialism and anti-US militarism, apologise for the Iranian mullahs’ theocratic hold on power. To this day, not one of our critics have given a straight answer as to why this statement is wrong. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Monday December 22, 2008 - 12:33 by cock roach
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Interesting head to head poll in the Times today- Mary Lou McDonald explains that is the same dinner, warmed up and stuck on a different plate, while Dick Roche tries to tell us that all Irish concerns have been met. But we didn't vote just as self-interested Irish people Dick, we voted as good Europeans. We want the best for Europe -which doesn't mean writing a blank cheque to the arms industry. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday December 19, 2008 - 04:30 by Afrikakorps
The Defence Lawyers of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda allege "manipulation of the ICTR by member states" and a "cover-up" of RPF crimes which has "been the root cause of millions of deaths in Rwanda, the Congo and the Great Lakes region since the RPF invaded Rwanda with the help of Uganda in 1990. The ICTR has done "a disservice to International Justice" the lawers say. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday December 18, 2008 - 10:51 by update
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The latest edition of the ISN's paper, Resistance, is available from the usual outlets and from an ISN member near you. For copies (frre and post-free), email [email protected] ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 16, 2008 - 15:47 by Phier
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Supt Joe Gannon, of Pearse Street Garda Station said: "The difference is the streets are cleared earlier," he says. "When we had the theatre licences one lot were coming out of bars at 2.30am and another lot coming out of the late clubs at 3.30am, so there were people on the streets until about 5am. "Now they are all coming out together at 2.30am. The fast-food places don't have the capacity for them all, so a lot head straight home. "If it is staggered, there is less volume at once, which is easier to deal with. There is less potential for volatility on the streets." ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Monday December 15, 2008 - 13:06 by v
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The Socialist Party has produced a pamphlet answering the lies of the Unite leaders in relation to their dispute with the sacked Bellfast airport workers. We are posting the contents of this pamphlet on our website in response to the fact that Unite continue to spread these lies on their website. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday December 13, 2008 - 20:13 by l
The Center For Strategic Anarchy blog is being continually updated with news, images, video, and accounts from solidarity actions around the world. Come get your piping hot Greek riot news: http://anarchiststrategy.blogspot.com ... read full story / add a comment
There are good teachers, then there are the incompetent. Read more about them at Gombeennation. It seems that Irish teachers are about to have a belated introduction to the hire-and-fire aspect of the world of work – but at least they’ll still have their holidays, counted in months, to recover from the trauma. This follows a revolutionary agreement forged between Department of Education, and school and teacher representatives. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Wednesday December 10, 2008 - 11:39 by Steerpike
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A story in the Indo describes the disparity between Bank estimates of the millionaire numbers, and Revenue records. ... read full story / add a comment
"Democracy Now"Interviews Swedish Plowshares Activists Who Disarmed BAe Grenade Launchers for Export
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 10, 2008 - 07:17 by Solidarity
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Sweden Ranks Second in the World in Per Capita Weapons Exports http://www.democracynow.org/2008/12/9/sweden_ranks_seco...world ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Monday December 08, 2008 - 14:35 by John Cornford
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Lindsey German and John Rees have declared all out war on the SWP central committee majority. There can be only one winner in this fight. If Lindsey and John lose the battle then a split is likely. Peter Manson reports on this fight to the finish. Full story at link. The SWP leadership has continued the process of disempowering its former number one, John Rees, by recommending that he be removed from the central committee at the SWP annual conference, due to take place in London over the weekend of January 9-11 2009. Meeting on Wednesday November 26, the CC decided to exclude Rees from its take-it-or-leave-it slate, with only his long-time allies, Chris Bambery and Chris Nineham, voting against ditching him. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday December 07, 2008 - 19:39 by pat c
This is an extract from an interview with Ali Pichgah, one of the founding members of the oil workers’ shora (council) who later played an important role in the first major oil strike against the Theocracy. Ali details the oil workers actions which helped to bring down the Shah and the later struggles against the Theocracy. Comrade Pichgah is a supporter of Hands Off the People of Iran. Full text at link. How do you assess current workers’ struggles in Iran? First of all, I must say that as long as capitalism rules class struggle exists. The capitalist order in Iran has managed to survive through repression and force, and the spreading of religious superstition and falsehoods. However, as far as the workers’ struggle is concerned, our ranks are divided; and as long as we can’t unite on a large scale, this repression will continue. Unity requires the building of strong, mass workers’ organisations. ... read full story / add a comment
Gardaí estimate that up to 60,000 people have joined the protest against education cutbacks in Dublin city centre. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage Saturday December 06, 2008 - 12:10 by Jim Gibney
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RTE is this country’s national broadcasting agency for both television and radio. I doubt it very much if a columnist writing in a mainstream newspaper in Britain would feel the need to write, ‘The BBC is this country’s national broadcasting agency’. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 06, 2008 - 01:01 by V. Ritas
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Ben Mcintyre and Paul Orengoh reveal in the Times of London how President-elect Obama's grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, was brutally tortured by the British during the Mau Mau freedom fighters uprising in support of Kenyan independence. ... read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues Friday December 05, 2008 - 11:54 by redjade
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from RTE.ie Ognir is offering via bittorrent... ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday December 04, 2008 - 20:41 by Red Banner
Issue 34 of Red Banner is available now: €2 / £1.50 from bookshops, sellers, or the above address. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Wednesday December 03, 2008 - 16:38 by pat c
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Here is an extract from an interview with Maryam Namazie who argues that Political Islam makes abolishing the Death Penalty more difficult. Full text at link. IPS: Your organisation campaigns for the separation of religion and state. In Muslim countries, is it religion, more than anything else that prevents the abolition of the death penalty? Maryam Namazie: The death penalty exists in quite a large number of countries and is a form of social control still exercised by states, not all of them ruled by Islamic laws (I wouldn't call them Muslim countries any more than I would call Britain and France Christian ones). The U.S. and China are good examples of this. ... read full story / add a comment |
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