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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday August 03, 2008 - 12:13 by anon
Lawyer for British resident held captive at Guantánamo Bay writes to Taoiseach Brian Cowen for information on transit through Shannon Airport of planes and personnel involved in the kidnap and torture.

On 22 July 2002, CIA crew landed in Shannon on the well-known rendition
jet, N379P, having – the previous day – rendered Binyam from Pakistan to
Morocco where he faced 18 months of torture.
 On January 16 2004 CIA crew, this time in N313P, stopped in Shannon en
route to rendering Binyam Mohamed from Rabat to the notorious ‘Dark
Prison’ in Kabul. The crew then went on to render another man, German
citizen Khaled el Masri before returning to Washington on 28 January 2004.
(Eventually released because the US admitted he was wrong guy.)

http://www.reprieve.org.uk/documents/2008_07_28Irishpre...2.pdf ... read full story / add a comment
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international / crime and justice Sunday August 03, 2008 - 12:02 by .   image 1 image
Someone on Indymedia Portland has published a set of photographs of a memorial for Andrew Hanlon, an Irish citizen who was shot dead by a police officer recently. A memorial gathering for Andrew is taking place there today. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Saturday August 02, 2008 - 14:33 by tomeile   text 1 comment (last - friday october 10, 2008 - 15:28)
On his recent visit to Jordan Israel and Ramallah US presidential candidate Obama Barrack insisted that nobody in his party should wear green because of the colour’s association with Islam and Hamas. At a June campaign rally in Detroit two women wearing headscarves were told to leave the area behind the podium where Obama was speaking from so as to prevent them being framed in the same shot by cameras covering the event. A Counterpunch article by Rannie Amiri on how Barrack Obama has moved from being a victim to a perpetuator of Islamophobia.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday August 02, 2008 - 08:49 by Loin_de_loeil
It's about a film that might interest all those who want to see non-violence not only in speeches, but also in action. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday July 29, 2008 - 21:26 by not 1 of
The Guardian reports it here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/29/wto.eu

It didn't require the Irish Government to use their veto as the farmers have been demanding! Larger forces were at work. China and india don't want to be flooded by cheap food imports from the US. In other words they want to maintain their own small scale agriculture and their own food security. This is spelt out by Mandelson in his blog.

Walden Bello of Focus on The Global South, and a noted ongoing critic of the WTO and neo-liberalism more generally, sees the re-localisation of agriculture (that such a collapse may make possible) as central to the mitigation of climate change.

Extracts from and links to both below.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday July 29, 2008 - 08:32 by anti-war activist
An interesting story just gone up on Lenin's Tomb. What do people think: are Chomsky and Lenin's Tomb right? Are we too worried about not being seen to be puritanical? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday July 28, 2008 - 15:41 by Recession Diaries
Can it get anymore fun? The Right is turning the screws at every scrap of economic information coming out, ignoring the fact that it is their policies that have landed us in this mess. So the Recession Diaries continues – with comments, critiques and a few proposals. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday July 28, 2008 - 07:43 by Independent Media   text 1 comment (last - monday july 28, 2008 - 21:08)
A group of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) are planning to start
up a GI coffeehouse near the entrance of the Fort Lewis military base
in Washington State. Though the project is still in its planning
stages, the idea is that it will be a center for supporting GI rights
and war resistance in the region, as well as a place for GIs to get
coffee right off the base.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iOSDz6_iww
Length - 5.50)
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galway / anti-war / imperialism Sunday July 27, 2008 - 02:20 by anti-war activist   text 13 comments (last - wednesday july 30, 2008 - 00:34)   2 attached files
This story seems to suggest a split between Amnesty and Galway Alliance Against War... ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday July 26, 2008 - 18:43 by pat c
Ben Lewis argues that the threat to Iran from Imperialism is still very real. He also analyses developments within various anti-war groups. Full story at link.

Within the context of Barack Obama attempting to prove himself a reliable statesman by dropping in on occupying forces in Iraq, and with Gordon Brown’s speech to the knesset underlining his readiness to “stand firmly by Israel’s side” and call for “further sanctions and isolation” if Iran does not halt its alleged nuclear weapons programme, it is quite clear that the Geneva talks have not reduced the threat of a military strike. Things are precariously balanced and even the slightest incident, accident or diplomatic faux pas could trigger another bout of destruction and slaughter.

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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Friday July 25, 2008 - 14:23 by antifa
video of anti-Shell demo at Shell HQ London ... read full story / add a comment
oh so Retro!
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday July 24, 2008 - 14:03 by redjade   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 24, 2008 - 14:09)   image 1 image
'...Russian military is thinking of flying long-range bombers to Cuba...'

I wonder if the Rep of Ireland will allow Russian troops to fly through Shannon on their way to Cuba? Wanna take bets? ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday July 24, 2008 - 10:34 by companero   text 1 comment (last - thursday july 24, 2008 - 10:52)
Anyone interested in the Left in Ireland and Latin American history generally should check out the nu edition of History Irteland. . ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday July 23, 2008 - 12:03 by Darren C
Farzad Kamangar could face execution in the near future, according
to the web site Human Rights Activists in Iran. On 11 July, the
Iranian Supreme Court confirmed the death penalty against Kamangar,
a 33-year-old Kurdish teacher and trade unionist.

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international / arts and media Tuesday July 22, 2008 - 17:19 by Eugene Mc Cartan - Communist Party of Ireland   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 09, 2008 - 13:33)   image 1 image
For those interested in the future of the internet.

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international / anti-capitalism Tuesday July 22, 2008 - 13:03 by Paul Bowman   text 1 comment (last - friday july 25, 2008 - 13:55)   image 2 images
The Turbulence crew who put together the best read at last year's G8 blockade in Heiligendamm are back with another thought-provoking and inspiring read. PDF online now. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / housing Tuesday July 22, 2008 - 09:58 by Paul D   text 1 comment (last - tuesday july 22, 2008 - 23:36)   image 4 images

The recent collapse of 5 housing regeneration schemes in Dublin city has been a massive blow to the communities involved.
The group campaigning for regeneration in St Michael’s estate in Inchicore have set up an en excellent website. The site can be found at www.stmichaelsestate.ie.
Campaigners are appealing of continued solidarity and support. A petition can be signed on the site.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday July 22, 2008 - 09:19 by Mark C   text 2 comments (last - tuesday july 22, 2008 - 15:17)
Having been on the run for over ten years, Radovan Karadzic has been arrested in Serbia. ... read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous Saturday July 19, 2008 - 20:26 by Recession Diaries   image 1 image
What a time we live in - recession time! Economic downturn, the onslaught of the Right, the unsettling quiescence of the Left, the besieging of the trade union movement; it's all coming at us so fast it's difficult to know which uttered untruth to dissect, which unstated truth to promulgate. So here's a diary - a recession diary - to keep up with the rapid-fire events and commentary - as rapid as the downturn itself. ... read full story / add a comment
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