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offsite link Ed West: Grooming Gangs ? Britain?s Chernobyl? Sat Feb 01, 2025 17:00 | Richard Eldred
In Britain, after decades being swept under the rug, the full horror of the grooming gangs is now coming to light. Historian Ed West asks: could the fallout bring down our multicultural regime?
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offsite link AstraZeneca Abandons ?450 Million Vaccine Factory in Blow to Reeves Sat Feb 01, 2025 15:00 | Will Jones
AstraZeneca has abandoned?a ?450 million investment in a major UK vaccine plant powered by renewables?in a blow to Rachel Reeves who vowed this week to "kick-start economic growth".
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offsite link Norway?s Threat to Cut Off the UK Leaves Labour?s Net Zero Plans in Tatters Sat Feb 01, 2025 13:00 | Will Jones
As Norway threatens to cut off the UK from electricity at times of low wind speeds, it's a sign of a growing energy nationalism globally that leaves Labour's short-sighted Net Zero plans in tatters.
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offsite link Miliband Accused of Breaking Ministerial Code Over Approval of Dale Vince Solar Farm Sat Feb 01, 2025 11:00 | Will Jones
Ed Miliband has been accused of breaking the Ministerial Code after his department approved an application for a solar farm owned by?the millionaire Labour donor Dale Vince.
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offsite link Thoughts on the Fifth Anniversary of Leaving the European Union Sat Feb 01, 2025 09:00 | Dr David McGrogan
What the Brexit Leave vote, and Boris Johnson?s eventual triumph, seemed to in the end achieve was only the revelation of the extent to which British institutions have been hollowed out and corrupted, says David McGrogan.
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offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter N?118 Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:57 | en

offsite link 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp Sat Feb 01, 2025 12:16 | en

offsite link Misinterpretations of US trends (1/2), by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jan 28, 2025 06:59 | en

offsite link Voltaire, International Newsletter #117 Fri Jan 24, 2025 19:54 | en

offsite link The United States bets its hegemony on the Fourth Industrial Revolution Fri Jan 24, 2025 19:26 | en

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national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday December 05, 2005 - 15:48 by siptu member   text 12 comments (last - wednesday december 07, 2005 - 11:51)
SIPTU are currently entering into negotiations based on the recommendations of the National Implementation Body for ending the Irish Ferries dispute. Please see below, statement of National Implementation Body. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Monday December 05, 2005 - 01:54 by Alliance for Animal rights
A FROG exporter in Meath is closing down his business following an
attack on his property by the Animal Liberation Front (ALF), a violent
international group. Acid was thrown on the businessman’s car and
slogans daubed on buildings located around his farm.

Denis McCarthy, who runs the Kells-based Frog Farm, which is Europe’s
sole exporter of common frogs for medical research, had originally told
the group he would retire at the end of this month, in order to
forestall further attacks. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Sunday December 04, 2005 - 19:15 by R. Isible   text 1 comment (last - monday december 05, 2005 - 12:50)
The text of Condoleeza Rice and Gutierrez's letter to Jack Straw (while he was acting president of the EU) is apparently written in unusually strong language for a diplomatic missive. It's published in full on The Register along with a brief commentary. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous Sunday December 04, 2005 - 17:37 by FFS
One of Ireland most infamous paramilitaries has become a born-again Christian.
Belfast man Bobby Tohill, who was at the centre of an alleged IRA kidnap storm which rocked in the peace process in February 2004, says he is now dedicating his life to helping the poor and homeless. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday December 02, 2005 - 17:03 by Melcan
Cap relief for artists at €20,000-a-year, urges anti-poverty champion

HIGH-earning artists such as Bono, Enya, the Corrs and Westlife should be forced to pay tax to help bridge the gap between the rich and poor in our society, it was claimed yesterday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage Friday December 02, 2005 - 01:09 by John Meehan   text 1 comment (last - friday december 02, 2005 - 14:52)
“Welcome” ... Trotsky

Celia Hart

Celia Hart is the daughter of two historic leaders of the Cuban Revolution, Armando Hart and the late Haydée Santamaria. A physicist, writer and member of the Cuban Communist Party, she describes herself as a “freelance Trotskyist”. She has published many articles on Trotsky and on the Permanent Revolution. The article that published at the link below, written on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the assassination of Trotsky by the Stalinist agent Ramon Mercader, was first published on the web site Rebelion.

http://212.67.202.147/%7Eivnet05/article.php3?id_article=898&var_recherche=Celia+Hart ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday December 01, 2005 - 18:39 by Hal_aloo_eea   text 2 comments (last - tuesday december 13, 2005 - 01:57)
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Limbo -- the place where the Catholic Church teaches that babies go if they die before being baptized -- may have its days numbered. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 01, 2005 - 17:46 by An bata   text 6 comments (last - sunday may 21, 2006 - 11:29)
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Sean Garland, the President of the Workers' Party, after he failed to appear in a Belfast court today to face possible extradition to the US.
He appeared in court on foot of an arrest warrant alleging that he had been involved in counterfeiting large quantities of $100 bills.
He was subsequently released on bail, on the condition that he resided with a friend in Co Down.
Last month his bail was varied to allow him to return home to Navan to undergo medical treatment. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Thursday December 01, 2005 - 13:25 by Terry
This story neatly illustrates something that doesn't get the attention it deserves and that is how increasingly pollution threatens millions and is likely to become a bigger and bigger burden on humanity as we push the environment to it's limits. ... read full story / add a comment
The Day After Tomorrow?
international / environment Thursday December 01, 2005 - 12:26 by redjade   text 5 comments (last - tuesday march 14, 2006 - 20:46)   image 4 images
'We are writing to you as part of a global group of climate
and media activists establishing a topical indymedia site on climate.' ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 01, 2005 - 10:48 by anon   text 3 comments (last - thursday december 01, 2005 - 15:58)   image 2 images
Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern will seek assurances from Washington that US planes using Shannon airport have not been carrying CIA terror suspects when he meets with US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Thursday.

Germany, Ireland and Switzerland have joined nearly a dozen European countries that are probing US spy agency flights for prisoners reportedly subjected to extra-judicial detention and possibly torture.

"The Minister will seek assurances from Condoleezza Rice that Shannon was not used for the rendition of prisoners or anything of that nature," a spokesman for Mr Ahern said on Sunday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday November 30, 2005 - 10:41 by saoririseoir   text 1 comment (last - friday december 02, 2005 - 01:05)
Nov 25th: Police diver finding mutilated bodies in Tigris River. (podcast will probably expire on Friday December 2nd), but will try to put up mp3 link in comments.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/outlook.shtml#Fri
This BBC World Service magazine programme called Outlook, is soft news normally, but at the end of this interview, the police diver lets it be known that he has lately been finding many mutilated corpses in the River Tigris.

NYT Report, November 27th.
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051129/ZNYT03/511290451
Sunnis say that hundreds go missing.

A prominent incident on November 24th.
http://www.uruknet.info/?p=m18184&date=26-nov-2005_22:24_ECT
Sunni clan leader and three sons openly assassinated in baghdad by uniformed police. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday November 29, 2005 - 16:20 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - wednesday november 30, 2005 - 00:01)
Its good to see that the spirit of Christ is alive and well in the US Catholic Church. These are the same goons who are trying to avoid claims from abuse victims and are refusing the sacrements to Pro-Choice politicians.

Jesus Wept!

Full story at the link.

Pat C ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Tuesday November 29, 2005 - 12:59 by iosaf mac diarmada
This week sees yet another international government conference on "Climate change". The event being held in Montreal Quebec is seeing over 160 countries attempt yet again to cobble together a solution on "reduction of emissions" to "fix our weather".

We all know its broken. Huricane Delta has just hit the Canary islands, with 7 islander deaths confirmed and unknown numbers of dead migrants in the seas between the archipelago and Africa. a quarter of a million people left without power. ... read full story / add a comment
An Iraqi child flashes a victory sign as a U.S. Bradley fighting vehicle is seen burning in Baghdad, Iraq (Monday, Nov. 28, 2005)
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday November 29, 2005 - 00:26 by redjade   text 25 comments (last - friday december 09, 2005 - 15:58)   image 9 images
“I said to the President, ‘We’re not winning the war.’ And he asked, ‘Are we losing?’ I said, ‘Not yet.’ ” The President, he said, “appeared displeased” with that answer.

“I tried to tell him,” the former senior official said. “And he couldn’t hear it.” ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Monday November 28, 2005 - 21:29 by Upstart Radio America
Al-Jazeera must be doing something right for Dictator Bush to want to bomb them. That is, if he hadn't bombed them in 2001 and 2003 already. George McGovern talks about Poppy Bush's opposition to the war. Jody Paulson compares GWB to Tricky Dick. An awesome speech by NBA Star Eaton Thomas of the Washington Wizzards and finally, Ward Churchill brings it home. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday November 28, 2005 - 18:31 by yahoo
By PAUL AMES, Associated Press Writer
"Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Franco Frattini also warned that that any of the 25 bloc nations found to have operated secret CIA prisons could have their EU voting rights suspended." ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Sunday November 27, 2005 - 23:41 by regular joe
By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 14th May 2002

Persuasion works best when it’s invisible. The most effective marketing worms its way into our consciousness, leaving intact the perception that we have reached our opinions and made our choices independently. As old as humankind itself, over the past few years this approach has been refined, with the help of the internet, into a technique called “viral marketing”. Last month, the viruses appear to have murdered their host. One of the world’s foremost scientific journals was persuaded to do something it has never done before, and retract a paper it had published. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday November 27, 2005 - 00:10 by R. Isible   text 4 comments (last - tuesday december 06, 2005 - 09:32)
Irish Independent reports that a previous occupation of the MV Normandy led to the consideration of using teargas. Plainclothes security personnel are rumoured to have boarded the vessel prepared and equipped to use teargas. This report by Gerald Flynn paints the taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, in a positive light and refrains from pointing out that the oul bollocks hasn't done anything except talk bollocks. ... read full story / add a comment
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