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international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 03, 2006 - 16:15 by barra
The Australian Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, once again demonstrates who and what he is; not content with making a thorough ass of himself in the recent past [link below] Ruddock now attempts to redeem himself by making a grab for the title of totalitarian buffoon of the new century. Australia now holds the dubious distinction of being the first developed (first world) ‘democratic’ nation in the new century to ban books! These blatant totalitarian tactics place Ruddock in interesting company; Chinese Cultural Revolution, Pol Pot year zero, Nazi book burnings, etc; Hello, Mr. Orwell! ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Tuesday October 03, 2006 - 10:40 by Liam O'Donogue
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Bad ideas are like starfish: You can cut them up, but unless you squash them into jelly and incinerate the remains, they will multiply. I’m not really saying that we should go around murdering idiots . . . but this week’s “news” certainly made me want to beat a few people mercilessly. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Tuesday October 03, 2006 - 04:35 by d'other
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Jim Cusack, a man hilariously described as something of a Walter Mitty figure by a DGN organiser on the Late Late Show back in 2004, was back in the SIndo this week, with his ramshackle journalistic style to expose the lack of investigative merit behind Village journalist Scott Millar's recent contribution to Searchlight on clerical fascist Gerry McKeough. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Monday October 02, 2006 - 19:33 by nancy davis
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September 30, 2006 - The below is from Nancy Davies, who is based in Oaxaca and writes frequently on the situation there for Narco News. While the threat of a mass attack has seemed to always be in the air, the situation in recent days has really escalated. Now an attack by police and military forces seems imminent. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday September 30, 2006 - 17:13 by Kingfisher
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What consistencies, common elements and patterns are identifiable in the following events: the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the attack on the USS Liberty and 9/11? Although time, geographic location and historical context separate these events they nevertheless share remarkably similar aims, objectives and characteristics. All these orchestrated events provided an excuse for the USA to engage in what would have otherwise been blatantly illegal warfare. The Tonkin incident ‘justified’ American miliary aggression against Vietnam; the USS Liberty incident would have provided an ideal excuse for U.S. involvement in the six-day war; the 9/11 attack has been utilised as the primary justification for America’s military expansionism and the implementation of draconian laws on the home front. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Friday September 29, 2006 - 16:37 by No Fortress Europe
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EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN FOR THE SHUTTING DOWN OF ALL DETENTION CENTRES FOR MIGRANTS IN EUROPE "NO FORTRESS EUROPE" www.no-fortress-europe.eu ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Friday September 29, 2006 - 11:07 by Lumsk
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Water levels rise, wildlife is drowned and the irreversible ill effects on the environment and climate change stare us in the face as The Icelandic Goverment plans its next environmental catastrophe. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Friday September 29, 2006 - 10:42 by Rogue
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The south Korean government are in the process of a butal crack down on the Korean Government Employee's Union. KGEU ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday September 29, 2006 - 05:57 by Ezra Niesen
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I’ve been invited to give a lecture at Arizona State University (USA) this fall on evolutionary science and its uses in progressive activism. The version of the lecture I wanted to give turned out to be 4 hours long, so I recorded that version in 13 tracks and posted it on my website for free download at www.newbookforanewworld.com/lecture. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 28, 2006 - 18:33 by Pray for Peace
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Olin Eugene Armstrong, Jr., (June 5, 1953 - September 20, 2004) an American contractor working in Iraq for the construction firm Gulf Energy Company of the United Arab Emirates, was beheaded on September 20, 2004 by the Tawhid and Jihad, a militant group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi is believed to have personally beheaded Armstrong. The following day, the group beheaded another hostage, American Jack Hensley, and threatened to kill their third hostage, Briton Kenneth Bigley, unless the United States met their demands to free all women prisoners in Iraqi jails. Armstrong, also known by his nickname "Jack", grew up in the south-central Michigan community of Hillsdale, where he lived until 1990. This is how he died on September 20, 2004 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncdyBjd1Csw ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Thursday September 28, 2006 - 13:40 by seedot
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US magazine Newsweek has front cover story about US losing in Afghanistan - everywhere except in its US edition ... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 28, 2006 - 01:19 by TD
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John Dugard, the UN Special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territory has charged that Israel’s security measures are in violation of international humanitarian law and amount to "collective punishment." ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 16:28 by budgie
I shouldn’t be so harsh on the Americans; it took me years to discover I had a nose on my face but I was at a disadvantage, there is only one of me. Imagine the cost (tax payer’s money) involved in maintaining not one bloated ‘intelligence’ agency, but sixteen! After a period of three years, sixteen U.S. intelligence agencies have finally determined the sky is blue, people have noses on their faces and that the illegal Iraq intervention increased the ‘terrorist’ threat – bravo! [Where do I sign, that’s the job for me, or are these agencies selective basket cases – incompetent relatives, banjo players and those owed favours only need apply?] ... read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 14:15 by Colm O
Many people with knowledge of the Social model of disability think that model is all they need to know- Wrong! ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Wednesday September 27, 2006 - 12:50 by pat c
This time its an German production thats at risk. Whos for supporting the right to stage Mozart productions? You dont get any Christians rioting when Salome is staged and John the Baptists head is on display. This production is non-discriminatory: it uses the severed heads not only of the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon, but also of Mohammed, Jesus and Buddha. Full story at link. pat c ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 18:48 by SP Online
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The September 2006 issue of The Socialist (#18) is now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 18:21 by Sinéad Ní Bhroin on behalf of
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antrim / miscellaneous Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 15:40 by Blanket
The Blanket online ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 12:14 by pat c
15 comments (last - friday september 29, 2006 - 00:28)
They haven't gone away you know. The Taliban continue oppress and murder women just like they always did. So, oppose the US/UK occupation but dont think that the "resistance" is worth supporting. Full story at the link. pat c ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Tuesday September 26, 2006 - 11:15 by scorchio
3 comments (last - monday may 07, 2007 - 10:58)
Last week 2 officers of the French police force were attacked while doing thier rounds in one of the sink estates that adorn every urban centre in that country. Nothing strange in that you may say. They dress like soldiers these days because they're used to being attacked. But Sarkozy saw his opportunity to highlight like no other can - the difference a poor unfashionable neighbourhood enjoys in "comunity policing". Yesterday afternoon a force of at least 200 riot police "surgically extracted" 12 teenage suspects from the Corbeil-Essonnes / Tarterets housing estate of Paris. Somewhere buses don't go coz they were all burned last year. ... read full story / add a comment |
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