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international / environment Wednesday April 11, 2007 - 20:22 by shane ocurry
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French State 24 hr news channel, France 24, today broke the news that the working class estate of Clay's Lane in eastern London, site of the proposed 2012 Olympic stadium, may be contaminated by radioactive waste dumped there in 1959. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Wednesday April 11, 2007 - 16:09 by barra
The Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, has come out in support of a known public toilet-loitering homosexual, racist – Alan Jones, a ‘controversial’ talkback radio host was recently found to be in breach of the broadcasting code. Another dubious and prominent character, John Singleton, known for his past links with Heroin importing former grade footballers and the CIA Nugan Hand Bank, has also expressed his support for the toilet-loitering, sexual deviant broadcaster. [I do not wish to labour a point but Jones was arrested and charged in London with two counts of “outraging public decency by behaving in an indecent manner under the Westminster by-laws”.] ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Tuesday April 10, 2007 - 23:57 by John Meehan
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The Scottish Socialist Party has set up a special election website here's the link : http://www.ssp-election-2007.org.uk/ ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday April 10, 2007 - 13:36 by Lorg
RUC/PSNI in the Occupied North eastern part of Ireland are today investigating two attempted bombings in a village in two days. Residents of Sion Mills, Co Tyrone, were warned to be on the alert against further attacks. ... read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage Monday April 09, 2007 - 09:39 by Frugal Rural
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Only 5 per cent, or one in 20, of 15 to 24-year-olds could quote the first of the 10 Commandments when interviewed for a new survey in Ireland. Almost one-third (32 per cent) could not say where Jesus was born and more than one-third (35 per cent) did not know what is celebrated at Easter. These are among the findings, published today, of an opinion poll conducted last December and January by Lansdowne Market Research for the (Catholic) Iona Institute and the (Protestant) Evangelical Alliance Ireland group. The survey involved a representative sample of 950 people nationwide. ... read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations Sunday April 08, 2007 - 19:23 by F
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We have a ten-year window to act. As the megalomaniac G8 leaders meet in Germany, masked behind a barrier of fences and soldiers, intent on leading us further towards catastrophic and irreversible climate chaos, we must shout, scream and roar ‘no more’. Now is the time to take direct action and shut them down, them and their climate criminal industry friends! ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 07, 2007 - 14:30 by Seán Ryan
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Eric Montanez arrested and charged with feeding the hungry. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Saturday April 07, 2007 - 01:43 by S.Cat
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In news sneaked out late on Good Friday, the Irish government has announced that the country has just gotten a bit bigger. We now have the right to extend our territorial waters beyond the 200 mile limit. Because of today's news. we can claim a much larger chunk of the Atlantic sea bed off the south-west coast. Sadly, we don't get the fishing rights. But if there should, by some chance, be oil and gas there, then we own it*. So that's good news then. *Note: This development is going to mean more to certain members of the political establishment than to, for instance, pensioners, or people on hospital waiting lists. The big energy companies might be happy tonight too, wheras children in overcrowded, underfunded schools won't notice much difference. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 07, 2007 - 00:45 by Shell to Sea
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This week's Mayo Advertiser reports that Shell are very happy with the progress of peat removal from their refinery site at Bellanaboy in County Mayo, which started earlier this week. The surface of the site has to be removed before construction of the refinery can begin. The Gardaí say they are also happy with their operation, reporting that they have easily contained the demonstrations and protests. The massive Garda operation has been widely criticised, with those opposed to the Shell/Govt scheme arguing that if protesters are breaking the law they should be arrested, and if not they should not be interfered with. To date there have been no arrests in this current phase of the conflict. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 06, 2007 - 20:19 by El Greco
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The Royal Navy crew have been giving a press conference Royal Navy personnel seized by Iran were blindfolded, bound and held in isolation during their 13 days in captivity, the crew have said. They were lined up while weapons were cocked, making them "fear the worst", one of the 15 freed sailors revealed. The crew were told that if they did not admit they were in Iranian waters when captured that they faced seven years in prison, a press conference heard. And after their capture the 15 marines and sailors were subjected to random interrogation and rough handling, and faced constant psychological pressure, they said. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday April 05, 2007 - 19:30 by Cedar
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An American Indymedia journalist, Josh Wolf, was relased from prison on Tuesday following eight months in US Federal Prison for refusing to testify about video footage he had shot of street demonstrations. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday April 05, 2007 - 15:24 by Gary Goff
Iraqi feminist and labor leader Houzan Mahmoud spoke to Gary Goff, Vice President, Local 2627, on life during the war, which can lead to unjustified jailing, kidnapping and rape. She lives under an open-ended death sentence from a religious court. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday April 04, 2007 - 13:54 by non-payer
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Questions remain unanswered ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday April 04, 2007 - 13:45 by Anti Water Charges
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Dismissing claims by the Won't Pay Campaign Secretary, Gary Mulcahy that Sinn Féin has announced the introduction of water charges through the Assembly, Mitchel McLaughlin MLA said: "Firstly politicians have no control over how television producers edit pre-recorded interviews but I have to say that even in the interview referred to by Mr Mulcahy at no time did I say that the Assembly would introduce water charges. Sinn Féin's position is absolutely clear. We are opposed to people having to pay twice for any service. We have pointed out to the British government that we are already paying for water and sewage through the Regional rate. Sinn Féin will also lead the way in opposing any attempts to privatise our water service. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Wednesday April 04, 2007 - 00:28 by 1 of Shell to Sea
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The peat removal process has started from the refinery site at Bellanaboy. Protesters are watching the process for the moment. Some people from outside Erris will be travelling down over Easter and next week to have a look. If you are in Dublin, and want to come down and have a look with some Dublin activists next week, call 087 132 33 69. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday April 03, 2007 - 16:43 by Toma Hamid
Articles in this issue: The Occupation is Not the Solution, It is the Problem. ‘The U.S. Project in Iraq is Doomed to Fail’. IFC Supports Teachers Strike in Althawra (Sadr City). Safety Forces Remove Sectarian Militia from a Residential Area. The IFC Safety Forces have thwarted efforts by the Mahdi Army attempting to install its camps in the Alaskari complex in the Babalmuadham district of Baghdad. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Tuesday April 03, 2007 - 16:10 by Houzan Mahmoud
In Iraq amid chaos, sectarianism, a rise in tribalism, and the enslavement of women, one can think of a constitution which is being written only as a document - or some how an agreement between the political players in Iraq. The constitution is only a clear indication of power sharing, pleasing each party's desire to practice their policies, and practices outlined by law. When reading the constitution, from the preambles to the end, I thought it is just written in a patriarchal, religious and tribal language, and this is the political mixture of the parties we have in power in the so called “parliament”. It does not represent anything to do with Iraqi people, and their aspiration for freedom and equality. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Tuesday April 03, 2007 - 15:36 by Jessie Raeder
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If you were a feminist activist in Iran today, you would be under the constant threat of arrest for a simple action: asking for equal rights. On Sunday, March 4, 34 women’s rights activists were arrested for silently gathering outside Tehran’s Revolutionary Court to protest the prosecution of four women on trial that morning. The four women’s rights leaders are facing multiple charges including “acting against national security” for organizing a protest for women’s equality in Tehran in 2006. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday April 03, 2007 - 12:36 by Duine
Tá oiliúint a chur ar dhaoine ó áiteacha iarchogaíochta ar fud an domhain i leith iarsmaí cogaí ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / history and heritage Tuesday April 03, 2007 - 09:22 by Jack Lane
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by Jack Lane Irish Political Review April 2007 Peter Hart's latest effort to defend his thesis on the Irish War of Independence took the form of a review of John Borgonovo's book "Spies, informers and the 'Anti-Sinn Fein Society': the intelligence war in Cork City 1920-1921" in History Ireland, March-April 2007. In case readers need reminding Hart's thesis is that "…. the Dail had no legal standing and was never recognised by any foreign government. Nor did the IRA, as a guerrilla force acting without uniforms and depending on their civilian status for secrecy, meet the requirements of international law. The British government was therefore within its rights to give courts-martial the power to order executions." (Irish Times, 23 June 1998) ... read full story / add a comment |
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