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national / history and heritage Friday June 30, 2006 - 10:33 by Niall Meehan
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"Practically all commanders and intelligence officers considered that 90 per cent of the people were Sinn Féiners or sympathisers with Sinn Féin, and that all Sinn Féiners were murderers or sympathisers with murder. Judged by English standards, the Irish are a difficult and unsatisfactory people. Their civilisation is different and in many ways lower than that of the English. They are entirely lacking in the Englishman's respect for truth . . . Many were of a degenerate type and their methods of waging war were in the most case barbarous, influenced by hatred and devoid of courage." British intelligence assessment of the Irish People from The Record of the Rebellion Steven King's review of 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley' contains many contentious allegations. Perhaps the most extreme is that "many a Cork Protestant was murdered in pure sectarian reprisals" during the War of Independence. King attempts to portray in Cork a mirror opposite of the sectarian cauldron created by Unionism in the North of Ireland. This depiction could not be further from the truth. Evidence suggests that Protestants lived more in fear of Crown Forces reprisal than of IRA action. This was true of Protestant unionists as well as Protestant nationalists. In July 1920 Mr J.W. Biggs, a wealthy Unionist, wrote: "I feel it my duty to protest very strongly against this unfounded slander (of intolerance on the part) of our Catholic neighbours ... I have been resident in Bantry for 43 years, during 33 of which I have been engaged in business, and I have received the greatest kindness, courtesy, and support from all classes and creeds in the country". Some days after publication of these remarks Mr Biggs' business premises, valued at £20,000, were burnt down by the RIC. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday June 30, 2006 - 02:10 by Mark
The Carnival Parade Raffle Draw will be held tomorrow (Friday) June 30, on the Jimmy Norman Lunchtime show on Galway Bay FM between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday June 30, 2006 - 02:03 by Sandra
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Bush's military tribunals violate US law ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday June 30, 2006 - 01:52 by Mike
Catherine Connolly leaves the Labour Party ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Friday June 30, 2006 - 01:47 by Joe
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Israelis arrest Hammas leaders ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Thursday June 29, 2006 - 20:01 by Sean McIntyre
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Dan Keating (104), and patron of Republican Sinn Fein , made a two hour trek to see new film "The Wind That Shakes The Barley". ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday June 29, 2006 - 16:45 by The Alternative Information Center
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Stop Israeli Attack in Gaza Immediately A statement by the Alternative Information Center ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Thursday June 29, 2006 - 14:16 by pat c
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This is an Amnesty report on a Womens Rights march in Tehran, Iran, which was attacked by the Iranian Regimes police. This shows the reality of how women are treated in Iran. Full article at link. pat c ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Thursday June 29, 2006 - 13:31 by Tony
The Australia media has exploded with stories of sexual abuse in remote aboriginal communities. This article deals with the question of why now. This is not to deny the abuse - friends who work in these communities confirm the abuse - it's a matter of why the sudden interest by the media. Incidentally, the biggest abusers of aboriginal women and children are the cops, as you might expect. Just last week Western Australian cops used pepper spray to "subdue" a 10 year old Aboriginal girl ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice Wednesday June 28, 2006 - 19:34 by iosaf
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Michael Mc dowell wants an all party Dáil discussion on the use of force by people to protect thier homes from intruders. His comments were made public today in response to a story doing the rounds that FG leader Enda Kenny warded off two drugged up muggers who were about to knife him. Not to be outdone, big swinging Mickey has at last revealed the "poker wielding incident" when at age 19 he held a burglar to his parents house with a poker. Its part of a PD / FG exchange of little real worth which continues their implosion strategy as transfer of power. Until of course you see the subtle shift in our national narrative from Shakespearian drama, ( the black / white analogies of Othello & Titus Andronicus [ general Titus on his 38th day but really focussing his ire on the Labour party) to the dramatic works of Christopher Marlowe, the life of Edward 2nd and its introduction of "pokers" into the Western Armoury, remembering that real men used swords and halbards back then. & then of course the memorable "poker wielding incident" between Witgenstein and Popper. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday June 28, 2006 - 16:51 by Kwang zi
The Zionists in Washington (Perle, Wolfowitz etc) have the entire Bush regime distracted. While America fights all of Israel’s major wars in the Middle East – to no advantage whatsoever for America – the most strategically important regions in the world are left to other nations. As world power shifts inexorably eastward, to China, America is at a loss to meet the challenges of the future. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 28, 2006 - 16:16 by MichaelY
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A Meteoric Initiative ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday June 28, 2006 - 14:33 by pat c
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The Free Iranian Trade Union Move,ent is campaigning to have the Iranian Regimes Puppet Organisations expelled from the International Labour Organisation. Below is an extract from a speech by Bahram Soroush, in it he shows that the Ieranian Regimes Labour organistions are led by fascist thugs who attack genuine trade unionists. Full article at link. pat ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday June 27, 2006 - 23:53 by World Peace Forum
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Covering June 23-26, 2006 ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday June 27, 2006 - 18:58 by McKenna
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Patricia McKenna in today's Daily Ireland on HMS Ocean visit to Dublin port on Thursday. http://www.dailyireland.com/home.tvt?_scope=DailyIrelan...opp=1 ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday June 27, 2006 - 17:14 by FG
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international / miscellaneous Tuesday June 27, 2006 - 16:34 by peptide
John Howard was ‘surprised’ when he encountered the President of Indonesia, while taking his early morning walk in Jakarta, reported News Radio Australia. The report stated that Howard was “visibly shocked” by the unexpected encounter, which obviously was intended to deliver a clear message; the Indonesian President is not known for taking early morning walks, we can therefore conclude that his gesture was calculated. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Tuesday June 27, 2006 - 11:54 by EPA fan
The EPA website invites you to give them your opinion on how well they do their job. So go ahead - make their day. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 26, 2006 - 20:11 by Dolours Price
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"This book belongs on all shelves, in all libraries, in all schools.This is the story of a man, a movement who toiled on, against all odds, who stayed with his choices, he is not the last Republican, he has been a custodian of Republicanism, for generations yet to come. Read this book again and again." ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / politics / elections Monday June 26, 2006 - 18:39 by Reporter
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The following report is on the People Before Profit website. Brid Smith (SWP) is to run as a People Before Profit candidate in next year's general election. Does this mean that Brid Smith will run against Cllr Joan Collins, who has an established base? If so, the left vote will be badly divided. Or is this a negotiating ploy by the SWP? Or, are Smith and Collins running in different constituencies? Let us hope they have worked out something and that the latter is true. ... read full story / add a comment |
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