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international / politics / elections Sunday April 09, 2006 - 16:10 by iosaf
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3 states today see the citizen called to do the voting / not voting thing. & they are all quite important, and so not surprisingly lots of money and news-space will be dedicated to the results. Italy. You know who. Peru. 3 way race. Hungary - will the "socialists" hold? ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Sunday April 09, 2006 - 00:04 by Ploughshares
An interview with Ciaron O'Reily of the Pit Stop Ploughshares conducted by Loserdom 'zine. ... read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism Saturday April 08, 2006 - 17:42 by Badman
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The Irish independent reports: " In February a cargo plane carrying three Boeing Apache helicopters, the type used by both the American and Israeli forces, landed at Shannon, where it stayed overnight before taking off for Israel. When contacted last month both the Department of Transport, which is responsible for foreign civilian flights, and the Department of Foreign Affairs, which is responsible for foreign military flights, denied any knowledge of the flight. This week, when presented with the serial numbers of the cargo planes and of the helicopters, they conceded the flights had taken place and said that they have launched an inquiry. Although Shannon airport is routinely used by American planes in support of the ongoing occupation of Iraq, this is the first time it has emerged that Ireland also facilitates the sale of American heavy-arms sales. " ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 08, 2006 - 07:45 by fish
The very American travelling circus that is tent religion matured and found expression in the mass ‘conversions’ (come on down and be saved style) of Billy Graham, demagogue and showman, the forerunner of today’s Evangelicals. Plastic religion for a plastic society, Graham invented ‘Kentucky fried religion’, a fast consumable product that was accessible to the masses, requiring nothing but gleefully running to the stage and in spectacular fashion being ‘saved’ by Billy or one of his many imitators. Modern Evangelicalism was born, long arduous hours of meditation and prayer in the pursuit of Deity was a thing of the medieval past. ... read full story / add a comment |
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