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international / environment Friday April 13, 2007 - 18:09 by Terence
There is a new article over on the oildrum.com website about: Peak Oil and Senegal. The author of the piece recently visited the country for himself and noted that they generate about 75% of their electricity by burning oil. This makes them very vulnerable to price increases since they are a relatively poor country and will have difficultly affording it. This story is interesting because it is probably a relatively good model of how Peak Oil will affect much of the Third World. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Friday April 13, 2007 - 11:29 by nano
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The grotesque and disgusting, pathological, lying coward Prime Minister of Australia, John Howard is cutting a comical figure as he flounders from one gaffe and blunder to another. Jumping straight from the ‘cubicle’ of support for a known racist and questionable character (Alan Jones) to the primitive, superstitious behaviour of stigmatising individuals suffering manageable maladies and preventing them from entering the country. Howard’s recent gesture of banning individuals with HIV is reminiscent of the all-male, ruling priest class of the Old Testament who banished women experiencing their menstrual cycle. Menstruating women once struck fear into the hearts of ignorant and primitive men – the primitivism of it all! Howard is exposing some extremely disturbing gender issues and phobias with his latest unenlightened attempt to manipulate Australian society. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Friday April 13, 2007 - 05:26 by barra
One could almost feel sorry for highflying, right wing, media types who derive a living from exploiting the lowest aspects of human nature. But there is ‘no love lost’ around here and I imagine anywhere else. Media moguls are getting a taste of life at the receiving end, perhaps they may think twice before making IRRESPONSIBLE racist, vilifying comments at the expense of those in the least position to defend themselves. The results of negative media hype and racist remarks include foul abuse levelled at you, your wife and kids in public; being spat on for no reason other than your skin colour or religion, and the ugly culmination of all racist behaviour, the race riot (Cronulla, 2005). Are we sorry the purveyors of social division and slur are experiencing frustration at the lack of recourse and remedial action available to them – not on your life? ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism Thursday April 12, 2007 - 16:24 by Cormac Ryan PRO éirígí
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John Monaghan provides an insight into the ongoing campaign. ... read full story / add a comment
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 |
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