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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday June 24, 2007 - 22:07 by Gregori Chicherin
 57 comments (last - wednesday july 25, 2007 - 16:21)
No, its not just the Great Satan - the USA who executes those convicted of crimes committed while they were under 18, Iran does so as well. The difference is that Iran actually executes children aged under 18. Not just murderers, if you have sex outside of marriage or are gay it doesnt matter what age you are: The Mullahs will hang you or stone you to death. Iran’s highest judicial authorities have repeatedly upheld death sentences handed down to juvenile offenders charged with committing crimes when they were as young as 15. Such sentences violate Iran’s international treaty obligations, which prohibit the death penalty for crimes committed by people under 18. In some cases, the death sentences also violate Iranian domestic law requiring that children under 18 be tried before special juvenile courts. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday June 23, 2007 - 10:18 by David Manning & Miriam Cotton
13 comments (last - wednesday june 27, 2007 - 15:35)
Free elections were held in Palestine in 2006 and the Hamas party were the Palestinian electorate's choice for government. The message was clear: if the UN, US, and Israel were to have any chance of negotiating a constructive outcome in the region, Hamas would have to be taken seriously. In a landslide victory, they had incontrovertibly become the legitimately elected voice of the Palestinian people. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 23, 2007 - 09:16 by peptide
The title refers to the band on the ‘Titanic’ playing until the ship sank beneath the icy waters. Metaphor or allegory for the assault on free speech and democracy, judge for yourself but don’t forget to remain passive, servile and fearful in the face of all assaults on hard won freedoms and civil liberties – liberties your fathers died in wars to protect! ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday June 23, 2007 - 00:18 by telly tubby twins
3 comments (last - saturday june 23, 2007 - 15:48)  2 images
Na polskie plaże, aby strzec bezpieczeństwa i porządku, właśnie wyruszyło kilkuset policjantów. Z dodatkowym zadaniem od szefów: zwracać uwagę na nudystów. - Opalanie nago w miejscach powszechnie dostępnych jest niedozwolone. Traktujemy to jako nieobyczajny wybryk, a to wykroczenie - mówi Paulina Grzesiowska z Komendy Powiatowej Policji w Nowym Dworze Gdańskim. ( Paulina Grzesiowska of the police in Nowy Dwor Gdanski which is the most popular stretch of Polish beach on the Baltic has announced new application of a law dating from the Communist regime. From now on topless sunbathers or people who bare any other bit of intimate flesh will face fines of 100 zlotys or 25 euros. Prof. Zbigniew Lew-Starowicz a noted sexologist was reported by Warsaw's "metro" newspaper as thinking they're repressed and "not winning any Blue Flags".) ... read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues Friday June 22, 2007 - 20:07 by apophenia
2 comments (last - tuesday april 06, 2010 - 13:25)
the current issue of eSkeptic tackles "Autism & Vaccination" On June 11, 2007, nearly 5,000 parents of autistic children filed a lawsuit against the [U.S.A.] federal government, claiming that childhood vaccines (specifically the mercury-containing thimerosal in the vaccines) caused their children’s autism. The previous year The New York Times ran a column that was skeptical of the claimed link between autism and vaccines, which generated this comment on an internet message board that is typical of the anecdotal thinking that perpetuates this myth: "You say, ‘There is no proven link’ between mercury and autism. There also is ‘no proven link’ between going outside in the rain and cold without a hat or coat and getting the sniffles. Look at the data: the epidemic of autism mirrors the administration of vaccines with mercury. Now that they are off the shelves (more or less), the cases are going down." ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday June 22, 2007 - 19:53 by Seán Ryan
Bush wants to close Guantamo ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday June 22, 2007 - 15:08 by Erich Muehsam
Yes, once upon a time there was a Mass Anti-War Movement in Britain but it was destroyed. How did this calamity occur and who was responsible? Torab Saleth of Workers Left Unity Iran points the finger at the SWP for its pro-Tehran apologetics. The full article is available at the url below Have you ever wondered what happened to the mass anti-war movement which in London alone brought out almost two million people before the invasion of Iraq in February 2003? How come no such huge response is at hand when we are faced with a similar plan for Iran? ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Friday June 22, 2007 - 14:07 by Dante Algheiro @ the drive by motel with Virgil just outside
28 comments (last - friday february 15, 2008 - 21:24)
About two weeks a book review made its way into the New York Times & then by editorial selection (the universal vagaries and whimsical nature of which we all must agree) into the "best of review" by which the NYT increases newspaper sales by a few kilograms at the weekend. But the reader interest and plugmanship didn't stop there. Within a week the local language issues of the NYT had picked up on the story and translated it into the major European tongues. (but obviously not gaeilge, polish or chinese). The story is now a pay for view - but it has excited certain interest in the Eastern seaboard US blogosphere & touches on areas of cognitive analysis which I first raised in 2003 - namely "are their rules or ritualised preparations for being a suicide bomber?" So I'm reproducing it here. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday June 22, 2007 - 12:20 by Mick Hall
1 comment (last - monday june 25, 2007 - 20:07)
For a Nation with a population less than that of London, Ireland to its credit has always had a historic, vibrant and rigorous left wing political culture, thus it is impossible to do justice to what constitutes the Irish Left of today in a single article. This piece is far from a complete bibliography and unlike many previous articles on the Left in Ireland, I have included the Irish Republican Movement. Whilst I accept this may not be to the liking of some readers, in my opinion not only do many Republican organizations deserve on merit to be within any serious analysis of the Irish Left, but I believe it would be nonsensical to exclude the Irish Republican Movement, not least because it has acted as the mid-wife to much of today's Irish left. Republicanism has at times also managed, for a host of differing reasons, to divert some of the finest sons and daughters of the Irish working class into the cul-de-sac of nationalism. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday June 22, 2007 - 10:27 by MichaelY
6 comments (last - saturday june 23, 2007 - 00:38) 1 image
I thought MIchael Warschawski's views on the latest development in Gaza, written on June 18 and coming from a Jewish anti-Zionist perspective, may be instructive for some of our local defenders of Israel.....and, of course, an eye-opener for some of our 'left' Islamophobes.... http://www.alternativenews.org/blogs/michael-warschawsk....html The old dream of Ariel Sharon is becoming a reality: Palestinians are killing Palestinians, and Israel is counting the number of victims with great satisfaction. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday June 22, 2007 - 00:13 by John McAnulty
44 comments (last - tuesday july 17, 2007 - 10:45) 1 image
The Greens go into Government ‘Asking the Green Party to go into office with Fianna Fail really does not take account of the real world,’ Trevor Sargent, Green Party leader, May 22nd ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Thursday June 21, 2007 - 19:58 by SP Online
26 comments (last - tuesday july 03, 2007 - 08:30) 1 image
The July 2007 issue of The Socialist (#26) is now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Thursday June 21, 2007 - 17:35 by Terence
3 comments (last - saturday june 23, 2007 - 17:59)
The Enlish town of Modbury has become the first town in Europe to ban plastic bags outright. This goes a lot further than the plastic bag levy here which did go a long way towards reducing the amount of plastic strewn across our landscape. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 20, 2007 - 17:45 by redjade
8 comments (last - monday september 03, 2007 - 18:14) 1 image
Eli is taking an incredible risk by refusing orders in Iraq and will most likely be court martialed. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 20, 2007 - 13:12 by newshound
59 comments (last - wednesday july 04, 2007 - 00:02) 1 image
Article from British Socialist Worker ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday June 20, 2007 - 12:58 by David L
Today, both The Washington Post and The New York Times carry op-eds by Ahmed Yousef, a senior advisor to Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the democratically-elected Palestinian Authority cabinet ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 19, 2007 - 22:20 by Daithi
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Two months ago www.irishrepublican.net was setup on the grounds that it would be a powerhouse of debate between republicans of all political opinions. No other forum exists were like minded republicans can exchange views and opinions. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Tuesday June 19, 2007 - 19:55 by Dante Algheiro @ the drive by motel with Virgil just outside
A great moral victory for anti-car activists such as critical mass types & reclaim the streets sorts has just been reported. The Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People (of the Holy See - Vatican) has issued a 36 page pamphlet entitled "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road" which include a dinky ten guidelines already being dubbed "commandments" by cheeky secular cynical men and women of little faith in media organisations such as the BBC & Car magazine. na lig sinn i gcothú.......I'd just like to highlight the good bits - "We know that as a consequence of transgressions and negligence, 1.2 million people die each year on the roads" remarks Cardinal Renato Martino who is the Roman Catholic's man on itinerants and migrants. You'll note that itinerants covers a range of gypsies, travellers, refugees, SUV mothers of 2 and commercial travellers. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Tuesday June 19, 2007 - 15:57 by IT reader
1 comment (last - wednesday june 20, 2007 - 13:53) 2 images
Two interesting pieces in the Irish Times yesterday, one an article by Lorna Siggins, the other a letter correcting the rather peculiar editorial last week, which likened the dispute in Mayo to an Ealing Comedy film. Many people inside and outside the campaign are keeping a close eye on Eamon Ryan, and wondering whether he will meet with the Shell to Sea campaign before he meets with Shell. Ryan has a supporter of Shell to Sea for a long time, and now he finds himself in charge of the project to get gas from the Corrib Field. It will be interesting to see what his reaction will be when the Gardaí use brutal tactics and start arresting protesters against Shell in Erris and in other parts of the country. The 29th of June is the second anniversary of the imprisonment of the Rossport Five. Perhaps the new minister will mark the occasion by making a statement on the current situation. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 19, 2007 - 13:31 by producer
Max Keiser's awesome satirical film on the glamorous lifestyle of those on the front line of the War on Terrror. From luxury hotels to private jets and champagne, kidnapping and outsourcing torture on the US taxpayer can be a great way to see the world on 50,000 dollars a day. Part one (13.21): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CVEMysbdOQ Part two (9.31): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIFJltamP_A ... read full story / add a comment |
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