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Guarding the refinery site earlier this year.
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 05, 2007 - 12:26 by W P Reader   image 1 image
The Corrib scheme has been criticised for being planned as a series of interlinked parts, each one split between different areas of the State's bureaucracy, with no one seeing the whole jigsaw, nobody in charge assessing the full impact of the refinery, different parts of the onshore pipeline, the offshore pipeline, the offshore rig etc.

This device is called "project splitting', and is supposed to be illegal under European Union planning law.

Now it seems, we can begin to see the Corrib scheme as itself a part of a greater whole, with more refineries planned for the Bellanaboy bridge site, and more onshore pipelines criss-crossing the landscape, as this article from the Western People shows.

... read full story / add a comment
Big Business = Big Polluters
limerick / environment Wednesday July 04, 2007 - 16:50 by Limerick Socialist Youth   text 4 comments (last - wednesday july 04, 2007 - 23:38)   image 3 images   2 attached files
Cimate Change Means...
- 11 of the last 12 years were record breakingly warm
- The number of hurricanes has doubled in the 30 years
- The arctic ocean will be ice-free in summer by 2050
- Ireland's carbon emissions have increased by 25 in 15 years% and transport emmissions by 140%
- Limerick will be permanently fooded in 50 years unless climate change is halted (EPA Report 2007) ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / sci-tech Monday July 02, 2007 - 17:20 by o as if   text 7 comments (last - sunday july 29, 2007 - 23:36)   image 1 image
LEt it be known, recorded acknowledged & easy to find through search engines that during the nightfall which befell the coastal settlement of Rush [population 6,679] in the county of Dublin, the assizes of Fingal of the first to the second dates of the seventh month - A BIG BANG MORE OF A BOOM COMPLETE WITH RATTLES AND A BIT OF SUBSIDENCE AND TOTAL HORRIFIED EFFECTS LIKE wasn't really reported or paid attention to.

The BBC sent their man in Rush, Lush and neighbouring Dunabate to talk to locals as the Gardai began their daylight search for bearded men with foreign accents and mindful of the historical resonance of Rush as being the location chosen for two movies shot in 1965 by the names of " The Face of Fu Man Chu", "Ten Little Indians" and the even more significant "Rocket to the Moon" in 1966 were quickly rumoured to extend their search to all strangers in general with or without a TinTin crest. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / miscellaneous Monday July 02, 2007 - 14:08 by kbranno   image 1 image
Suspected Maoist rebels killed eight people, including six police officers, in eastern India in attacks on two police stations, officials said Sunday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday July 01, 2007 - 15:01 by Ronoc
As i was browsing through Indimedia someone mentioned Kissenger Report 1974. So I looked into it a little and discovered this website and found some of the articles intestesting. Articles about global food cartels. Well theres lots of info here and it might take a long time to read but If anyone has good information with related sites just post away please... Thanks

http://www.larouchepub.com/other/1995/2249_food_intro.html ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Sunday July 01, 2007 - 12:45 by Conor
I wonder whats happening with the worlds oil supplies. Some people say we've reached the peak other say in 30 years we will reach it. When peak oil has been reached then we start extracting the stuff thats more difficult to extract. I came across this short documentary about the Alberta oil sands in Canada. Very interesting....
http://www.vbs.tv/player.php?bctid=987199110&bccl=dW5kZ...uZWQ= ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday July 01, 2007 - 10:55 by Kismo
For those not familiar with the acronym ‘KISS’, it expands to, “Keep It Simple Stupid”! The KISS (K) principle was/is the most invaluable teaching/training aid in the IT industry, especially in the early days when people actually feared the ‘complexity’ of computers. Anyone who is confronted by an overwhelming amount of ‘information’ tends to lose themselves in a sea of confusion. Fortunately, a very bright and creative mind developed the ‘K’ principle for dealing with these situations. ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday June 30, 2007 - 18:12 by formal   text 3 comments (last - tuesday july 03, 2007 - 06:30)   image 8 images
international / anti-capitalism Saturday June 30, 2007 - 07:59 by dreamboat
People today seem perplexed as civilisation as we know it plummets into the abyss. Yet, in the broad sense, the future is entirely predicable. The much lauded system of economic rationalism has resulted in huge disparities in wealth comparable to ancient societies; the wealth of Pharaoh-God-Kings of the past was staggering and in stark contrast to the wealth of their subjects. The peoples’ living standards were maintained at ‘adequate‘ levels to ensure a fit work/slave force for their rulers – remind you of anything, are you able to draw any comparisons today? In fact ancient Egypt (utilising modern poverty statistics) would have fared better in the social sense than most of today’s societies. So much for economic rationalism and laissez-faire capitalism! The inequity of today’s economic reality is far from mysterious; however, one mystery remains, the masses of today tolerate far greater inequities than the masses of yesterday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Friday June 29, 2007 - 19:58 by morning joe   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 04, 2007 - 18:26)
Today a few things happened - Iraq, London, Poverty etc..,

But for some reason US TV network MSNBC wanted to lead their news hour with a Paris Hilton story. You know the vapid girl who went to jail (not prison) and suffered attention deficit disorder, read the bible but couldn't remember her favourite passage....

Watch this video as Mika Brzezinsk refused on air to lead with the story saying she wanted Iraq first and then tried to burn her script.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VdNcCcweL0 ... read full story / add a comment
fighting them there so we wont have to fight them here (huh?!)
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday June 29, 2007 - 10:34 by redjade   text 2 comments (last - saturday july 28, 2007 - 17:00)   image 1 image
'Conspiracy Theorists' have been saying this for years, of course.

Perhaps George is just helping Tony in his new job?

amazing quote of the day: 'No matter how good the security, terrorists will always be able to explode a bomb on a crowded street.' - so much for the GWOT, now its all about image management.
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international / anti-capitalism Friday June 29, 2007 - 09:44 by finch
Many articles have been written on the tactic of pervasive and continuous debt as a form of economic social management. However, few financial ‘wizards’ and politicians understood the ramifications of such a tactic. To meet regular needs average people have been forced to borrow at rates never before seen. As a result of the created necessity to borrow large amounts and the ease of obtaining large loans, a rapid increase in loan defaults is occurring. Perhaps statistical information on the ‘spike’ in long term debt servicing and mortgagee defaults highlights the failure of the debt strategy. Hailed at the time as the optimum method of economic and social management, today it is proving to be just another strategy of big business appropriating more at the expense of EVERYTHING and everyone else. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 28, 2007 - 13:13 by A Free Press
Josh Wolf is a minor cause celebre in the USA. As a freelance-journalist/blogger/indymedista he had taken video of a lot of demonstrations. One particular demonstration saw the police subpoena a video tape from him in order to attempt to prosecute someone in a black bloc that allegedly assaulted a police officer. Josh refused and went to jail for longer than any other journalist in US history. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Wednesday June 27, 2007 - 11:05 by Terence
There is an article with the above title published over on Anarkismo that discusses free software and related activities in terms of what it means for Anarchism. It draws some parallels with previous freebie or volunteer efforts in the past and compares them to today.

Unlike most discussions around changing the future that tend to focus on key political events and ideas, this article presents the case that the mundane acts of writing free software is creating important kinds of awarenesses in people that would otherwise not be politically motivated. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday June 25, 2007 - 15:38 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - monday june 25, 2007 - 15:48)
The translation here is a bit creaky but please bear with it. The Iraq Freedom Congress brings together socialists, feminists, workers and progressive forces. It stands for:
1. End the occupation of Iraq – the US forces must leave Iraq immediately
2.End the interference of the Islamic currents from people’s lives
3. Guarantee the right of the Iraqi people to make an informed and free decision on the future of political system
4. Restore civil life to Iraq

Its slogan is:
Working For a Democratic, Secular and Progressive Alternative to both the US Occupation and Political Islam in Iraq

The US forces flagrantly provocative raided the IFC headquarter in Baghdad. They arrested a number of its guards and confiscated some important documents. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Monday June 25, 2007 - 14:09 by Terence
It is reported today that Algeria plans to start exporting solar power and using it domestically from a plant from a hybrid solar/gas plant in the Sahara desert due to come on stream in 2009, with exports of power to Europe due to start up by 2015. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday June 25, 2007 - 13:40 by John McAnulty
Review by joe Craig

The 2007 election has been a focus for the plans of the left for the last number of years and guided most of its activity. Almost universally the results have been regarded as disappointing. ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Monday June 25, 2007 - 10:11 by MaxKeiser.com
"If you don't do anything else this month, you need to go watch this special on how rigged the so-called "free" markets are.

It's clear, concise, amusing in a wry, quirky way...and terribly sad, as it shows that it is simple to explain all this in a comprehensible manner, and yet it isn't by the supposedly fair US media. Commentator Max Keiser does a remarkable job in describing how completely ugly this is, and arrives at the same conclusion I did - playing in a rigged game is a fool's errand."

- Bob O'Brien's Sanity Check
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday June 24, 2007 - 22:07 by Gregori Chicherin   text 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   text 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.
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