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international / anti-capitalism Wednesday May 02, 2007 - 14:50 by uachtaran TiT
Following up on Ratzinger's call for immediate debt cancellation of the poorest states on Earth, today 8 bishops of the Catholic Church met with Tony Blair to remind him about what he promised he would do his best to do. You remember he was with Geldof on MTV? Gleneagles? July 2005? G8 of bishops tackles Blair on poverty Tony Blair meets a delegation of global bishops at Downing Street to discuss the promises made by the G8 to make poverty history [Marcin Mazur] "Tony Blair today met a delegation of global bishops at Downing Street to discuss the promises made by the G8 to make poverty history Group of eight bishops from around the world visits Downing Street urging Tony Blair to ensure the promises of the G8 to end poverty are kept" ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Wednesday May 02, 2007 - 12:34 by Terence
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In this article by George Monbiot, he spells out what is going on politically with Climate Change and states that they are aware of the real depth of changes required which they have purposely avoided and instead have committed to much less drastic changes which will have the effect of condemning millions to die. It would seem what he has identified is that the body of capitalism of which the current crop of political leaders are the stewards, is unable and unwilling to make the neccessary changes, because it inherently recognises that this would be a challenge to the system itself. It looks like they plan to somehow muddle through, but unfortunately muddling through this problem is not the easy option it normally is. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 02, 2007 - 04:42 by finn
A number of factors have recently formed a conjunction, which provided a new view of a popular ‘reality’. Whenever the flames of the terrorist ‘threat’ begin to wane convenient arrests are made that fan the embers back into flames of concern. Recent police raids in Sydney and Melbourne have resulted in the arrests of two Sri Lankan Tamils; “two men have appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on terrorism related charges,” ran the intro from one media outlet while another ran with, “men face terrorism charges after raids.” I’m sure we all get the drift but it should be noted that assistant commissioner to the Federal Police, Frank Prendergast, went to lengths "to make it clear that these men weren't involved in any possible attacks on Australian soil.” Well then, what? ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Tuesday May 01, 2007 - 23:09 by Flying Pig
Coincidence is probably the reason why this formed part of a BBC news story on the 6th August 2003. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday May 01, 2007 - 15:32 by I didn't start this rumour ok! nor ping propaganda
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Rumours have been rife these last few days that Fidel Castro would make his first appearance since his autistic younger brother Raul took over the reins of power temporarily last 31 july. However, as the Cuban Mayday began to move a few hours ago - neither of the Castro brothers were to be seen. Instead Salvador Valdés, secretary general of the Central Workers' union of Cuba led the march which Fidel has now missed twice. Raul Castro has never appeared in his official capacity nor been named as such in any broadcast by Havana. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality Monday April 30, 2007 - 20:15 by C Murray
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http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/369136.html " If we are to equate Community media and women's media with women's progress , we need to go out of our way and take extra effort so that community media will truly become an instrument that allows, encourages and empowers women to speak in their own authentic voice." ... read full story / add a comment
national / gender and sexuality Monday April 30, 2007 - 17:30 by Dorothy Gale
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This could shake up the election a little. What kind of people work for the HSE? They think they can prevent women from travelling and that they can use the Gardai to enforce their whims. Girl seeking abortion challenges HSE Monday, 30 April 2007 17:03 A 17-year-old girl who is four months pregnant and whose child cannot survive outside the womb has gone to the High Court to challenge a decision by the Health Services Executive to stop her leaving the State for an abortion. The girl is in the care of the HSE and is challenging its decision to contact gardaí and not to let her travel for the abortion unless she presented as a suicide risk. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections Sunday April 29, 2007 - 15:27 by NMI
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United Press International distributed the story below. The link will presumably disappear when they realise what they've reported is a mish mash of real and imagined stories. It's interesting to see what they think is believable. When Bertie shows up in Washington every year, do they have a clear idea of who he is? Do they know where Ireland is? More importantly, is our news about the rest of the world so unreliable? (In other news, the President of Scotland announced that the French elections can be cancelled if the Socialist party don't agree to support the bin tax, say sources in Baghdad...) ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday April 29, 2007 - 00:34 by John Meehan
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Nothing like this happened in the last century : http://www.marxist.com/chavez-transitional-programme.htm ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Saturday April 28, 2007 - 15:00 by Richter scale
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international / crime and justice Friday April 27, 2007 - 20:34 by backdoorman
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Fariba Davoudi Majaher. Sussan Tahmassebi. Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani Feminist editor. Feminist contributor. Cyber activist. They got custodial sentences for undermining the security of the state. The one million signature campaign is at :- http://www.isiswomen.org http://weforchange.net/english/spip.php?article10 The offending publications; second sex. zanestan.women's season. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Friday April 27, 2007 - 18:28 by Chekov
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Over the last few months, most of the Irish media has been resolutely ignoring the continuing confrontations in Rossport, Co. Mayo. Meanwhile, the world has been waking up to the struggle - with the award of 125,000 euros to Willie Corduff and Al Jazeera sent a film crew to spend several days investigating the matter. Their documentary is due to be screened tonight and for the next three days on Al Jazeera English. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Friday April 27, 2007 - 10:23 by Kevin Higgins
Over The Edge New Writer of the Year competition sponsored by Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop and judged by Alan Jude Moore ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Thursday April 26, 2007 - 09:47 by Obit
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The "lustration' Law- a Joint initiative by the 'twins' which allows the Polish State to have powers to investigate ' communist-era' collusion has had its first victim. The law which provides for anyone born before the first of January 1972 to testify/sign write that they colluded with communism can result in loss of profession and security. The twins are busily repeating the Mistakes and crimes of that era Under another title. Barbara Blida committed suicide whilst the cops were in her house... ... read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media Thursday April 26, 2007 - 00:59 by Over The Edge
There is a feature on Over The Edge in the 2007 Cúirt Annual which has just gone online
at http://www.galwayartscentre.ie/west47/over.html ... read full story / add a comment
limerick / environment Tuesday April 24, 2007 - 20:04 by none
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Council grants injunction against protestors The High Court has granted an injunction to Limerick County Council against four people who have occupied the county buildings since yesterday afternoon. Mr Justice Iarfhlaith O'Neill granted the injunction against Donal O'Brien and Kenneth McCarthy from Pallaskenry Co Limerick and Patrick Gleeson and Daniel Foley from Kildimo Co Limerick. The court was told the four are members of the Bleach Lough Water Retention group and are involved in a long-standing protest against plans by the County Council to change the water supply to the Kildimo/Pallaskenry area. The case will come before the court again on Friday morning. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday April 24, 2007 - 15:37 by Apparat
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There’s one useful bench-mark for judging the progress of the Bolivarian revolution over the coming years – how much does the role played by Chavez himself diminish, and how rapidly? You can’t assess what’s happened in Venezuela over the last eight years realistically without recognising that Hugo Chavez has played a positive role. But an asset can become a liability, and the commanding position of Chavez could be an obstacle to the emergence of popular democracy in Venezuela. To succeed, the Bolivarian revolution will have to go beyond its dependence on Hugo Chavez. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday April 24, 2007 - 04:13 by D
national / miscellaneous Monday April 23, 2007 - 17:36 by reabhloid dearg
News sheet of the Republican Socialist Youth Movement ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / politics / elections Monday April 23, 2007 - 15:38 by kat
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The newly selected Green Party election candidate in Sligo-North Leitrim Brian Scanlon has accused the Labour Party of not being representative of the working class and the underprivileged anymore. ... read full story / add a comment |
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