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international / arts and media Sunday April 30, 2006 - 18:47 by Rastavidhead   image 1 image
Each day when I wake up I think,
In this world I assume, I’m a failure, no lies.

But knowing that, each night, I can dream,
Imagine being free,
I project my self and observe,
I fly far from your hellish world,
Where there are eyes that penetrate.
They look, they judge, criticising, censoring, punishing.
Mirror, mirror what do you see?
You are deaf, blind and mute,
And what I say, you believe,
Where are my mistakes?
I’ve been looking for years.
I’ve revised my past, my body floats through the present and in the future is my mind,
Resolving problems.
Existence is a dilemma,
In my opinion, he who thinks the most, reaches the answer first.
I see myself moving closer.

How nice life is when there is no hassle,
The landscape is still green and on high the clouds are stretching by.
The air is clean and free flows the wind,
Through the fields. I get up and stretch, I walk and sing, the birds follow me and I smile, hearing melodies in the chirp, chirp, chirp.
Or the tranquillity of the music of a river instead of city trains, cars and screams.

Aiee, its my paradise. There’s no need, and I have no fancy mobile, I have no motorcycle, I step on no accelerator, there is no requirement.
I’m alive and the taste is so exquisite.
For so many awaited and by not many appreciated, let’s not talk about them because they’re finished.
We have to try again, be born again, love and see ourselves flourish,
Mind the earth, because in the end, it’s going to be drained, it’s going to be drained.

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Hi-Tech Shell Pipeline in Rossport
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 30, 2006 - 18:17 by Shell to Sea   text 2 comments (last - sunday april 30, 2006 - 23:21)   image 1 image
Shell recently made a big deal out of covering and securing the pipes which are lying around in Mayo, so that the weather can't do any more damage to them. However the rest of the experimental pipeline is rusting away in Donegal it seems...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2091-2158255,00....html
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national / anti-war / imperialism Friday April 28, 2006 - 22:12 by Seán Ryan   text 21 comments (last - tuesday june 20, 2006 - 01:44)   image 1 image
Limerick Leader offers insult to Anti-war protesters, Shell to Sea protesters and everyone else. It suggests we are Anti-Semitic and Anti-American. ... read full story / add a comment
The Socialist #15 - April 2006
national / miscellaneous Friday April 28, 2006 - 21:46 by SP Online   image 1 image
The April 2006 issue of The Socialist (#15) is now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents... ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday April 28, 2006 - 10:58 by Dave
SWP international theoretical featuring in thjis issue an analysis of the ongoing revolutionary upheavals in Nepal, a look at how the bolshevik revolution related to the large islamic minority in trhe Soviet Union, more on tyhe movement in Venezuela, and much morte full story list below. Follow thios link: http://www.isj.org.uk/
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Shell are contaminating the drinking water in Mayo
mayo / environment Friday April 28, 2006 - 10:50 by Shell to Sea   text 5 comments (last - saturday april 29, 2006 - 03:01)   image 2 images
The appalling story of Shell's contamination of the drinking water in Mayo was confined to those who read indymedia, and some local papers in the west of Ireland. Shell to Sea came up with a plan to give out glasses of tap water from Erris to the civil servants at the Dept of Local Government (today 1-2PM at the Customs House, Dublin) and now the story is being covered by virtually every media outlet in the country*.

It just goes to show what a press release, a fold-out table and a white suit can do. Put "Shell to Sea" in the search on Google news to see the full effect.

*except RTÉ of course. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday April 27, 2006 - 19:43 by pat c
Another contribution to the Marijuana debate. The debate is seesawing back and forth - good for you; bad for you. I'm a confirmed agnostic on the subject myself; but make your own mind up.

Full story at link.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday April 27, 2006 - 17:37 by Cian   text 4 comments (last - thursday april 27, 2006 - 18:51)
Across the Twin Cities, thousands of students are planning to walkout tomorrow, April 28th, against the war in Iraq and against military recruitment in schools. This will likely be the largest youth antiwar demonstration in Minnesota since the Vietnam era.
But in recent days reports of repression and disruption tactics from school authorities has gone way up. Under police pressure, a big peace concert scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, as part of the walkout events at Minneapolis Technical and Community College (MCTC), is being shut down.
Below are two urgent appeals from students at two local schools (Central and Jefferson) were threats against students came to a head yesterday. Please read these, act on their request for solidarity, and forward this appeal for help on to others.
Students from these schools are holding a press conference this afternoon at MCTC's "Free Speech Plaza" at 3:30 PM. Please come and show your support!
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national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday April 27, 2006 - 14:21 by Mike   text 72 comments (last - monday june 05, 2006 - 12:29)
Staff not paid because of bank error

SEVENTY workers at the National Aquatic Centre weren't paid their wages because of a bank error.

Money due to be paid to the employees by the operators of the centre, Dublin Waterworld Ltd, failed to appear in their accounts yesterday. Angry workers contacted management who told them the problem would be sorted immediately.

AIB Bank has said that the missed payments were due to a "technical error".

The wages were due to be paid into the workers' accounts last night.
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international / animal rights Thursday April 27, 2006 - 14:06 by pat c   text 21 comments (last - saturday june 28, 2008 - 19:34)   image 3 images
Good new for animal lovers! The Spanish Socialist Party are supporting rights for apes but it is not clear if this will include the right to vote.

Perhaps they feared a new outbreak of Gorilla warfare? Started by the Simian Bolivar Brigade, no doubt.

Full story at the link.

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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday April 27, 2006 - 08:09 by Séan Ryan   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 27, 2006 - 10:57)
At least 600 US soldiers and citizens implicated in abuse of prisoners according to new studies.

And a major scandal about to happen in America as people begin to ask questions that need to be answered. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday April 26, 2006 - 19:59 by peptide   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 27, 2006 - 11:04)
Bush has responded to the recent bombings in Egypt with a finger pounding demonstration of determined imbecility; he once again identifies “the enemy” (as singular) implying a centralised terrorist group. If the USA had any credible intelligence they would know that the ‘enemy’ is in fact many separate and spontaneously occurring cells rather than a fixed hierarchical centralised group. Misinformation could be another reason the USA is failing in Iraq! US troops are unable to locate the “enemy” to which Bush and his administration continually refers – we should not forget that Rumsfeld briefs Bush on these matters. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday April 26, 2006 - 19:12 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 29, 2006 - 20:14)
Yet another example of the double dealing by the World Bank. On this occasion however the bare faced fraud carried out by the World Bank has been exposed. They have been shown to have blood on their hands.

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national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday April 26, 2006 - 17:19 by Condi Rice   text 1 comment (last - friday april 28, 2006 - 11:05)
Condi Rice dropped in to Shannon on Monday, seems like she is a regular down there.

from today's Daily Ireland editorial

"Another controversial visitor to these shores is George Bush’s secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, who we learn is constantly popping in and out of Ireland on her way to destabilise regions around the world at her master’s behest, like a commuter through Connolly Station.
There is nothing illegal about Ms Rice’s movements through Ireland, but given her current role in the Bush war machine, and the fact that the US involvement in Iraq is deemed illegal under international law, her transitory visits, conducted as they are under virtual secrecy, are distasteful to say the least. They are also extremely discourteous to the Irish sovereign nation, which is officially neutral – a state of affairs which is being progressively eroded by the inaction and toadying of the current government to more militarily and economically powerful nations." ... read full story / add a comment
wexford / politics / elections Wednesday April 26, 2006 - 11:44 by Green Ink   text 24 comments (last - thursday april 27, 2006 - 15:38)
RTE are reporting that the founder of the charity for clerical abuse victims One in Four, Colm O'Gorman, is to run for the PDs in Wexford. Interestingly Slugger O'Toole got the scoop on this last night: http://www.sluggerotoole.com/index.php/weblog/rumour_mi..._pds/ ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday April 25, 2006 - 22:47 by Sinéad Ní Bhroin
Ambassaor to Ireland - Ibrahim Ahdy Khairat
The Egtptian Embassy Dublin
12, Clyde Road
Ballsbridge
Dublin 4

Tel: 6606718
Fax: 6683745
Email: [email protected]

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national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday April 25, 2006 - 21:57 by RSF
Irish Republican Information Service (no. 63)
Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill, 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland
Phone: +353-1-872 9747; FAX: +353-1-872 9757; e-mail: [email protected]
Date:

Internet resources maintained by SAOIRSE-Irish Freedom

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international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday April 25, 2006 - 12:20 by Paul O'C   text 8 comments (last - friday april 28, 2006 - 11:43)   image 5 images
Greek riot police hurled teargas at demonstrators trying to march to the American embassy in Athens to protest against visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday April 24, 2006 - 19:42 by Mike Dobson   image 1 image
Roger Toussaint, president of the Transport Workers Union, Local 100, heads to jail today to serve a 10-day sentence for authorizing a strike in December that shut down New York City's Transit system ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday April 24, 2006 - 17:10 by pat c   text 7 comments (last - wednesday april 26, 2006 - 20:58)
Now this something worth protesting about. Maybe even an embassy deserves to be burned! This student had to pay extra for a visa because his name was Mohammed! Maybe someone should tell the US that a lot of nasty people shared the name George including kings who oppressed the American colonists.

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