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national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday April 10, 2006 - 01:53 by Tadhg McGrath
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A sad day for Irish journalism, and also very bad news for the many talented and dedicated staff who worked there. This article is from the Sunday Times Ireland Edition, and I haven't seen or heard this news anywhere else. Even the CPI's own website doesn't have it. Therefore it's possible that this is nonsense. However the CPI has been under attack since its launch, so I wouldn't be surprised if they have finally decided to give in to the enormous pressure they have been under. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Monday April 10, 2006 - 01:33 by mms
Hello from Guatemala. I am forwarding the article written by Sandra, she contacted me recently during my stay in Guatemala. If any of you took part of the presentation of the book "Fumigation: the human and environmental costs of chemical warfare in Colombia" last October in Trinity the following article will make sense. I have seen the mentioned plantations in San Marcos and i believe that the the propossal fumigations here is going to finish with the farmers livelihoods and other plantations. I have been following close the case of the Mining company and there is a great video for anybody in Ireland interested to watch about the consultation propossed by the Indigenous people about the mining. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday April 10, 2006 - 01:23 by Shell to Sea
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I thought this article in the Sunday Times was worth a look. It seems that Christy Loftus, Shell's new hired help in Mayo, is saying that they are going to have to find a new pipeline route. He's getting €58K pper year for stating the obvious there, but he also seems to believe that there actually is a route they can find where the community will accept the danger posed by an experimental high pressure raw-gas pipeline. It looks as though Shell are also paying him to learn Irish, so some good will come of this scheme... Further on in the article, Maura Harrington wonders about the possibility of someone giving birth at the Rossport Solidarity Camp. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday April 09, 2006 - 18:24 by Ben Murphy
Tomorrow, the high-profile inquest into the death of Tom Hurndall, the 22 year old British student shot in the head as he shepherded Palestinian children to safety, opens. Beneath the gaze of the world's media, his mother , Jocelyn, will tell coroner Andrew Reid, at St Pancras Coroners' Court, London, how the Israeli authorities tampered with evidence, suppressed investigations and attempted to cover up the shooting. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / politics / elections Sunday April 09, 2006 - 16:10 by iosaf
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3 states today see the citizen called to do the voting / not voting thing. & they are all quite important, and so not surprisingly lots of money and news-space will be dedicated to the results. Italy. You know who. Peru. 3 way race. Hungary - will the "socialists" hold? ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Sunday April 09, 2006 - 00:04 by Ploughshares
An interview with Ciaron O'Reily of the Pit Stop Ploughshares conducted by Loserdom 'zine. ... read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism Saturday April 08, 2006 - 17:42 by Badman
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The Irish independent reports: " In February a cargo plane carrying three Boeing Apache helicopters, the type used by both the American and Israeli forces, landed at Shannon, where it stayed overnight before taking off for Israel. When contacted last month both the Department of Transport, which is responsible for foreign civilian flights, and the Department of Foreign Affairs, which is responsible for foreign military flights, denied any knowledge of the flight. This week, when presented with the serial numbers of the cargo planes and of the helicopters, they conceded the flights had taken place and said that they have launched an inquiry. Although Shannon airport is routinely used by American planes in support of the ongoing occupation of Iraq, this is the first time it has emerged that Ireland also facilitates the sale of American heavy-arms sales. " ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 08, 2006 - 07:45 by fish
The very American travelling circus that is tent religion matured and found expression in the mass ‘conversions’ (come on down and be saved style) of Billy Graham, demagogue and showman, the forerunner of today’s Evangelicals. Plastic religion for a plastic society, Graham invented ‘Kentucky fried religion’, a fast consumable product that was accessible to the masses, requiring nothing but gleefully running to the stage and in spectacular fashion being ‘saved’ by Billy or one of his many imitators. Modern Evangelicalism was born, long arduous hours of meditation and prayer in the pursuit of Deity was a thing of the medieval past. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 07, 2006 - 12:27 by pat c
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Anthony McIntyre has stood up for Womens Rifghts and Democratict Rights against the Islamofascists. For doing this, the SWP and their lackeys have called him an Islamophobe. In the article below Anthony profiles Maryam Namazie, an Iranian Socialist Feminist. Maryam shows how backward and reactionary Islam is. How opposing Islam is literally a life or death question for Women in Islamic States. Maryam says: "Labelling women's rights activists as racists is a dim-witted ploy to justify and excuse women's status under Islam and political Islam, and deny women and people living in the Middle East and Iran universal rights and freedoms." Theres an excerpt from the article below. The full article is at the link. pat ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Thursday April 06, 2006 - 23:49 by redjade
'The BCI is very pleased with today’s outcome. We have consistently held that the process for the award of the licence was fair, open and transparent and that the best applicant, Phantom FM, was awarded the licence. We now look forward to re-establishing contract negotiations with Phantom FM, with a view to providing Dublin listeners with an alternative rock music service....' ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Thursday April 06, 2006 - 19:30 by Terence
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The State agency, Forfás, has warned Ireland will face a liquid fuel crisis in the next ten to 15 years and may have to develop a nuclear power station to supply its electricity needs. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Thursday April 06, 2006 - 18:58 by Terence
The Irish Gov agency Forfás has published it's report into the dependency of Ireland on oil and what it should do in response to the looming issue of Peak Oil in this regard. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Thursday April 06, 2006 - 14:01 by Fefe
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by Yemie Adeoye, Vanguard (Lagos) April 4th, 2006 CorpWatch, a San Francisco based organisation that "investigates and exposes corporate violations of human rights, environmental crimes, fraud and corruption around the world", recently published an article on their site that should be of interest. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday April 06, 2006 - 12:55 by pat c
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In another attack on Palestinian sovereignty the Israeli Military arrested a Palestinian Cabinet Minister this morning. This is part of the ongoing campaign by the Israelis to humiliate the Palestinian people and their elected representatives. pat ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday April 05, 2006 - 19:36 by pat c
Its so bizarre. THEY still fear Joe Strummer! It might be worth using in some propaganda. Can we be done for humming Rock The Casbah? Interersting to find out that Blair & MI5 approve of Procul Harum. "Whiter Shade of Pale", hmmmm. pat ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Wednesday April 05, 2006 - 16:08 by Dawn Jewell
American scientists are regularly visiting the jungles of Panama where they carry out animal testing, including pulling the limbs of animals. This story first appeared in the New york times ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday April 04, 2006 - 19:32 by DF
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Dennis Donaldson,IRA spy,shot in Donegal(RTE)? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday April 04, 2006 - 18:05 by D. Burbeck
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Not to mention the immigration bill protests, March saw massive demonstrations all over the world. Two international action days - International Woman's Day, and the Iraq War anniversary - brought hundreds of thousands out protesting the war and the Bush Administration. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday April 04, 2006 - 15:44 by Terence
The US media operating clearly on behalf of US capitalism has reacted angrily to the protests in France using hatred and fear. This is quite striking because normally the US media hardly covers internal developments in other countries. So the fact it is doing this shows it's true fears which are that the social unrest might spread to the USA itself where social tensions are already very high. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday April 04, 2006 - 15:08 by Permanent Revolution
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It appears that 'socialist' president Evo Morales is on a collision course with socialism ... read full story / add a comment |
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