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international / anti-war / imperialism Monday March 27, 2006 - 06:15 by colt
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Blair’s speech in Oz parliament today was notable for its familiarity – nothing new, same ol’ same ol’ shite. Wait! I think there was something that may have been a Freudian slip in reverse, Blair pleaded with a crumbling support base not to ostracise the yanks as they may “lift their drawbridge” (what a laugh). In order to survive, the voracious beast of Capitalism MUST feed off weaker nations, destroy the environment, wreak havoc and wage war to sustain its (military) economy. The world needs America like it needs a hole in the head; by all means Tony, let the yanks implode on themselves; allow the blood-sucking star-spangled-fangs to sink into its own neck; it would be a most entertaining spectacle. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Saturday March 25, 2006 - 19:20 by worker
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‘Marxists’ for another Labour Party The March 19 launch of the Socialist Party’s Campaign for a New Workers’ Party went according to plan, writes Peter Manson. The 450 comrades who signed up to its founding declaration overwhelmingly voted for the SP’s plans for a Labour Party mark two. Putting forward the agenda for the CNWP conference, the Socialist Party’s Dave Nellist pledged from the chair that the organisers would “do our best to make sure minorities are heard”. But also, he said, “in particular the voice of the ordinary workers will be heard today”. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday March 25, 2006 - 14:43 by ipsi
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there is a Belarus imc. Most of their articles as of today focus on the elections (which they have misspelt (?) in their english version as "erections") and "state terror". 34 articles each. If anyone can read russian or bylerus might be an idea to do the translating thing. meanwhile here's a link to a video of indymedia heads in Minsk, which begins nicely enough and ought remind us all, that even if you live out there beyond the borders of our understanding and interest, you still bop your head to techno. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Friday March 24, 2006 - 16:29 by pat c
4 comments (last - saturday march 25, 2006 - 14:21)
This is a setback for the BNP but they havent gone away. They still managed to poll one third of the votes cast. But they were defending a seat that they had won in the previous Council Elections and their inability to retain it against an unpopular Government suggests they may well have peaked in Bradford. I guess I will give two cheers for Labour. pat ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 24, 2006 - 05:32 by jack
The digital revolution has created an imbalance in the supply of information, which has impacted heavily on minority ruling interests. Media moguls, minority interests and their puppet governments are lamenting the good ol’ days when the mass media supplied ‘disinfected’ information to a gullible population. Millions around the globe are now able to exchange information, become independent publishers and have a ‘voice’. It is not surprising that information from sources at an ‘event’ often contradicts popular reporting and tailored versions disseminated by the mass media and centralist governments. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 22, 2006 - 22:36 by RSF
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IRISH REPUBLICAN INFORMATION SERVICE (no. 59) 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: 21 Márta / March 2006 Internet resources maintained by SAOIRSE-Irish Freedom http://saoirse.rr.nu ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 22, 2006 - 14:44 by pat c
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Its not just in Catholic schools that child abuse takes place, it also occurs in Muslim schools. Fortunately in Britain, some in the Muslim community have been prepared to stand up and demand that Islamic schools should have to face the same inspections and take the same precautions against child abuse as any other school. This is also an issue in Ireland, already in one of the Islamic schools there has been a problem with the school spending too much time on Koranic studies. Islamic children also have a right to be protected against abuse. Anyone who is going into the schools should be vetted in the same as those who enter other schools. As Anne Cryer says below: "Failing to protect the children in madrasas because of 'cultural sensitivities' is nonsense - it is racist to differentiate between children and to fail to offer that protection " Full story at the link. pat ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 22, 2006 - 02:22 by gan
As mainstream media and unrepresentative governments narrow the scope and range of social discourse, the public network has exploded with millions of ‘voices’ that continue the public discourse in a social space conveniently created by the forces that fear free expression most. The blogosphere is without competition as the primary body of free speech in today’s digital age. It is not unexpected that the content and character of independent speech is in contrast and opposition to the mainstream discourse of minority interests. It would seem that attempts to limit and tailor the social debate have resulted in unexpected consequences. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday March 22, 2006 - 00:55 by Paul
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This is just a brilliant analysis on how Sistani is portrayed in western media. As somebody who has been swallowing the western media propaganda on the distinction between Sistani the quietist and the Iranian revolutionary style ayatollahs, this essays blows the supposed difference out of the water. It does make you wonder is the media (outside of a few honourable exceptions) deliberately simplistic or truly ignorant ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Wednesday March 22, 2006 - 00:53 by Cearbhuil
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Gilardo was released later on this evening. Thanks to international pressure and solidarity. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Tuesday March 21, 2006 - 20:32 by Dunphy Watcher
3 comments (last - wednesday march 22, 2006 - 23:31)
Veteran broadcaster Dunphy blasts misuse of Dáil privilege over Frank Connolly affair , speaks passionately in favour of the Rossport Five in this Daily Ireland interview and slams the profession that he is involved in: The Media! I know he is never consistent but some of the quotes here are classics, angry and on the money. “We live in a corrupt society, and the corrupt people are not going to go to the barricades to save Frank Connolly." “It has not changed for the better, no. Journalism now in Ireland is much weaker than it was when I began, which is now 27 years ago. It does not have the crusading zeal that it had. It’s much more interested in celebrity, style and stories about people’s personal lives." see http://dailyireland.televisual.co.uk/home.tvt?_scope=Da...opp=1 ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday March 21, 2006 - 16:59 by Slimes Reader
Article from todays Irish Times, reposted in full because the Slimes is paid-restricted. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Tuesday March 21, 2006 - 14:03 by Stunned
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Submissions are now invited for the fouth edition edition of the Stunned.org Net Art Open open submission internet art exhibition ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday March 21, 2006 - 10:41 by T
This reports questions whether the Iraqi War has entered what is called the "My Lai" phase of the war which refers of course to earlier atrocities by American soldiers working for imperialism back in the Vietnam war. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday March 21, 2006 - 04:47 by Our Los Angeles Correspondent
This American Life is an audio chronicle of the weird, the prosaic, the extraordinary, the beautiful and the disgusting in the massively diverse country called the United States of America. It is frequently an amazing show, containing memories of disturbing childhoods, hilarious miscapades and cunning hipster pranks. But no episode has reached the level of the 10th March 2006 episode "Habeas Schmabeas". ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Tuesday March 21, 2006 - 00:42 by Family and Friends of Daniel McGowan
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Update: Daniel has been out on bail since February 8th and is on house arrest. He is on electronic monitoring and is allowed outside of his apartment two hours a week to check in with his pre-trial officer. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 20, 2006 - 22:50 by pat c
Heres an LGBT event being held in Amsterdam that LGBT Irish Jews might enoy. The novel thing about it is that its being organised by a Jewish Congregation and its taking place in a Synagogue! Full details at the link. pat ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday March 20, 2006 - 22:47 by Gregor Kerr
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international / anti-war / imperialism Monday March 20, 2006 - 21:08 by Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner
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Nine days after the start of the American president's 2003 "shock and awe" uranium bombing campaign in Baghdad, an invisible radioactive uranium oxide gas cloud swept through Britain's towns and countryside and throughout Europe ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Monday March 20, 2006 - 19:58 by SP Online
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The March 2006 issue of The Socialist (#14) is now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents... ... read full story / add a comment |
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