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international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 05, 2006 - 15:09 by W. Finnerty
"The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online." ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 05, 2006 - 01:30 by finch
 9 comments (last - wednesday february 15, 2006 - 16:04)  1 image
The recent religious furore over certain (cartoon) publications in the secular press unambiguously identifies ‘religion’ as little more than cheap politics; or put in simpler more accurate terms; religion is the politics of the mentally deficient. Consider the possibility of an infinite creator/God and the arrogance of those who actually think or imagine they or any other finite being could possibly pollute, insult or deface that God. A characteristic of Godhead is IMMUTABILITY! Rationalists would refer to the basic logic of the inability of the finite to apprehend the infinite (God); the two states are mutually exclusive. But it is obvious that ‘God’ is as far removed from the present issue as day is from night. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday February 03, 2006 - 04:27 by Seán Ryan
3 comments (last - wednesday february 15, 2006 - 21:49)
Illegal War was planned before the UN ever got to decide nothing...... ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Thursday February 02, 2006 - 22:17 by B. Wright
Report tells of new EPO drug use claim Irish Times - Ireland A greyhound racing board member told a board meeting last week he believed a number of trainers were using the performance-enhancing drug EPO on greyhounds, a ... See all stories on this topic Greyhound Action Ireland (affiliated to GA International) is tonight calling on its members to contact Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy in light of the recent revelations and admissions of drug administering by two well known trainers. An urgent and immediate Gardai investigation into possible breaches of the Misuse of Drugs Act and the Protection of Animals Act by both trainers Paul Hennessy and John Kiely is being sought. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / politics / elections Thursday February 02, 2006 - 16:16 by hs
2 comments (last - thursday february 02, 2006 - 16:42) 1 image
Socialists should not celebrate Hamas’s victory in the Palestinian elections. Women and secular forces will very likely be the first to suffer, http://www.cpgb.org.uk/worker/610/hamas.htm ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Thursday February 02, 2006 - 12:54 by Eamonn
A garden of Eden in Danger from Greedy Chinese Capitalists I read about this story on the Times Online... I am grateful to the newspaper for their reporting , and post the link with due regard for laws about copyright etc Who looks after the Planet to such a degree? ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Thursday February 02, 2006 - 10:46 by iosaf
63 comments (last - wednesday february 15, 2006 - 14:28) 6 images
This story began (for some) on the 30th of Sept. 2005 when a Danish newspaper published a series of cartoons depicting Muhummad PBUH the prophet of Islam. For others this story began on the 14th of February 1989 when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini then supreme leader of Iran issued a "fatwa" calling for the execution of Salman Rushdie on Tehran radio. & for yet others more, this story began with the Quran and that no visual images or depictions of God exist because such artistic depictions may lead to idolatry and are thus disdained. A similar position in Christian theology is termed iconoclasm. Moreover, most Muslims believe that God is incorporeal, making any two- or three- dimensional depictions impossible. This prohibition is extended to the prophets of God. (peace be upon them). ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Thursday February 02, 2006 - 07:23 by GPSEA
Greenpeace, along with Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and the Humane Society, revealed the link between the whaling in the Southern Ocean and Gortons. We revealed that the Japanese parent company that wholly owns Gortons, Nippon Suissan, also partly owns the whaling fleet whose boats depart every year to hunt whales in Antarctica. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 01, 2006 - 19:51 by SAOIRSE
IRISH REPUBLICAN INFORMATION SERVICE (no. 52) Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill, 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland Phone: +353-1-872 9747; FAX: +353-1-872 9757; e-mail: [email protected] ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 01, 2006 - 17:28 by grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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the 1st of April has been marked in Switzerland since 1891 as a national holiday and since 1994 as an official holiday to celebrate Swiss unity and the modern Swiss state. Every year a celebration is organised on the hill of Grütli, where legend has it, a defensive pact was made in 1291 amongst the representatives of 'Uri, Schwytz and Unterwald, three of the Swiss cantons who later led the formation of the modern state in 1848. for at least a dozen years, extreme right groups have attended the celebrations, and their presence prompted a "back-lash" from extreme left groups in 2005. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 01, 2006 - 11:37 by Coyote
12 comments (last - thursday february 02, 2006 - 14:34)
Platoon Sergeant Jim Massey said he used the substance, which becomes hazardous when fired, while serving in Iraq. He said supplies for the US military had been coming through Shannon since the first Gulf War ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / racism & migration related issues Wednesday February 01, 2006 - 11:36 by aunty Beeb
Every now and then the BBC news site produces little gems which either hint at a sparkling sardonic wit or a completely inept team of hacks who don't get out of the newsroom enough. Today's "europe feature" looks at how Ireland and Dublin have celebrated the arrival of Eastern Europeans, bending over backwards to offer them hospitality (the céad mile fáilte) well paid jobs, equality, and a venue for their garage bands to play. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday February 01, 2006 - 10:32 by cousin georgie
2 comments (last - wednesday february 01, 2006 - 14:52)
Bush junior, the wicked and foolish, puppet of an even older generation of imperialists and cold war warriors, will be remembered as the most unpopular US president both for Americans and those who live under US hegemony in the wider world. His is the name which history will credit with the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan and the non-existent WMD. His is the name which history will attach to the response to the Tsunami, and the natural disasters of 2005 ; the awful yet predicted consequences of Climate Change, "the extreme storms". In his 2006 "state of the Union" address, Bush Junior, the Supreme Wookie, 43rd president of the USA deals with such themes as :- Leadership, "No Surrender", Troop Levels, "Never Falter", Compassion, Vigilance at Home, Strong Economy, Baby Boomers, Oil Addiction, Human Resources, Hopeful Society, Cloning Ban and the subjunctive "god bless america" thing. It is important and of Irish interest for several reasons, which can be summarised thusly- the USA is an important trade partner of the EU and Ireland. We do a lot of business with them. Most of the citizens of the USA speak a dialect of English which we can readily misunderstand. __________________________________________________________________________________ the full and unexpurgated text :- ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Tuesday January 31, 2006 - 18:21 by R. Isible
1 comment (last - tuesday january 31, 2006 - 20:55)
Employees of members of the US Congress have been revealed to have been engaging in unethical behaviour on the collaborative online encylopedia "Wikipedia". ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Tuesday January 31, 2006 - 14:22 by green greenie
5 comments (last - saturday march 11, 2006 - 18:17)
“Our only litmus test for joining is that you’re serious about it. If you’ve party politics, you leave them at the door,” said Ms Sinnott, adding that she was only a ‘midwife’ to the birth of the forum. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Tuesday January 31, 2006 - 14:08 by W. Finnerty
31 comments (last - saturday december 23, 2006 - 12:32)
"To me, it feels as though I am being put through years, and years, of mental torture - with no sign of a let up - because certain cliques of public officials are putting themselves above the law: and, far more importantly, that they being allowed to get away with it indefinitely - simply because there is nobody in the legal profession willing to challenge them." ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Tuesday January 31, 2006 - 12:17 by pat c
16 comments (last - tuesday october 31, 2006 - 13:04) 2 images
Its good to see an animal fighting back for a change. Not just that, the bull headed for the most expensive seats. A Class-Based response! ólé! pat ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Monday January 30, 2006 - 03:36 by Tommy Donnellan
1 comment (last - thursday february 02, 2006 - 01:33)
Hopefully, better late than never with this one but with the release of Spielberg's controversial "Munich," Neal Ascherson has painted a fair historical backdrop to the events loosely depicted in this film in an article entitled; "A master and the myths of Munich" in The Observer (Sun. Jan 15th, '06) - the documentary that he lauds in his article; MacDonalds "One Day in September" is available for purchase on Amazon.com and Amazon.UK (Region 1 only) ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday January 29, 2006 - 14:12 by Justin Morahan
Mairead Corrigan Maguire talks about the Holocaust, the horror of Auschwitz, the world's silence, the importance of remembrance, the sanctity of life, justice, fear, the building of trust, nuclear weapons, Mordechai Vanunu's 20 year ordeal within Israel - and the new silence surrounding Vanunu ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Friday January 27, 2006 - 15:42 by freek
6 comments (last - tuesday february 07, 2006 - 21:39)
The proposed five-year "field trial" experiment would take place from April 2006 to October 2010. The plan is to grow potatoes which are resistant to blight and won't have to be sprayed with large quantities of pesticides. The last time a company, Monsanto, carried out genetically modified (GM) sugar beet trials in Wexford and Cork it sparked a wave of protests and sabotage. The EPA says it will consider any submissions made to it within the next 28 days about risks to human health and the environment by the release of the GM potatoes. It appears that no environmental or health impact studies are planned. Following a public announcement in the Irish Independent on 26 January 2006, the deadline for related public submissions to the EPA is 5pm on 22 February 2006. http://www.friendsoftheirishenvironment.net/papers/article.php?sid=8495 ... read full story / add a comment |
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