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Labour has U-turned over university free speech as it brings back a Tory law clamping down on 'woke' cancel culture ? but removes its "teeth" by dropping the ability of academics to sue their institutions.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday June 16, 2005 - 16:52 by redjade
' Board members of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency approved a deal Thursday that exempts Saudi Arabia from nuclear inspections, despite serious misgivings about the arrangement in an era of heightened proliferation fears.' ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 16, 2005 - 02:11 by We The People
By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - In a slap at President Bush, lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the Justice Department and the FBI from using the Patriot Act to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips.

The House voted 238-187 despite a veto threat from Bush to block the part of the anti-terrorism law that allows the government to investigate the reading habits of terror suspects. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Wednesday June 15, 2005 - 01:12 by iosaf   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 21, 2005 - 17:15)
Well now we know Mr Berlusconi a little bit better don't we? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday June 14, 2005 - 20:49 by Masters Voice   text 29 comments (last - thursday june 23, 2005 - 05:03)
It can be most interesting to look into how the various parties on the left are dictated to from above. In the first of a series of reports Masters Voice gives you the reader an opportunity to examine at first hand the dictates of the SWP leadership in London. As these dictates are not readily available to those outside the SWP inner circle here or those as Harman would describe footsoldiers I give you the first installment. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday June 14, 2005 - 13:36 by Alan
Aontacht.net is proud to announce its first essay competition which will be named after the great Republican writer Peader O'Donnell. It is hoped that the competition will inspire those not familiar with writing to become involved and that it will be come a twice yearly event. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 13, 2005 - 22:34 by D O Briain   text 4 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2005 - 18:32)
A May 31 report in the highly respected Mexican daily La Jornada stated that in late May 2005 Paraguay’s Congress rushed through a law “that will permit United States troops to enter this South American country for 18 months, with immunity for all personnel that participate in activities of training and advising, including civilian personnel.” Paraguay and Bolivia share a border.

Given recent negative US government statements re Bolivia and its social movements – which are demanding complete nationalisation of country’s oil, gas and water – this is an ominous development.


Sources:

Narco-Sphere ( English)
http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2005/6/9/84257/46598
(6th paragraph from end)

Original Story in La Jornada (Spanish)
http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/may05/050531/027n2mun.php ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Monday June 13, 2005 - 22:03 by carme   text 1 comment (last - wednesday june 15, 2005 - 21:17)
Charges were brought against members of the main Opposition party the PP today, after a demonstration organised by the second largest political organisation in Spain saw numerous banners calling for the death of the leader of the Catalan ERC party, Josep Lluis Carod Rovira who is the leader of one of the coalition parties in Catalonia. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday June 13, 2005 - 18:40 by too good to be true
Campaigners focusing on debt relief welcomed the move. But the finance ministers' agreement contains a provision on privatisation that has the potential to deliver to them more money than they wrote off. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday June 13, 2005 - 16:51 by Rickets   text 2 comments (last - monday june 13, 2005 - 17:21)
Increasing numbers of young American children are showing signs of serious malnourishment, fueled by a greater prevalence of hunger in the United States, while, paradoxically, two-thirds of the US population is either overweight or obese.

Some pediatricians worry that cuts in welfare aid proposed in President George W. Bush's 2006 budget will only exacerbate the situation. By contrast Bush plans to keep tax cuts for more affluent sectors of the population, they note. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / arts and media Monday June 13, 2005 - 15:45 by redjade   text 3 comments (last - thursday june 16, 2005 - 12:16)   image 3 images
www.tv3.ie down at the time of this post (14:43) ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday June 13, 2005 - 06:24 by observer
The Alley Oop comic strip which continues to be distributed in hundreds of newspapers in the hinterland of the USA is daring to attack the Bush Regime (albeit without using the name). Alley Oop has gone political and poor Dr. Wonmug is under arrest as a terrorist by a "future" police state! ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday June 11, 2005 - 20:10 by redjade   text 8 comments (last - friday june 17, 2005 - 14:46)   image 7 images
"If you plant false stories, how can you control where that story goes? You can't." ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice Saturday June 11, 2005 - 13:41 by me moby   text 8 comments (last - tuesday january 03, 2006 - 15:25)
'...a company Global Mobile Vision that “has been accused of intimidating staff and of failing to pay wages due. And its work practices are bizarre”, according to Village Magazine.' ... read full story / add a comment
I hope you packed your protection, it can get quite hot.
international / environment Saturday June 11, 2005 - 12:57 by iosaf   text 11 comments (last - friday august 19, 2005 - 19:21)   image 3 images
Carcavelos beach is just outside of Lisbon the capital of Portugal, where the EU deal on good times for poor people was made.

Yesterday during the national holiday, Carcavelos beach filled up with happy Lisbonites relaxing from the worst inflation in the EU, and probably rubbing shoulders with the cheery types who fly in from the north and buy flats in the picturesque city to recover from the strain of being on the pigs back.

This is modern tourism. ... read full story / add a comment
Manilla yesterday.
international / crime and justice Saturday June 11, 2005 - 12:02 by iosaf   text 13 comments (last - friday february 24, 2006 - 10:26)   image 3 images
For the last 48 hours, the situation in Manila, Philippines has worsened...

Campesinos in their thousands have marched to the presidential palace demanding that the president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo resign (she was elected in may 2004).
They have been water cannon-ed by the police and many are injured. They have not left the city. There have been reports of a "coup d'etat" in the last week, which set against a history of over 20 military interventions, merely signals that certain military officers are "taking an interest".

Today's national day is thought tosee tensions peak.

This follows consistent allegations of c-o-r-r-u-p-t-i-o-n, which have at all levels dogged the Pacific republic, made up of 7000 islands and counting on a population of roughly 85 million. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Saturday June 11, 2005 - 10:56 by SP reader   text 19 comments (last - tuesday june 14, 2005 - 00:22)
For those looking for some news and for the assorted sectarians looking for something to complain about, here is the June edition of the Socialist, the SP paper.

Some good stuff on Gama, G8 protests, industrial reports, etc. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / environment Saturday June 11, 2005 - 06:56 by son of beach   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 11, 2005 - 07:48)
international / miscellaneous Saturday June 11, 2005 - 01:15 by Bliss   text 1 comment (last - saturday june 11, 2005 - 01:20)
Democrats Eye Unfolding Ohio Coin Scandal

By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press Writer

TOLEDO, Ohio - A disastrous investment by the state in rare coins has erupted into both a financial and political scandal, with Ohio's Republicans running for cover and the Democrats seeing great opportunity.

At least $10 million is feared missing from a $55 million fund that the Ohio Workers' Compensation Bureau set up in a risky and highly unorthodox foray into the buying and selling of coins. The investment was managed by coin dealer Tom Noe, a prodigious fundraiser who has showered contributions on Republicans in Ohio and beyond. ... read full story / add a comment
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