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international / miscellaneous Wednesday October 20, 2004 - 21:34 by SP Member
 1 comment (last - friday january 28, 2005 - 12:29)
On 14 October the Forum on Europe heard an address by the UN Secretary General Kofi Annan who had come to speak about planned reforms to the United Nations. All Party leaders were allowed to address comments to Kofi Annan. The following speech was made by Joe Higgins. Annan, reflecting the arrogance of all diplomats and members of the political elite these days, did not answer any of Joe’s questions or refer to any points made in his speech in the summation given to the Forum. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Wednesday October 20, 2004 - 19:44 by iosaf
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It's legal and free and based in Luxembourg the Skype company founded by Niklas Zennström last August offers users "free telephone calls". ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday October 20, 2004 - 12:43 by Slarti
"President Bush's special envoy, James Baker, who has been trying to persuade the world to forgive Iraq's crushing debts, is simultaneously working for a commercial concern that is trying to recover money from Iraq, according to confidential documents." "Mr Baker's Carlyle Group is in a consortium secretly proposing to try to collect $27bn (£15bn) on behalf of Kuwait, one of Iraq's biggest creditors, by using high-level political influence" "Yet Iraq continues to make regular reparations payments for Saddam's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. In the eighteen months since the US invasion, Iraq has paid out a staggering $1.8 billion in reparations--substantially more than the battered country's 2004 health and education budgets combined, and more than the United States has so far managed to spend in Iraq on reconstruction." Selected highlights from http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20041101&c=1&s=klein http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1326037,00.html ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Tuesday October 19, 2004 - 18:46 by R. Isible
An excerpt of an Amy Goodman interview with Noam Chomsky was carried on the Tue Oct. 19th. 2004 edition of DemocracyNOW! In it Chomsky comments on the furore over his endorsement of the VoteToStopBush petition. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice Tuesday October 19, 2004 - 16:35 by Anthony
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Two gardaí were acquitted of assaulting a participant in the Reclaim The Streets party held in May 2002. It's interesting to note that two years later, despite extensive video evidence of garda brutality not one garda has yet been convicted of any crime. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 19, 2004 - 11:50 by Mister Ed
Given the current escalation of Israeli depredations in Gaza and the daily US bombings of Falluja, it is interesting to examine Amnesty International's (AI) statements on the situation. AI is widely viewed as an authority on human rights issues, and thus it is of interest to analyze its output on these recent events. Careful scrutiny of AI's record reveals that, its typical response to the daily obscene deeds by either Israeli or US armies is a few barely audible ruminations with an occasional lame rebuke. The impotence of these responses raises many questions. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 19, 2004 - 00:46 by pc
judges rules out metal detectors for school of the Americas protest on Nov.19-21, Call to Action: Shut Down the School of the Americas! http://www.SOAW.org ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 18, 2004 - 18:26 by pc
French and Spanish interior ministers today shot down a German proposal to set up transit camps in North Africa that would process asylum seekers before they reach Europe. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday October 18, 2004 - 12:15 by Michael Hennigan
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Last week the Guardian launched Operation Clark County to help readers have a say in the American election by writing to undecided voters in the crucial state of Ohio. In the first three days, more than 11,000 people requested addresses. Here is some of the reaction to the project that it received from the US ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday October 16, 2004 - 21:53 by Migratory Bird
Check out the corp watch link for more war profiteers. All of these links, amnesty international etc are extremely important for reviewing. In America our impartial unbiased news is actually the war machine "driving" us towards our own destruction. But maybe we can break the silence of media monoploies and bring the humane back! ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday October 16, 2004 - 10:33 by Michael Hennigan
Roderick Johnson, a gay man and former inmate, said he was bought, sold and treated as a sex slave in his time in prison. -Article from today's New York Times. Full content provided as site registration is required. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Friday October 15, 2004 - 12:48 by iosaf
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The polls were carried out in the following countries- Canada, France, UK, Russia, Spain, Israel, Japan, Australia, Mexico and South Korea. The results signal 80% of the known universe favour Kerry over Bush (of course) ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday October 13, 2004 - 12:00 by Glen
Figures released yesterday by Shannon Airport, where the numbers for 2004 have already breached the 100,000 barrier, with 112,803 troops going through Shannon on 1,114 flights in the nine months to the end of September. This marks a 17 per cent increase on the 96,403 troops who passed through Shannon in the corresponding period last year, when the Iraq war took place. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday October 12, 2004 - 15:04 by iosaf
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The day the italian Columbus, known as Colom to the Spanish, landed on a carribean island claiming it for the crown of Aragon (modern catalonia) thinking he had discovered India is also the day of the patroness of Zaragoza, the virgin Pilar. Spain marks this day with a military parade in Madrid and homage to the flag, and the usual polemic between all those who despise or value such displays of nationalism / imperialism / cultural hegemony et cetera... But there has been something never seen before- Veterans of both the liberation of Paris and the republican side of the civil war and a volunteer for the fascist division on the Russian front have taken part. Meanwhile in Zaragosa, Aragon, there is a big procession with statue bedecked in hundreds of thousands of flowers and a really good televised mass said to invoke the virgin, by no less than three cardinals assisted by all sorts of hooded holy types, a few score of altar boys and not a single woman. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Monday October 11, 2004 - 20:10 by eeekkk
international / arts and media Monday October 11, 2004 - 18:56 by dunk
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art, politics, culture, spirituality, eco living:: "the land of sex and sinners" is the excellent documentary directed by Jimmy Duggan that will be on air on TG4 soon. it appeared in the IFI documentary film festival the weekend before last and was followed by an open discussion arising from the film, topics included paradigm shift in society today, a more balanced age @ time of newgrange- current politics, eco issues, language, culture, tara, alternative media, indymedia, social forum, storytelling. that was followed by a chance meeting and very lively discussion with 2 of irelands leading artists. paris 68, situationists, chernobyl, berlin love parade were discussed ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 11, 2004 - 13:41 by dt
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday October 09, 2004 - 14:53 by redjade
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international / miscellaneous Saturday October 09, 2004 - 04:31 by Mary La Rosa
Tali Fahima , an Israeli woman under administrative detention, joins Palestinian women and girls held in prisons as political prisoners. The way in which Israel keeps them is cruel, without conscience and in violation of many human rights. The Prison authority is answerable only to the Prime Minister, who has, himself, been accused of war crimes. Please ask for a full investigation into the human rights violations. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday October 08, 2004 - 21:32 by R. Isible
Meredith Kolner in Counterpunch argues that Kerry has made it clear that he's going to be as much if not more of a warmonger than Bush and that the "anti-war" movement needs to get off its arse and set the agenda. ... read full story / add a comment |
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