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international / anti-capitalism Saturday October 04, 2008 - 23:26 by Terence
This is an really interesting article written by Richard Moore for the Southeast Voice in Wexford. In it he asks what Ireland should do in these present times where it is clear huge changes are afoot in the global economy. I would highly recommend people to read the original in full for its insight. Richard Moore has been writing about global issues for a number of years and has been attempting to truly understand how system works. A few years ago he wrote a book called: Escaping The Matrix and a host of other articles. In more recent times, he has begun to focus on grassroots organising and how to reform communities and democracy from the ground up. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / sci-tech Saturday October 04, 2008 - 06:44 by bace fook
 7 comments (last - monday october 13, 2008 - 09:39)  1 image  1 audio file
Sometimes coincidences happen in a timely way, while at other times they appear to happen but are actually coordinated events. On Monday, the Tánaiste Mary Coughlan announced that Facebook, the popular social networking site, was setting up its head office for Europe in Dublin. Since Facebook doesn't actually make anything, it will have a negligible effect on the economy, but it sends the right sort of signal. At the same time (around midday on Monday) the profile page for the Shell to Sea campaign was removed from Facebook. Some Shell to Sea groups remain, but as anyone who uses Facebook will tell you, having a profile page is where the action is. Shell to Sea had a popular one, with lots of "friends" and activity on the page. It was very useful in spreading information about the campaign, especially outside Ireland. So Mary Coughlan goes on the radio to talk about Facebook and how its arrival in Ireland sends a strong signal. At the same moment, the Shell to Sea page is removed. Coincidence? ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Friday October 03, 2008 - 21:34 by David Manning
As the banking sector celebrates the government bailout the mainstream media have sought to capitalise on their readers formerly dormant anti-capitalist sentiment, with those journalists and editors that still retain an inkling of their activist youth revealing in the opportunity to indulge in some populist rhetoric, MediaBite takes a look at the media's performance over the boom years and asks whether the media, not just the bankers and developers, should be held to account for their part in bringing on this economic crisis. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday October 03, 2008 - 12:24 by tomeile
In the interview conducted last month , Professor Chomsky discussed India , the importance of the non-aligned movement and Latin America's growing independence . Addressing the West's hypocrisy over Iran's nuclear program Chomsky said : “The fact of the matter is that the majority of the world supports Iran. The non-aligned movement supports Iran.” ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Friday October 03, 2008 - 10:16 by Eugene Mc Cartan
This article has just been published in Trybuna Robotnicza (Workers' Tribune) weekly. Please colport it wherever you can, international solidarity is needed! Also in appendix: photo of Piotr, the photo from the picket near Auchan west of Poznan, and the graphic made by TR artist especially for this article. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / politics / elections Friday October 03, 2008 - 02:46 by Advertiser
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Harry Barrett, Labour Party Rep in Mayo, writes glowingly about Sarah Palin in the current issue of the Mayo Advertiser. "One of her first acts as newly elected governor of Alaska was to renegotiate a taxation deal with the Alaskan oil companies", he points out. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Wednesday October 01, 2008 - 13:00 by tomeile
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Islamophobia has replaced anti-semitism as the unifying ideology for the extreme right in Austria where neo-fascist rivals Heinz-Christian Strache and Jorg Haider utilised slogans such as “Homeland instead of Islam” and “Vienna must not become Istanbul” to make huge gains in last week’s national elections at the expense of the Conservative OeVP and Social Democrats SPOe parties . As the elections were taking place more than 90 Muslim graves were severely damaged at the cemetery in Traun, near Linz in what police believe was an organised action. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday September 30, 2008 - 15:04 by Raymond D
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Under pressure from the US and other nuclear powers, Micheál Martin has agreed to a proposal allowing India - a non-signatory of the NPT - to engage in nuclear trade. This constitutes a shredding of Ireland's historic commitment to the NPT and shows that there is not a principle on earth on which our government isn't prepared to capitulate - presumably for the right price. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday September 29, 2008 - 17:21 by Drew
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“A Maoist Vision for a New Nepal” - here are MP3 recordings of a talk by Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, presented by the India China Institute of New School University. These MP3 recordings include remarks by Professor Andrew Arato, the Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory at New School University; remarks by Kul Chandra Gautam, advisor to the Nepal Democracy and Development Initiative at the India China Institute; as well as a Q&A between PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the audience. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday September 27, 2008 - 14:41 by New York City Labor Against the War (NYCLAW)
It was Mr. Obama who seemed more aligned with President Bush's current policy of authorizing American special forces to cross the Afghan-Pakistan border into Pakistan's tribal areas that Al Qaeda and the Taliban have used as a sanctuary. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Thursday September 25, 2008 - 19:28 by n
Frightening. This is the Feedback Loops that Worry Anyone Interested in Global Warming. It was like an August Day today On My Fagbreaks. Not Very Normal. All These Distracting Crises! ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Thursday September 25, 2008 - 19:20 by John Carmody
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Hey, everyone! PETA have just released a brand-new video that asks a simple question: "Whose skin are you in?" And they want you to be the first to see it. Before you read any further, please watch the video. They are trying to get to 1 million views on YouTube, and they need your help to really get people thinking about this important animal rights issue! They want you to add the video to your favorites and rate it highly, and most importantly, they want you to get other people to watch the "Whose Skin Are You In?" video! You can embed the video using the code provided here and forward it to your friends. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 25, 2008 - 15:43 by tomeile
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With the prospect of financial meltdown across the world , the crisis in American ruling circles over how to grab Iranian oil supplies takes on new urgency . John Bolton , neo-con ex US ambassador to the United Nations , writes in today's New York Daily News on the choices an incoming US president will face - either “regime through support of the widespread discontent across Iran with the mullahs” , or “ the targeted use of force against Iran's nuclear program." ... read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 25, 2008 - 09:24 by John Jefferies
1 comment (last - sunday september 28, 2008 - 20:14)
According to an article in today's Irish Examiner a Cork based company, Cubic Telecom, is supplying the US military with what it describes as "innotive mobile phone SIM cards" which the US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq are currently testing. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Tuesday September 23, 2008 - 18:53 by crasher
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I've always fancied a brief chat with an official in an out of the way registry office, while some think it needs an Elvis impersonator in a church in a Las Vegas. Others like hotels, marquees, beaches in the Maldives, even on the wings of a plane- but I don't think anyone can beat closing a petrol station with your wedding vows. They even used D-Locks on the pumps instead of rings! Check out more pictues and details of the ceremony here : http://chriskasza.blogspot.com/2008/09/week-25-best-not....html ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday September 23, 2008 - 13:18 by Cailean Bochanan
The latest editorial from Inthesenewtimes offering an opinion on the unfolding great bank robbery. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday September 19, 2008 - 15:25 by pat c
4 comments (last - saturday september 20, 2008 - 22:21)
Yes, it was a War Crime but I won't hold my breath waiting for NATO to bomb Tel Aviv. Full text at link. A report to the UN Human Rights Council on Israel's shelling of Beit Hanoun in Gaza almost two years ago says it may have been a war crime. The report compiled by Archbishop Desmond Tutu casts doubt on Israel's explanation that the shelling resulted from a flawed artillery firing system. It calls on Israel to pay compensation to the victims, 19 of whom were killed. Archbishop Tutu went to Beit Hanoun in May, after objections by Israel delayed his mission several times. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Friday September 19, 2008 - 13:59 by Eugene Mc Cartan
As we approach the 40th anniversary of the first civil rights march on the 5th October 1968 organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) . The Communist Party of Ireland has produced a special supplement to mark this important event and presents its understanding of the relevance of NICRA and the important lessons that the CPI believes can be brought into todays struggles. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday September 19, 2008 - 12:12 by John Cornford
John Rees, longtime leader of the English SWP has been unceremoniously dumped. Peter Manson analyses this and other developments in the SWP. Article in full at url. Meeting on August 27, the 14-strong central committee voted by 10 to four to remove comrade Rees as CC member responsible for election work, and instructed him, against his wishes, to resign from the Left Alternative national council. Rees has quite rightly been blamed for the Respect/Left List/Left Alternative fiasco, which culminated in the SWP-led slate being wiped out in May’s elections to the London assembly. This humiliation then saw the defection to Labour and the Liberal Democrats of Left List councillors and assembly candidates. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 18, 2008 - 13:41 by archangel
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The International Bodyguard Association, a Private Military Company involved in training several international police and paramilitary units, is headed by an Irishman and has it's business headquarters in this country. ... read full story / add a comment |
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