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national / arts and media Tuesday February 01, 2005 - 10:58 by Rosebud
"Before Christmas, an RTÉ colleague told the news reporter that Ireland on Sunday had asked a photographer to follow Bird for a number of days, to see if he was in a new relationship. When he challenged the newspaper, he was told he "was basically fair game, that they had picked up what they called 'tittle-tattle' on the street"." ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday February 01, 2005 - 06:04 by reposts
31 January 2005 – Reports of violence continue to come out of Sudan's western Darfur region and several routes in South Darfur state are currently closed for United Nations movement because of ongoing insecurity, the UN Advance Mission in Sudan (UNAMIS) said today. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday January 31, 2005 - 17:49 by ABTA
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international / sci-tech Monday January 31, 2005 - 11:52 by pandabear
Save The Children is a global practising non governmental organisation based in the USA. It works to safeguard the rights of the child globally. Challenges which are very different from the tsunami zone of SE Asia, to Mozambique, to Darfur, to Brazil, children face different threats from desiese, war, natural disaster etc., Save the Children estimates that 14.5% of children in North America and Europe almost of all of whom can read and write and have got their vaccines and many of whom are guaranteed minimum levels of nutrition have arranged to meet a stranger through the internet. Often the stranger is not another kid, its an adult even if not a bogeyman michael jackson type, it could just be a sci tech war recruiter in a gamesroom. Scary stuff. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday January 31, 2005 - 01:06 by hs
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On the morning of January 19th, in the Ayacucho room of the Presidential Palace in Caracas, and with the presence of Venepal workers and trade union leaders, Chavez signed decree number 3438 which expropriates Venepal. From now on it will be co-managed by the workers and the state. full article http://www.marxist.com/Latinam/venepal_nationalised.htm ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday January 31, 2005 - 00:19 by Hilda ogden
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Senior member of NF kills himself during bizarre sex act. Kristian Etchells 29 was found dead in a store cupboard in his oldham flat with black kettle flex round his neck and with a picture of a woman dressed as a school girl on the floor. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Monday January 31, 2005 - 00:09 by hs
By OLIVIA McGILL TEGUCIGALPA — Indigenous people are probably the most marginalized in Honduran society. Many communities live under constant fear of losing the land they live on, despite obligations under national and international law, the government has failed to provide them with deeds to protect their right to live on and use the land. Disputes with landowners, multinational logging companies and tourist enterprises over the recognition of land rights have led to abuses against indigenous leaders, including violence, intimidation, death threats and assassinations. The authorities have consistently failed to properly investigate such abuses or to offer adequate protection against them. full article: http://www.marrder.com/htw/special/environment/114.htm ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday January 30, 2005 - 22:02 by Yoshie Furuhashi
Bill Gates, the world's richest man, is now betting against the dollar. "I'm short the dollar," says Gates. "The ol' dollar, it's gonna go down." Will the dollar be one day the target of attacks by hedge funds? Recently the dollar rallied a bit, but short-term fluctuations aside, the dollar has nowhere to go but down. Gradually or suddenly and precipitously? It may be possible to engineer gradual devaluation of the dollar and stimulate US export, shrinking the US trade deficit, but it turns out that "the US does not have adequate manufacturing capacity to eliminate the external deficit," according to David Hale. That means that the US power elite will demand that the US working class reduce consumption to haul the multinational ruling class out of the abyss of the US current-account deficit, at the same time as forcing the US working class to make greater and greater sacrifices as IED fodders, sinking further into the quagmire in Iraq. Can American workers fight back? ... read full story / add a comment
louth / racism & migration related issues Saturday January 29, 2005 - 18:24 by A Student
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FOR years it was the dream of every self-respecting Irish student: after a year denouncing British oppression in the college bar, the only way to spend the summer was sipping Guinness surrounded by plastic leprechauns in a Boston pub. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday January 29, 2005 - 14:30 by eeekkkk
Billmon sketches out the reasons why. See the related link. Great Blogger and the website Moon of Alabama is where his acolytes hang around http://www.moonofalabama.org/ ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday January 28, 2005 - 16:34 by Creidhne
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A senior pentagon official resigns. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday January 28, 2005 - 14:50 by redjade
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→ American combat aircraft into Iranian airspace: '' 'We have to know which targets to attack and how to attack them,' said one, speaking on condition of anonymity. '' ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Friday January 28, 2005 - 09:28 by Yoshie Furuhashi
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According to Peter Lagerquist, only 28% of eligible Palestinian voters voted for Mahmoud Abbas. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 27, 2005 - 00:36 by D O Briain
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Anti-WTO activist Walden Bello is fearing for his life after the Communist Party of Phillipines brands him a "counter-revolutionary" ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday January 26, 2005 - 21:39 by G.D. Ghirardi
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Tour of the Revolution II: Photo Essay Venezuelan March for Sovereignty: Caracas January 23 2005 "En Defensa de la Soberanía" ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday January 26, 2005 - 21:33 by dearkitty
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Today, genealogists claim George W. Bush is related to medieval invader of Ireland Strongbow. A reason to be proud for Bush?? ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday January 26, 2005 - 21:05 by eeekkkk
"In recent memory, nothing could be done without the US. Today, however, practically all new international institution-building of any long-term importance in global diplomacy and trade occurs without American participation." ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 25, 2005 - 15:47 by jamie
Here’s the latest ”official” casualty figures for U.S troops in Iraq as 1380 GI’s are now said to have died in that illegal war. Please spread the news and the dramatic report on DU that follows. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday January 25, 2005 - 01:37 by Didn't Leave a Name
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The statement below has been produced for distribution at the World Social Forum, Brazil highlighting a campaign organised by Joe Higgins TD, Socialismo Revolucionario (CWI - Brazil) and the CWI against the recent threat to evict Kaiowa Indians from Cerro Marangatu. When Joe Higgins arrived in Brazil to visit this landless community, he immediately contacted the Irish Foreign Minister and he protested to the Brazilian embassy in Dublin. This pressure along with letters of protest to many Brazilian embassies internationally has obviously had an effect on the Lula administration. Representatives of the local authorities in Mato Grosso do Sul informed Joe that government officials in Brazilia have contacted them demanding information on the case. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday January 24, 2005 - 21:05 by Dr Foster
Senator to push for a bill that "would define ‘political paranoia’ as a mental disorder, paving the way for individuals who suffer from paranoid delusions regarding voter fraud, political persecution and FBI surveillance to receive Medicare reimbursement for any psychiatric treatment they receive.” ... read full story / add a comment |
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