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national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 20, 2004 - 00:56 by ipsiphi
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H.E. Mary Mc Aleese, President of Ireland, an Uachtaran has called [as is her perogative under the constitution (a.k.a. the little blue book)] a meeting of the Council of State to consider and moot the proposals of the Mammy Harney who maybe some day a "Granny Harney"' :- that pensioners of the 2nd richest state in the EU forced to pay 80% of their state pensions to the cost of public nursing homes. (The 2nd richest state in the EU bit is standard PD propaganda and media manipulation). This is reading and optional video material suitable for intermediate and upper intermediate level, standard Irish media accent. Just follow the link and download the national broadcasting networks audio file and watch the Irish TV. This is also educational material suitable for "civics" students and those abroad who are considering living or working in the EU state of Ireland. there may be a test issued later, we're not on holidays yet. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday December 19, 2004 - 01:31 by anonymous person
Desire to curb liberty correlated with exposure to television news and religiion ... read full story / add a comment
louth / miscellaneous Saturday December 18, 2004 - 16:30 by Brian Vernon
1 comment (last - sunday december 19, 2004 - 15:13)
he British arms firm BAE yesterday refused to comment on documents showing mysterious payments linked to UK weapons purchases by General Augusto Pinochet. Sums of up to $5m (Ł2.57m) are listed in Gen Pinochet's bank records obtained by a Senate investigation in Washington. Some appear to be linked to arms purchases he agreed to make from Royal Ordnance, a BAE subsidiary. http://www.12thharmonic.com/wordpress/index.php?p=548 ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday December 18, 2004 - 13:50 by Brian Vernon
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international / eu Saturday December 18, 2004 - 11:50 by hello ireland! howya doin? are you alright?
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Italian class :- La Storia Siamo Noi: is a product of RAI the Italian equivalent of RTE. it means "history is us". And the director and presenter of the project just did an interview with Colonel Ghadaffi the dictator of Libya. http://www.educational.rai.it/ ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Friday December 17, 2004 - 14:23 by nerd
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No one expects Mr Bush to weaken his support for a project that has become an article of faith among many Republicans. But analysts said that they expected sceptics in Congress and in the Pentagon to try to whittle down the vast sums being spent on the project, some $10.2bn this year alone. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 17, 2004 - 05:47 by redjade
'Under a presidential directive and authorities approved by administration lawyers, the CIA is allowed to capture and hold certain classes of suspects without accounting for them in any public way and without revealing the rules for their treatment.' ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 16, 2004 - 21:20 by jac
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Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches ... read full story / add a comment
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louth / miscellaneous Thursday December 16, 2004 - 12:39 by Brian Vernon
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Victor Makarov once spied for Britain from the heart of the KGB, spending five years in a labour camp after he was caught. After MI6 helped him defect to this country, he hoped for a new and prosperous beginning in the nation for which he had risked his life. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday December 16, 2004 - 11:47 by pat c
A former technician who was jailed for 18 years for leaking Israel's nuclear secrets has been elected rector of Glasgow University. Mordechai Vanunu, 50, will hold the post for three years. Students said they voted for him to show their support for human rights and opposition to nuclear weapons. Previous incumbents include Winnie Mandela, Benjamin Disraeli and TV presenter Johnny Ball. The current rector is comedian Greg Hemphill. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday December 16, 2004 - 11:36 by pat c
16 December: Sir William Petty, an eminent political economist, died in 1687. He was the first to demonstrate the labour theory of value. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 16, 2004 - 08:02 by Qnas
by Robert Fisk The Independent [UK] December 15, 2004 Baha Mousa, 26, was working as a hotel receptionist in Basra 14 months ago when British troops surrounded the building and arrested seven men. They were taken to a British base and were reportedly hooded and beaten. Two days later, Mousa was dead. His family was given $3,000 in compensation and rejected a further $5,000. What they wanted was justice. Yesterday, after more than a year of official stonewalling, his relatives won a 'historic' ruling to force the MoD to hold an independent inquiry. Will the truth now be known? ... read full story / add a comment
louth / miscellaneous Thursday December 16, 2004 - 06:39 by Brian Vernon
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British Home Sec. Blunkett has "resigned" after an enquiry found that he had illegally fast-tracked a visa application for his childs nanny. He spotted(?) a way out [without too much long term personal or political damage] of the Lying Duplicitious War Criminal British Government and he took it!! ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 15, 2004 - 19:50 by chat cat
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No, no, really, this is for catching terrorists. Give me a break. The neo-cons are scared of their own shadows. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 15, 2004 - 13:29 by cleaves
The model of rule (government in the hands of the few) hasn’t changed since the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt! Eliminating the voice of the people at the community level is a mistake. If community leaders – elected by the people and representing the people at all times – were able to keep our leaders in check and in accord with the wishes of the majority we would prevent government taking a course that nearly half the population oppose. In this way government’s actions would truly reflect the wishes of the majority or be adjusted in a balanced compromise when necessary. To allow a government to rule unchecked for a number of years is the height of folly. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday December 15, 2004 - 13:11 by cleaves
1 comment (last - monday december 20, 2004 - 15:48)
The observations and re-actions of various ‘experts’ to events in the Ukraine amuse some analysts. Did anyone expect the US not to intervene, do leopards change their spots? Have we all forgotten that the US government is merely a pawn of Corporate Capitalism? If it wasn’t an orange scarf it may just as well have been pink – let’s not miss the ‘forest for the trees’ (and in some cases the veins of the leaves.) ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday December 15, 2004 - 12:25 by iosaf
5 comments (last - thursday december 23, 2004 - 14:57)
France has ordered the TV station which is closely associated with terror groups to stop broadcasting to France tomorrow by tomorrow morning. The decision has been made after continuous abuse of satelite communication and trans-national media rules, norms and values. The decision follows an earlier confiscation of their hardware by the US security forces. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 15, 2004 - 11:57 by pat c
The Irish Football Association has said that it is "stepping up" the fight against racism in football. It is holding a training day for players, coaches and referees. IFA community relations officer, Michael Boyd, said the association was committed to fighting racism and other problems in the sport. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Wednesday December 15, 2004 - 11:15 by Astrid Essed
With this article I want to express my worriness about the recent violation of the rights of Mohammed B, the suspect of the murder on the Dutch cineaste van Gogh, which is not only an attack on his rights, but can also lead to a further erosion of the Dutch judicial system, which is based on the protection of the rights of a defendant and a fair trial. ... read full story / add a comment |
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