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international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday January 14, 2006 - 13:19 by legal eagle
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A poster has appeared throughout the basque territories for an event to be celebrated on the 21st of January 2006 in Barakaldo (Vizcaja) called by the illegalised party Batasuna. Batasuna are the political wing of ETA, and spanish lawyers argue incessantly over how far the ban on one effects the other and where the line between "Terrorism Law" and "Right to Association" is to be drawn. Lets put it this way, other than journalists or spooks, not many people will go this gig who aren't supporters of Batasuna (and therefore ETA). But they do like to split hairs. & accordingly when the association of victims of terror in Spain, (which mostly represents victims of Basque seperatist violence) pointed out that in the poster there is clearly visible the "logo" of ETA, they called for the Spanish high court to ban the meeting. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Friday January 13, 2006 - 21:05 by Radoslaw Sawicki
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The management of the Jutrzenka factory- a popular producer of sweets - has dismissed Dariusz Skrzypczak, the chairman of the Solidarity trade union in Goplana company in Poznan (Poland) (from January 2005 owned by Jutrzenka). He was fired on disciplinary grounds for the interview published in local press. Although Skrzypczak had only confirmed the fact that Jutrzenka had introduced new conditions of wages, which are unfavorable for most of the workers of Goplana, the management of the plant acknowledged those words as harmful to the company. It is the second attempt to fire Skrzypczak - the first one took place at the beginning of year 2005. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday January 13, 2006 - 14:06 by peptide
The subversion of law and ‘order’ has been effectively and completely realised, not by revolutionary, rebel, insurgent groups and associated ideologies, but by the custodians of social order themselves. The process was essentially (d)evolutionary not revolutionary. An elementary student would have little difficulty understanding the character of the ‘New World Disorder’ and the forces that created this new social nightmare. The USA stands, in plain sight, as the most criminal, murderous, terrorist state in the world today. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday January 13, 2006 - 12:29 by MediaWatch
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Follow the link for an article by Fintan Lane arguing for wages for working prisoners in Ireland. This case received a lot of media attention before Christmas. http://irishsocialist.net/prison.html For the background, read the following article by Harry Browne, which was published in Village magazine: www.villagemagazine.ie/article.asp?sid=1&sud=41&aid=587 ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday January 13, 2006 - 11:46 by pat c
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While George Galloway boosts his ego on Big Brother his constituents are getting angry at his abscence. When will he be back at work? The following article is printed in full as the online Economist requires a paid subscrirtion. pat ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 12, 2006 - 19:33 by Elephant O'Room
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From this weeks Phoenix article, on Michael McDowell and Sam Smyth. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday January 11, 2006 - 20:04 by Left observer
Irish Ferries: The significance of the December 9th mobilisations How was it that demonstrations of over 150,000 workers could be followed almost immediately by the defeat of the Irish Ferries struggle and the demobilisation of the demonstrators? Many saw the size of the demonstrations as by themselves representing the political mobilisation of the working class. In truth it only raised the question. The workers began by marching loyally behind the union leaderships. The issue is where they will end up. The march demonstrated the potential power of the working class, but above all it demonstrated the continuing ability of the union bureaucracy to confine and limit that power. However, that ability of the union leadership is itself constrained by the pressure of events and dependent on the workers remaining passive. (continues at link) ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday January 11, 2006 - 17:58 by commie
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Editors` introduction The prospect of the G8 summit taking place in Gleneagles, Scotland, in July 2005 promised perhaps the excitement of Genoa, Seattle and the other anti-capitalist mobilizations of recent years, on UK soil. But the movement seemed to lose momuntum after the last Iraq war, and some of us wondered wether the protests would resemble more the last few Mayday demonstrations – with protesters held for hours in a police cordon designed to bore people into submission – rather than the exhiliratation and energy of the 1999 Carnival against Capital. Moreover, most of the predicted crowds were mostly expected to gather around the call by Bob Geldof to protest peacefully to “send a message” to the politicans, rather than attempt to close down the Summit. Many of us therefore stayed away. ... read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage Wednesday January 11, 2006 - 12:25 by :-)
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Irish commercial media (with the exception of the Belfast Telegraph) seem to have snubbed him. So a brief reminder that today sees Albert Hofman celebrate his 100th birthday. Who is Hofman I hear the indymedia regular ask? ... read full story / add a comment |
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