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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday February 16, 2006 - 16:42 by cafe
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Time to name and shame the FF senators Fianna Fáil senators have blocked attempts to set up a Seanad investigation into allegations that the US has illegally transported prisoners through Shannon airport for torture elsewhere. Apparently Fianna Fáil senators feared that the creation of a Seanad inquiry would be seen as an unfriendly act by the United States, and possibly threaten the US military's increasingly important use of Shannon International Airport. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday February 16, 2006 - 14:07 by john tullis
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This article examines the press response to last week's shooting of Harry Whittington by US vice president Dick Cheney . ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday February 16, 2006 - 13:28 by Terence
The story reported in the URL below reports on the death of 74 people and injury of 627 in the Philippines after a stampede to get into a stadium go gain entry into a game show competition. Those killed and injured were mainly those in dire poverty What this incidence shows is that all these types of game shows, pop-idle shows and so on, all serve to act as an opium for the masses because life under capitalism offers no other hope. ... read full story / add a comment 
clare / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 23:20 by Niall Harnett
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Written by Andrew Hamilton. Photo by Yvonne Vaughan. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 17:43 by Socialist Party
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The February issue of The Socialist is now online ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 15:34 by anon
Justice Minister Michael McDowell is to be called before a special European Parliament committee to answer questions about whether CIA "torture flights" are passing through Irish airports. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 14:30 by pat c
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Some see religion as a disease of the mind. Richard Dawkins describes it as a malign virus of the mind spread through memes. But religion also spreads physical diseases and viruses. The article below might well prove to be an eyeopener for some. You can find Richard Dawkins Viruses of the Mind at: http://cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi//Dawkins/viruses-of-th....html Jack Woodall who wrote the article below is the director of the Nucleus for the Investigation of Emerging Infectious Diseases in the department of medical biochemistry at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [email protected] pat c ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 15, 2006 - 13:59 by Shannon
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The US government sent our troops into Iraq siting the posession of "weaponds of mass destruction" as the reason to enter. We've found none. As a result, the government is now telling us that we still needed to be there because it is a country accomodating terrorist organizations. Thousands of US troops and Iraqi civilians have been killed as a result of this "war on terror." Now, as I read an article in the Guardian about "The Long War" I cannot help wondering if the fighting will ever end. ... read full story / add a comment |
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