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sligo / politics / elections Tuesday April 11, 2006 - 21:59 by Pat
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Internal fighting within the Labour Party in the Sligo-North Leitrim constituency has deepened with the decision of the all the members (23) of the North Leitrim branch not to renew their membership of the party. Former Sligo-Leitrim TD Declan Bree, who comes from the left of the party, has been in sharp conflict with the party leadership. Bree said he regretted the resignation of former county council candidate Gabriel McSharry. Sources in Sligo say Bree is coming under strong pressure from supporters to leave Labour and stand as an independent socialist. Also Bree and several of his supporters did not attend Labour’s annual conference last weekend. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday April 11, 2006 - 16:19 by Irish Socialist Network
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national / miscellaneous Tuesday April 11, 2006 - 16:11 by shane ocurry
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dublin / history and heritage Tuesday April 11, 2006 - 00:22 by R. Isible
Counterpunch Apr 10 2006 carries _An open letter to the Primate of all Ireland on the Memorial to the China War at St. Patrick's Cathedral_ in which Ronan Sheehan of the Irish Writers Co-Op meditates on the bloody involvement of the Royal Irish Regiment in the Opium Wars in China. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday April 11, 2006 - 00:15 by SP Member
The Alma-Ata City authorities are determined to destroy the homes of settlers who have built poor but dignified living quarters on the outskirts of the city. Many of those who live in Shanyrak were driven out of their last homes by the collapse of industry in Kazakhstan, in the early and mid-nineties. With nowhere else to live, they moved to Shanyrak, and used old and second hand building materials to build modest homes in formerly uninhabited regions of the city. Now the Alma-Ata City authorities want the land, to build ‘entertainment complexes’ and elite flats for Kazakhstan’s ‘new rich’. ... read full story / add a comment |
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