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international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday May 07, 2006 - 23:13 by Dan Dangler
 1 comment (last - monday may 08, 2006 - 17:00)
Hatred of British occupation of basra revealed by gleeful reaction of locals to the downing of a helicopter http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/20....html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4982930. http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4953799c-ddf2-11da-af29-000077....html ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday May 07, 2006 - 22:31 by Shell to Sea
1 comment (last - tuesday may 09, 2006 - 13:23)
It's seems that this week Shell and the Department of Marine have been making lots of contradictory statements, almost as if they were trying to give different impressions to different audiences. Andy Pyle's expression of "regret" over the imprisonment of the Rossport Five, while his lawyers are seeking a permanent injunction which he knows will almost certainly result in the five men being returned to prison, is the best example, but there have been plenty more. I guess we'll have to discount what they say, and watch what they do. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Sunday May 07, 2006 - 11:28 by David Manning
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When an article about journalism begins with the sentence "Journalists are not the most important people in the world" you can be reasonably sure what follows will be equally worthless. On World Press Freedom Day the Irish Times took time out from it's job as the giant cog in the mechanism for successful democracy for a bit of self examination. However, what at the outset appeared interesting reading rapidly deteriorated into a random concoction of jargon. 'Citizen' journos? ... read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues Sunday May 07, 2006 - 03:35 by R. Isible
The Guardian reports on a 21-year old refugee from Sierra Leone living in Dublin whom the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) have expressed a desire to deport, but a fear of a challenge in a higher court due to the dangerous nature of Sierra Leone. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday May 06, 2006 - 23:26 by anon
Says it scientifically safe? NO other factors considered. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday May 06, 2006 - 20:55 by wasg
74 comments (last - saturday may 27, 2006 - 20:43)
In Germany a new party, WASG has been formed. Over recent months there has been an idelogical battle for the future of the party. Two sister parties of Irelands two main left parties are at the heart of the discussion. could this be what we could be looking forward to in the future here? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 06, 2006 - 20:47 by pat c
7 comments (last - monday may 08, 2006 - 21:22)
A British helicopter has been shot down in Basra. An unknown number of British soldiers have been killed. In follow up "disturbances" British soldiers killed 5 Iraqis including 2 children. Extract below. Full story at link. pat c ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 06, 2006 - 18:47 by Sly Stallone
4 comments (last - sunday may 07, 2006 - 07:08)
Dressed in his black fatigues, webbing and ammo pouches and wielding a box fed M249 SAW light machine gun in front of a desert landscape Mr. Zarqawi sure looks the part! ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism Saturday May 06, 2006 - 11:42 by faganfest
1 comment (last - tuesday may 09, 2006 - 03:09)
Hi everyone, Sorry about the delay on these. I know some of the topics might be invalid by this stage, but here they are anyway. ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Saturday May 06, 2006 - 03:45 by Gotsamatron
New legislation proposed in the US would turn 11 million undocumented immigrants into felons and build and 2000 mile (3,200km) security fence along the US-Mexico border. The author and sponsor of this legislation; F. James Sensenbrenner, senior Republican of Wisconsin happens to be the heir to the Kimberly Clark family fortune. Some tips for the conscientious buyer... ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday May 05, 2006 - 14:57 by Marcella
25 comments (last - monday august 14, 2006 - 21:59)
The family of Bobby Sands will today not be participating in Sinn Fein plans to mark the 25th anniversary of the IRA man's death. The hunger striker's relatives are reported to have decided on a private commemoration in favour of any of the 'official' events to mark what is one of the biggest days in the republican calendar. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday May 05, 2006 - 06:46 by budgie
Just when you thought the idiot President (Americans please note) couldn’t top his previous efforts at pure imbecility, he does it again! Bush, responding to the verdict handed down to small fry terrorist, Moussaoui, stated that, “Moussaoui got a life sentence, that means he will spend the rest of his life in jail.” [Doh!] Would the real leaders of the United States please show your faces because hiding behind this cretin is becoming tedious. We would all like to know who really is determining the course of the nation since the Zionists, Wolfowitz and Perle, have jumped ship. [Remember their (now failed) plan to safeguard Israel by duping the US into invading Iraq and eliminating Saddam after the missile attacks on Tel Aviv). Israel now faces a more horrendous nightmare as a direct result of the failures in Iraq. ‘O, what tangled webs’!] ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday May 04, 2006 - 22:15 by RSF
Irish Republican Information Service (no. 64) Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill, 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland Phone: +353-1-872 9747; FAX: +353-1-872 9757; e-mail: [email protected] Date: 1 Bealtaine / May 2006 ... read full story / add a comment 
tyrone / miscellaneous Thursday May 04, 2006 - 19:36 by Ógra B
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In an unheard unity of opinion the UUP, SDLP and Sinn Féin sang from the same hymn sheet at a debate by their youth wings in Omagh. The only thing, however, they agreed upon was that the Socialist Youth – which had branded them as sectarian parties – was talking rubbish. The debate took place at the training room of Omagh District Council on Tuesday Night and a panel of some 11 members drawn from the UUP, Ógra Shinn Féin, SDLP and Socialist Youth debated various issues. The DUP declined to send a team. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday May 04, 2006 - 14:54 by pat c
Its not just Gerry Adams who gets inconvenienced by No Fly notices. As you can see below many Military officers and officials with top level clearance are also getting caught by the US No Fly list. Great to know that intelligence is an alien concept in Washington DC. Full article at link. pat ... read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media Thursday May 04, 2006 - 14:35 by iosaf mac diarmada
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Reporters without Borders published their annual report on the freedom of the press and internet yesterday to co-incide with the United Nation's World Press freedom day. It is important for readers and contributors alike to remember that the idea of "journalism" can not really trace a history longer than Mayday and the struggle for workers' rights, or indeed the emancipation of American slaves, or the long ardous and brave road to full suffrage. The first journalists, did just what the word implies - they contributed as writers to small circulation journals, and often went without collecting their stipends, and thus decided to form the first "unions". There appeared to be no special qualifications other than literacy. Today we send children to universities to study * how to spell. * how to ask the questions "what? when? where? why?" and then of course how to manipulate it all. an Anglo-saxon model of the "reporter" has taken global hold, and the founders of the "industry" such as Hersch raised to the pedastal. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 18:19 by Green Ink
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Full text of the TAG report available online. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 16:29 by redjade
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'...actually handing over to Muqtada al-Sadr, whose bloc controls the provincial government...' ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 15:32 by For a Workers International
9 comments (last - friday may 05, 2006 - 18:59)
Tools of Imperialism? You decide ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 03, 2006 - 14:10 by Shell to Sea
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The Irish government's report on how the Rossport pipeline scheme is completely safe is due today. A casual observer might ask when the report finally sees the light of day: If there are genuine questions about the safety of the high-pressure scheme as Shell proposed to build it last year, then weren't the Rossport Five justified to protest against it? So will the government be making a formal apology to the five men, and compensating them for their imprisonment? Will Shell be censured for their conduct? Of course not. This report will come out, say the pipeline was safe as proposed, but with a few cosmetic changes it will be even safer (the gas will still be raw, untreated, odourless, and high pressure). The economics will still be the same (Nigeria gets a better deal from Shell on their natural resources). So the Irish people will still get nothing for letting a multi-national destroy a community. Let's hope Noel Dempsey realises that the pipeline will never be built, so the time to get out is BEFORE the election. http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/0503/corrib.html ... read full story / add a comment |
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