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national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday August 14, 2006 - 22:07 by ban on Republican thought next?
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international / anti-war / imperialism Monday August 14, 2006 - 19:34 by R. Isible
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Sy Hersh (widely speculated to have lots of good CIA informants) writes in the New Yorker that the Bush administration needed the Israelis to invade Lebanon so that Hezbollah's long-range missiles could be removed (so that when the USA attacks Iran there won't be any possibility for retaliatory strikes Israeli intelligence estimated at the outset of the air war that Hezbollah had roughly five hundred medium-range Fajr-3 and Fajr-5 rockets and a few dozen long-range Zelzal rockets; the Zelzals, with a range of about two hundred kilometres, could reach Tel Aviv. (One rocket hit Haifa the day after the kidnappings.) It also has more than twelve thousand shorter-range rockets. Since the conflict began, more than three thousand of these have been fired at Israel. [...] “The Israelis told us it would be a cheap war with many benefits,” a U.S. government consultant with close ties to Israel said. “Why oppose it? We’ll be able to hunt down and bomb missiles, tunnels, and bunkers from the air. It would be a demo for Iran.” ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday August 14, 2006 - 16:10 by Kingfisher
Consider the war in Lebanon a test scenario, a ‘dry run’ to test the international response to flagrant criminal actions. Now recall Russia’s failure to support Yugoslavia in the Balkans. Russia stalled and now Yugoslavia is no more, just a number of fragmented pseudo States overseen by NATO and the largest U.S. base of occupation in Europe, camp Bondsteel. It is well known today that the USA wouldn’t have dared if Russia had supported its traditional ally, but a drunken fool, Boris Yeltsin, was in command at the time, the rest is history. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday August 14, 2006 - 14:58 by John Meehan
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Helena Heloisa, a Senator in Brazil, is running for President next October against the current office-holder, the "Tropical Blairist" Lula. A number of internationally known activists, including Noam Chomsky, have signed an online petition endorsing Heloisa, who is the candidate of a left wing coalition including her own party, the PSOL. Irish supporters include the TD's Tony Gregory and Finian McGrath, and Dublin City Councillors Joan Collins and Mick Rafferty. For more information follow he link below, and sign if you wish. http://www.socialistresistance.net/heloisapetition.htm ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday August 14, 2006 - 11:52 by blanketeer
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The new issue of The Blanket includes articles by Willie Gallagher, Martin Galvin, the family of Patsy O'Hara, Liam O Comain, David Adams, Davy Carlin and more. http://lark.phoblacht.net/currentissue.html ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Sunday August 13, 2006 - 23:01 by Brian Mac Grath
Recent reports, indicating a huge oil spill into the Alaskan Prudhoe Bay in March 2006, and the recent shut-down of production, highlight the dangers of allowing transnational energy corporations access to pristine areas such as Alaska or Corrib. ... read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage Sunday August 13, 2006 - 15:01 by iosaf = sofia
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Fidel has published a letter to his people and well wishers worldwide in the Cuban youth communist paper "rebellious youth". He speaks of his real happiness to have reached his 80th birthday and promises he will fight for his health. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / anti-war / imperialism Sunday August 13, 2006 - 01:34 by DT
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"Israel continued its military offensive in Lebanon today (Saturday), killing at least 19 people, despite a United Nations resolution for a ceasefire, passed unanimously last night. The deadliest attack was on homes in the village of Rachaf, in the south of the country, just four miles from the Israeli border, where at least 15 civilians were killed by air strikes, security officials said" ... ... read full story / add a comment |
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