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international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday February 03, 2007 - 16:06 by pat c
 5 comments (last - tuesday february 06, 2007 - 11:37)
Conscription never went away you know. It just became Economic Conscription. It is Working Class kids who will die in the war for oil. Sixteen-year-old Cara is particularly keen. "They told us about the pay, and it's way better than all my cousins are getting," she says. Don't forget : James Connolly first came to Ireland in the uniform of a British Soldier, he was an Economic Conscript. pat c Britain's child army Stricken by Iraq and low morale, the British army is on a desperate recruitment drive. Its new targets? Poorly educated teenagers and young schoolchildren On a winter day, 38 schoolchildren gather at Fulwood Barracks in Preston. They are aged between 14 and 16 they have been bussed over from a poorly performing comprehensive in a deprived area. The teachers who have come along with them seem apprehensive. Many of these kids can be unruly; others are quiet but don't perform well in class. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Friday February 02, 2007 - 19:17 by Terence
It has been revealed in a report in today's Guardian newspaper that Scientists have been recently offered bribes of $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / eu Friday February 02, 2007 - 14:02 by C Murray
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The whole light emission thing which was brought to our attention by 'bright spark' comes to mind. There is to be a photo-op , as part of the German Presidency of the EU- it comes under the heading 'Youth, Culture and education' The piece is called "More Light". All interesting EU German presidency stuff is oN:- http://www.eu2007.de. Today, a Press release on the Kosovo Situation, which was highlighted by the sad death of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskya. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Friday February 02, 2007 - 12:11 by E
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Two SWP pamphlets on the crisis in the Health Service and on the Sea to Shell campaign are now available on swp.ie ... read full story / add a comment |
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