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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday February 08, 2007 - 04:39 by Kwang zi
China's President Hu Jintao re-establishes trade links with Africa vowing not to interfere with the sovereign rights of African nations. The net result of this soft approach is African nations clamouring to the Chinese whose trade links with Africa extend thousands of years into the past. Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of large African port cities containing artefacts and trade material from China and Africa. Large amounts of ceramics, ivory, gems, precious metals and a wealth of other artefacts reveal a long history of lively and thriving two-way trade between the two continents. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 07, 2007 - 19:18 by www.democracynow.org
In Florida, USA, Governor Charlie Crist has announced the state will abandon touch-screen voting machines in favor of paper ballots. The $30 million replacement would mark the nation’s biggest rejection of voting-machines to date. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday February 07, 2007 - 14:26 by Apparat
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The ISN have added 4 new publications to irishsocialist.net ☆ An article on Trotsky ☆ The latest issue of "The Finglas People" ☆ Reflections on the Anti War Movement in Ireland ☆ A review of "Socialism Made Easy", by James Connolly - first published in Red Banner ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Tuesday February 06, 2007 - 15:58 by R. Isible
The independent documentary Loose Change [1] is doing the rounds in screenings and downloads (over 4 million apparently for just this version on Google Videos) [2]. Despite overwhelming testimony from independent scientific experts as publicised by Counterpunch [3], Popular Mechanics [4] and South Park [5] the documentary is spreading a pall of confusion and misinformation about 9/11. George Monbiot takes it on in his latest column: ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Tuesday February 06, 2007 - 11:24 by Terence
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According to the latest statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association www.ewea.org, Ireland's wind power capacity increased by 50% last year bringing us from 495 MW (megawatts) to 745 MW. Meanwhile for Europe as a whole, new records were broken again and capacity installed for last year by 23% or 7,588 MW over the 2005 figure. Cumulatively total capacity increased by 19% with the total for Europe now over 48,000 MW. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Tuesday February 06, 2007 - 11:23 by CAPS
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The UK-based Captive Animals' Protection Society and Dublin-based Alliance for Animal Rights have launched a website as part of their campaign to end the use of animals in circuses. The website includes reports, videos, information on animal circuses and encourages the public to get actively involved in the campaign. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday February 06, 2007 - 00:31 by Sean
An emergency appeal from human rights groups in Canada for individuals and groups internationally to show solidarity with three detainees in Canada's Guantanamo who are approaching their 75th day on hungerstrike on Wednesday 7th February. Please take a minute to email, phone or fax your protest to the Canadian Embassy in Dublin and copy to the campaign at the address given below. 65 St. Stephen's Green Dublin 2 Ireland Tel: 353 (1) 417-4100 Fax: 353 (1) 417-4101 email: [email protected] Please copy emails to: [email protected] and [email protected] ... read full story / add a comment |
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