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international / anti-capitalism Sunday September 09, 2007 - 21:46 by Red Banner
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€2 / £1.50 from Red Banner sellers, good bookshops or from the above address ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Sunday September 09, 2007 - 16:30 by Fu Manchu
As if proof were needed of how the idyllic peaceful ways of Ireland are different from Ilford London along comes this next story in foreign silliness - One small town entrepeneur & champion of street crime victims in Rumford, North East England is making consumer news at the moment. The "Bladerunner" company has been making kevlar gloves for some years now, but this year began production of stylish stab proof hooded jackets which are now proving a street cred must amongst the ever more paranoid & cautious parent of i-pod back to schoolers. Testimonial writers & satisfied customers even tell tales of their foiled stabbing at bank machines - "your hoody saved my life". ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Sunday September 09, 2007 - 12:43 by Pulchra Dooley
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In a Counterpunch article, Alexander Cockburn probes the liklihood of a US attack on Iran and yup, looks like, its on? : ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Saturday September 08, 2007 - 14:04 by infanticide
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Naomi Klein has written a new book examining what she calls "the shock doctrine" which based on Friedman's economic theories has seen Globalised Capitalism built on successive "shocks" to societies and states. She likens the shock approach to market changes and cut government spending to interrogation techniques developed and still used by the CIA in the late 1940's for individuals. As part of the launch, "The Guardian" has a short movie clip by Alfonso Cuaran & Klein ff just under 6 minutes duration which brings you through it quite neatly http://books.guardian.co.uk/video/2007/sep/07/naomiklein ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 07, 2007 - 15:56 by pat c
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A small victory, part of the "Patriot" Act has been declared unconstitutional. Now the FBI etc will have to get a court order before they can secretly obtain records from ISPs. A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero said the government orders must be subject to meaningful judicial review and that the recently rewritten Patriot Act "offends the fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and separation of powers." ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 07, 2007 - 14:22 by DSF
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Micheál Ó Seighin wrote a long article for An Phoblacht this week. His continuing analyses of the controversial Shell scheme to install a polluting refinery fed by a high-pressure production pipeline in the previously peaceful and serene Mayo countryside have been an enormously useful resource for Republicans and others. Here he takes stock of the current situation: ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Wednesday September 05, 2007 - 18:36 by Tara Networker
Tara Tara Tara -new film out as actions increase at Tara. Tara Intense action week 1-7th Sept ( and all Sept) Autumn Equinox celebration around Sep 21st. ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday September 05, 2007 - 11:16 by Roja Bamdad
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This is the latest edition of Workers Bulletin. It carries articles on the imprisonment and torture of Mansour Ossanlou, 11 workers sentenced to prison and flogged for celebrsating Mayday, news from the Tehran Busworkers and other stories. The full text of issue 14 is at the link. Trade Union leader Mansour Ossanlou is being tortured in Evin Prison according to the group Human Rights Activists in Iran (Iran HRA). Ossanlou has been physically tortured whilst under interrogation and has suffered heavy injuries to his ribs. Furthermore, it is said that he is having extreme difficulty walking. Ossanlou is being held in section 209 of the prison which is under the control and authority of Sepah intelligence (Revolutionary Guards). The organization claims that its intelligence is based on reports from inside the prison, which is notorious for its human rights violations. No War or Sanctions, No to the Iranian Regime! ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / consumer issues Wednesday September 05, 2007 - 09:20 by fu manchu
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Just as the British ministry of Defence admit they're on the long list of Western military offices hacked by the People's Republic of China - & gun-ho patriots demand surgical strikes on China, the esteemed advocator of family & caucasian values of beauty and healthy living which is the Mattel Toy Corporations announce their 3rd product recall this year. Less than 150 years ago, a female kid was happy to play with a bit of sackcloth stuffed with straw or a male kid was encouraged to tie a bit of pig gut to a forked stick. Posh kids (of the male variety) were offered lead soldiers to re-enact regimental glories at Waterloo and posh kids (of the child girl variety) were offered endless coloured ribons of the Laura Ingles "little house on the prarie" type. Then Mattel came along and sold us Barbie. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday September 05, 2007 - 03:07 by R
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"Comrades. If we don't do it, who will? Will the narrow, dogmatic economism of the Socialist Party do it? Will the will-o'-the-wisp politics of the endless frenetic protesting and sloganeering of the SWP bring change? Will Sinn Fein deliver, or are they now treading the well-worn path of electoralism, reducing the working class to mere election cannon-fodder? Will a middle dominated organisation like the Labour Party deliver, wedded as it is to coalition?" - Eugene McCartan, General Secretary of the Communist Party Of Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment |
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