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international / miscellaneous Wednesday October 10, 2007 - 18:09 by Guy de Cervens
 5 comments (last - thursday october 11, 2007 - 14:48)  5 images
The first Argentinean Roman Catholic priest charged with killings, torture and kidnapping was convicted and sentenced to life on Tuesday. Father Christian von Wernich was convicted on all counts: 7 murders, 31 cases of torture and 42 kidnappings between 1976 and 1983 when the military ran Argentina with the support of the Catholic Church. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday October 10, 2007 - 17:31 by John Cornford
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Nick Bird has been a member of the SWP for 17 years. Below he outlines his reasons for parting with what he sees to be an undemocratic and dishonest organisation. As for my intentions, I have been an SWP member for 17 years, but frankly I’ve had enough. This is a bit of a wrench for me, since I feel that I learnt the core political ideas and principles that I hold from the SWP. But for some years I have felt my belief in the good things that the party does being qualified by frustrations at its practices and methods. I will stay in Respect and align myself with those who want an inclusive, democratic party that fights for peace, justice, equality and socialism. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice Wednesday October 10, 2007 - 16:37 by C Murray
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This morning the State gave assurances to the Council of Europe that the health and Safety of Irish prisoners would be upheld. This unusual occurence happened because it is the second such report from outside the state which highlights the problems in our prisons. Both the Amnesty International report for 2006 and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture highlighted the murder of Gary Douch in a holding cell int the basement of Mountjoy and the continued medieval practices of slopping out in that prison. The Committee visited ten Garda stations, seven prisons and the Central Mental Hospital. The report is damning. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday October 10, 2007 - 13:51 by Charlotte Despard
See below a plea to the US and UK governments to enter into negotiations with the Iranian regime. This is from CASMII, the organisation that the SWP is involved in. They are suddenly keen to portray the US and UK governments as capable of playing a progressive role in the region! It is clear now who is really creating illusions in the US and UK governments – as well of course as being loyal supporters of the Iranian regime. We urge the leaders of the U.S., the U.K. and Iran to set aside allpre-conditions and resume direct and open negotiations on all issuesof dispute, to bring about a lowering of tensions, to create an opening for meaningful progress toward understanding, and to envision a Middle East in which all its residents can coexist and together address the common problems of violence, poverty, illness and environmental degradation. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday October 10, 2007 - 13:40 by Miriam
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A doctor gives an account of the condition of the Palestinian people. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday October 10, 2007 - 09:21 by Miriam
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The west does everything badly because if it doesn't, China will do it for us instead. Low wages, environmental degradation - you name it - it's all the fault of the Chinese. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Tuesday October 09, 2007 - 14:57 by Miriam Cotton & David Manning
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This is a response to the recent address to Ahmadinejad by Lee Bollinger, President of Columbia University and the media coverage it subsequently had. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday October 08, 2007 - 22:18 by Miriam Cotton
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The UK government's attempt to ban a march in support of bringing troops home from Iraq is scuppered by strength of popular resistance. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday October 08, 2007 - 14:24 by indyjourno
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An Irish woman, Ciara Durkin, was shot in suspicious circumstances in Afghanistan. She was shot in the head inside Bagram air base in Afghanistan. She had previously warned her family to investigate if she was killed. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Sunday October 07, 2007 - 16:03 by Guy de Cervens
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All over the US hysteria is rising that they are going to be nuked and invaded by Al Qaeda agents posing as Mexicans. Are they just paranoid or could they be catching a glimpse of their future? Remember, just coz they’re paranoid doesn’t mean we’re not out to get them! ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice Saturday October 06, 2007 - 09:40 by C Murray
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Last night two men were shot dead in Greenhills Road in Dublin. The story with attendant media-speak is hitting the headlines in the form of : "Two Men Shot dead In Gangland Attack". The details are that:
A car carrying two gunmen pulled up to a garage and shot the owner and salesman, between nine and ten bullets were fired.
http://www.ireland.com[frontpage] ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Thursday October 04, 2007 - 14:30 by pat c
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The Iranian Junta attempted to use the daughter and son of Che to whip up support for the Islamists and to do down Socialism. This backfired spectacularly when Aleida Guevara made it clear that Che was a Communist and an Atheist. An attempt to rope in the son and daughter of the Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara to forge a parallel between Iran’s Islamist revolution and the socialist revolution in Latin America through a four-day conference has ended in fiasco. After Aleida Guevara protested from the podium against perceived distortions of her father’s ideology by the first Iranian speaker, Haj Saeed Ghasemi, the four-day ‘Che Like Chamran’ conference, that started Sep. 25, was aborted and the Latin American guests whisked away. ... read full story / add a comment |
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