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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 03, 2007 - 20:03 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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Aspects of living in Dublin 2002-07 reminded of my formative years in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. A marriage of police corruption with the denial of basic civil liberties and routine deaths in custody. Times that produced some pretty good music. "Pig City" was an '83 punk single by anarchist friend Tony Kniepp, recently it became the title of a book about the Brisbane music scene under Joh and a few months it was a reunion gig. Download the recent radio show on the link below.... ... read full story / add a comment 
international / consumer issues Monday December 03, 2007 - 12:19 by Damien Moran
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 03, 2007 - 12:07 by Navid Minayee
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More repression of student activations has taken place in Iran. A report below comes from the Communist Youth Organisation of Iran. Full text at link. According to the news received by the Communist Youth Organisation of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran today, December 2, the Iranian Police raided the residences of Anoushe Azadfar and Elnaz Jamshidi, arrested them, and taken them to an unknown place. Elnaz Jamshidi’s brother, who was inquiring about his sister’s situation, was also arrested. Mehdi Garailou, Ehsan Azadfar, and Nader Ahsani have also been arrested by the police forces. Saeed Habibi, another student activist, has also disappeared. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Monday December 03, 2007 - 11:27 by tomeile
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Ann Talbot from WSWS reports on the Amis-Eagleton controversy . Ronan Bennett accused the British author Martin Amis of thinly disguised racism in a Guardian article last month . Bennett's article added to the controversy which began when literary theorist ,Terry Eagleton , criticised Islamophobic remarks made by Amis in 2006 . ... read full story / add a comment 
international / politics / elections Monday December 03, 2007 - 10:19 by gurgle, ribbid, hmmmmmm
13 comments (last - tuesday december 11, 2007 - 22:29) 2 images
Chavez has very narrowly lost the referendum on two proposed block reforms to the 1999 constitution of the Bolivarian republic of Venezuela. These being "block a" indefinite re-election & "block b" votes for 16 year olds. It is too early to apportion blame or even theorise that the socialist project which is associated with Hugo Chavez is damaged by this. Though naturally that is what both sides (chav and antiChav) are doing. Hugo had in his closing speeches in the campaign railed against an alliance of Spain, its King, the USA and Colombia and then in a typical performance brought in the nazi's, but left out Farc (video attached) whereas the opposing side gurggled about dictatorships, pointed at Bolivia's worrysome crises of the last week & gleefully clapped their little handies when this time they won what Chavez curiously called a "Pyrrhic vicory". That being a classical reference to a naval battle of the early Roman empire whose victory was had at such great cost as to be worthless. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Monday December 03, 2007 - 10:18 by Motherschoice
We expect that a top Irish obstetrician with so much experience and training would have a firm understanding of what normal birth entails. We should also expect that all maternity practices are based on the latest international clinical guidelines......are our expectations too high? Read on.... ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday December 02, 2007 - 18:39 by Global Women's Strike
Today the people of Venezuela are voting on constitutional reform, amid renewed media attacks and assassination attempts against President Chávez..the advances which are being put forward and the process they come out of have been entirely hidden by the media. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Sunday December 02, 2007 - 11:50 by Miriam Cotton
11 comments (last - monday december 03, 2007 - 13:57)
Mainstream media see,hears and speaks no evil. Not in its own backyard at any rate. Funny how it manages to see all manner of halucinations in Venezuela. The New York Times has been screaming propaganda from the top of its lungs about today's referendum in Venezuela. The distortions and hypocrisies of its editorial is breathtaking. Since he took office eight years ago, Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez, has grabbed more and more power, exploiting his nation’s oil wealth to buy up popular support. Now there are hopeful signs that his plan to become president for life may be too blatant for the electorate to swallow. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday November 29, 2007 - 18:45 by pat c
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Below is a statement from the Iraq Freedom Congress in which they condemn US aggression towards Iran. Militarization and the use of force is a key element in the US administration ideology to impose its hegemony on the world. Beating the war drums is always part of US policy to contain its international competitors such as the European Union, Russia and China, and this policy is an extension to the one that is implemented in Iraq to wage the second Gulf War and the imposition of economic blockade, which lasted thirteen year then its occupation of Iraq. The US administration justified its inhuman policy with the pretext which is "possession of weapons of mass destruction". ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday November 29, 2007 - 16:02 by ISN'er
4 comments (last - friday december 07, 2007 - 11:50)
The latest issue of Resistance, paper of the Irish Socialist Network, has come out in the past week or so. Produced to its usual high standards - full colour, solid content - it is free, and copies can be obtained (post free) by emailing [email protected] Copies should be available in the usual outets soon. (Watch the comment space below this story) ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Thursday November 29, 2007 - 08:42 by Former Fan
3 comments (last - friday may 29, 2009 - 09:26)
In a transition reminiscent of the co-option of the Greens in Ireland, Midnight Oil's lead singer now finds himself as Australia's Minister of the Environment in a ministry now gutted by the right wing PM Rudd. Garrett has rapidly reversed his former radical poilitics to fast track to power and status. Here's a humourous clip, an analysis & an update! ... read full story / add a comment |
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