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international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 04, 2007 - 13:55 by Yassamine Mather
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Yassamine Mather writes about the US threats against Iran and about the developing resistance in Iran which opposes both the US and the Theoocracy. Over the last week, the threat of an air attack on Iran has continued to be highlighted, while the US increased pressure on European and Asian banks and companies to follow its lead in imposing further sanctions. Of course, ordinary people in Iran are already paying the price for the policies of the warmongers in the US and EU. There are reports of new shortages every day and many workers fear that sanctions imposed on two major national banks - Bank Melli and Bank Saderat - will disrupt payment of their salaries (most major firms in Iran use these two banks to pay wages). ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 04, 2007 - 10:00 by tomeile
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Today, two campaign groups are publishing their groundbreaking research on the extent of military involvement in British universities . Seventy per cent of the projects investigated were sponsored by three industry leaders: BAE Systems, RollsRoyce and the controversially privatised research group QinetiQ. The report, Study War No More, has been produced by Campaign Against Arms Trade and the UK branch of the Fellowship for Reconciliation, a long-established interfaith peace group with headquarters in New York state. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 04, 2007 - 09:53 by tomeile
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In 2003, BAE Systems - Europe's largest arms company - was accused of spying on a small group of peace campaigners. Mark Thomas refused to believe that his trusted friend and fellow activist Martin Hogbin could possibly have any involvement in the story. But then the doubts began to set in ... ... read full story / add a comment
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
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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
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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 |
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