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international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 28, 2008 - 17:00 by pat c
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Here is an appeal from International Labour Solidarity Committee of the Worker-communist Party of Iran on behalf of imprisoned students, workers and political prisoners. Full text at link. The news on the condition of over 50 jailed students in Iran is very worrying. Last week Ebrahim Lotfollaahi died under torture in the city of Sanandaj. Nearly two months since their arrest and detention, many students continue to be held incommunicado. Reports from prisons speak of long and severe interrogation sessions by the feared Information Ministry officials, with many students being tort ured and kept in solitary confinement. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday January 27, 2008 - 16:10 by tomeile
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The Dutch government is bracing itself for violent protests following the scheduled broadcast this week of a provocative anti-Muslim film by a radical right-wing politician who has threatened to broadcast images of the Koran being torn up and otherwise desecrated. Geert Wilders , one of nine members of the extreme right wing PVV party in the Dutch parliament , has described the Koran as a 'source of inspiration for intolerance, murder and terror'. Demonstrations from left wing and Muslim opponents of Wilders’ provocation are expected this week , while members of the Stop Islamisation of Europe group are planning to travel to Amsterdam in his support . ... read full story / add a comment 
national / politics / elections Friday January 25, 2008 - 15:14 by C Murray
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The Taoiseach gets Friday off. Its a long-standing tradition that was facilitated by the Labour Party in exchange for speaking time in the Dail. The images on the Newswire of the Women's Protest in Belfast caught my eye, given the Health and social problems that are becoming evident in Dolphin's Barn, because someone gave Ms Harney 16 Billion Euros to continue to implement her Health Policy which is to close down hospitals in areas that have high populations of young children. Its called 'amalgamation'. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Thursday January 24, 2008 - 23:02 by staring at rats
Prodi has quit his job as prime minister of Italy tonight. Berlusconi will come back. Naples has spent all winter without rubbish collection. Padre Pio is half way out of his grave. The Tiger mosquito has brought tropical diseases. & that's about it. you know what Berlusconi's like. he's a hoot. up-front mafia billionaire right wing botox-jowled fascist. We're leaving the age of "sociopathic socialist governments" in the EU. It will happen to South America next. Ah! but you protest Prodi wasn't a socialist... You'd be right too. Everyone is. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Wednesday January 23, 2008 - 11:42 by C Murray
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I have received over two years consistent appeals by Women's Writer's Unions for aid in advertising repressions of Women Writers , some of the appeals have gone on the Newswire; and some have been passed on to to groups where the campaign would be more effective. The plight of the writers has not in that period alleviated and some are in dire situations. This morning another one arrived, an archive update of the 2007 Women's Day attempt to highlight the cases of imprisoned Women Writers and activists. All their names are familiar, Amnesty, Human Right's Watch, Reporters Without Borders, International Women In Media Federation, Committee for the Protection of Journalists and PEN Women's Union have advocated on their cases. Links to the ongoing cases of Journalist and activist repression:-between Women's day 2007-2008. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Tuesday January 22, 2008 - 21:56 by SP Online
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The January 2008 issue of The Socialist (#31) now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Tuesday January 22, 2008 - 14:40 by dom
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EU data retention based regulations will probably be implemented in Ireland "within a month" without debate ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 22, 2008 - 14:14 by tom eile
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Five of Nato’s top strategists have issued a” radical manifesto” urging the alliance’s member states to prepare for nuclear first strikes in order to counter fanatics who , they claim , are bent on destroying the West’s “way of life” . The vehement language of the manifesto has puzzled some commentators . Robert Cooper, an influential shaper of European foreign and security policy in Brussels is quoted in the Guardian article as saying "Maybe we are going to use nuclear weapons before anyone else, but I'd be wary of saying it out loud." The 150 page manifesto will be delivered to the Pentagon over the next ten days . It is issued at a time of crisis for NATO whose conventional forces face the prospect of defeat in Afghanistan . According to the Guardian, it was written following discussions with active NATO commanders and policymakers, many of whom are unable or unwilling to publicly air their views. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Tuesday January 22, 2008 - 09:49 by phlegm
"Spiegel" the German magazine has published an interview conducted by Erich Follath and Susanne Koelbl in Islamabad with Musharref of Pakistan to mark his current visit to Europe. At the link you can read its english translation. The assassination of Bhutto, the nuclear arsenal get mentions whereas cricket don't. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Tuesday January 22, 2008 - 09:40 by David Manning & Miriam Cotton
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Dahr Jamail is scathing about Western media coverage of the war in Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment |
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