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international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 18, 2008 - 13:50 by Eric Blair
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Bolivian President Evo Morales has led a campaign to get FIFA to revoke its ban on playing football at altitude. Described by Morales as "football apartheid". the ban effectively discriminated against Andean nations Bolivia, Ecuador and Columbia. The article illustrates Morales connection with football, the FIFA ban and the campaign which has led FIFA to revoke the ban at its 58th congress in Sydney. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday June 18, 2008 - 00:05 by Catalan Solidarity
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E-news service of the Catalan Solidarity: Ireland Committee June/July 2008 E-news service Llbertat! Saoirse! No.11 1. Introduction 2. International Solidarity with Franki 3. Visc a Barcelona! - I’m From Barcelona! 4. Garraf Demands Release of All Catalan Political Prisoners 5. Protests Continue: LLIBERTAT FRANKI 6. Free Franki Now! 7. Solidarity With Political Prisoners: April 17th 8. Catalan Prisoner Solidarity: Messages Of Solidarity 9. Who We Are! 10. Subscription Details ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday June 17, 2008 - 19:34 by SP
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A 15 minute video on the detention and deportation of Scott Parkin by the Australian Security Intelligence Oraganisation. In 2004 Scott Parkin a nonviolent anti-war activist organiser from Texas was detained in Australia as a possible national security threat and deported. Video contains interviews with Scott and Australian activists. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday June 17, 2008 - 17:10 by tomeile
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Spiegel Online writes that a broad ,cross party consensus is emerging in Israel for an attack on Iranian nuclear facilites. Dani Yatom an ex Mossad chief ,but a Knesset member for the Israeli Labour Party and not considered a hawk ,is quoted as saying "We no longer believe in the effectiveness of sanctions .A military operation is needed if the world wants to stop Iran." Bruce Riedel, a Middle East expert who spent many years working for the CIA, says that an Israeli strike before the end of Bush’s presidency is the most likely scenario and that , if that happens , the middle east will go up in flames. ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Tuesday June 17, 2008 - 11:21 by David Manning & Miriam Cotton
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A two-part interview with concluding analysis of how even journalists who make a big effort to write independently can subconsciously adopt the dominant framing of the mainstream media. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday June 15, 2008 - 16:02 by pat c
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Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi opposes any aggression by US Imperialism and also speaks on how repression in Iran has been stepped up. Full text at link. With the international community fixated on Iran's nuclear ambitions, Ebadi says there is dwindling scrutiny of human rights in her homeland, and Ahmadinejad, has taken advantage of this to increase repression."Since the world started focusing on the nuclear programme, the human rights situation in Iran has worsened every day," says Ebadi, who won the Nobel prize in 2003. Dozens of activists have been prosecuted and condemned to prison, the lash or both. Arrests, detention and judicial harassment are increasing, with journalists, lawyers, students and trade unionists particularly targeted. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday June 15, 2008 - 00:51 by neep
Full on trucker revolt going on in Spain is leading to mini-riots, looting, chaos. There are plenty of other revolts of a similar kind going on around the world right now and I suppose you could easily add in the Irish Fishermen. Forced cuts in Fuel use / fuel price hikes are the equivalent of steep wage cuts. But not much sympathy. PPL think. oh those nasty truckers and fishermen - they're causing global warming. Between a rock and a hard place. Anyone got on the ground reports from Spain? This stuff exaggerated? ... read full story / add a comment 
international / history and heritage Saturday June 14, 2008 - 15:23 by misspix
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AN IMPORTANT forum of the world’s leading archaeologists is to debate the controversial M3 motorway route near the hill of Tara in County Meath. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Saturday June 14, 2008 - 13:34 by Bazooka Joe
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An attack carried out on Friday night at the main Sarposa prison in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar has freed bout 400 political prisoners and 750 others. A water truck full of explosives was driven up to the main gate killing 15 guards and breached the walls. About 30 people then attacked the prison using rocket propelled grenades and running inside with assault rifles to free the detainees. ... read full story / add a comment |
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