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international / anti-war / imperialism Friday September 19, 2008 - 15:25 by pat c
 4 comments (last - saturday september 20, 2008 - 22:21)
Yes, it was a War Crime but I won't hold my breath waiting for NATO to bomb Tel Aviv. Full text at link. A report to the UN Human Rights Council on Israel's shelling of Beit Hanoun in Gaza almost two years ago says it may have been a war crime. The report compiled by Archbishop Desmond Tutu casts doubt on Israel's explanation that the shelling resulted from a flawed artillery firing system. It calls on Israel to pay compensation to the victims, 19 of whom were killed. Archbishop Tutu went to Beit Hanoun in May, after objections by Israel delayed his mission several times. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Friday September 19, 2008 - 13:59 by Eugene Mc Cartan
As we approach the 40th anniversary of the first civil rights march on the 5th October 1968 organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association (NICRA) . The Communist Party of Ireland has produced a special supplement to mark this important event and presents its understanding of the relevance of NICRA and the important lessons that the CPI believes can be brought into todays struggles. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday September 19, 2008 - 12:12 by John Cornford
John Rees, longtime leader of the English SWP has been unceremoniously dumped. Peter Manson analyses this and other developments in the SWP. Article in full at url. Meeting on August 27, the 14-strong central committee voted by 10 to four to remove comrade Rees as CC member responsible for election work, and instructed him, against his wishes, to resign from the Left Alternative national council. Rees has quite rightly been blamed for the Respect/Left List/Left Alternative fiasco, which culminated in the SWP-led slate being wiped out in May’s elections to the London assembly. This humiliation then saw the defection to Labour and the Liberal Democrats of Left List councillors and assembly candidates. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Thursday September 18, 2008 - 13:41 by archangel
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The International Bodyguard Association, a Private Military Company involved in training several international police and paramilitary units, is headed by an Irishman and has it's business headquarters in this country. ... read full story / add a comment 
donegal / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 18:07 by Sarah
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In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger examines news as parody as those prominent in the British media seek to justify the official versions of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan: Here comes the new Cold War, with promises of more bombs, more of the militarised society with its 730 bases worldwide, on which Americans spend 42 cents of every tax dollar... the devastation of Iraq’s health, once the best in the Middle East, by the ubiquitous dust from British and US depleted uranium weapons. A World Health Organisation study reporting a cancer epidemic has been suppressed ... ... read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 17:36 by pat c
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Militant action by Iraqi workers has forced the quisling government to reverse its assault on workers living standards. Full text at link. Following days of demonstrations and strikes by thousands of workers, the Iraqi government reversed its order to cut wages by up to 30% and eliminate many industrial labor benefits. The authorities agreed to direct negotiations with the representatives of the workers. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 03:54 by Mark Hawthorne
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John Carmody is one of the busiest animal rights campaigners in the world. He paused long enough to answer a few questions about his activism from author Mark Hawthorne. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Wednesday September 17, 2008 - 00:24 by snc
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Cappoquin chickens closing down..... ... read full story / add a comment |
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