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There are good teachers, then there are the incompetent. Read more about them at Gombeennation. It seems that Irish teachers are about to have a belated introduction to the hire-and-fire aspect of the world of work – but at least they’ll still have their holidays, counted in months, to recover from the trauma. This follows a revolutionary agreement forged between Department of Education, and school and teacher representatives. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Wednesday December 10, 2008 - 11:39 by Steerpike
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A story in the Indo describes the disparity between Bank estimates of the millionaire numbers, and Revenue records. ... read full story / add a comment
"Democracy Now"Interviews Swedish Plowshares Activists Who Disarmed BAe Grenade Launchers for Export
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 10, 2008 - 07:17 by Solidarity
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Sweden Ranks Second in the World in Per Capita Weapons Exports http://www.democracynow.org/2008/12/9/sweden_ranks_seco...world ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Monday December 08, 2008 - 14:35 by John Cornford
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Lindsey German and John Rees have declared all out war on the SWP central committee majority. There can be only one winner in this fight. If Lindsey and John lose the battle then a split is likely. Peter Manson reports on this fight to the finish. Full story at link. The SWP leadership has continued the process of disempowering its former number one, John Rees, by recommending that he be removed from the central committee at the SWP annual conference, due to take place in London over the weekend of January 9-11 2009. Meeting on Wednesday November 26, the CC decided to exclude Rees from its take-it-or-leave-it slate, with only his long-time allies, Chris Bambery and Chris Nineham, voting against ditching him. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday December 07, 2008 - 19:39 by pat c
This is an extract from an interview with Ali Pichgah, one of the founding members of the oil workers’ shora (council) who later played an important role in the first major oil strike against the Theocracy. Ali details the oil workers actions which helped to bring down the Shah and the later struggles against the Theocracy. Comrade Pichgah is a supporter of Hands Off the People of Iran. Full text at link. How do you assess current workers’ struggles in Iran? First of all, I must say that as long as capitalism rules class struggle exists. The capitalist order in Iran has managed to survive through repression and force, and the spreading of religious superstition and falsehoods. However, as far as the workers’ struggle is concerned, our ranks are divided; and as long as we can’t unite on a large scale, this repression will continue. Unity requires the building of strong, mass workers’ organisations. ... read full story / add a comment
Gardaí estimate that up to 60,000 people have joined the protest against education cutbacks in Dublin city centre. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage Saturday December 06, 2008 - 12:10 by Jim Gibney
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RTE is this country’s national broadcasting agency for both television and radio. I doubt it very much if a columnist writing in a mainstream newspaper in Britain would feel the need to write, ‘The BBC is this country’s national broadcasting agency’. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 06, 2008 - 01:01 by V. Ritas
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Ben Mcintyre and Paul Orengoh reveal in the Times of London how President-elect Obama's grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama, was brutally tortured by the British during the Mau Mau freedom fighters uprising in support of Kenyan independence. ... read full story / add a comment |
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