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international / politics / elections Tuesday May 05, 2009 - 17:15 by prurience
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Irish readers might be missing a story whose soap-opera plotting and extraordinary comments are delighting the enemies of Berlusconi. The man who managed to bring the Vatican behind his new right wing alliance has just fallen foul of the RC newspaper who have published on their front page a stinging attack on the morality and behaviour of Silvio who only this weekend was accused of "cavorting with minors" by his estranged wife for attending an 18 year old birthday party depite never making it to his own childrens' 18th festivities. Preaching from the pulpit they have called on Italian voters to express their unease at the urns. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 05, 2009 - 02:45 by frequentblasphemer
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In the Irish Times Fintan O'Toole points out that 2009 is the centenary of the occasion when a play by Bernard Shaw, "The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet", was used to show up the absurdity of having blasphemy laws. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday May 04, 2009 - 15:05 by Peter
"A Bigger, Bolder Role Is Imagined For the IMF Changes Suggest Shift in How Global Economy Is Run" "Inside a cavernous assembly hall in downtown Washington, dignitaries gather twice a year for routine meetings of the International Monetary Fund. Before long, though, the room could take center stage in the IMF's transformation into a veritable United Nations for the global economy" ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday May 04, 2009 - 14:16 by David L
A good short article in Counterpunch showing the boycott of Israel is having an effect. It mentions the centrality of Jewish activists supporting boycott, the determination with which Palestinian civil society is pursuing it. Also mentions the campaign against Veolia, and the Galway decision to grant no further contracts to Veolia. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Friday May 01, 2009 - 23:00 by Anonymous
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"EVERY SATURDAY a group of young people, their faces hidden by masks or scarves, gathers outside the office of the Church of Scientology in Abbey Street in Dublin with leaflets and placards making serious allegations about the sect. If the new law prohibiting publishing or uttering blasphemous matter becomes law, as proposed yesterday by Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern, they could face fines of up to €100,000 and have their homes raided by members of the Garda Síochána in order to seize the offending material." ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday May 01, 2009 - 16:29 by Harvey Duff
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Leaders of the Prison Officers Association (POA) whose annual general meeting is being held in Castlebar , Co Mayo this week have called for a crackdown on the activities of dissident paramilitary prisoners held in Portlaoise Prison . At a time when the prison service faces an acute shortage of staff and cell space , 48 Continuity IRA, Real IRA and INLA inmates are currently allocated 120 cells at Portlaoise on four landings . Inmates can order in special food like steak to be cooked for them in the jail . The POA is particularly concerned about subversives holding military parades in the jail and has urged the Minister of Justice to intervene to stop them . But Prison Service boss , Brian Purcell , has rejected the union’s complaint saying that republican prisoners have always been treated differently to ordinary criminals . ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday May 01, 2009 - 14:25 by Irish Freedom News
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http://irishfreedomnews.freeforums.org is an Irish Republican forum to discuss your Republican views without censorship. IrishFreedomNews is the only Republican forum run by independent Republicans as Admins so that the news is not controlled by party policies nor personal preferences, the real news is posted without censorship. We have people on the ground who print the news the papers refuse to print because of the media blackout, lies and black propaganda that they print on a daily basis. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday April 30, 2009 - 21:22 by WAT
For the past 100 days Witness Against Torture has been keeping daily vigil outside the White House demanding the immediate close of Guantanamo. The 100 day campajgn saw 62 arrested today.check out youtube on following link and background info ... read full story / add a comment |
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