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national / miscellaneous Tuesday June 22, 2010 - 23:26 by Down Socialist
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Mitchel McLaughlin, Sinn Fein MLA speaks on radio of the need for cuts in public services in Northern Ireland ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday June 22, 2010 - 17:34 by non-voter
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Iran is to send a ship -the Infants of Gaza - carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza this Sunday . Israeli commandos are said to be preparing for a confrontation . Ratcheting up the islamophobia ahead of the blockade - busting attempt ,zionist Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor commented , "I don't think there is one single country in this region and beyond that would let such an ayatollah ship come near its coasts." ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Tuesday June 22, 2010 - 13:15 by lazy
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The true-blue Tories are having to *save* 61 BILLION between now and 2014 !!! Interestingly they are cutting non-protected spends such as the NHS. Child Benefit will not be taxed or means-tested but will be subject to a three year freeze. All eyes on the Chancellor (who interestingly has Irish Connections) ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday June 18, 2010 - 12:47 by pat c
Free download * Jane Affleck Malcolm Kennedy: European Court of Human Rights judgement * Tom Easton Tittle-tattle * Anthony Frewin The Dr Strangeloves of the Mind: H.J. Albarelli's A Terrible Mistake * Robert Henderson Enron accounting... and how to prevent it ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / health / disability issues Friday June 18, 2010 - 11:55 by tolkarovers
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NORTHSIDE People has learned that a local respite centre used by 80 people with intellectual disabilities is being shut down at the end of the month. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 17, 2010 - 14:53 by Bazooka Joe
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An unnamed Israeli Soldier is to be charged over the killing of two Palestinian women in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead in late 2008 and early 2009. He shot and killed 64-year-old Raya Salma Abu Hajjaj and her 35-year-old daughter Majda who were part of a white flag waving group who had been ordered out of their homes. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday June 17, 2010 - 13:14 by Yassamine Mather
Yassamine Mather writes on the anniversary of the 2009 rigged elections in Iran. She illustrates how Imperialist sancvtions are stepped up and yet the reformist leadership offers no way forward against either the Imperialist threat or the Theocracy. Full text at link. The UNs resolution on further sanctions against Iran - expanding the arms embargo and barring the country from sensitive activities such as uranium mining - was voted through on June 9. The UN measures are a diluted version of the US proposals, but they still allow high-seas inspections of vessels believed to be ferrying banned items to Iran, while 40 categories have been added to the list of people and groups subject to travel restrictions and financial sanctions. The EU has promised to impose its own extra measures, targeting the energy, trade and transport sectors. Demonstrations were held across Iran on the June 12 anniversary of last year’s rigged presidential elections - despite a heavy security presence and the cowardly back-stabbing of the so-called ‘reformist opposition’. ... read full story / add a comment |
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