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national / crime and justice Saturday October 22, 2011 - 23:06 by An Puc ar Buile
What baffles me about the current controversies over undercover policing in Britain is that what would be considered a serious breach of policing ethics over there would be considered mild in terms of British policing over here. Two stories came together this week to illustrate the point: allegations that an undercover cop in Reclaim the Streets organisations lied in court to protect his identity coincided with far more serious allegations regarding collusion on Monday's BBC Spotlight. All the while, politicians who ignore what the RUC did in the North are still asking Gerry Adams to condemn (again) the killing of Garda Gerry McCabe; they seem to think there were only a handful of victims in the conflict and they were all killed by the IRA. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Saturday October 22, 2011 - 09:42 by MediaMaker
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Paddy Duffy chats with Executive Director in Amnesty International Ireland and campaigner and journalist Orla Tinsley about activism, their campaigning experiences and any advice they may have for young people in Ireland who wish to make change. October 15th 2011 at Dublin Contemporary. Introduced by SpunOut.ie Founder Ruairí McKiernan and Kathy Scott from the Office of Non Compliance and the Ireland-Iceland Project. Hosted by the Office of Non Compliance at Dublin Contemporary. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Saturday October 22, 2011 - 09:26 by MediaMaker
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IRISH TIMES Mon, Oct 17, 2011 KITTY HOLLAND
Higgins the big winner after FG's Mitchell pulls out
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1017/1....html
YOUTH FORUM: LABOUR CANDIDATE Michael D Higgins comfortably won over an audience of young people at a presidential youth forum in Dublin at the weekend, to which all seven candidates had been invited, but just five attended.
While Dana “just declined the invitation” to the SpunOut.ie Youth Rising forum, Fine Gael candidate Gay Mitchell “cancelled at the last minute”, according to organiser Ruairí McKiernan.
“I’m pretty disappointed in him. This was organised three months ago and last night he said he had to go to Cork instead. I think it says a lot about his attitude.”
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday October 20, 2011 - 13:44 by Maryam Namazie
See a wonderful protest of Tunisian for secularism and free speech against the Islamist attempts to silence free speech by attacking the broadcast of the film Persepolis via a TV station:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2011/oct/19/tunis...video ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday October 20, 2011 - 13:17 by pat c
A thought provoking collection of essays from an Anarchist perspective. Issue 1 (2011) of the journal Anarchist developments in Cultural Studies has special edition on 9/11. Full texts at link.
Editorial Ten Years After 9/11: An Introduction Michael Truscello Two New York City Radicals Discuss "9/11 Conspiracy Theories" 9/11 at Nine: The Conspiracy Industry and the Lure of Fascism Bill Weinberg (93-102) A New Path to Real Peace: Sander Hicks Responds to Bill Weinberg Sander Hicks ... read full story / add a comment |
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