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international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 02, 2006 - 16:27 by pat c
 22 comments (last - monday march 13, 2006 - 11:50)  2 images
Heres a group of writers who are prepared to stand up for democracy against Islamic Fundamentalism. The writers include Salman Rushdie , Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Somali-born Dutch MP, Maryam Namazie - Iranian writer living in Britain and Taslima Nasreen - exiled Bangladeshi writer, with fatwa issued ordering her execution. Their statement deserves the support of every socialist and secularist. pat ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 02, 2006 - 12:30 by Jarlath
8 comments (last - thursday march 02, 2006 - 16:47)
Even after 40 years we can still be taken by surprise. No one anticipated the scenes in Dublin on Saturday afternoon. Even the Gardai, who turned up with riot shields, were wrong-footed by the ferocity and scale of the disturbances. Most of us expected a lacklustre imitation of an Orange parade trundling its way along O'Connell Street, followed by loyal sons piling onto buses to make their way home. No fuss. No impact. No point. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Thursday March 02, 2006 - 12:17 by Phoenix Magazine
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Dublin City Council (DCC) is: busy censoring the right to "impart information by imposing a ban on the advertising of public events and meetings. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Wednesday March 01, 2006 - 20:24 by Terence
In the report linked to below, it describes how the acidity of the oceans has increased because the rate of carbon dixoide absorption has shot up. Many marine creatures such as corals and sea-shells of all kinds have carbonate shells which are sensitive to the acidity (or pH level) of the water and means they may start dissolving. This would have enormous repercussions for the entire oceanic ecosystems. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday March 01, 2006 - 19:07 by RSF
IRISH REPUBLICAN INFORMATION SERVICE (no. 56) Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill, 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland Phone: +353-1-872 9747; FAX: +353-1-872 9757; e-mail: [email protected] Date: 1 Márta / March 2006 Internet resources maintained by SAOIRSE-Irish Freedom http://saoirse.info/ ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday February 28, 2006 - 18:07 by Repost from jamie
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'Unknown insurgents planted a bomb inside an old vehicle parked on the main road in Mualimeen neighbourhood near the city playground,' the sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa. The sources said the bomb exploded when a British military patrol was passing by, destroying two vehicles and killing four soldiers." ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday February 28, 2006 - 11:00 by Alan Earls
51 comments (last - friday march 10, 2006 - 15:14)
Dublin Singer/Songwriter Alan Earls has composed a Charity CD Single in aid of a local teenager, who recently died of cancer. The single "Still Here Not Gone" contains 3 tracks in total and are available to download from the website listed below. The cost is 5 Euro and all of the proceeds go to St. Johns Ward, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday February 27, 2006 - 16:54 by nano
Pauline Hanson recently announced on news radio that her political views have been “vindicated”; she cited the overt racist attitudes of John Howard and Peter Costello as proof of her claim. Who could deny it? Hanson’s imprisonment on trumped-up charges was an act of political assassination instigated by Howard but executed by his then errand boy, Tony Abbott. Hanson’s trial and subsequent imprisonment effectively eliminated her and her party from the Australian political landscape; mainstream racist ideology was re-established in its rightful home, the white Australian conservative ultra-right Liberal Party of Howard! The world watches Australia take a giant leap backwards as Howard continues to divide the nation. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday February 26, 2006 - 17:44 by Seumas Milne
6 comments (last - saturday march 04, 2006 - 20:05)
The battle over history reflects a determination to prove that no political alternative can challenge the new global capitalism. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 26, 2006 - 02:11 by Irish Northern Aid
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Gerry Adams' Fundraising Visa Denied Again by Bush Administration ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday February 25, 2006 - 22:55 by Susan McKay, Irish Times
3 comments (last - sunday march 19, 2006 - 18:16)
Article lays out the background of one of the main organisers of the FAIR/LoveUlster march (Wille Frazer) as associated with loyalist paramilitaries. It also details how a relative of another sectarian massacre was smeared by the FAIR group. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday February 25, 2006 - 14:43 by cleaves
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The famous Shiite Askariyah shrine (Golden Mosque) in Iraq has been targeted and destroyed but by whom remains unclear at this stage. Regardless of the intentions of those responsible, one dramatic (and historically consistent) point cuts through the hysteria and mayhem. That of the importance (or otherwise) of sites that are deemed sacred or holy and the 'location' of this attribution in human consciousness and/or human societies/groups. Social history records naturally occurring phenomena, rocks, rivers etc; structures built by men, temples, obelisks etc; cyclic astronomical phenomena, eclipses, comets etc, all of which have been attributed by humans with special significance at one time or another, whereas none of these produced or naturally occurring phenomenon are ‘holy’ or ‘sacred’. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday February 25, 2006 - 13:22 by Paul
The economic pressures on shell will force them them to exploit their resources even more ruthlessly. The following is one way to deal with them. If they want access to the gas reserves off the Irish coast the Irish government should take a lead from the Russians on how to exploit the exploiters. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Friday February 24, 2006 - 13:37 by reader
A recent study from the US that shows that between 1966 and 2001 only the richest 10 percent enjoyed a growth rate in their real wages and salaries that was equal to or above the average rate of growth in productivity. In an article publised on the WSWS, ANN TALBOT writes about wealth polarisation in the US and about warnings from an unexpected source- a Financial Times economist. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday February 23, 2006 - 12:02 by Sean
Working Class Resistance #11, quarterly magazine of Organise! is now on sale (price £2 or 3 euros). This new 32 page edition includes articles on the following: Irish Ferries, thousands of workers said no to slave labour on the high seas but was the best deal done? 3 SIPTU members occupied two Irish Ferries boats in opposition to the company’s attempt to reflag its ships, replace 543 crew with agency workers from Eastern Europe, and impose orse terms and conditions on those remaining. The scale of solidarity has not been seen in decades - but the deal SIPTU signed up to has fallen far short of the hopes of those involved in this struggle. A look at the dispute and the ‘deal’. Belfast Posties Take Wildcat Action 5 Plane Jobs - Now You See Them Now You Don’t 5 Loyalist Intifada? PSNI targeted in Loyalist ‘Anti–State’ Riots 6 ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday February 23, 2006 - 02:56 by peptide
Arab fighters and insurgents have demonstrated to the world that the US is a ‘superpower’ in name only. A poorly armed and trained but highly motivated and dedicated band of fighters has exposed the US military as weak, inept, unskilled, brutal and bereft. From South America to the Himalayas, resistance against capitalist plunder and exploitation signals the inevitable failure of militaristic capitalism. Regardless of all other considerations people today have confirmed that they will fight any aggressor who threatens their homes, families and way of life. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Wednesday February 22, 2006 - 19:16 by Seán
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Irish people are the worst in Europe at learning a foreign language according to a report out yesterday by the European Commision. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 22, 2006 - 11:57 by redjade
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Juan Cole: 'The guerriillas blew up the domed Askariyah shrine in Samarra.' ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday February 21, 2006 - 21:15 by Séan Ó Murchú
The 85th Annual Clonmult Martyrs Commemoration was held in Midleton, Co Cork on Sunday February 19th. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday February 21, 2006 - 14:40 by Justin O'Hagan
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