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international / crime and justice Friday July 27, 2007 - 11:24 by rt Hon Dr O as if
 6 comments (last - sunday september 27, 2009 - 16:02)  3 images
Maybe the pigeons are coming home to roost after all.., This morning the former prime minister of France & one top dauphin of Chirac faced his first grilling in relation to allegations that he (& others in the DGSE) bugged Sarkozy, smeared Sarkozy & all to hide their role in the biggest corruption scandal in modern history - "the clearstream affair". In the last years of Chirac's presidency I found myself writing quite a bit about Dominique de Villepin the man whom I gave the dubious honour of calling the Dev of our age a man who alas thought to stop a scandal which involves over twenty times the budget of the Irish state getting out of the big shoeboxes they keep for that sort of money with lots of zeros on the end. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Wednesday July 25, 2007 - 22:01 by iosaf .:. ipsiphi
1 comment (last - thursday july 26, 2007 - 21:38)
The title of this story might intrigue some and put others off but I can think of no other way to report on the mass media news spin which Spanish people & then various westerners learnt today of the charges of treason brought against a former employee of the Spanish secret service. As we must have noticed by now, things are changing on the geopolitical stage & media manipulation as much as exposure is increasingly pointing to the end of any entente between the former Soviet Union or its citizens and NATO or its dependents. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday July 25, 2007 - 10:51 by Yassamine Mather
This article is based on a speech given by Yassamine Mather of Workers Left Unity Iran at a Marxism 2007 fringe meeting. It explores the position socialists should take in light of both US aggression towards Iran and the Iranian Regimes onslaught against the working class of Iran. Anti-imperialism and Tehran Every day the media publish unattributed briefings by US generals and Pentagon sources regarding Iran’s connections to Al Qa’eda, the Taliban and various other terror groups. Most of the media briefings contain no details of substance and many simply repeat previous accusations. However, they are undoubtedly intended to keep tensions ratcheted up, and there is no doubt that the danger of an extension of the current sanctions against Tehran and of limited military action by the US or Israel is very real... ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Tuesday July 24, 2007 - 15:37 by wolfie
1 comment (last - sunday august 26, 2007 - 10:19)
Biofuels have been touted as the way to go facing fossil fuel shortages and global warming.The reality is that they are leading to higher food prices for the worlds poor and to degradation of the environment. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday July 24, 2007 - 14:15 by Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL)
A dismal failure! This is the verdict of workers belonging to the Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) as they slammed the Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (GMA) administration ahead of her State of the Nation Address (SONA) for its consistent failure to clip the jobs crisis. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday July 24, 2007 - 12:26 by kbranno
7 comments (last - thursday july 26, 2007 - 17:16) 3 images
"In the early morning of 21st July, neo-nazi skinheads launched a vicious and unprovoked attack on an anti-nuclear protest camp in Angarsk, Siberia, Russia. The nazis violently attacked activists in their sleeping bags and tents with iron rods, knives and air pressure guns. 21 year old Ilya Borodaenko from Nachodka suffered a head-fracture during the attack and later died in hospital from his injuries. At least nine others have been reported to be seriously injured, one of which has had both their legs broken. Tents were set on fire and several belongings were stolen." ... read full story / add a comment 
national / environment Monday July 23, 2007 - 17:02 by o as if
7 comments (last - monday october 01, 2007 - 22:41) 1 image
Bertie Gormley our new minister for Dublin 6W has flown his first kite (as feeble mid-week press releases aimed at popular opinion & concern are known in the trade). & what a load of sticky bollox it is too. Gormley wants to increase "on-the-spot" fines for littering from 125eu to 150eu & is considering asking the producers of Chewing Gum to increase their environmental awareness spending on proper disposal of the by-product of the petrol industry to a whopping 2 million. Oh sorry did I say "whopping"? Now let's remind ourselves that whilst Gardai monitoring Salafists at the Custom House wear bullet proof vests large companies up and down the country are illegally dumping poisonous waste removed from dubious sites. And we probably don't have the resources to reduce the gummy menace on two million alone. It's pittance. Sure a Green deputy could forget he inherited just short of that on Oil Corp shares. Lets Stamp out Gum! ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Friday July 20, 2007 - 19:44 by Owen Bowcott
One of the most controversial inquiries of the Troubles, involving claims that police officers in Northern Ireland secretly adopted a "shoot to kill" policy, has been reopened, the Guardian has learned. The allegations that republican terrorist suspects were deliberately killed rather than being arrested led to an investigation by John Stalker, then deputy chief constable of Manchester, in the mid 1980s. But his report was never published, and there was political uproar after he was removed from his post just at the point where he believed he was about to obtain an MI5 tape of one of the shootings. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Friday July 20, 2007 - 12:07 by Aragon
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From a poster on Media Lens. Look's like Chavez is serious about his 'Bolivarian Revolution'. ... read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality Thursday July 19, 2007 - 16:38 by Marie Stopes
7 comments (last - wednesday july 25, 2007 - 19:43)
Yet another example of an "honour" killing. This jihad against women must be stopped. There can be no hiding place for "socialists" who refuse to condemn this ongoing murder of women. 'Honour killing' victim was raped An honour killing victim was raped and tortured before being killed in her south London home, a court has heard. Banaz Mahmod was subjected to rape and other degrading acts in the last two hours of her life, it emerged during a pre-sentence hearing at the Old Bailey. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 19, 2007 - 16:32 by Saoirse
2 comments (last - saturday july 21, 2007 - 00:55) 1 image
IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE® NEWSLIST Thursday July 19, 2007 Congratulations to NYC IFC member Aoife Rivera Serrano on clearly articulating the issues despite being the sole protester at the Free State consulate in New York City last Friday. For photos from IFC protests at the consulate in Chicago and other cities please go to http://www.myspace.com/32fields - The Irish Freedom committee http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 19, 2007 - 12:12 by pat c
44 comments (last - thursday august 16, 2007 - 18:01)
This is an article from Human Rights Watch in which they condemn the televised confessions forced out of Iranian Dissidents. It is wrong for the US to torture those who yhey hold illegally and it is also wrong for the Iranian SState to torture "confessions" out of those they hold illegally. Full article at link. The Iranian government should cancel the scheduled July 18 broadcast of the “confessions” of two detained Iranian-Americans, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch expressed concern that Iranian authorities have used coercive means to compel Haleh Esfandiari and Kian Tajbakhsh to make statements that may be later used to incriminate them in court. The authorities have held them in largely incommunicado detention for more than two months, preventing lawyers and family members from visiting them. They have only been permitted brief phone calls to family members. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday July 19, 2007 - 08:28 by Aragon
16 comments (last - thursday august 16, 2007 - 19:48)
Those who oppose the US wars of imperialism are probably quite cynical about the lies and distortions used to justify what they slaughter. Nevertheless, it is likely that a press release issued by the Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran will shock even those who thought they had seen it all. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Tuesday July 17, 2007 - 16:29 by o as if
4 comments (last - wednesday july 18, 2007 - 08:40) 3 images
In the last months an extraordinary plague of mice has hit China. Only in the last days has the story gone from the sarcastic coverage verging on racism "poor Chinese people think eating mice is good for the libido" turned to serious reporting of the phenomena. Which naturally the Chinese state are keen to downplay. The mice are estimated by the Guardian (reporting Chinese state authorities) to number over 2 billion now. Strange things happen you might think.., Except that in early June farmers in the mid-peninsular region of Spain roughly at the same lattitude as those affected in China began to complain of plagues of voles or fieldmice. Voles are pretty much like mice in that they are small rodents which feed on crops, do nothing for your libido if eaten and once they enter your water or sanitation system spell complete disaster for anyone who survives the famine which used to follow soon after. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday July 16, 2007 - 20:44 by Daithí
international / consumer issues Monday July 16, 2007 - 20:20 by Linker
4 comments (last - saturday july 21, 2007 - 20:16) 2 images
Community media advocates are demanding that Mexico's congress proceed with major reforms to the Federal Law on Radio and television that would allow for diversity in the medium. This is spearheaded by Article 19 , the National Centre for Social Communications (CENCOS) and AMARC Assoc.of Community Radio Broadcasters and IFEX , International Freedom of Expression eXchange. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Monday July 16, 2007 - 18:32 by Mirza Kuchak Khan
23 comments (last - friday may 14, 2010 - 19:36)
Some socialists would claim that Iran is goverened by a radical anti-Imperialist regime. However the way Iran treats asylum seekers shows that the Iranian government is just as racist as the US when it comes to immigration. The article below was written by a member of the Communist Party of Iran (MLM). A campaign to kick out Afghan refugees in Iran is continuing unabated. Between late April and late June, the Islamic Republic of Iran rounded up more than 100,000 Afghans working in Iran and dumped them on the other side of the border. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / environment Sunday July 15, 2007 - 20:49 by Attack Media
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On Friday 13th of July the Corrib gas project to build an onland refinery, led by Shell, had a unprecidented unlucky day. Two members of the Shell To Sea campaign locked on to a van parked across the only access road to the Bellanaboy refinery site, stopping work for over 5hours. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Sunday July 15, 2007 - 19:08 by greendublin2007
Green Leadership Candidate sets out her stall for leadership in YouTube video ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday July 15, 2007 - 13:33 by John Cornford
11 comments (last - friday july 20, 2007 - 16:26)
An allegation of disgraceful behaviour has been made against a leading member of the English SWP. To clarify what actually occurred n indepebndent investigation will be required. Here is an extract of an article from the Weekly Worker, 12 July 2007. This year’s Marxism was marred by a disgraceful physical assault by SWP national organiser Martin Smith. On July 7, the second full day of Marxism, Socialist Workers Party national organiser Martin Smith physically assaulted comrade Simon, a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain and the Tower Hamlets branch of Respect. ... read full story / add a comment |
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