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roscommon / anti-war / imperialism Sunday August 12, 2007 - 13:13 by Padraig Murphy
 7 comments (last - saturday august 18, 2007 - 02:58)  1 image
In today's issue of the Observer, Peter Beaumont in Baghdad reports that the US occupation army is enervated, all petered and in crisis: "Exhaustion and combat stress are besieging US troops in Iraq as they battle with a new type of warfare. Some even rely on Red Bull to get through the day. As desertions and absences increase, the military is struggling to cope with the crisis". ... read full story / add a comment 
roscommon / anti-capitalism Monday February 12, 2007 - 14:34 by Paddy Murphy
19 comments (last - saturday december 06, 2008 - 00:17) 9 images  1 video file
The Irish Times is reporting that RAF/Baader-Meinhof gang member, Brigitte Mohnhaupt, after 24 years in jail would be released on five years probation on March 27. Brigitte, 57, was arrested in 1982 and sentenced to five life sentences for her role in the killings of leading German figures including industrialist Hanns Martin Schleyer, Dresdner Bank head Juergen Ponto and federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback. ... read full story / add a comment
roscommon / anti-war / imperialism Saturday September 23, 2006 - 02:27 by Elaine Murphy
3 comments (last - saturday september 23, 2006 - 17:47) 1 image
Chavez : "As Chomsky says here clearly and in depth, the American empire is doing all it can to consolidate its hegemonic system of domination, and we cannot allow them to do that. We cannot allow world dictatorship to be consolidated. The world tyrant’s statement -- cynical, hypocritical, full of this imperial hypocrisy, from the need they have to control everything -- they say they want to impose a democratic model, but that's their democratic model. It's the false democracy of elites, and I would say a very original democracy that's imposed by weapons and bombs and firing weapons. What a strange democracy. Aristotle might not recognize it, or others who are at the root of democracy. What type of democracy do you impose with marines and bombs?" ... read full story / add a comment
roscommon / arts and media Wednesday November 09, 2005 - 01:13 by Upstart Radio America
1 comment (last - wednesday november 09, 2005 - 14:12)
Howdy, my name is Shawn Patrick Lennon. My Grandpa was from Athlone, he came over here to the US on the Celt out of Dublin. I'm a second generation Irie now living in California. I know you've been trying to get a radio station up and running. Good luck, hope you're streaming soon and you're welcome to my work if you care to use it.. ... read full story / add a comment |
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