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national / politics / elections Thursday November 08, 2012 - 21:52 by CPIR
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"A lot of people say we have no control over how this country is run"
These are the opening words of the current television advertisement campaign being run to convince people to vote in Saturday's referendum, and they reflect what most of us already know about the political system which operates in Ireland. The advert however does not go on to explain how only those living in 26 of Ireland's 32 Counties will be given a vote and that a quarter of Ireland's population will be automatically excluded ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday November 07, 2012 - 14:29 by CPIR
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By the slimmest of margins, Barack Obama has won a second term as President of the United States of America. Unlike in 2008, very few of those who voted for him will feel any sense of joy or hope. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday November 06, 2012 - 13:21 by CPIR
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What is the meaning or significance of the British Legion Poppy? A harmless mark of belonging? A badge of British nationalism? Or a neutral remembrance of long past wars? The CPIR offers a different reading. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday November 06, 2012 - 09:44 by RNU
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A Revolutionary Republican analysis of the Irish Pacification Process by the Republican Network for Unity. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday November 04, 2012 - 17:49 by CPIR
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Statement of the Communist Party of the Irish Republic on the conjurer's trick of a "peace process" in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday November 03, 2012 - 18:19 by Friends of Leonard Peltier
The Belgium, Ireland and Netherlands support chapters joined forces on 21th of October to speak out against the unjust imprisonment of Leonard Peltier. In Lanaken, Limburg (Belgium) a very diverse group of people gathered to celebrate their spiritual relationship with ‘Mother Earth’ during the event hosted as ‘World Drum Day’. The World Drum was created in hopes of delivering a wakeup call to humanity and the need to take care of Mother Earth ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday November 02, 2012 - 16:19 by CPIR
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On Saturday, the 27th of October, 2012, a meeting was held to confirm the founding of Páirtí Cummanach na Poblachta, the Communist Party of the Irish Republic, and to agree on the adoption of the Constitution of the Party. Officers were elected to the various posts that were deemed necessary, for a term of one year – recallable at all times. ... read full story / add a comment |
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