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international / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Monday September 25, 2006 20:40 by iosaf .:. ipsiphi
Many eyes at the moment are on the UK's "new Labour" party leadership. Tony Blair the man who became the youngest ever leader of the "labour party" & then renamed the party which once had been a movement. He went on to become the longest running prime minister in British history apart from the historic & ghastly Thatcher, Disraeli & Gladstone. His regime saw quite a few key incidental & tragic deaths, constitional reform in Scotland, Wales, London and the northern Ireland statelet, & a commitment to war coached in his namesake's Eric Blair (George Orwell's) "big Brother's peace". We know he lied many times to parliament, people, party & even we presume his Queen. What made many of us choke on the splinters was his assertion (july 2004) that "he couldn't lie". In many ways his style put "sociopathy" into social democracy whilst all the time pushing a vague concept of "meritocracy"......" if you can lie through your teeth you may be one of us someday!" read full story / add a comment
kildare / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Monday September 25, 2006 19:29 by Pig Brother Little brother
PigBrother.info -- It's your right to watch the Cops! At National University Ireland Maynooth Lecture Theatre Four John Hume Building 6.30 pm Soulless & Anger present: It's your right to watch the Cops! PigBrother Live Show A Survey of Police Weapons, their Effects and why responsible Officers usually get away Multimedia Live Show Internationally, police officers who mutilate or kill people on duty usually get off scot free, many times the cases not even making the news. The Swiss internet site PigBrother.info deals with such cases and the police weapons involved. Though often labelled "less lethal" and claimed to be "harmless", actually many proved to be fatal, not to mention lots of them being banned in war by e.g. the Geneva Convention but nevertheless frequently used by policeforces worldwide (like e.g. Dum Dum Bullets that a.o. killed Jean Charles de Menezes, but also the so called "Tear Gas"). read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Monday September 25, 2006 17:15 by Text: Ruth & Terry Photos: Terry & Niall
At 15.40pm three cops, one plain-clothes, two uniform, D reg car, were at the Shell to Sea picket H.Q. trailer filming. These police are now (16.05pm) at gate 2 of the Ballinaboy site. They are filming Shell to Sea activist Maura Harrington on the public road, when questioned why they said it was routine, the cop filming does not have identification numbers on his uniform. We got word today at 12 mid-day that the media have been informed by Shell that Shell intend to attempt access to the Ballinaboy former refinery construction site tomorrow. There is an increased police presence in Erris as of last Friday. The following is a report and photos from the picket today – photos from the 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. period. read full story / add a comment
monaghan / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday September 25, 2006 16:26 by Anon
There are reports on the radio that the Ceann Comhairle and Pat the Cope Gallagher were unable to get out of ministerial cars to open the Monaghan Bypass due to a convergence by the Monaghan Hospital protest Group. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Monday September 25, 2006 13:09 by nothing leftist
Monday morning rant. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Monday September 25, 2006 02:31 by Noise Hacker
[All images are COPYLEFT!] read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday September 24, 2006 19:18 by Kevtin T. Walsh
And the other side........Development, Racing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!The Celtic Tiger that is sometimes called the 'Pussycat' Rolf Harris 1960's 'Two little boys......; moral being, one assist the other to get back up on the horse. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday September 24, 2006 11:10 by Akrasia
Only you, the Ordinary American People can Stop World War 3 read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday September 24, 2006 03:40 by participant
Over 500 people turned out today for a great march against the US/UK war on Iraq and Afghanistan. Starting in Parnell Square it made its way down O'Connell where the suppport of passers by was occasionally made clear by cheers of support, up Dame Street and back down to the island on O'Connell St where we were all corralled during the speeches. It isn't clear why the organisers agreed to this corralling because it meant that almost no-one could see the speakers. Speakers were generally interesting - great to hear the Raytheon 9 spokesperson - but mostly were the same people who speak at every IAWM march or variations of same. Overall a good demo and fair play to the organisers. Shannon next on October 28th for the demo called by Antiwar Ireland! read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues / feature Saturday September 23, 2006 21:05 by Caoimhe
I was outside the GNIB last Wednesday t,he day the deportation took place, from 10 in the morning to roughly 7:30 in the evening. This is a (sketchy) account of what happened down there. read full story / add a comment
roscommon / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday September 23, 2006 02:27 by Elaine Murphy
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
dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday September 22, 2006 19:10 by Revolt Video
Wednesday 27th Sept Seomra Spraoi 1st Floor (ring top buzzer) 6 Lower Ormond Quay Dublin 2 Waged 5 / Unwaged 3 euros Door 7.30pm Starts 8 read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday September 22, 2006 18:35 by Radical Student
To University of Ulster and UU Student’s Union, Ógra Shinn Féin writes this public letter to the University of Ulster and the University of Ulster Student’s Union, in condemnation and protest at your censorship of politics in the University of Ulster. As a youth political organisation which has been established and active in three UU campuses, Magee, Coleraine and Jordanstown for a number of years, we cannot understand nor accept the decision taken. read full story / add a comment
louth / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 17:58 by Sean Crudden
In an atmosphere of hustle, hassle, harass, hurry it is difficult to think straight. Even those who can think under pressure would surely think more clearly if there were peace. We need to settle down and get our heads together because we are approaching a decisive political cross-roads in Ireland. There may be tiredness and frustration on one hand and powerful, discordant and divisive voices on the other. Now is not the time to allow ourselves to be manipulated any further. Every individual must assert his and her rights and think clearly for themselves. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 16:30 by John McDermott
"Me Ma said that uncle Phil died,when he was 75 in a place where only rich people went for medical treatment when they got ill.There was no waitin lists or queus there as long as you had plenty of money.It was in a posh part of the city too out past Ballsbridge. I was grown up then and runnin the country of course. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 15:48 by Dec McCarthy
Rice’s new’ Middle East is depressingly and wearyingly familiar to anyone with even a cursory knowledge of the history of imperialist interventions in the region. Just like those British and French colonialists who sat over maps a century ago redrawing boundaries across the Middle East, the US, the UK and the Israelis imagine they can shape a subcontinent regardless of the needs or desires of the majority of the people who live there. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday September 22, 2006 15:25 by chiapas solidarity group
A REVOLUTION IN OAXACA ? read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 12:03 by Mark Malone
The Irish government’s explicit support for Shell’s proposed development in Rossport, against the demands and wishes of a large proportion of the locally affected community, exemplifies not only the highly organised and funded public relation strategy that Shell and its partners have used. It also highlights the massive democratic deficit in this country. In a broader sense corporate Public Relations, and it’s close links to government, is perhaps one of the most potent factors in curtailing meaningful democracy. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 03:16 by Pinhead
Lightswitch is a Dublin based production company promising to bring theatre goers the 'ridiculously serious and the seriously ridiculous.' If its chaotic humour and a theatre of the absurd they aspire to then through a healthy mangling of a Greek classic with Antigone Interactive, they hit the nail partially on the head but falter at the point of audience interaction and political depth. The Antigone lead comes across oozing sassy stylistic rebellion like a photo shot prepped baile funk star MIA - all gun belt for show and Che Guevara t-shirt as poseurish portend to an inevitable martyrdom for ritually burying her brother against her father's edicts. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday September 22, 2006 02:57 by Paul Baynes
During the week of the annual conference of the IMF and the World Bank, some thoughts on the nature of employment in the current phase of globalisation. More and more, workers throughout the so-called developing world are relying on low paid, unstable employment in the informal economy. read full story / add a comment |
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