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international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday January 10, 2006 12:43 by iosaf
General Sir Michael Rose (1940–) is a British soldier born in what was then British India. Rose was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford and the Sorbonne. He joined the Coldstream Guards later serving with the Parachute Regiment. He was Commander of 22 SAS in 1980 and took control of the operation to free the hostages during the Iranian Embassy Siege. After returning to the regular army, his best-known appointment was as Commander UNPROFOR Bosnia 1994-95 during the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars. On January 9, 2006, Rose called for Tony Blair to be impeached over the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, saying on BBC Radio 4's Today programme "To go to war on what turns out to be false grounds is something that no one should be allowed to walk away from." He then followed up the BBC radio 4 interview with an opinion piece in The Guardian:- ___________________________________ read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday January 10, 2006 07:23 by R. Isible
Slavoj Žižek analyses the US propganda machine's attempt to make torture acceptable in the series "24", which takes up the Alan Dershowitz "ticking terrorist bomb" scenario and decides that torturing will work. It's interesting that Hollywood is still seen as "liberal" and "anti-patriotic" when it performs such a vital role in spreading propaganda to the citizens of the US. Žižek discusses the method in which Himmler's subordinates were able to carry out their vile work and suggests that the same process is at work in US culture. read full story / add a comment
louth / environment / event notice Tuesday January 10, 2006 00:50 by eoghan
The plans for incineration at Duleek, Co. Meath. Hosted by burner-builders Invader, oops Indaver. A good opportunity for concerned citizens to vent and to promise effective direct action. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Monday January 09, 2006 23:18 by Ciarán
The James Connolly Debating Society is a forum for republicans and socialists to meet, discuss and debate the works of some of Ireland's greatest political thinkers, from the United Irishmen to Connolly and Pearse, right up to the present. This second meeting of the society will be taking place in the Felons' Club, Falls Road, Belfast on Thursday 19th January at 7.30pm read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday January 09, 2006 17:18 by Gay Geori
SEANAD leader Mary O'Rourke was last night in hot water after saying some of her campaign helpers had worked "like blacks". On the otherhand, there have been few Dail or Seanad politicians as critical of Irish racism and indeed, State immigration policies, as Mary O'Rourke. Surely it was an unfortunate gaffe. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday January 09, 2006 17:14 by Justin Morahan
We continue to kowtow to the present incumbent of the White House using all kinds of lame excuses for so doing. Enough! Let us end the empty charade of "friendship" with this man now and demand that our leaders present him with no more bowls of shamrock, an idea already tainted by the events surrounding 17 March 2003. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday January 09, 2006 17:05 by Israel
The Irish company "Daniel Technologies" was gloating about it's role in a contract signed between the Irish military and an Israeli manufacturer of helmuts yesterday. In a "puff" piece, free of any political or social context in the Sunday Business Post yesterday Stephen Roe, managing director of Daniel Technologies, said the awarding of the contract last month followed a “tough and lengthy'‘ test and evaluation period. No mention was made of the fact that the Israeli company in question calls the IDF its most important customer. Or no reference of course to the IDF occupation of Palestine. http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=DONE%20DEAL-qqqs=themarket-qqqid=10821-qqqx=1.asp read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday January 09, 2006 15:32 by Graham O Maonaigh
Labour Youth has called on Dublin City Council to reverse the ban on postering that has been imposed on advertising public demonstrations in the city centre. Labour Youth believes the ban limits the rights of groups that wish to advertise public gatherings and demonstrations. read full story / add a comment |
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