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international / anti-capitalism / other press Monday February 16, 2009 15:33 by Anne McShane
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In this article on the 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolution Torab Saleth looks back on how it developed paying particular attention to its historical roots. The full article may be accessed at the url below. How did this revolution - which in terms of the degree of mass participation was one of the most important of the 20th century - end up becoming ‘Islamic’? Indeed what was the ‘Islamic revolution’? One common interpretation has been based on the well worn model of ‘anti-colonial struggles in the countries of the periphery’, popular within the left since the early 1920s. A model, it must be said, which was inadequate even then. By this reasoning, the Islamic revolution becomes an anti-imperialist revolution led by bourgeois nationalist forces. The politics which flow from this differ only in shade - from shameless collaboration to so-called ‘critical’ support. Although such views have long since been discredited, given the current conflict with the USA/Israel it has been rebranded by a number of left currents and has once again become a justification for all sorts of opportunist overtures towards the Iranian regime. Yes, they say, it is a corrupt, clerical-capitalist regime - but look at how the anti-imperialist aspect of the Iranian revolution survives to this day! read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Monday February 16, 2009 13:06 by Paul O' Sullivan
What Senators say on Sundays read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Monday February 16, 2009 13:03 by Seomra_Spraoi_Cinema
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Waltz with Bashir documents the struggle of the filmmaker, Ari Folman, to come to terms with the gaps in his memory surrounding the part he played in the first Lebanese war and the 1982 massacre of Palestinian civilians in the West Beirut refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Monday February 16, 2009 10:40 by Anne McShane
The best way for those who call themselves socialists and communists to really defend the working class is to break out of their ghettoised thinking on the question of party. There is a glaring need for a united working class party based on the politics of Marxism. The forces of the existing left cannot in themselves produce such a party, but their unification, combined with the struggle for theory, could provide a much needed impetus. It would be a central rallying point for those advanced workers who are looking for a real alternative to the nauseating politics of the Fianna Fáil-Green Party coalition government. read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / press release Monday February 16, 2009 10:38 by UCD FEE
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With the government's decision to introduce third level fees expected within two months, the student campaign against fees, Free Education for Everyone (FEE) is stepping up its campaign across the country. A crucial step is fighting to build genuine campaigning students' unions capable of leading a mass movement to defeat the government's threat. In UCD, FEE is standing a slate of three candidates for sabbatical office in the Students' Union as well as running a referendum committing the union to serious action against fees. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday February 16, 2009 00:03 by Electronic Resistance
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ER presents The BrokeBeat Sesh-Fri Feb 27th- Brokers Electronic Resistance presents The BrokeBeat Session Prince Kong > DJ Class A < Konspiracy b2b Welfare > DJ Deki Brokers Bar,opposite the Central Bank,Dame Street 10 til 2.30! Fundraiser for the Seomra Sproai Autonomous Social Centre read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Sunday February 15, 2009 19:39 by The Oh-Aissieux
To celebrate the ancient Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia - and the Christian festival of Valentine's Day, just a bit belated - the Narrative Arts Club proudly presents an evening of storytelling on the theme of unrequited love and desire. Library Bar Extension, Central Hotel, Dublin 2 Tuesday 17 February. Doors 7.30 pm. Show starts 8.00 pm SHARP. Admission EUR 5. Concessions EUR 2. Totally destitute: EUR 0. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / event notice Sunday February 15, 2009 18:12 by Madan Lal Dhingra Memorial Committee
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2009 is the 100th martyrdom anniversary of Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra, who sacrificed his life at a young age of 22 years in the Indian independence struggle. He was the first Indian revolutionary to be hanged in Britain. We've organised a public meeting to discuss the relevance, in today's world, of Madan Lal Dhingra's great scarifice. We cordially invite all anti-imperialists to the meeting commemorating Madan Lal Dhingra's revolutionary life. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Sunday February 15, 2009 14:14 by D. Kelleher
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Gene Kerrigan has an excellent piece in today's Sindo, the gist of it being that the economic crisis will become a catastrophe if radical action is not taken. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday February 15, 2009 09:29 by Joseph Loughnane
On Tuesday 17th at 7pm in Room AC204 on the NUIG Concourse, the Palestine Solidarity Society proposes to have a meeting where ideas and events are suggested so that a plan of action can be put in place to raise money for the people of Gaza. read full story / add a comment ![]()
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Saturday February 14, 2009 20:19 by John Jefferies
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The Workers' Party today held a protest at the constitutency office of Junior Minister Billy Kelleher who earlier this week strongly hinted at moves to cut the statutory Minimum Wage. read full story / add a comment ![]()
meath / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday February 14, 2009 16:00 by Peter Fitzsimons
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Sinn féin Poblachatch Contae na Mhí will be holding the following Easter ceremonys this Year. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / press release Saturday February 14, 2009 12:44 by GCI-ICG
Central review in English of the Internationalist Communist Group (ICG) read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday February 14, 2009 04:24 by Posner
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Host a birthday party for political prisoner Albert Woodfox on Feb. 19th. Woodfox is entering his 35 year in solitary confinement in Angola State Penitentiary. His birthday is the 19th. Enter the Bake the Best Cake Contest. for more info www.angola3action.org read full story / add a comment
kerry / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday February 13, 2009 22:01 by sean moraghan
Public Sector workers in Tralee are holding protests outside the clinics of Kerry TDs, tomorrow, Saturday 14th February. PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT ALLIANCE (Tralee) lends its full support to the Tralee union protests against the attacks on the Public Sector. The demo will begin at the offices of Tom McEllistrim, Fianna Fail TD. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / gender and sexuality / feature Friday February 13, 2009 19:23 by Paul McAndrew
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This Valentine's Day, come and do your bit for love by showing your support for Ireland's LGBT people - and their children - at the Central Bank at 2pm. It'll be a great big Valentine's love-fest with a message - you bring the love, we'll bring the music, balloons and blindfolds! (more on those anon)14 February 2009 14:00 - 15:00 Central Bank Street: Dame Street Dublin Contact Info: Email: info@lgbtnoise.ie read full story / add a comment
wicklow / anti-capitalism / event notice Friday February 13, 2009 18:34 by WSM
Cutbacks? Fight For a Real Alternative An introduction to Anarchism by the Workers Solidarity Movement Tuesday 24th February 2008 at 8pm. Venue: Villa Pacis (next to Queen of Peace), Putland Road, Bray. read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday February 13, 2009 17:41 by Teachers United
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Three teachers' unions - the TUI, the ASTI and the INTO - are to ballot their members on industrial action against the Government's decision on a public service pension levy. Arrangements are to start immediately to ballot the INTO union's 30,000 members. read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday February 13, 2009 17:02 by Worker
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The Labour party has overtaken Fianna Fáil in the recent TNS/MRBI poll. The first time in the history of the state. A historic moment for those interested in the wider labour movement (as opposed to the revolutionary movement olr the labour party). I am not too familiar with the methodology behind this poll but I assume it is a fair and honest reflection of the electorate at the present moment. The TNS/MRBI poll predicted the outcome of the last election with relative precision. Fianna Fáil’s satisfaction rating has plummeted to 14 percent. 62 per cent want a change of government. The support for the parties is as follows: Fianna Fáil, 22 per cent (down 5 points); Fine Gael, 32 per cent (down 2 points); Labour, 24 per cent (up 10 points); Sinn Féin, 9 per cent (up 1 point); Green Party, 4 per cent (no change); and Independents/others, 9 per cent (down 4 points). The message is simple: the electorate want Fianna Fáil out of office. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Friday February 13, 2009 16:44 by Worker
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The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has issued its 10 point plan for a fairer, better way to deal with the national economic crisis. For all non-revolutionaries that want to develop a practical-realistic way out of our current economic crisis I imagine this plan for a national recovery will be of particular interest. read full story / add a comment |
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