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The delusional EU believes it can wield carbon tariffs as weapons. But its grandiloquent Net Zero scheme is destined to collapse under the weight of the bloc's utter economic irrelevance, says Tilak Doshi.
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In Episode 51 of the Sceptic: Michael Murphy on Charlie Kirk, free speech and the scourge of ?anti-fascism?, and Ben Pile on how the British public are going cold on global warming.
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Donald Trump?urged?Keir Starmer?to deploy the military to stop the Channel small boats crisis that is "destroying" the country, drill in the North Sea and uphold free speech at a tense joint press conference today.
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday August 28, 2013 17:18 by newsmedia   text 4 comments (last - monday september 02, 2013 02:33)
Merriam-Webster defines democracy as:

1 a : government by the people : rule of the majority b (1) : a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly (as in the ancient Greek city-states or the New England town meeting) — called also direct democracy (2) : a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them indirectly through a system of representation and delegated authority in which the people choose their officials and representatives at periodically held free elections — called also representative democracy

2 : a community or state in which the government is controlled by the people; specifically : a state in which the supreme power is held and exercised directly by the people rather than by their elected agents *in a democracy the people meet and exercise their government in person; in a republic, they assemble and administer it by their representatives and agents— James Madison read full story / add a comment
Front of AIB letter
national / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday August 28, 2013 16:26 by nmn   image 4 images
This morning I received the attached letter from AIB requesting that I provide 'proof' of my identity. read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Wednesday August 28, 2013 13:02 by Turing
Do You Want To Be A Docker For A Day? (or a Jacobs worker or the day)

WE NEED YOU: PLEASE COME ALONG AND PLAY A PART IN THIS HISTORIC EVENT ON SATURDAY 31st AUGUST 2013 IN O'CONNELL STREET.

Please come come dressed as
(1) Dockers- time: 11am, Meet at the Custom House. Dark trousers (no runners), colarless shirt and soft cap
(2) Come along dressed as the poor of Dublin- wear old torn or shabby clothes. Meet at: 11am at the Gloucester Diamond on Sean MacDermott Street.
(3) (Women) come dress as the Jacobs Workers please wear a dark ankle dress or skirt-a light colored blouse, dark boots or flat shoes. Meet at the rear of the Central Bank 11 am.
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national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 28, 2013 12:46 by sakshimehra
Owing to the recurrent rupee depreciation, global analyst BNP Paribas has slashed its GDP forecasts from the previously announced 5.2% to 3.7% for the current fiscal. The country if registers the said GDP growth will mark it’s lowest ever growth index since 1992. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday August 27, 2013 23:57 by Turing   text 9 comments (last - friday september 06, 2013 11:38)   image 1 image
It seems very likely that the US, backed by UK,France etc, is going to attack Syria very soon.

Regardless of what we think of the Assad regime and its crimes we should oppose this intervention which will only make matters worse and is only designed to further imperialist interests.

As we don’t know exactly when this will occur the Irish Anti-War Movement is calling a protest at the Spire for 6pm ON THE DAY OF THE ATTACK or THE NEXT DAY IF THE ATTACK IS AT NIGHT.
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Annual H-Block Hunger Strike Commemoration , 31st August 2013 , Bundoran , Donegal.
national / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday August 27, 2013 23:12 by Sharon.   image 1 image
East End , Bundoran , Donegal , Saturday 31st August 2013 , 3PM.
32nd Annual Hunger Strike Commemoration , Bundoran , Saturday 31st August 2013. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 27, 2013 14:03 by Brian Clarke   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Internment. No charge. No trial. This has been the reality in Ireland, for every generation, North and South, since the foundation of both scum states. Despite a nominal Peace Process, internment without charge or trial, still exists in one form or another today in both parts of Ireland. Clearly therefore, there is something very dysfunctional in the neo-colonial political arrangement. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 27, 2013 13:54 by Akbayan, PM, FDC   image 5 images
Akbayan (Citizens Action Party) congratulates Luneta marchers, describes event as “Filipino Monsoon” vs. corruption
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international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Tuesday August 27, 2013 08:58 by skeptical   text 53 comments (last - tuesday december 10, 2013 14:51)   image 2 images   audio 1 audio file   1 attached file
Today the mainstream media are claiming that there has been a chemical attack by the Syrian government near Damascus even whilst an UN inspection team arrives. The reports have been conflicting with the initial reports claiming 280 victims and then later up-ing it to over 1,300 killed.

However, the claims are predominantly coming from the so called Free Syrian Army who are backed and funded by some of the despotic Gulf States, as well as Saudi Arabia and by the Western powers principally France, USA and UK. This same group is made up mercenaries of all kinds including members of Al Qaeda who want to turn the country backwards and bring in Sharia Law and just back in May 2013 the UN accused the Syrian rebels of using chemical weapons.

What is most telling though is that it makes absolutely no sense for the Syrian government to do this. In recent months they have retaken areas held by rebels and seem to have repelled several attack campaigns in the past two year. And France in particular as well as the other powers have been consistently in the last year being trying to throw the mud of chemical weapons and then chemical weapon attacks in a clear effort to force public opinion to back no-fly zones and from there total demolition of the country and invasion followed later by a pliant regime. The end game is to clear the way for an attack on Iran which the crazies have been pushing hard for many years. read full story / add a comment
Grafton street, Dublin
international / education / news report Monday August 26, 2013 23:31 by Shay Leon   image 5 images   video 3 video files
On August 24, over 7000 activists marched, in 41 cities and 17 countries, for our fellow Earthlings.
The event called people to take their blindfolds off to animal suffering and the human toll dairy and meat has.

In Grafton street 40 people stood blindfolded near McDonald and Bernardo's Fur. read full story / add a comment
http://greenliving.about.com/od/greenprograms/a/Seveso-TCDD.htm
international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday August 25, 2013 00:01 by xxx   image 1 image
Few industrial accidents can match the severity of the Seveso disaster of 1976. Despite the resulting long-term health problems and environmental risks, however, the accidental release of gases including TCDD -- a form of cancer-causing dioxin -- into a residential area of Italy had some positive legacies, including the creation of tighter environmental regulations and health protections throughout Europe. read full story / add a comment
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