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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday February 14, 2012 12:42 by pat c
The US Navy is building up its forces in the Persian Gulf, more provocations against Iran. With another Aircraft Carrier Battle Group arriving, Admiral Fox, commander of the 5th Fleet upped the ante: “We’ve developed very precise and lethal weapons that are very effective, and we’re prepared,” he said. “We’re just ready for any contingency.” Full text at link. The increasingly menacing character of US rhetoric toward Iran was underlined by the comments to the media on Sunday by Admiral Mark Fox, commander of the US 5th Fleet based at Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. While couched in terms of “defence”, Fox’s remarks contained a barely concealed threat. President Barack Obama has repeatedly declared that the US will not allow Iran to build a nuclear weapon and that “all options are on the table” to prevent that from taking place. Fox was signalling that the 5th Fleet was “ready today” for “any contingency”, including war. read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday February 14, 2012 07:55 by wallace
Book launch of A Labour History of Ireland by Emmet O'Connor, with guest speaker, Dr. Conor McCabe, author of Sins of the Father. read full story / add a comment 
wicklow / miscellaneous / press release Monday February 13, 2012 20:23 by Nora Hegarty
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Wicklow Against Suicide is fully supporting, endorsing and helping in the organisation of a gig to raise funds for suicide prevention which is being put together by local man Shane Rowan on March 2nd in the Royal Hotel Bray. "The gig is in direct response to Wicklow's rising suicide rate which is now out of all known control."
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mayo / environment / news report Monday February 13, 2012 15:49 by Rudiger
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Yesterday up to 50 people walked from Aughoose Church to Shell's newly established compound in Glengad, removing Shell road haulage signs. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / news report Sunday February 12, 2012 17:31 by alterthess.gr
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Demonstrations in Greece continue today after three days of strikes and manifestations. Hundred thousand citizens are protesting in Athens, Thessaloniki and all big cities of Greece against the new load agreement that is going to be voted at the Parliament this evening read full story / add a comment
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Sunday February 12, 2012 11:11 by Eve
Inaugural meeting of reading group on the origins of capitalism in early modern Europe (i.e. c. 1500 – c. 1800). read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / other press Saturday February 11, 2012 17:42 by SCOOP
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The SCOOP are currently recruiting enthusiastic, bright, creative
interns and volunteers for 2012. This is the perfect opportunity to
immerse yourself into the SCOOP team, become part of something
worthwhile and to learn how this unique and innovative organisation
operates. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday February 10, 2012 19:39 by Sean Clinton
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In her first conference call with journalists since becoming chair of the Kimberley Process (KP), US Ambassador, Gillian A. Milovanovic has moved to limit the scope of any reform of the KP definition of a “conflict diamond”. Ambassador Milovanovic said: “I do not foresee within the Kimberley Process, per se, going beyond the question of rough diamonds.”[1] read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday February 10, 2012 13:41 by Moshé Machover
Israeli Marxist Moshé Machover writers on how the Israelis continue to plot action against Iran. They will likely use a military provocation to get Tehran to react and use the ensuing disturbances to drive more Palestinians out of the Occupied Territories and Israel itself. One thing is beyond any doubt: a major aim of Israel’s foreign policy is the overthrow of the Iranian regime. What is not generally understood are the motives behind this aim, and the present Israeli government’s preferred means of achieving it. In this article I would like to say something about the motives, and then explain why prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s preferred means is war - one likely to ignite a major conflagration. read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / opinion/analysis Thursday February 09, 2012 18:18 by Glen Clifford
This post is a quick response to an SWP internal members bulletin, which was presumably leaked by one of their members - available to read here: http://tomasoflatharta.com/2012/02/09/kubla-heard-from-...else/. It gives an insight to the real views of the SWP on a number of issues including the ULA and the CAHWT. I want to take up some of their points relating to the Household tax campaign, which I object to and to offer what I think is the real situation with the campaign. read full story / add a comment
wexford / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Thursday February 09, 2012 15:33 by O. O'Connell
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“Our core concerns remain: what are the actual tank standards? What assistance will be available if we now need to upgrade our systems, despite having complied by the rules that the institutions of state set previously? Instead of answering these questions, Minister Phil Hogan has introduced draconian legislation which dictates that householders will be dragged through the courts and may be fined up to €5,000 if they cannot comply with his secret standards. The heavy-handedness, and lack of clarity surrounding this scheme stinks.” read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / press release Thursday February 09, 2012 13:11 by Stephen Boyd
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Campaign Against Household and Water Tax read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday February 08, 2012 22:33 by Galway Alliance Against War
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The regular bulletin from the Galway Alliance Against War read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights / press release Wednesday February 08, 2012 22:11 by Ban Hare Coursing
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Dominic Magnone, of Greyhound and Pet World, has drugs convictions. Proof of this is clearly documented. Yet the Irish Coursing Club, which claims it abhors the use of prohibited substances to enhance the performance of greyhounds, accepted his sponsorship of the "Oaks" section of the National Coursing Meeting. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday February 08, 2012 20:26 by Ireland for Peltier
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An Evening with Native American Activist Jean Ann Day: In Support of Leonard Peltier. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday February 08, 2012 00:23 by T
In the murky world of wars, covert operations and so called intelligence agencies, it can be hard to work out at times what are the true motives behind any particular policy, campaign or action. In the case of Afghanistan and Pakistan it has been long stated that the aim of the US govt is to disrupt Pakistan and cause so much civil strife so as to lead to the breakup of the Pakistani state. And as part of the ensuing chaos, the aim would be to launch an operation to seize the Pakistan nuclear weapons so as to deny the only Muslim power of having these happens. This apparently would make the world safe. To do this the US needs to start a civil war and the northern provinces have been the target of multipe operations by the Pakistani army and also of Drone attacks by the CIA. read full story / add a comment
international / history and heritage / event notice Tuesday February 07, 2012 21:24 by Séan Ó Murchú
Clonmult Martyrs Commemoration Committee Clonmult Martyrs Commemoration Committee, members of Republican Sinn Fein Poblachtach, relatives and friends met recently in Midleton to organise the Annual Commemoration for Sunday 19th February 2012 at Midleton. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday February 07, 2012 14:10 by Sean Edwards
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Of all the colonies in America, the most profitable to the coloniser was Saint Domingue, where the slaves produced more wealth for France than the North American colonies did for England. The French republic decreed an end to slavery, but Napoleon sought to reimpose it. The armies he sent to the island were defeated, and the victorious people renamed their country Haití, the indigenous name for the island. Haiti thus became the first free country of America in 1804, sixty years before chattel slavery was ended in the USA. For the crime of freeing themselves the people of Haiti have never been forgiven. The slave owners and colonisers feared the example they set. Haiti was later forced to pay 90 million gold francs to France to compensate the slave owners for the loss of their property, which took 150 years to pay off, thereby inhibiting any economic development. read full story / add a comment
kerry / bin tax / household tax / water tax / event notice Tuesday February 07, 2012 12:08 by Seán
TD Richard Boyd Barrett is to address a public meeting in Killarney opposing the household charge. 95% of the eligible population have not registered to pay. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday February 07, 2012 11:20 by BrianClarke
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