"it shall be for the house (Dail and Senate) to determine the appropriate balance between the rights of persons and the public interest..." Okay this is pretty basic - A referendum is needed every time a government wishes to change our constitution - this is because the constitution theoretically exists to protect people from the excesses of any government i.e. any elected government can only work within the confines of what the constitution sets out. This means the constitution belongs to the citizens (i.e. us) not the Government. Whatever government is in power has to get our permission to change it. Lots of things in our constitution are outdated and need to be changed BUT and it's a big BUT we should be really careful of letting it be changed for trivial issues.

External Related Links:
Eight Former Attorney General Oppose Referendum | Dail Technical Group urging referendum No vote | Vote ‘Yes’ for political kangaroo courts | Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) in warning over 'kangaroo courts' | Green Party urges No vote | Vincent Browne: Why I will vote ‘no’ to this flawed referendum | Mary Davis (presidential candidate) to vote against 30th amendment

NEW YORK TIMES: Updated, 3:35 a.m. Sunday | In a tense showdown above the East River, the police arrested more than 700 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon. (After a 2 week corporate media blackout, #occupywallstreet direct action is now front page news)

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It seems like in about a week or two's time, most of the western world will be occupied…
Occupy Everywhere | Occupy Together | Occupy-Dublin | #OccupyDameStreet | occupy den haag | 1% network Ireland Indy: Occupy Dame Street - Oct 8th - Bring tent

Some #hashtags you might want to follow:
Occupy Wall Street - #occupywallstreet | Occupy Everywhere - #occupy | Occupy Dame Street (Dublin, Ireland) #occupydamestreet - #oct18

Websites to read up on:
Original Occupy Wallstreet website | Democracy Now!'s coverage | Occupy Wall St | The original call to #OCCUPYWALLST from Adbusters (13 Jul 2011) | (New York Times) Police Arrest More Than 700 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge | (ROAR- Reflections on a revolution) New York police arrest 700+ protesters on Brooklyn Bridge | (ROAR- Reflections on a revolution) Wall Street protests swell, spread and go viral across US | (Democracy Now) Cornel West on Occupy Wall Street: It’s the Makings of a U.S. Autumn Responding to the Arab Spring | (Democracy Now) "Something Has Started": Michael Moore on the Occupy Wall St. Protests That Could Spark a Movement | (Guardian) Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested on Brooklyn Bridge | (Naomi Klein) Open Letter From Arun Gupta on the Wall Street Occupation: The Revolution Begins at Home | (Al Jazeera) Wall Street protests spread to other cities | (Guardian) Occupy Wall Street | Revolution in Spain, spreading to Ireland: homage to plaza catalunya | (Indymedia Ireland) Tahrir comes to Spain

Who's Tweeting About it
Occupy Dublin | Occupy Dame Street | Occupy Ireland | Contact.ie | Soundmigration | Irish Anti-War Movement |

Photos:
Cryptome Occupy Wall Street Photo and Video Series
Videos:
Occupy Wall Street: Dr Cornell West: "We the people have found our voice | Michael Moore 'Occupy Wall Street will only get Bigger' (MOXNEWS) | Occupy Wall Street: American Spring (Russia Today) | Occupy Together | Police Arrest More Than 700 #occupywallstreet Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge (We are Change) | Occupy Los Angeles - We are the 99% - The Beginning & In Depth HD

It seems like in about a week or two's time, most of the western world will be occupied…
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On this 10th anniversary of 9/11 attacks there are many things to reflect on and in this article we are going to focus on the relationship between 9/11 and the political 'Left'. Today 10 years later, the public particularly in the US seems quite dividved as numerous polls show that a majority of US citizens don't accept the official story and a significant portion believe the government was involved in one form or another. The mainstream media though is still very much on page with the official version of events. The details of the topic itself are divisive and two clear camps have arisen with opposing views and very little common ground between. At this stage many people are simply tired of discussing it and wish to move on. This article does not intend to dwell on the mechanics of the event itself but examine the wider political effects.

At this remove, there are several clear groupings around the interpretation of 9/11. We have of course the US government which used 9/11 to usher in the War on Terror, a war in which Cheney and Rumsfeld said may last indefinitely. Behind them are the corporate and state media as well as most governments especially those of Western Europe who whatever doubts they may have had, quickly fell into line when George Bush declared. 'You are either with us or against us'. As you move to places like Russia, parts of Asia and Africa, they are not so forth right, but they all in common eagerly instigated their own Wars on Terror and imposed draconian measures on civil liberties and greatly increased represssion.

Within days of the UN resolution for the Libyan no-fly zone a few months back, it has been known that this was purely a very thin cover for European and US ambitions of regime change to place a better puppet in power and to grab the billions in oil revenues that Libyan had in the bank. These revenues have already been seized.

The claim that NATO were bombing Libyan to save civilians was always a bit like 'fucking for virginity' and was extremely suspect coming from an organisation that was busy killing and maiming people in Afghanistan alongside the US.

In the past few weeks the mainstream pro-repressive pro-murder press has been giving a massive propanganda boost to the so called rebels. These ragbag assertment of cut-throats and extremists and even Al Qaeda jihad forces who had very little support were supported by thousands of continuous bombing raids by NATO and now last night NATO were instrumental in bombing Tripoli and straffing (heavy calibar gunships) civilians from helicopters. Crimes against humanity have been and are being committed by NATO and the terrorists that they have aided and abetted over the past few months as they terrorize the people of Libya, maim and murder them.

Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime. ....Earlier this month, al-Qaeda issued a call for supporters to back the Libyan rebellion, which it said would lead to the imposition of "the state of Islam" in the country.

Related Links: NATO Bombs Kill 85 Civilians | Leak of a 70 page Criminal NATO Plan to Occupy Libya by Jason Ditz and here too | Libyan Deaths, Media Silence by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) The Old Imperialist Project to Divide Libya in Three has been Executed by Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya | Time to End Nato's War in Libya by Dennis Kucinich | Who Will Save Libya From Its Western Saviours by Jean Bricmont and Diana Johnstone | Charges mount of NATO war crimes in Libya | NATO’s terror bombing of Libya | The war in Libya and the crisis of the European Union -Part 1 Part 3 | Fierce fighting continues in Tripoli | For dictators, Britain does red carpet or carpet-bombing | Washington tried to snatch $1.5 billion to pay its NTC employees | Journalists who engage in war propaganda must be held accountable | NATO’s Puppet Regime in Libya Falls Apart (Aug 15th) | The CIA’s Fake “Arab Spring” Becoming A Long, Hot Summer Of War | Al Qaeda: Pawns of CIA Insurrection from Libya to Yemen | Gaddafi under siege: Two CIA-backed groups, an al-Qaeda-linked LIFG on top of power stakes

Podcasts/Video Libyan Rebel Supreme Commander Younis, Two Colonels Murdered by al Qaeda Faction / Libyan rebel rivalry weakens NATO -Interview of W. Tarpley in July | 'NATO starving civilians in Libya -Jul 8th | Report on Libya -interview on Guns and Butter show (June 29th) -Tarpley | Inteview of Matthew Rothschild on article: Stop the Bombing of Libya | Inteview of Jason Ditz on his article: Italian Foreign Minister’s call for an end to the Libya War after NATO airstrikes killed many civilians

Over the past week at Giuseppe Conlon CW House in Harringey London, we have recieived calls of concern, and requests for explanations, following the rioting and looting over the weekend that started in our borough of Harringey and extended across London and then to regional towns in England.

Indymedia Links:
The stench of a Police State -Aftermatch of Riots in UK | London burns - causes & consequences of the riots - an anarchist perspective | 50,000 opposed 3 fold hike of student fees in London | SpanishRevolution comes to Greece Direct Action London on March 26 | Bristol Indy: Analysis of the UK Riots: Life After Rioting
Other Links:
The stench of a police state | Media demand mass arrests, reprisals against UK rioters | Pervasive unemployment and poverty in London areas hit by riots | From brixton to Tottenham | Burning Britain | 4 year sentence for facebook page

PHOTOS from Tottenham, Haringey

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/gallery/2011/aug/07/tottenham-hit-by-riots-pictures