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international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday May 31, 2008 22:11 by pat c
The annual conference of the Public and Commercial Services union held on May 21-23 conference in Brighton overwhelmingly agreed to affiliate to Hands Off the People of Iran. The motion was proposed by Dave Vincent of the CPGB but its adoption was largely due to the supoort of Socialist Party activists in the union. The only opposition to the motion came from the SWP. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Saturday May 31, 2008 13:23 by Brendan Young 1 attached file
"…the internal market applies to health services. People can shop around. Opening the market could provide lucrative opportunities for private providers to lure clients". EU Health Commissioner, Markos Kyprianou, 5th September 2006. Recent decisions by the European Court of Justice, together with pronouncements by the Commission give rise to serious concern regarding the future of public services – including healthcare – in the EU. The legal and judicial bases have now been laid allowing for many areas of healthcare provision to be subjected to the internal market and competition rules. Lisbon fails to reverse these neo-liberal developments. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Saturday May 31, 2008 12:37 by Anon
A short report on actions around Berlin in solidarity with free spaces in the city. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Saturday May 31, 2008 06:30 by éirígí
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éirígí Defends the Irish Right to Commemorate 1916 31/05/08 éirígí in mid-Ulster engaged recently in a number of commemorative events time scaled to coincide with the beginning of the Easter Rising and the execution of the last of its leaders. This provoked a carnival of reaction from unionist politicians and the RUC/PSNI in the mid-Ulster area, resulting in public condemnation of the commemorations by no less than five DUP representatives, and the theft and destruction of commemorative materials and flags by unknown entities throughout the period. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / press release Saturday May 31, 2008 02:20 by Mairtin Og Meehan
I'm pleased to announce the formation of a new POW support group called, Ceartais........ The aim of Ceartais is to support former Long Kesh Prisoners and their families. Our objective is to reveal the truth behind a CR Gas attack on hundreds of Political Prisoners by British Crown Forces on October 15, 1974. We will also highligh the fact that scores of former prisoners have battled various forms of terminal cancer. Dozens of whom have tragically died. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Saturday May 31, 2008 02:01 by Stenographer & Frígean
'what Freganism is about…is having self-sustaining communities where you’re sharing the things that you don’t need to the people who do'. '.this ridiculous notion that money makes the world go ‘round - when sharing, really could..' Below is a transcription of a debate between a Freegan (Alf Montague) and a modernist extremist (Feidhlim McAleer). read full story / add a comment |
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