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international / politics / elections / news report Friday May 05, 2006 23:54 by SP Member   text 5 comments (last - sunday may 07, 2006 14:07)
The Scoialist Party of England and Wales stood 19 candidates in the local elections in England on May 4th. The results are as follows: read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / news report Friday May 05, 2006 19:01 by Peter Kelly
Committee established in 2005 is yet to do a days work while Department of Justice deny that it is any of their responsibility read full story / add a comment
Bobby Sands Street in Tehran (prior to his death this was Winston Churchill Street)
international / history and heritage / opinion/analysis Friday May 05, 2006 18:21 by erse   text 3 comments (last - friday may 05, 2006 23:24)   image 3 images
25 years ago today after a hunger strike of 66 days, Robert Gerard Sands more commonly known as Bobby Sands died. He had been born on the 9th of March 1954 and was only 27 when he died.

He was serving a 14 year sentance for possession of firearms, a pistol which had been found in car in which he and 4 others had been travelling. His trial in 1977 saw other charges relating to a bomb which had been planted nearby the car dropped for lack of evidence. It was not his first experience of imprisonment. He had joined the IRA in 1972 and that same year been interned and held without trial till 1976. Of his 27 years' life, only 17 were spent in freedom.

Ireland as they say - was different then. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday May 05, 2006 18:19 by Adam Lacey   text 21 comments (last - wednesday may 12, 2010 01:37)
An investigation of government and Garda Siochana policies on bullying and harrassment within the Gardai read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / press release Friday May 05, 2006 16:24 by Assistant Secretary
The Draft LAP does not address SUSTAINABILITY !

There was NO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION !

It's more than likely ILLEGAL !!
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday May 05, 2006 16:09 by Sheikh Dr. Shaheed Satardien   text 1 comment (last - friday may 05, 2006 20:22)
Recent events in Iraq, Denmark, Paris and many other countries demonstrate the power of conviction as a motivator for action. When that conviction lacks the mollifying factor of “perspective” it can motivate actions that are destructive for the person and the community at large. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / press release Friday May 05, 2006 13:45 by Union of Students in Ireland
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) has strongly endorsed new legislation that puts the country’s 14 Institutes of Technology on a more equal footing with the seven universities for managing their own affairs and realising opportunities for growth. read full story / add a comment
Flavia, Photographer from Italy
international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday May 05, 2006 12:21 by Paula Geraghty   text 12 comments (last - tuesday july 18, 2006 14:44)   image 39 images
...Third of May. A multicultural concert took place in the centre of Athens tues evening. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Friday May 05, 2006 02:45 by Terry   text 3 comments (last - saturday may 06, 2006 20:49)
Report on last two days of spin coming from Shell and the state, as well as details of upcoming gathering in Rossport Solidarity Camp. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / news report Friday May 05, 2006 01:05 by Paula Geraghty   text 5 comments (last - friday may 05, 2006 01:58)   image 25 images
Greetings from Athens ESF 06 read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday May 04, 2006 16:02 by prufrock   text 3 comments (last - friday may 05, 2006 10:35)
The recent controversy concerning names not included on the voting register prompted me to ask how democratic are our elected representatives?
!. People can personate and vote more than once.
2.People who believe themselves to be registered are turned away from the polling booths or told their vote is in Tipperary or whatever and who go away without casting their vote.
Since fewer and fewer people vote and Governments are elected with smaller and smaller majorities then how many of us vote or more importantly don't vote for them.
Remember they make descisions that affect our lives from everything from how much you pay to get rid of your rubbish to how long you spend on a plastic chair in a hospital A & E not directly mind but by not providing enough money for those services.
So Don't whinge and decide I won't vote because they're all crooks (I'm sure a lot of them are) But then VOTE AGAINST rather than for.
If you are dissillusioned with a particular party or individual politician don't just not bother to vote VOTE AGAINST them.
Vote for any independent candidate or party standing agaimst them.
Vote for the guy standing on the pot holes or the lDog poo on the street ticket, vote for the person in the Gorilla suit but VOTE otherwise the people who want the current policies of Look after the Rich (Mainly the Rich themselves and some poor fools who think being able to put a deposit on a crumbling pile on the Costa Brava puts them in the Bill Gates bracket) They will romp home again for another constipated five years of more of the same so
Get Registered and VOTE AGAINST. Try it it's more fun than you think. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday May 04, 2006 15:16 by Workers Power Ireland
The sale of Aer Lingus via flotation on the stock market was given the green light by Irish Transport Minister, Martin Cullen, on Wednesday, 5th April. All but a quarter of the national airline will shortly be up for grabs to the highest bidder. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday May 04, 2006 15:01 by Madam K   text 13 comments (last - friday may 26, 2006 17:33)   image 29 images
Freedom of speech in Dublin. Fighting the poster ban ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday May 04, 2006 12:30 by Miriam Cotton   text 22 comments (last - sunday may 07, 2006 11:36)   image 2 images
It would be hard to beat the condescension of Irish Times editorials most days, but they really excelled themselves yesterday - and on the subject of press freedom, what's more. BTW, we are all now 'citizen journalists' here on Indymedia. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / opinion/analysis Thursday May 04, 2006 09:33 by Timmy Nolan   text 14 comments (last - monday may 08, 2006 17:19)   image 1 image
Foxhunting is just as cruel as many outlawed forms of entertainment which involve violence against animals.
Fox hunters profess to be doing the agricultural sector a favour by hunting and killing foxes. The reality is that foxes are beneficial to crop farmers as they hunt and kill rodents such as field-mice and rabbits to survive. These “pests” are very often responsible for the destruction of crops.
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Mayday! Mayday!
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / feature Thursday May 04, 2006 04:13 by Elaine   text 14 comments (last - tuesday may 09, 2006 06:52)   image 16 images
'Comely maidens dancing at the crossroads' was what started it. DeValera's dismissive comment regarding women's roles in his vision of a new Ireland. Misquoted, of course, the actual word he used was 'happy'. So there we were, a bunch of women activists with nothing to do on Mayday (No RTS, aaaahhh) but be happy. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 03, 2006 19:43 by Coilín ÓhAiseadha
Socialist members of the European Parliament's committee investigating the CIA's activities in Europe have called for a NATO representative to appear before the committee to answer questions concerning the possible involvement of the NATO-led Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina (SFOR) in the abduction of six people from Bosnia.

The call follows EU foreign affairs chief Javier Solana's denial of any knowledge of the CIA's use of European countries for the transport and illegal detention of prisoners, which he made in response to questions from members of the committee on Tuesday 2 May.

The TDIP committee's interim report dated 24 April proposes a resolution in which the European Parliament will judge it implausible that certain European countries have been unaware of extraordinary renditions that have taken place on their territory and in their airspace or airports, and will deplore the extraordinary rendition by Bosnian authorities of six persons of Algerian origin to agents of the CIA. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 03, 2006 18:39 by Lets come together   text 45 comments (last - sunday january 30, 2011 11:08)
The debate, discussion regarding left wing unity continues on this site, in the “left wing” political press, in the pages of Daily Ireland and in small meetings.

However this could be the most significant of all the moves so far.

The ATGWU and SIPTU have announced closer ties. The fact that the two largest unions on the island are getting closer together surely must inspire those who care about progressive politics on this island to try and work closer together.
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 03, 2006 18:08 by thtiipwio[pww[e[eor[f   text 4 comments (last - thursday may 04, 2006 21:10)
According to Max Weber, the capitalist economy of the present day is an immense cosmos into which the individual is born and which presents itself to him at least, as an individual, as an inalterable order of things in which he must live. It forces the individual in so far as he is involved in the system of market relationships, to conform to capitalist rules of action. The manufacturer who in the long run acts counter to these norms will, just as inevitably be eliminated from the economic scene as the worker who cannot or will not adapt himself to them will be thrown into the streets without a job. read full story / add a comment
Bolivian Fuel resources are now nationalised.
international / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday May 03, 2006 16:51 by iosaf .:. ipsiphi   text 17 comments (last - wednesday july 19, 2006 18:51)   image 3 images
Bolivia has nationalised her fuel resources.

I'll bring you through it simply :-
* Last June Bolivia entered popular rebellion and verged on civil war.
* Morales emerged as popular leader of the Left & said if elected he would nationalise Fuel resources.
* He got elected. and sworn in 22/1/2006
* His thinking man Garcia Linera went about figuring out how that would happen.
* the oil companies (Repsol - Spain) said they'd sue if their investments were "misappropriated".
* Morales met Zapatero and promised he'd go about it easily in a staged way.
* Garcia Linera said it wouldn't be a surprise.
* May 1, 2006 morales put on his presidential sash and announced a presidential decree.
* May 2, 2006 the Bolivian army accompanied by Police in riot gear turned up at the installations kicked every inside out, and put up banners "nationalised for the Bolivian people".
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