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international / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday December 09, 2004 - 23:57 by hs
On the 30th of November in Italy there was the fifth general strike against the Berlusconi government. It stopped the country. Lazzaro Bortolotti, cwi Italy ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Thursday December 09, 2004 - 22:04 by gavel?!?!
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once upon a time, 63 years before the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime and the popular embracing and hugging of plural democracy by the peoples of Iraq assisted by the coalition of the willing, despite all the nasty misfits, have a go types, intellectuals, teachers, and biographically scant men from the provinces of Ireland, Europe the Americas, Africa and Asia doing their best to stop it. A very pissed of Charlie Chaplin, composer, script writer, director, actor, comedian, satirist and genius saw fit to screen a movie about dictatorship and the limits of strong leadership and the evils of demogogues and the threat to civilised values in Europe. He had begun work on it in 1938, and when it was finished he chose to append a personal statement feeling "Hitler is a horrible menace to civilisation rather than someone to laugh at" rather than shelve it. He financed the movie himself, coz no-one else cared to annoy nice Mr Hitler. ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Thursday December 09, 2004 - 21:20 by gavel?!?!
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once upon a time, 100 years before the Reclaim the Streets party 2016, a number of misfits, have a go types, intellectuals, teachers, and biographically scant men from the provinces of Ireland, paid Mr Christopher Brady a small and nominal sum of several shillings to their mate to print a few copies of their "proclamation". Their names were- Padraig Pearse, James Connolly, Thomas Clarke, Thomas MacDonagh, Sean MacDiarmada, Count Joseph Plunkett & Eamonn Ceannt They were very proud of it, and put their names in capital letters at the bottom. They died under suspicious circumstances later that year. It was the same year the Lord Kitchener saw the one milionth copy of his snappy "Your country needs you!" recruitment poster for the slaughter of the trenches printed. He was very proud of it, and it helped send many millions of young men to their death. He died under suspicious circumstances a year later. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Thursday December 09, 2004 - 12:02 by pat c
"IT WAS A BIT OF A COCK-UP ..HE SOUNDED WHITE OVER THE PHONE " BNP members who mistakenly hired a black DJ for their Christmas party proved yesterday they were not just racist but STUPID. Official Bob Garner said: "There was a bit of a cock-up. The chap who booked him didn't realise. The DJ sounded white on the phone." ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday December 09, 2004 - 11:17 by Liam
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"On behalf of our members we are to advise you that our members will not accept the manner or means by which your organisation have taken the decision to dismiss their colleagues." ... read full story / add a comment |
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