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international / miscellaneous Saturday January 30, 2010 - 15:09 by Catholic Worker
The Catholic Worker is 70+ year old radical anarcho-pacifist movement of some 180 autonomous communities (mostly in North America) combining the practise of the acts of mercy and nonviolent resistance. The CW houses and projects refuse all state funding. The Philadelphia Catholic Worker operates a free clinic and has a longstanding relationship with the "Mathew 25 -House of Hospitality" free clinic in Haiti. The Catholic Worker delegation presently in Haiti includes CW nurse Joanna Berrigan, radical Detroit Bishop Thomas Gumbleton who has a long anti-war history and sanctios breaking in Iraq in the '90's and radical lawyer Bill Quigley who has longstanding involvement in Haitian human rights cases. Background on the CW dlegation and Mathew 25 project (including a television news report) can be found on this link..... http://www.indymedia.ie/article/95531&comment_limit=0&c...64761 ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / arts and media Friday January 29, 2010 - 21:17 by Darren J. Prior/Mac an Phríora
www.myspace.com/armuinnamuice www.bebo.com/armuinnamuice www.nearpodcast.org www.near.ie ... read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues Friday January 29, 2010 - 12:27 by Dr Doom
At last Wakefield has been exposed as the crook that he is. He spread scare stories about the MNR Vaccine knowing that his claims were false. The doctor who sparked a worldwide panic over the MMR vaccine could be struck off after being found guilty yesterday of a series of misconduct charges related to his “unethical” research. Andrew Wakefield, who in 1998 claimed an unfounded link between the vaccination and autism, “showed a callous disregard” for the suffering of children, subjecting them to unnecessary, invasive tests, a hearing found. The General Medical Council (GMC) ruled that he abused his position of trust as he researched a possible link between the MMR vaccine, bowel disease and autism in children. It found that Wakefield and two colleagues acted dishonestly and irresponsibly in carrying out research on children against their best interests and without official permission. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Friday January 29, 2010 - 11:21 by WMD
Natural Resources Minister Eamon Ryan today presented the Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2010 to the Oireachtas The Bill confers responsibility on the Commission for Energy Regulation for the regulatory function for the safety of oil and gas infrastructure in Ireland. It also sets the framework for the development and implementation of a risk-based safety assessment for upstream petroleum activities and associated infrastructure. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday January 25, 2010 - 21:33 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977 ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday January 25, 2010 - 10:28 by Margaretta D'Arcy
A Feminist International Solidarity Camp to help mobilize and transfer resources, and to open channels of communications directly with Haitian women will open next week on the frontier Jemaní between the Dominican Republic & Haiti. ... read full story / add a comment |
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