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national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday March 11, 2009 - 15:45 by Paddy Hackett   text 2 comments (last - wednesday march 11, 2009 - 18:46)
Fianna Fail plans on dumping Brian Cowan as leader
by Paddy Hackett ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday March 11, 2009 - 11:23 by Socialist Party   text 14 comments (last - friday march 13, 2009 - 09:19)
Working class should unite against the killings

The killings by the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA of two soldiers and a policeman should be roundly condemned by every section of the working class movement.

Working class people today face an unprecedented assault on jobs and on wages. Our public services are threatened by cuts and privatisation. More than ever we need to stand united to defend living standards. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 10, 2009 - 11:46 by Community Activist   text 5 comments (last - friday march 13, 2009 - 18:25)   image 1 image   video 2 video files
The Irish peace process has brought massive transformation to Ireland and its people.

It has witnessed the early release of hundreds of republican political prisoners, it has ensured a peaceful stable society, it has opened up massive cross border co-operation, it has ensured the right to referenda for a United Ireland, which now gives Irish Republicans the real opportunity to achieve freedom and equality through democratic means.
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international / anti-capitalism Friday March 06, 2009 - 22:27 by Paddy Hackett   text 7 comments (last - monday march 23, 2009 - 01:05)   video 3 video files
Paddy Hackett writes:
The world capitalist economy has plunged into a sustained economic depression. The signs are that this depression shall be deep and prolonged. The principal way by which capitalism can come out of the depression is by reducing both the living standards and employment conditions of the working class. The only other solution is social revolution involving the seizure of power by the working class from the capitalist class necessitating the establishment of a world communist federation. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday March 01, 2009 - 23:02 by J. O'Neill   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 14, 2009 - 10:22)
The SP supports non-revolutionary figures like Chavez, while with-holding support from revolutionaries fighting to overthrow capitalism. This stance is contradictory. Working class unity is a utopian goal until the political and social forces that maintains sectarianism are dismantled. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday March 01, 2009 - 18:52 by Gregor Kerr   text 4 comments (last - monday march 02, 2009 - 16:33)   image 2 images
On 25th February ICTU wrote to all affiliated unions re its 'Campaign in Support of the Congress 10 Point Plan for a Social Solidarity Pact'.
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national / eu Thursday February 26, 2009 - 15:39 by Kieran O'Sullivan
The Campaign Against the EU Constitution has conducted research to show that RTE's coverage of the Lisbon treaty was unbalenced in favour of the Yes Side. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Thursday February 26, 2009 - 15:36 by mickburke   text 6 comments (last - sunday march 01, 2009 - 19:29)   image 3 images
Indymedia contributors should start to think now about how this site will report the strike called for March 30th. There is no certainty that the strike will go ahead, some deal may yet be done to avert it, but if the stoppage does go ahead we need to report it in a way that befits the occasion. A national strike would have profound significance both nationally and internationally. Up to a million people will be involved one way or the other, the world will be watching Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
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armagh / miscellaneous Thursday February 26, 2009 - 11:13 by Sean Matthews   image 1 image
THE recent publishing of the report by the Consultative Group on the Past demonstrates the simmering sectarian tensions and hostility beneath the surface.The 190 page report by the group, chaired by ex-Church of Ireland primate Lord Eames and former Policing Board vice chairman Dennis Bradley marked 18 months of consultation with victim groups and others that have been bereaved through the conflict. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday February 26, 2009 - 03:09 by Aquiles Magana   text 2 comments (last - monday april 27, 2009 - 20:54)
Update on the current situation in the Salvadoran presidential election. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 25, 2009 - 12:57 by TruthWillOut   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 03, 2009 - 23:59)   video 2 video files
Amnesty's report on weapons used by both sides in Gaza finds much to condemn.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE15/012/2009/....html

The group is particularly hard on the U.S., having found numerous remains of American munitions -- including white phosphorus shells from Pine Bluff Arsenal, and a Hellfire missile made in Orlando.

Another weapon which bothers Amnesty is a mysterious munition, filled with cubic particles.

This type of ultra-precise strike capability is supposed to limit collateral damage and civilian casualties.

So we turn once again to Garlasco's comment, from an earlier conflict:

"It is unfortunate that these weapons are being developed specifically for use in densely populated areas which may negate the intended effect." ... read full story / add a comment
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national / anti-capitalism Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 11:58 by Etain   text 1 comment (last - wednesday february 25, 2009 - 10:25)   image 1 image
“People who got mortgages they can’t afford to pay back were greedy and foolish and should suffer the consequences…They signed a free contract, they’re adults and they have to take responsibility for their actions”. This is the kind of thing that gets thrown around a lot in recessions. It conveniently ignores a few things. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday February 22, 2009 - 22:08 by Dermot O'Byrne   text 20 comments (last - sunday march 15, 2009 - 20:24)
Is the Labour Party led by Eamon Gilmore on the side of the working class? ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday February 22, 2009 - 15:22 by Gregor Kerr   text 5 comments (last - tuesday february 24, 2009 - 11:33)
From late morning yesterday (Sat. 21st February) it was clear that the Irish Congress of Trade Unions’ National Demonstration was going to be huge. It was also clear that those marching were from all over the country and from all types of employment – both public and private sector. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday February 20, 2009 - 16:32 by pat c   text 1 comment (last - saturday february 21, 2009 - 14:12)   1 attached file
All are strongly urged to turn out with their unions on the ICTU March to-morrow. March begins at 2 pm from Parnell Sq.

Leaflets can be collected at Royal Dublin Hotel, O Connell St, from 1pm on Saturday for distribution in your section of ICTU March. Text of leaflet (not laid out) is set out below.

Next General Meeting of Public Service Alliance, Thursday Feb 26, 8.15PM, Teachers Club, Parnell Sq, Dublin.

All are welcome. Keep up the "grassroots" pressure
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national / arts and media Monday February 16, 2009 - 13:06 by Paul O' Sullivan
What Senators say on Sundays ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 12, 2009 - 17:50 by [email protected]
Sixty-five thousand people in the cold, lots of vilis but only one Robbie Keane. But it's important to say it like it is, in football and politics. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Wednesday February 11, 2009 - 23:29 by Paul O' Sullivan   video 2 video files
Oh, Pat. We really can't stand you now. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday February 10, 2009 - 19:07 by Paul O' Sullivan
Takes four seasons to find one's voice ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday February 09, 2009 - 22:44 by jim travers   text 13 comments (last - wednesday march 18, 2009 - 16:12)
The man is in a corner, his party in a hole, the opposition lining up to take on the government’s toxic debts
and Ireland once again is in an economic shithole that was brought about by political representatives who neither knew how to spend wisely nor how to manage properly, in case of a rainy day, the state’s finances. Joe Higgins was a total gobeen for telling us that we were on a slide to disaster, while David McWilliams was criticised by everybody and anybody who proudly professed their expertise in the financial affairs of the state. ... read full story / add a comment
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