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Newspaper opinion pieces are naturally partisan in content and often aim for controversialism, but such is the display of imposture in one from Tony Kinsella in the Irish Times of the 24th of August 2009 that it takes a whole plateful of biscuits. 'I don't have to imagine myself back in some dark age in order to be subjected to fact-free arguments. Tony Kinsella is doing it to people right here and now in the early 21st Century. He's wrong if he thinks it's going to go unchallenged or be accepted unquestioningly, though.' ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Monday August 24, 2009 - 13:56 by Davy Carlin
Giving succour to the racists.
The DUP’S Sammy Wilson has recently accused anti racism groups of exaggerating the scale of racism to access public funding. Mr Wilson stated that ‘these charges of racism were always coincided with the holding out of the hand for more money for the organisations which were dealing with the issue’ and referred to the situation as ‘an anti racism industry’. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Sunday August 23, 2009 - 15:26 by Andrew
 1 comment (last - monday august 24, 2009 - 10:14)  4 images  1 video file  1 audio file
An interview with Shane, a member of the Berlin anarchist media group about conditions in the city and the anarchist movement there. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday August 21, 2009 - 04:44 by Ordinary Joe Soap
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This is a call-out to organise an Anti-NAMA March to the front gates of the Dáil on Kildare Street on the day that they will be discussing it; Wednesday, September 16th. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday August 20, 2009 - 22:52 by iosaf
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This third part of my current series on Latin America will detail the current bases operated in Latin America and takes at least part of its title from a wonderful article published this afternoon by Fidel Castro on the subject of the new push by USA to open up more bases or what it terms "forward operating locations". Fidel writes a letter to Granma the official newspaper of the Cuban revolution named after the boat which left Mexico in 1956 carrying himself, his little brother Raul, the immortal Che and the much overlooked anarchist Camilo Cienfuegos to start a revolution. The rest is history, so they say. Courtously the editorial folk at Granma print Fidel's letter every week regardless of its quality but somehow this afternoon's started a "buzz" in Latin American solidarity and analyst circles worldwide for its wonderful byline & prediction : "US global domination and robots by 2020". Here follows a historical over-view, summary of Fidel's article & a guide to the current US bases in South America. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 20, 2009 - 14:57 by Sean Crudden
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On a planet running out of ideas and resources can we guarantee or buy rights? ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday August 17, 2009 - 15:12 by Member of UNITE trade union
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Who is making the decisions? ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday August 16, 2009 - 15:51 by Paddy Hackett
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Capitalism is afraid to let the depression go its full course to thereby cleanse the system because of the potential threat from the working class. Indeed capitalism has become so contradictory that even a very deep downturn may not save it from deep stagnation. The cyclical downturn is now no longer sufficient as it would have been in the 19th century. Now we need cyclical world wars. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday August 16, 2009 - 01:41 by iosaf mac diarmada
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“Alfonso Cano” saw his first statement as current leader of FARC published widely last week. As FARC leader he denied giving prior electoral campaign donations or current administration sweeteners to the Bolivarian presidency of Rafael Correa in Ecuador. Further he denied receiving arms shipments from Venezuela. The communiqué from FARC is significant not only in consideration of the Colombian state decision to host US military bases despite the oratorical fury of Venezuela & more strategical alarm & objection of Brazil. But also because today Ecuador’s Rafeal Correa has accepted Colombian Uribe’s freshest apology for Latin America's last military incursion on March 1st 2008. I would like to bring readers through the facts and foibles so that they do not fall into the trap of thinking Latin America is as some suggest in an arms race & so that they also understand the new role (if new at all) being played by Colombia. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / animal rights Friday August 14, 2009 - 10:46 by Bernie Wright
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RE TV Programme on TV4. Irish Station. ‘Have you watched the TG4 Programme Hector san Oz (Hector in Australia) last night. The gentleman in Oz was telling him how to deal with wild dingo's. Hector retorted, Same as we deal with 'Scummy Greyhounds in Ireland' when they come out of the woods, Roooar at them and they run away. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Thursday August 13, 2009 - 12:57 by paul o toole
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As U2's millions are tucked away in a bank account in Holland, and their 'No Line On The Horizon' tour travels across the globe, the question remains..Is Bono a Hypocrite or not.?? ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 13, 2009 - 11:56 by Photographer
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The rights of photographers. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday August 09, 2009 - 02:12 by Diarmuid Breatnach
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The Seomra Spraoi collective refused DIBC permission to use their space citing two political reasons for the refusal. The DIBC wrote to Seomra protesting the refusal and, a month later without reply, posted the letter on Indymedia, where it generated some comment, including one from Mark in which he attacked the publicising of the issue and made a number of allegations against the DIBC. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday August 05, 2009 - 15:20 by paul o toole
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Pissed off dosent come close.. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday July 31, 2009 - 18:36 by Brendan Butler
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The Transnational Chiquita company was actively involved and not for the first time in the overthrow of a Central American democratically elected Government . With its powerful allies in Washington the Obama Administration has not formally declared the ousting of President Zelaya as a Coup D'Etat which would require it under U.S. law to suspend all economic and military aid to the regime. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 30, 2009 - 20:49 by Free Honduras
We, a group of Senior and Junior Officers (we do not mention names for obvious reasons and not because of cowardice) facing the situation in which politicians in collusion with commanders have involved the armed forces and that have deteriorated the good image that we had to the Honduran people we speak and we denounce the following: • ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 30, 2009 - 17:50 by Raymond Deane
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Amnesty's decision to "sponsor" Leonard Cohen's latest ploy to bypass the cultural boycott of apartheid Isarel is the last straw for a longtime Amnesty member. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Thursday July 30, 2009 - 12:38 by Sean Crudden
"We will set the standards for delivering health and social care services and we will continuously inspect to ensure that these standards are being met." "We will help deliver value for your money by monitoring that the resources in our health and social services are used in a way which delivers the best outcome for the patient or service user." The above lines taken from the front page of HIQA’s web site strike me as being rather gung-ho. It appears that HIQA is setting itself up like some martinet intent on squeezing performance out of unwilling minions. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 30, 2009 - 10:13 by Sean Clinton
On the 22nd and 23rd of July the Irish Times published two articles, by Northern Editor, Gerry Moriarty reporting from Israel where he spent the best part of a week with a group of other Irish journalists embedded at the invitation of the Israeli Ministry of foreign-affairs, politicians, charity workers, community activists, religious, business and medical people and ordinary civilians. Reading the articles his hosts must have been well pleased with their efforts to rehabilitate Israel’s tarnished image in the wake of its latest massacre in Gaza. Anyone familiar with Israel’s brutal subjugation of the Palestinian people would be forgiven for thinking that Mr. Moriarty must have enjoyed a little too much of his hosts hospitality before writing the articles. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Wednesday July 29, 2009 - 21:48 by Billy Wharton
With every disaster a new opportunity emerges. Respectable capitalists swoop in quickly– operating in complete legality but equally willing shake down as many people for as much money as possible. PwC has employed the amazing hubris and grotesque efficiency typical of capitalism. No carcass to slim; no pocket book too picked. ... read full story / add a comment |
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