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antrim / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 04, 2012 - 14:42 by John McAnulty
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Observers of the north of Ireland are from time to time caught by surprise when the reality of life here contradicts their belief in a steady progress towards normality. Such a moment came outside a Catholic church in Belfast. A 12th July demonstration by one band playing a hate song went viral on Facebook and led to restrictions on further band processions outside the church. The decision of Orange order bands to break the Parades Commission ruling about marching and playing outside the Church was accompanied by unrestrained expressions of sectarian hatred more or less unlimited in the depths of bigotry that were unleashed. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday September 04, 2012 - 12:25 by LASC
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Social Movements Matter? Indigenous Social Movements in the Andes. Talk by Gemma Mc Nulty ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday September 01, 2012 - 21:25 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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"The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands ... is the definition of tyranny." - James Madison The power of the Executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious and is the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist. Winston Churchill as, In The Highest Degree Odious : Detention Without Trial in Wartime Britain by A. W. B. Simpson ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday August 31, 2012 - 22:04 by Sudhama Ranganathan
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Often enough in the country I live in, America, the idea corporations are helmed by heartless people that don't care about the welfare of the workers underneath them, is attributed to propaganda from the political left. In fact, the only party in America (as we really have only 2 choices) that is associated with the left often marginalizes such talk, except when they are campaigning of course. We have been fed a steady diet laced with the idea all things favoring "workers are bad." This has been going on at least since the early 1980's, and, whether Republican administrations in talk backed up by action or Democratic administrations in actions that go against their rhetoric, workers have been labeled as bad guys while corporations are presented as victims. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday August 28, 2012 - 10:28 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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It is becoming more transparent, with each passing day, that the British Tory Government is working relentlessly to dismantle the Irish peace process and escape responsibility for decades of war crimes in Ireland including murder, corruption and human rights violations.Reports submitted by the Committee on the Administration of Justice, Relatives for Justice, British-Irish Rights Watch recently submitted to Congressmen Chris Smith and Senator Ben Cardin, Co-Chairs of the Committee on Security and Cooperation in Europe read like a Nazi war crime file. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday August 27, 2012 - 22:40 by pat c
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Its worthwhile having a look at who has what when it comes to nuclear weapons*. • United States: Approximately 5,000 total warheads: 1,737 deployed strategic warheads, approximately 500 operational tactical weapons (some 200 deployed in Europe), and approximately 2,700 reserve warheads (active and inactive) in storage. • Russia: Approximately 5,500 total warheads: 1,492 operational strategic warheads, approximately 2,000 operational tactical warheads (not deployed), and approximately 2,000 reserve warheads in storage. • China: About 240 total warheads. • France: Fewer than 300 operational warheads. • United Kingdom: Fewer than 160 deployed strategic warheads, total stockpile of up to 225. * http://www.armscontrol.org/factsheets/Nuclearweaponswho...swhat ... read full story / add a comment 
international / racism & migration related issues Saturday August 25, 2012 - 09:44 by Costas Avramidis
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Racism is definitely not a "new fruit" in Greek society and not a unique phenomenon to this country. I have witnessed it with my own eyes as it manifested throughout the years I was living there so I can share with you a little knowledge of how it ripens. In Greece being different is not a good thing, as you will suffer a lot if you are a minority! Your life will be a living hell, if you are a woman or find yourself in a minority like being a lesbian, gay, gypsy, Pakistani, Albanian, Egyptian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Nigerian... In other words it will take a lot of effort to escape being discriminated against and that's without mentioning the people that are prepared to stand up for all these people, the likes of socialists, autonomists, anarchists, people that volunteer in NGO's or anyone that cherishes humanism/altruism. For people to fit in, in a land the locals like to call Hellas (and of the sun) to survive within it is to stay silent and live life in a comatose state. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday August 25, 2012 - 07:20 by Adrian Boutureira
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The story that needs to be told about the massacre at the Lonmin mine in South Africa, will not come from the capitalist mainstream media, nor be told by the South African government. The story must come from those of us who wont allow for the critical questions behind the death of so many compañeros go unanswered. This is but a humble contribution towards that aim. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Friday August 24, 2012 - 13:20 by Friend of the Irish Hare
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Live hare coursing apologists claim that their “sport” is thriving in Ireland. In fact, it has been in decline for many years... ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Saturday August 18, 2012 - 00:23 by Perri Fowler
This is a feeling about life, or more so the absence of life. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday August 17, 2012 - 23:18 by James Justice
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If there were a lightening rod to energize political apathy in this heavily propagandized world democratic right of dissent, such as to challenge corrupt government practice, should be it. But certain U. S. leaders’ apparent intention to incarcerate and punish Julian Assange for leaking U.S. secrets puts our black methods in the limelight. What were his motives and equally what has been the character of U.S. foreign policy? It seems revelations were meant to highlight U.S. corruption as people around the world have come to fear American brutality. Many around the globe know the United States as a rogue bully of an empire that regularly uses intimidation to get its way. It takes a real macho government to push around countries like Ecuador, Sweden and lapdog England. As has been shown over and over the United States does not respect law, legal distinctions or diplomatic norms. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Friday August 17, 2012 - 15:00 by lefty
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Clearly, the usual suspects are using this totally hyped media trial to get the dig they promised in at Russia after it didn't play ball regarding Assad in Syria. Apparently even RTE has it's instructions to do a hatchet job. You have to laugh at our own extended segment RTE propaganda tour de force on last nights "prime time". It's quite funny to hear everyone saying "pussy" with a straight face on prime time catholic Ireland TV. Don't they realise it's NOT tiddles the cat we're talking about here! ;-) ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday August 16, 2012 - 00:13 by john throne
Left sectarianism is putting the interests of the left group in front of the interests of the workers movement. It seriously damages the struggle of the working class. The struggle to eradicate this scourge. ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Wednesday August 15, 2012 - 16:03 by Gale Vogel
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Ongoing, challenging and confrontational development of justice faces many obstacles. The development of Law faces few. Who are the beneficiaries of decisions made by our leaders? ... read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum Tuesday August 07, 2012 - 22:46 by Gale Vogel
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An observational opinion on the ethics associated with journalism with relation to indymedia and other online forums. The influence of group dynamics on opinion is evident throughout internet posts. Opinion can at times be reinforced through focussed forums. Is there balance in this? ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Monday August 06, 2012 - 10:40 by GALWAY ALLIANCE AGAINST WAR
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GALWAY ALLIANCE AGAINST WAR SUMMER 2012 BULLETIN DUE TO THE RAID ON THE HOME OF GAAW'S PRO AND THE SEIZURE OF HIS COMPUTER, WE ARE WITHOUT THE DATABASE OF 800+ SUPPORTERS, WHO WE REGULARLY EMAIL THE GAAW BULLETIN. SO WE WOULD APPEAL TO YOU TO PASS ON THIS BULLETIN TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE SYMPATETIC TO THE CAUSE OF PEACE. IF YOU WISH TO BE INCLUDED ON OUR MAILING LIST, JUST CONTACT US AT [email protected] OR JOIN US ON OUR FACEBOOK GROUP PAGE: https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/312442090965/ OR BEFRIEND US ON FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/#!/galway.antiwar GAAW SUPPORTED PEACE EVENT PEACE VIGIL SHANNON SUNDAY 12TH AUGUST. 2-3PM AT THE ROUNDABOUT BEFORE THE ENTRANCE TO SHANNON AIRPORT AGENDA 1. NEVER FORGET: IRELAND IS AT WAR 2. THE GARDAÍ AND GAAW 3. THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA: a) Somalia & The Real Pirates b) MALI: “Collateral damage of the Libyan crisis” ... read full story / add a comment
national / education Saturday August 04, 2012 - 17:52 by Topsy Crets
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Case Study: Secret Socities in Ireland- the Freemasons. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Saturday August 04, 2012 - 14:39 by Chris Gray
The Little People speak out on behalf of the little people. We Leprechauns, friends of the Irish People, hereby give notice of our latest collective decision, and address ourselves to that social grouping commonly known as the Irish political class. Down through the ages we have strained every nerve on your behalf: we have always aided you when you were sorely prest. The marauding Danes, robbers of the chalice, landed long ago; when Brian Boru and his fighters overcame them, we guarded the gold they left behind: in pots, in bags, under rocks, beneath crags, we kept it safe. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday August 04, 2012 - 02:28 by GARY WEBB
IF THEY'D BEEN IN a more respectable line of work, Norwin Meneses, Danilo Blandon and ''Freeway Rick'' Ross would have been hailed as geniuses of marketing. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday August 02, 2012 - 17:48 by Paddy Hackett
Generally in the West individuals, in a quailfied way, are free to express their views independently of how subversive those views may be. They are even, in a sense, free to organise themselves against the government. Marxists even become professors in bourgeois universities. Given that capitalist society is defined by Marx as inherently oppressive it appears as an inexplicable contradiction that it should have this free and just character in the West while still retaining its inherently exploitative and oppressive character ... read full story / add a comment |
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