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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday August 25, 2011 - 12:58 by Declan Cullen 15 comments (last - tuesday august 30, 2011 - 21:18) 5 images 3 video files
Once again the BBC has proven that it is nothing more than the propaganda arm of the British Government with its latest video proclaiming to be victory celebrations in Tripoli. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Tuesday August 23, 2011 - 04:01 by Colin Platt 4 comments (last - thursday august 25, 2011 - 06:55) 1 image
Nonprofit network is being developed with a focus on local news from locally-based independent reporters and citizen journalists. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday August 21, 2011 - 17:18 by Roy Batty 5 comments (last - monday august 29, 2011 - 14:30) 1 image
"Karl Marx had it right. At some point capitalism can destroy itself because you cannot keep on shifting income from labor to capital without not having excess capacity and a lack of aggregate demand, and that's what's happening." --Nouriel Roubini ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Wednesday August 17, 2011 - 17:18 by Anti live hare coursing 2 images
Happy Days for the hares of the Six Counties! ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Tuesday August 16, 2011 - 18:42 by Paddy Hackett 34 comments (last - thursday september 15, 2011 - 15:14)
Besides this pot of gold the farmers may receive other moneys from European revenue. Many of the farmers officially retire and receive a pension for this while their sons continue to farm. But many of these older farmers only officially retire. Many of them unofficially continue to work while picking up their regular pension. And as far as I know their pensions were not cut as were those of the public service. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday August 14, 2011 - 14:03 by Declan Cullen 4 comments (last - monday august 15, 2011 - 19:37)
Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, in a press release published in the Irish Independent on the 29th of July 2011, hinted that she was going to review the system of Child Benefit along the lines of the CCT method of payments in Mexico and Brazil. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Sunday August 14, 2011 - 00:17 by WSM 6 comments (last - sunday august 14, 2011 - 14:05) 1 image
The police killing of Mark Duggan resulted in four nights of rioting across England. The immediate trigger was the killing itself, and the disrespect shown by the police to Mark’s family and friends. But the riots rapidly broadened to expressions of a more general anger and alienation; an anger that was all too often unfocused and striking out at the nearest target of opportunity. This resulted in widespread destruction of resources in already deprived neighborhoods and some anti-social attacks on bystanders. Despite this, the roots of the riots lie in the economic and political conditions of these districts, and not in ‘poor parenting’ or ‘mindless criminality’. These conditions were created by the very politicians and business elite who now call for a return to normality and repression. ... read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum Sunday August 07, 2011 - 19:07 by Paddy Hackett
Throwing more debt, in the short or long run, at the problem will not solve the problem. At most it merely alleviates or postpones the problem. This is precisely because the source of the problem does not lie within the process of circulation (i.e. money and credit spheres). It is contained within the production process. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Wednesday August 03, 2011 - 21:07 by O. O'C 2 comments (last - friday august 05, 2011 - 16:29)
“The member states whose currency is the euro may establish a stability mechanism to be activated if indispensable to safeguard the stability of the euro area as a whole. The granting of any required financial assistance under the mechanism will be made subject to strict conditionality.” - Amendment to Article 136 of the EU Treaties (TFEU) which was decided on by the 27 EU Member States at the March European Council summit and which licensed the 17 Eurozone States to sign the European Stability Mechanism Treaty on yesterday week, 11 July. This ESM Treaty would establish a permanent EU bailout fund from 2013. The ESM Treaty and the Art.136 EU Treaty amendment which authorises it now go around for ratification by the Member States. The Government has decided not to put it to referendum here even though it means more power to the EU. The ESM Treaty can be downloaded from the internet. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Monday August 01, 2011 - 23:25 by Sean Keir Moriarty 1 comment (last - wednesday august 03, 2011 - 12:08)
Two previous articles, 'Of Cups, Rings and Cultural Heritage' & 'Cultural Heritage and the Economy' (Indymedia, August 1, 2011) dealt with recent research on the Hill of Tara and Bend in the Boyne that could open a new chapter in their history, as well as that of hundreds of additional archaeological sites throughout Ireland, the UK and other Atlantic/Mediterranean European countries. More importantly, they discussed the apathy on the part of the politicians, government agencies and archaeologists in Ireland towards that research, and its potential cultural and economic benefits. In all fairness though to the aforementioned, what of the European Union and UNESCO World Heritage Centre, who are just as responsible for protecting the cultural heritage and economies of countries within the Euro Zone. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Monday August 01, 2011 - 22:38 by Sean Keir Moriarty
Considering the dismal economic state of a growing number of EU nations, it is more important than ever for them to protect their cultural heritage, as it is firmly linked to their economies in the form of tourism. Though one tends to think of cultural heritage as something taught in schools and preserved in museums, it goes well beyond that, as evidenced by the attraction of archaeological and cultural World Heritage Sites to millions around the world. Though sites such as the Bend in the Boyne and Stonehenge play a significant role in our understanding of who we are and where we came from, every site, however small, is just as important, and they deserve to be indentified, excavated, restored and preserved for future generations. ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Monday August 01, 2011 - 21:01 by Sean Moriarty / Edited by Dr. George Nash, U. of Bristol
The following is the first of three articles regarding cultural heritage and its potential benefits to the economies of Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and other Atlantic/Mediterranean European countries, which given the ever growing number of EU nations seeking bailouts, canʼt be ignored any longer. There are those whoʼve questioned why the cultural heritage of Ireland for example, is of such importance to someone who is a 4th generation Irish-American. The bigger question is why those whoʼve been ʻchargedʼ with protecting the cultural heritage of a nation; the archaeologists, politicians, government agencies, EU and UNESCO, have turned a blind eye to the issue. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Sunday July 31, 2011 - 15:11 by G 4 comments (last - tuesday august 02, 2011 - 17:26) 1 image
With the government set on continues the destruction of the Irish Economy. I just thought a list of some of those lovely Bondholders who are milking us dry should be published. ... read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues Sunday July 31, 2011 - 14:22 by Declan Cullen
With the Fine Gael / Labour government now annoucing that Carbon Tax will probably be increased in December 2011 budget is it not now time to revisted the whole "Humans are heating planet" nonsense in greater detail? ... read full story / add a comment
international / education Saturday July 30, 2011 - 10:17 by Seán Crudden
Somehow as the sounds around us get stronger our voices get weaker and no-one wants to listen. If we speak out people around us feel uncomfortable and threatened. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday July 29, 2011 - 23:27 by Ending cruelty to animals 1 image
A leading vet exposes cruelty at major coursing event ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Friday July 29, 2011 - 20:30 by Paddy Healy
Following the surrender of the Labour Party in Cabinet on JLCs, SIPTU has described the proposals as “relatively positive” on RTE Television News, July 28 and has given the government plan “a cautious welcome” (Martin Wall, Irish Times July 29). This is a dark day for Irelands biggest union which was built by Larkin and Connolly ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday July 28, 2011 - 19:50 by Paddy Healy
Labour's Shame on Low Pay-Labour Party has capitulated to Fine Gael by agreeing to cut low pay ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice Saturday July 23, 2011 - 20:29 by Captain america
Forget so-called conspiracy theories. Instead look at reality. Dare ask yourselves who actually seems to have benefited from the 9-11 calamity. In light of the debt ceiling debates and continuous politics as usual of Washington D.C., it is time for the American people and individual states of this federation to look at a troubling set of facts. There seems to have been “several” beneficiaries of 9-11 that don’t exactly fit the story line we were constantly fed by the propaganda machine and mainstream media as to how to connect the dots (which we were rhetorically asked to do). ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 21, 2011 - 23:11 by Workers Solidarity Movement PRO 1 comment (last - saturday july 23, 2011 - 09:56)
Anarchist Organisation Workers Solidarity Movement has issued a statement supporting the demands of the Maghaberry prisoners for their Rights and Dignity to be respected ... read full story / add a comment |
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