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The Government will not opt out completely from European security and defence policy (ESDP) in response to last year’s rejection of the Lisbon Treaty, according to Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 25, 2009 - 22:52 by Mbarka
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Last Sunday Moroccan police in the occupied Western Sahara detained a young Saharawi girl and raped her for standing up against the Moroccan occupation. First they interrogated her, then they molested her and finally the policemen sodomize her with their truncheons. All in the presence of higher ranking officers. They even threatened to kill her if she made her story public. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday February 25, 2009 - 09:12 by JusticeForPalestine
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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
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 19:24 by Douglas Delaney
With Thomas Corcoran now sitting on Aer Lingus' board directors, it appears that Ireland's premier air carrier is still closely affiliated with U.S. defence interests. There is nothing clandestine about that relationship. It's in plain sight for everyone to see. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 17:19 by Tarapixie
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Tarapixies, Direct Action and tara Solidarity Vigil are staging a series of Protests and Events. Details below... ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 14:35 by Darren C
23 February 2009 The Waterford occupation has entered its fourth week. Workers at Waterford Crystals are fighting for their jobs after the Waterford Wedgwood Group went into receivership. Negotiations are still in progress as two rival companies Clarion Investments and KPS Capital Partners talk to the receiver and union officials about a possible purchase. As our leaflet on the march in Dublin pointed out either bidder will cut jobs that’s why we need nationalisation under workers control. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 14:29 by Darren C
On Saturday 21 February 120,000 workers marched in Dublin against the imposition of a pension levy on public sector workers’ wages by the Fianna Fail government. League members and supporters report from the demonstration ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Monday February 23, 2009 - 18:19 by Ken Macdonald
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I put this up because I think it is a very significant statement from such a high profile person in such dodgy times. Student 'Our system for regulating markets and for prosecuting market crime is completely broken. If you mug someone in the street and you are caught, the chances are that you will go to prison. In recent years mugging someone out of their savings or their pension would probably earn you a yacht. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday February 23, 2009 - 17:40 by Arm-a-Gedden
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Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is a director of the company which developed the Quays shopping centre in Newry, recently blamed for sucking millions of euro of business away from the economy in the Republic. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Monday February 23, 2009 - 14:37 by LASC
LASC seeks Community Employment Accountant/Administration Worker ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday February 22, 2009 - 22:10 by Arm-a-Gedden
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Five officers earned €325,111 in payments as the cost of policing protest against gas pipeline proved expensive for force ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday February 22, 2009 - 21:06 by Socialist Party
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A 40 minute debate between Joe Higgins, Socialist Party rep & TD form 1997 to 2007 and businessman Ulrick McEvaddy on the Pat Kenny Show on Thursday 19th February about the economic crisis, who is to blame and how can it be solved, is available on RTE: http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0219/rteieextraaudio_av.htm...l,209 The debate deals with issues such as Anglo Irish (where Ulrick commends the golden circle as great men), the banking crisis (where Joe outlines the need for socialist nationalisation of the banks), the pension levy, SR Technics, Aer Lingus and more. It will be of great interest to readers on Indymedia, as an introduction to the socialist alternative to the economic crisis. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 22, 2009 - 15:21 by seedot
Frank Fahey, FF TD, ex-minister and the man who oversaw the sale of the Bellanaboy land to Shell is being discussed on the blogosphere. In other news the identity of the 10 golden circle investors has yet to be confirmed. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday February 22, 2009 - 14:24 by ISM Gaza Strip
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Israeli Military Shoot Gaza Farmer - 18th February 2009 Israeli forces shot a twenty year-old Palestinian farmer as he worked his land in the village of Al-Faraheen, east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. International Human Rights Activists were accompanying the group of farmers ... read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice Sunday February 22, 2009 - 02:40 by Investigator
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The London Times has named 4 of the Anglo 'Golden Circle'. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday February 21, 2009 - 22:35 by Saoirsí
We live in a time of Crisis, and a time of Opportunity. In a time of crisis, the opportunity for radical change exists; what is critical is the ideas that shape the change. Kevin Carson (Studies in Mutualist Political Economy; Organization Theory - A Libertarian Perspective) - Research Associate for the Center for a Stateless Society - has just published "Industrial Policy: New Wine in Old Bottles", a short fully-referenced paper outlining some practical mutualist and libertarian alternatives, as well as existing challenges to the present system. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday February 21, 2009 - 20:14 by amanda (nipsa)
The Department of Finance and Personnel has announced the termination of the PFI/PPP procurement process for the Workplace 2010 Project. http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news/news-dfp-200209-...e2010 ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday February 20, 2009 - 16:46 by Yehudi
Benjamin Netanyahu, the hawkish leader of a right-wing Israeli Coalition has emerged as the new prime-minister of Israel. "Bibi" as he is known has made it clear that the priority of the Israeli government will be the influence of Iran over Hezbollah and Hamas and preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability. Last autumn prior to the December-January war assault on Gaza, hundreds of Israeli warplanes engaged in an exercise over the Mediterranean which is said to have been a rehearsal long range air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. Since the 1973 conflict which led to the defeat of massive Egyptian and Syrian forces, Israel is alleged to have acquired a large nuclear arsenal allowing it to control the balance of power in the Middle East. President Obama has begun a diplomatic offensive to persuade Iran to abandon its percieved nuclear ambitions but has not ruled out military force. Israel's new prime minister is sure to complicate matters. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday February 20, 2009 - 15:44 by Amused
8 comments (last - thursday april 02, 2009 - 12:32)
Love or loath him, Christopher Hitchens is always interesting. A loud-mouthed atheist, enemy of American Christian whackjobs and Islamist wingnuts alike, an acerbic wit, left-wing gadfly, supporter of the Iraq War and opponent of water-boarding, supporter of Bush and Obama, British born American citizen, Hitchens does not fit comfortably into any boxes. During a visit to Beiruit he defaced a Syrian nationalist poster and was on the recieving end of an attack by pro-Syrian militia who may or may not have been trying to abduct (and maybe torture) him. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / crime and justice Friday February 20, 2009 - 15:44 by ShellWatcher
2 comments (last - sunday february 22, 2009 - 01:22) 7 images
Those good folks at Shell have made great attempts at becoming good neighbours down Belmullet way. Splashing out on local grants to community groups, and scholarships for local students, the intention is to undue [sic] some of the damage that was done to their reputation during the lengthy Rossport 5 dispute, and prepare for the laying of a high-pressure gas pipeline later this year. Local fishermen in the area weren't too impressed to leam that someone had illegally tapped into an electricity supply at Ballyglass Pier, north of Belmullet. The electricity had been provided by Board lascaigh Mhara (BIM), the Irish Sea Fisheries Board so that a refrigerated container was on hand for fishing boats to keep their catch cool, until delivery could be organised. ... read full story / add a comment |
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