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international / history and heritage Tuesday October 07, 2008 - 16:33 by TaraWatch   text 1 comment (last - tuesday october 07, 2008 - 19:32)   image 2 images
This article was picked up by Archaeology Magazine, run by the Archaeological Institute of America:

"Here’s a summary of what preservationists have tried to do to save Ireland’s Hill of Tara from highway construction. Their new argument suggests that the downturn in the country’s economy requires Ireland to save its historic resources as tourist destinations."
http://www.thestar.com/World/Columnist/article/512894 ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 07, 2008 - 00:46 by Paul McAndrew
Metropolitan Community Church Manchester (England) ishelping Prossy, who is from Uganda. She fled to the UK eight months ago. The Home Office accepts she is lesbian and has endured horrific treatment, ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Monday October 06, 2008 - 22:28 by Bazooka Joe
On Sunday tens of thousands across Turkey attended the funerals of soldiers slain by the PKK. 15 soldiers were killed, twenty wounded and two are missing after the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) launched a cross border attack from their base in Iraq. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday October 06, 2008 - 22:20 by ec   text 1 comment (last - tuesday october 07, 2008 - 00:49)
Iceland is deflating at an unbelievable rate. This is a good English language blog tracking the Icelandic economy through the floor. Hope ours doesn't follow it. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 06, 2008 - 19:54 by Share
If you feel there are serious problems about intellectual property legislation, you need to watch this new film. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / gender and sexuality Monday October 06, 2008 - 15:45 by Maryam Kousha   image 1 image
Women’s Liberation-Iran: Issue 40 is now available online. This is the journal of The Organisation for Women’s Liberation-Iran

Articles include:
The 5th European Social Forum
New legal curbs on female students rights in iran
Conference in London, 8 March 2009: Why is Secularism essential?
Against Gender Apartheid in Iran.

... read full story / add a comment
national / racism & migration related issues Monday October 06, 2008 - 13:02 by redjade
George Orwell: 'Political language ... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.' ... read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous Monday October 06, 2008 - 08:35 by Gombeen Man   image 1 image
A Belfast Gah fan is suing that city''s Hilton Hotel for not showing a GAA final. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Sunday October 05, 2008 - 19:03 by x   text 1 comment (last - sunday october 05, 2008 - 20:58)   video 1 video file
Democratic Congressman: Representatives Were Threatened With Martial Law In America Over Bailout Bill..

Warns that a panic atmosphere was intentionally nurtured to get bill passed..
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international / anti-capitalism Saturday October 04, 2008 - 23:26 by Terence
This is an really interesting article written by Richard Moore for the Southeast Voice in Wexford. In it he asks what Ireland should do in these present times where it is clear huge changes are afoot in the global economy. I would highly recommend people to read the original in full for its insight.

Richard Moore has been writing about global issues for a number of years and has been attempting to truly understand how system works. A few years ago he wrote a book called: Escaping The Matrix and a host of other articles. In more recent times, he has begun to focus on grassroots organising and how to reform communities and democracy from the ground up. ... read full story / add a comment
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mayo / sci-tech Saturday October 04, 2008 - 06:44 by bace fook   text 7 comments (last - monday october 13, 2008 - 09:39)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
Sometimes coincidences happen in a timely way, while at other times they appear to happen but are actually coordinated events.

On Monday, the Tánaiste Mary Coughlan announced that Facebook, the popular social networking site, was setting up its head office for Europe in Dublin. Since Facebook doesn't actually make anything, it will have a negligible effect on the economy, but it sends the right sort of signal. At the same time (around midday on Monday) the profile page for the Shell to Sea campaign was removed from Facebook.

Some Shell to Sea groups remain, but as anyone who uses Facebook will tell you, having a profile page is where the action is. Shell to Sea had a popular one, with lots of "friends" and activity on the page. It was very useful in spreading information about the campaign, especially outside Ireland.

So Mary Coughlan goes on the radio to talk about Facebook and how its arrival in Ireland sends a strong signal. At the same moment, the Shell to Sea page is removed. Coincidence? ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Friday October 03, 2008 - 21:34 by David Manning
As the banking sector celebrates the government bailout the mainstream media have sought to capitalise on their readers formerly dormant anti-capitalist sentiment, with those journalists and editors that still retain an inkling of their activist youth revealing in the opportunity to indulge in some populist rhetoric, MediaBite takes a look at the media's performance over the boom years and asks whether the media, not just the bankers and developers, should be held to account for their part in bringing on this economic crisis. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday October 03, 2008 - 12:24 by tomeile
In the interview conducted last month , Professor Chomsky discussed India , the importance of the non-aligned movement and Latin America's growing independence . Addressing the West's hypocrisy over Iran's nuclear program Chomsky said :

“The fact of the matter is that the majority of the world supports Iran. The non-aligned movement supports Iran.”

... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Friday October 03, 2008 - 10:16 by Eugene Mc Cartan
This article has just been published in Trybuna Robotnicza (Workers' Tribune) weekly. Please colport it wherever you can, international solidarity is needed!
Also in appendix: photo of Piotr, the photo from the picket near Auchan west of Poznan, and the graphic made by TR artist especially for this article.

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mayo / politics / elections Friday October 03, 2008 - 02:46 by Advertiser   text 5 comments (last - saturday october 11, 2008 - 11:23)   image 1 image
Harry Barrett, Labour Party Rep in Mayo, writes glowingly about Sarah Palin in the current issue of the Mayo Advertiser.

"One of her first acts as newly elected governor of Alaska was to renegotiate a taxation deal with the Alaskan oil companies", he points out. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Wednesday October 01, 2008 - 13:00 by tomeile   text 2 comments (last - saturday october 18, 2008 - 22:19)   image 1 image
Islamophobia has replaced anti-semitism as the unifying ideology for the extreme right in Austria where neo-fascist rivals Heinz-Christian Strache and Jorg Haider utilised slogans such as “Homeland instead of Islam” and “Vienna must not become Istanbul” to make huge gains in last week’s national elections at the expense of the Conservative OeVP and Social Democrats SPOe parties . As the elections were taking place more than 90 Muslim graves were severely damaged at the cemetery in Traun, near Linz in what police believe was an organised action. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday September 30, 2008 - 15:04 by Raymond D   text 1 comment (last - monday october 13, 2008 - 16:07)
Under pressure from the US and other nuclear powers, Micheál Martin has agreed to a proposal allowing India - a non-signatory of the NPT - to engage in nuclear trade. This constitutes a shredding of Ireland's historic commitment to the NPT and shows that there is not a principle on earth on which our government isn't prepared to capitulate - presumably for the right price. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Monday September 29, 2008 - 17:21 by Drew   text 2 comments (last - monday september 29, 2008 - 18:05)   audio 4 audio files
“A Maoist Vision for a New Nepal” - here are MP3 recordings of a talk by Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, presented by the India China Institute of New School University.

These MP3 recordings include remarks by Professor Andrew Arato, the Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory at New School University; remarks by Kul Chandra Gautam, advisor to the Nepal Democracy and Development Initiative at the India China Institute; as well as a Q&A between PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal and the audience.
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international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday September 27, 2008 - 14:41 by New York City Labor Against the War (NYCLAW)
It was Mr. Obama who seemed more aligned with President Bush's current policy of authorizing American special forces to cross the Afghan-Pakistan border into Pakistan's tribal areas that Al Qaeda and the Taliban have used as a sanctuary. ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Thursday September 25, 2008 - 19:28 by n
Frightening. This is the Feedback Loops that Worry Anyone Interested in Global Warming.
It was like an August Day today On My Fagbreaks. Not Very Normal. All These Distracting Crises! ... read full story / add a comment
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