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international / anti-capitalism Friday December 10, 2010 - 00:37 by john throne
 6 comments (last - sunday december 12, 2010 - 23:11)  3 images  2 video files
The union and labor leaders should be leading the battle to defend the right of all of us to know what is in the cables of capitalism. But they are so much part of the system they will not. While continuing to point this out and to build opposition forces to these union leaders in the workplaces and unions we, the left and all activist and anti capitalist forces, have to act ourselves. We should join Anonymous which is coordinating the defense of wikileaks and its funding base. Boycott Mastercard, Visa, Amazon etc. At the same time we should seek to give more of a democratic structure to Anonymous so it can become a more effective and democratic and decision making body, with a leadership which is collective and has depth, and so is better able to replace itself when capitalism can arrest or otherwise remove more of its leaders. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / education Thursday December 09, 2010 - 21:05 by LM
2 comments (last - saturday december 11, 2010 - 02:18) 6 images
Today, students from NUI Maynooth staged a picket at the office of Aine Brady T.D. The protest was organised by the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) campaign, who were also involved in the Castlebar secondary level walkouts. ... read full story / add a comment
national / education Thursday December 09, 2010 - 01:54 by LM
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Approx 100 students from two secondary schools in Clondalkin (Coláiste Bríde and Moyle Park College) took part in a walk out on budget day against the cut backs in education and increased college fees. The students gathered in front of the office of John Curran TD in Clondalkin village and got a lot of support from passing cars and pedestrians. Since then, Shane Donnelly, one of the leaders of the walk out has been suspended from school pending a board of management meeting later this week which will discuss and decide on his expulsion. ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Wednesday December 08, 2010 - 09:57 by Baggie
Iceland out of recession reports Guardian. Burn the Bondholders! http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/07/iceland-...arter ... read full story / add a comment ![Night's Candles are Burnt Out (1927-28) by Seán Keating [3]](../cache/imagecache/local/attachments/dec2010/100_75_1_1_5_0_0_0_0_0_keating2.jpg "Night's Candles are Burnt Out (1927-28) by Seán Keating [3]")
international / arts and media Tuesday December 07, 2010 - 21:33 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
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by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin As the global economic crisis deepens, one may ask how the artist can play any role in social, economic and political change? Visual artists have been commenting on society since William Hogarth, a pictorial satirist and social critic during the early 1700s, used art to comment on the politics and customs of his time. The same challenge still exists today - how can the visual artist make images that have a profound effect on people and their view of society and so hope to contribute to making a better society for all? ... read full story / add a comment 
international / public consultation / irish social forum Monday December 06, 2010 - 05:49 by Rebels Yell
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The German Ambassador Pauls described Ireland as a “coarse” country infected by pure unadulterated greed and avarice. He didn't mince his word either, describing examples of a small country with an over bearing elite of overpaid Government ministers, junior ministers and a gravy train of political life, living the high on the pigs back, oblivious to the reality of deprived estates of people of no property, the length and breath of Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Monday December 06, 2010 - 05:03 by Seán Ryan
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What have a young vegan lady, Shell to Sea and the students that got battered by the Riot squad, all got in common? Throw Interpol into the mix and you've got a tale worth telling! ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday December 02, 2010 - 10:52 by Didier
Some participants in the general assembly of the students of the University Rennes 2, in the movement of unemployed and precarious workers, and in the inter-professional general assembly of Rennes, France. 25 October 2010. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 01, 2010 - 11:42 by Teaandtoast
Shocking reading: Wikileaks document on Shannon: Government wanted to be seen to be hard on the US to win votes in 2007 General election. US government considered handing the Irish Government the bill for the plane damaged by the 'Shannon Five'. Repost this to expose the shame of the Irish Government's complicity in the transport of war munitions and prisoners en route to US detention facilities. http://www.teaandtoast.ie/?p=399 ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday November 30, 2010 - 12:44 by Jaws
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The latest leaks from Wikileaks offer proof for what many have suspected for a long time - that American embassies are little more than fronts for the activities of the CIA and other US spying agencies . Patrick Martin , reviewing the latest batch of wikileaks in light of the terrorist murder two days ago of another Iranian nuclear scientist , writes that US embassies have been instructed to focus their espionage activities on plans for the overthrow of the present Iranian regime. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees the anti-Iran propaganda and Islamophobia as having paid dividends for the zionists . Martin quotes Netanyahu saying : “Our region has been hostage to a narrative that is the result of 60 years of propaganda, which paints Israel as the greatest threat. In reality leaders understand that that view is bankrupt. For the first time in history there is agreement that Iran is the threat.” ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Friday November 26, 2010 - 15:37 by Anti EU/IMF Asset Stripping Citizen
14 comments (last - monday december 06, 2010 - 06:30) 1 image 1 video file
WATCH: only 2.36 minutes: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7806291/ After watching the humorous, but accurate little video, check out the nasty figures provided in this New York Times article: "Will Ireland Default? Ask Belgium", By SIMON JOHNSON: http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/25/will-irela...gium/ Extract: "But look at loans outstanding relative to the size of their domestic economies (using the data from the Bank for International Settlements on what it calls “ultimate risk basis”). German banks are owed $139 billion, which is 4.2 percent of German G.D.P. British banks are owed $131 billion, or about 5 percent of Great Britain’s G.D.P. French banks are owed $43.5 billion, which is approaching 2 percent of French G.D.P." ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Thursday November 25, 2010 - 21:51 by V. N. Ceremos
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The cryptome website carries some photos of student protests throughout Europe ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday November 24, 2010 - 16:35 by j donaghue
Detective Chief Superintendent Adrian Tudway, who was recently appointed to coordinate the fight against domestic political extremism across the UK, astounded many commentators on the left when he stated last week that the Islamophobic English Defence League is not an extremist organization. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Wednesday November 24, 2010 - 15:18 by Various
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Today the government announced the details of the four year plan required as part of the ECB / IMF ‘bailout’ of the banks. There will be five billion worth of new taxes and 10 billion worth of cuts under this so called ‘National Recovery’ which in reality will take 10% out of GDP. As we show below almost all these costs are being dumped on workers, particularly low paid workers, the very sector that gained little or nothing during the boom years. the richest 1% are left with most of their legal tax dodges in particular the ability to avoid paying tax at all if they spend 6 months on holidays out of the country. ... read full story / add a comment
national / education Tuesday November 23, 2010 - 15:53 by Sean Crudden
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One is lucky to know a person who can fix one's car, or a person who can fix one's computer (even if that woman is in India); and watching a professional trouble-shooter in action is as good in value as watching a skilled musician or a class sportsman doing their thing. But one extends the paradigm into human affairs and human relations at one's peril? ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday November 22, 2010 - 22:22 by Rise Like Lions
4 comments (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 - 14:48) 2 video files
Collecting stories and reports of Direct Action around the country. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday November 22, 2010 - 12:53 by pat c
Len McCluskey has been elected leader of the UK's biggest trade union, Unite. His win, with 101,000 votes, will see him take over from joint general secretaries Tony Woodley and Derek Simpson who have been in post since the union formed in 2007. Grassroots candidate Jerry Hicks came second in the election with 52,000 votes. McCluskey had the Unite bureaucrats behind him but many on the Left also supported McCluskey against HIcks. Working on a shoestring budget Jerry has achieved a magnificent result. Gerry Downing reports on the campaign. Full text at link. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Monday November 22, 2010 - 10:33 by An Madra Rua
Taxing multi-millionaires would raise €48 billion. ... read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues Tuesday November 16, 2010 - 06:50 by AchuslaClarke
The Irish Singer's Own Book in Boston, 1880 credited this song to Patrick Carpenter, a poet and native of Skibbereen. It was published in 1915 where Herbert Hughes said it had been found in County Tyrone. It is sung here by Ronnie Drew. It is today the anthem of Irish immigrants worldwide or the Rebels Yell of Irish Diaporadoes.The line " And loud and high we'll raise the cry, "Revenge for Skibbereen!" is the battle cry of Ireland's 80 million Diasporadoes scattered around the planet today. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday November 15, 2010 - 16:14 by Ciaron
7 comments (last - tuesday july 09, 2013 - 20:04) 2 images
On October 12th 2010, Jimmy Mubenga was killed by GS4 security guards in a packed plane waiting for take off on the runway at Heathrow, London. While being deported to Angola he was being heavilly restrained by security guards and had complained of breathing problems. Kevin Wallis, a passenger on the aircraft, said he heard Jimmy Mubenga complain "I can't breath, I can't breath" for at least 10 minutes before he lost consciousness, and later observed that handcuffs had been used in the restraint. ... read full story / add a comment |
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