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Greyhounds need protection too
national / animal rights / opinion/analysis Saturday May 15, 2010 01:26 by Bernie Wright   text 1 comment (last - saturday may 15, 2010 13:17)   image 1 image
I refer to the upcoming Dog Breeding Bill and the untruths being bandied about by those who are pushing for some dog breeds to be exempt. The greyhound Industry strongly claim that welfare considerations are more than adequately covered by their Greyhound Industry Act of 1958 . read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday May 07, 2010 17:13 by Speaker Aileen; Editing Andrew   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
In this audio recording Aileen O'Carroll draw on the stories and diaries of those working in IT company’s to talk about the secrets and contradictions of working in a global industry. The myth is that IT workers happily work a 60 hour week but like workplaces of a previous era, there is a struggle over the nature of work and the length of working time within our lives. The left tends to focus on the formal visible struggles conducted through trade unions. What can this other level of often individualised struggle teach us in the fight for a new world? read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Monday May 03, 2010 20:32 by Thomas Janak   audio 1 audio file
Jordan Wyatt from New Zealand hosts a blog and a podcast called: http://www.coexistingwithnonhumananimals.blogspot.com/ which deals with veganism and the wrongs of the meat eating world in a non threatening way.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 28, 2010 14:31 by Mulholland   text 2 comments (last - thursday april 29, 2010 12:18)
On April 20th 2010 the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister of the Northern Assembly released the consultation paper drawn up by the Assembly Working Party on Parading Issues.

Do you think 'traditional rights' or 'cultural expressions' of sectarian domination that have been established through violence and corruption should be equated with basic human rights? Now is the time to share your views. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 28, 2010 14:23 by Paddy Hackett   text 29 comments (last - saturday may 08, 2010 15:37)   1 attached file
Brendan Behan, Paddy Kavanagh and Brian O' Nolan. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday April 26, 2010 14:45 by nipsa 517   text 3 comments (last - thursday may 06, 2010 18:58)
As the current Minister for Education Caitriona Ruane attempts to slash budgets, education staff and their families will be steeling themselves for yet another round of propaganda attacks from politicians (both nationalist and unionist camps), pseudo economists and representatives of special interest groups who the Minister can rely on to make the usual calls for cuts in bureaucracy and administration.
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national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday April 26, 2010 11:09 by Andrew   text 2 comments (last - saturday may 29, 2010 15:17)   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
The audio below is a recording of the second 'Rethinking Revolution' meeting which took place last week in Seomra Spraoi on the topic of 'Will there be a revolution in our lifetime.' read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday April 25, 2010 02:17 by donlylemore
Our European Commissioner was ''doorstepped '' and asked about her current pension/s in the light of the waiver of pension entitlements in the case of a retiring banker ...
With an overly hasty riposte she said to the reporter "That is a question that I have refused to comment on up to now and I continue to refuse to comment on it.''
The pique was palpable , and the affront visible .. she then canceled an arranged interview with RTE .
..but she is not alone .. and FG and Labour also have their formidable pension earners while still working..
and some ( teachers ) .. are they still blocking the appointment of a full time pensionable locum tenens ? - ''subs '' while they are in politics..and accruing more years for their teacher's pension also..

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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday April 18, 2010 21:05 by donkylemore   text 6 comments (last - wednesday april 21, 2010 14:38)
The Curia has protected the Pope with a venal beguile The defence of their errant priests and bishops is to launch an attack of a tripartite nature ; the church as victim; the blame lies with the victims; the problem was one of incipient homosexuality . The three factors were advanced separately over the past 10 days by the pope and 2 different theologians . Not just ordinary Curia sycophants , but doctrinaire heavy hitters.
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CSI: Sunday World (Paul Williams as Caruso) - Free/Exploitable
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Sunday April 18, 2010 00:21 by Citizen X   text 2 comments (last - thursday april 22, 2010 15:39)   image 6 images
Love ace crime-reporting mixed metaphors, cheesy clichées, bad writing, smug pontification and moral panics? Have a go at creating your own meme to celebrate it so. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Sunday April 18, 2010 00:19 by Michael Gallagher   text 9 comments (last - wednesday april 21, 2010 14:52)
Having chatted recently to many other people on the left so as to try and gauge the possibility of the broadest ever coming together of a revolutionary left alliance on this island, it appears that we are going to miss the best opportunity in making the biggest electoral impact by the genuine left in years. Too many parties/groups seem to be carrying too much historical baggage about each other. This party won't work with that party for this reason....that party won't work with anyone for some other reason....that party can't be trusted because of past mistakes....sniping.....backbiting.....nitpicking........petty grudges.....personalities.....sectarianism......our view is the right one......we have more experience.... blah blah blah blah blah.

Below is an open letter to all the genuine Socialist organisations in Ireland read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 13, 2010 17:17 by Paul (speaker) Andrew (editing)   text 5 comments (last - thursday april 15, 2010 10:46)   image 13 images   audio 2 audio files
The left talks a lot about class but in a manner that often confuses more than it clarifies. In this audio recording of a Rethinking revolution seminar at Seomra Spraoi Paul Bowman wonders just how useful the classification obsessed approach of the left actually is.
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national / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday April 13, 2010 08:43 by thegreenspirit   text 59 comments (last - saturday august 28, 2010 13:26)   image 17 images
The planned Festival of Fire on the Hill Of Uisneach, in West Meath on May eve cannot be welcomed or allowed pass with comment or protest.
This festival, once among the most ancient of all our festivals has grown from a renewed small gathering of spiritually minded people to a business venture now and one with scant regard for the ecology, heritage and environment of this ancient site.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Sunday April 11, 2010 23:39 by Seamus Loughlin
Seamus from the Fightback Editorial Board looks at the current state of play in the unions regarding the Public Sector Agreement, with some help from Procrustes and Father Ted. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Thursday April 01, 2010 00:25 by Portia   text 1 comment (last - friday april 02, 2010 20:04)
The Catholic church has behaved like a cult in keeping women and children as second class human beings who were expected to obey the men of God without question.

The influence of this church has infiltrated most Government agencies especially the legal system where once again women and children were often made homeless for refusing to put up with abuse and play happy families. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 31, 2010 15:43 by Angry Green   text 26 comments (last - wednesday november 06, 2013 00:33)   image 1 image
It is now time to form a new more left of centre Green Party as Traditional Green policies such as Climate Change, emissions reduction and renewable energy, while I agree with them are no longer enough. We don’t just want to save the planet. We want to make life so much better for the people living on it. The current Green Party has not delivered ( with the notable exception of power points for non currently existent electric cars!) and has no new ideas of any note whatsoever. They are no different than the other parties out there at the moment. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 30, 2010 16:02 by Róisín Ní Maoileoin   text 8 comments (last - thursday april 01, 2010 16:44)
The Government have negotiated a tentative agreement with the public sector unions. Let us have a look at what the union representatives agreed to:

1. No restoration of pay cuts
2. Longer hours for the same wages
3. 7-day work weeks resulting in no overtime
4. Redeployment of workers at Government's discretion
5. Staff reduction
6. Outsourcing of public sector jobs at Government discretion read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday March 28, 2010 05:14 by Keith Reid   text 5 comments (last - sunday may 09, 2010 16:19)
Season two of The Wire, aired in 2003, explores working-class promises being broken in east-coast urban America. The series looks at the declining industry of Baltimore's docklands, and the implications for many working-class men, who are suffering the consequences of 21st capitalism. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday March 27, 2010 23:40 by donkylemore   text 1 comment (last - monday march 29, 2010 16:27)
What do the greens stand for anymore
They are Not about

1. Openness in government
2 not about reforming politics
3 not about accountability
4. Not about scaling the government down
5 not about protecting our revered sites and places of veneration
6 not about Honesty

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