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Migrants who have been accused of multiple sex offences and other crimes are being granted asylum anyway, a whistleblower has said, with targets incentivising caseworkers to approve claims.
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Socialist Zohran Mamdani has been elected the first Muslim Mayor of?New York in a political?earthquake?that puts the far Left in charge of America's largest and wealthiest city.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday July 03, 2009 00:15 by José Antonio Gutiérrez   text 4 comments (last - friday july 03, 2009 13:52)   image 1 image
This article deals with the coup in Honduras. Written by José Antonio Gutiérrez, it was translated into English by Molly Mew. Full article text at link. pc

The flashing sabers have once again shown their edge in Latin America: the coups d'etat and destabilization processes orchestrated from Washington have succeeded in countries where governments are implementing reform that may be uncomfortable for the digestion of the hemispheric elite-Venezuela 2002; Haiti 2004, Bolivia 2008. This time Honduras' turn has come, a country whose president Manuel Zelaya was overthrown by the military and exiled to Costa Rica. While Zelaya was kidnapped by soldiers in Congress a letter written by Zelaya was read (which turned out to be false) in which he renounced his position as president. At the same time, and while several MPs complained that the conduct of the president put at risk the "rule of law" and accused him of multiple violations of the Constitution real and imaginary, he was removed from office, which was assumed by the Congress president , Roberto Micheletti (who is also from Zelaya's Liberal Party). read full story / add a comment
Derek Leinster, born in a home for 'fallen' Protestant women - click it to read it
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday July 01, 2009 21:17 by Derek Leinster   text 18 comments (last - monday may 24, 2010 17:48)   image 19 images   audio 2 audio files
Protestant abuse victims must also be heard
Irish Times, Wednesday, July 1, 2009

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2009/0701/1....html

OPINION: Victims of Protestant prejudice and State neglect are at a disadvantage, writes DEREK LEINSTER

YOU DON’T have to be a Catholic to be listened to as a victim of institutional abuse, but it seems to help. That is my experience as a Protestant victim of institutional neglect. Like all sufferers, I am a victim of prejudice.

It was prejudice that forced my mother into the Bethany Home in Orwell Road, Rathgar in 1941 for the “social sin” (as one cleric put it) of being pregnant out of wedlock. To add to her burden, her gestating baby had a Catholic father. Marriage in those circumstances was out, and so was I, fostered out to a dysfunctional family in Wicklow where I was beaten black and blue and (I mention it since it seems to be what Irish people are most interested in) sexually molested. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / other press Wednesday July 01, 2009 16:57 by Laura Broxson
Today is the National Animal Rights Association's 2nd anniversary, and below is our "Year in Review" report, documenting the work we've done in the past year. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday July 01, 2009 16:28 by Saoirsí   text 8 comments (last - thursday july 02, 2009 12:40)
The American Conservative's (August 01, 2009 Issue) Philip Giraldi ("Deep Background") - a former CIA Officer - is a fellow with the American Conservative Defense Alliance: "Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s chief of staff, is coordinating a White House effort to remake the Israeli government... The choice of Rahm Emanuel, a pro-Israel hardliner, to head the campaign is intended to limit criticism that there might be an anti-Israel agenda at work." read full story / add a comment
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international / history and heritage / other press Monday June 29, 2009 15:39 by TaraWatch   image 1 image
Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, advertised a public process in December to review Ireland's Tentative List of UNESCO sites. The aim was to submit this list, including the Hill of Tara, to UNESCO at their World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville, Spain.
That didn't happen. Dave Kenny asks 'why?'

He also notes there will be a demonstration outside the Dail on Wednesday, 1st July at 1.00pm read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / other press Monday June 29, 2009 12:34 by The Fox
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday June 28, 2009 15:32 by Bazooka Joe
In a move that not only mimics the Bush tactics on illegal detention Obama is "crafting language for an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate terrorism suspects indefinitely." The Washington Post observes, "Such an order would embrace claims by former president George W. Bush that certain people can be detained without trial for long periods under the laws of war." read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday June 28, 2009 14:52 by Mohamad Reza Shalgouni
The Iranian Socialist Organisation Rahe Kargar analyses the current situation in Iran and says that it is time to move from street demonstrations to a General Strike. Full text at link.

The call for a general strike has been put forward by a number of tendencies active in the current protest movement inside Iran and is gaining increasing support amongst Iranian activists outside. In my opinion, ignoring such calls is ignoring the challenging potential of the mass movement we and the world are witnessing in total amazement, a protest whose brave steps are witnessed with great admiration. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / other press Sunday June 28, 2009 07:05 by Turlough Kelly
It may no longer be hot off the presses, but the analysis of the recent European and local elections which appeared in the June 21st edition of the Sunday Business Post has something of the flavour of workhouse gruel about it. Unpalatable when hot, positively stomach-churning when allowed to cool and fester for seven days. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Friday June 26, 2009 17:21 by Susan Boyle PopQueen   text 5 comments (last - sunday january 31, 2010 19:52)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
The island of Martinique is in the Carribean sea where reggae, voodoo, rum & hurricanes come from. It is also an integral part of France and as such its map appears on Euro bank notes at the bottom in a little insert. Four months ago the people of Martinique and neighbouring Gaudelope paralysed their local economies with strike actions, civil unrest, general un-mellowness and all round anti-Sarkozy attitude. This was in no small part due to their extraordinarily high levels of unemployment compared to the rest of France. Today Sarkozy has started a tour of "overseas France" and has proposed a referendum on autonomy but not independence. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday June 25, 2009 17:07 by Yassamine Mather   text 4 comments (last - tuesday june 30, 2009 11:18)
Yassamine Mather writes on the developing situation in Iran, on howdivisions are developing amongst the Mullahs and most importantly on the class composition of the demonstrations. Full text at link.

The problem with most dictators is that, even in their dying days, they believe they can stop the movement by simply passing orders or blaming ‘foreign powers’. Some supporters of the shah are still under the illusion that he was not overthrown by the 1979 Iranian revolution, but was deposed thanks to a plot by Britain and the US. In fact, as he went on speaking, attributing strange comments to Obama (the US president has apparently admitted in public that he had been looking forward to the demonstrations that have rocked Iran), one wondered if Khamenei, well known for using opium as a painkiller for his injured arm, had taken a double dose that morning. read full story / add a comment
dublin / racism & migration related issues / other press Wednesday June 24, 2009 20:31 by gargoyle
Dublin No Borders have launched their new website to coincide with an imminent mass deportation. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday June 24, 2009 19:47 by SP-USA   image 1 image
* Neda Agha-Soltan, Presente! Murdered June 20, 2009 read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday June 24, 2009 00:35 by Brid's Blog
Our first engagement with the council as newly elected councillors was an induction session where we met the main management team of the council and were briefed on meetings, facilities, positions etc.
Dublin City Council is a huge organisation and has a beurocracy to match. But what alarmed me mostly was the horse-trading for positions that goes on among the elected councillors themselves. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / other press Wednesday June 24, 2009 00:33 by Con
éirígí analysis of the recent local and European elections around the country. read full story / add a comment
Irish News June 23 2009 - ignoramus in charge of culture - click to read
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday June 23, 2009 14:16 by Harry Wells   text 3 comments (last - thursday june 25, 2009 13:59)   image 8 images
Sammy Wilson bans ads on climate change (Channel 4 News 9th February 2009):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Ey1QGtGFI&feature=related

Sammy is interviewed by Ali G:
"Is you Irish?
"No, I am British."
"Is you here on holiday then?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCNG5UeKMZw

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antrim / racism & migration related issues / other press Monday June 22, 2009 15:45 by Sean Matthews-personal capacity
Mark McGregor should check his facts before embarking on baseless comments without any shred of evidence or truth, before deciding to demonise those who attended the rally as a crime and stayed with the Romanian families, who actually requested help and assistance. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday June 19, 2009 14:58 by Chicherin
In this article Yassamine Mather writes about the mass demonstrations in cities across Iran. She points out that these demonstrations show the anger and frustration of the majority of Iranians with political Islam. Full text at link.

Early on Saturday morning, the supreme leader congratulated Ahmadinejad, which was seen as official endorsement of the results. But by Sunday pm, under the pressure of impromptu demonstrations, he was forced to reverse this decision, and called on the council of guardians to investigate the other candidates’ complaints. By Monday June 15, with a massive show of force by the opposition - over a million demonstrators on the streets - he was instructing the council of guardians to call for a recount. By Tuesday there was talk of new elections. read full story / add a comment
keen readers will recall this Mr B pose - but the woman with him is political party hopeful & professional sex worker.
international / arts and media / other press Thursday June 18, 2009 17:20 by scorchio   text 11 comments (last - saturday december 19, 2009 15:11)   image 2 images
Just before you reach for your pay-4-view digital TV zapper and start flicking through the Italian news channels to find coverage of these latest revealations, let me tell you, if indeed you needed to know, that Berlusconi's media empire have hidden the story from Italian viewers salicious and prurient interest.

Nonetheless, Patrizia D'Addario, an experienced sex worker of certain allure & also a candidate in Berlusconi's party for the municipal government of Bari, attended a court hearing investigating charges of corruption laid against one of Mr B's party who doesn't have immunity yesterday. She brought along half a dozen video and audio recordings, in the best tradition of citizen journalism recorded on her mobile phone which attested to Mr B's escort service habit.

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antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday June 18, 2009 12:37 by Gary Mulcahy   text 11 comments (last - friday june 19, 2009 15:51)   image 1 image
Letter below sent to The Irish News today read full story / add a comment
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