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international / public consultation / irish social forum / other press Wednesday October 11, 2006 02:12 by Michelle
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with a future 911.” According to the Democracy Now website, on Capitol Hill, Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich is leading a briefing on Wednesday on whether the Bush administration is ramping up for a war against Iran read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday October 11, 2006 02:08 by Solidarity
The jury in the trial of Oxford anti-war activists Phil & Toby has now been out for over 8 hours in deliberation on a verdict. The trial arises from the arrest of Toby and Phil in March '03 as they went equipped to disarm a U.S.B 52 Bomber at RAF Fairford (England). An earlier trial in Bristol of Paul and Margaret who had disabled 10 vehicles specifically designed to reload the B52's at Fairford ended in a hung jury a few weeks ago. read full story / add a comment
galway / crime and justice / other press Tuesday October 10, 2006 08:34 by Paul O'Donnell
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It beggars belief that another man is now fighting for his life after being shot by a Garda using a live rifle round at Gort, Co. Galway. Have they learnt nothing from their killing of John Carthy in Abbeylara, Co. Longford? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday October 10, 2006 03:05 by Benny
Jean Ziegler, the UN Human Rights Council's special envoy on the "right to food," read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / other press Monday October 09, 2006 16:21 by finch
From cave painting to totemism ART has always been the means by/through which a given ‘reality’ is re-arranged (according to the will/desire/needs of the artist/s). Who is it that declares ART today? Everyone is an artist and everything, including murder and war is Art! War is the Art of violent imbeciles but it is art nevertheless. An existing relatively peaceful world was re-arranged by murder artists and today we have a new reality, one transformed by the art of lies and the implements of war. The methods to alter a given reality have never changed only tools (the means) change. It would be well that all become familiar with the means and ends of ‘ART’. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Sunday October 08, 2006 22:04 by Houzan Mahmoud
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The veil is not merely a piece of "cloth", but a sign of the oppression of women, control over their sexuality, submissiveness to the will of God or a man. The veil is a banner of political Islam used, to segregate women born by historical accident in the so-called "Islamic World" from other women in the rest of the world. Full story at the link. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday October 08, 2006 17:14 by nano
Think of the final refuge for religious extremists (fanatical Christian cults) from Europe; and later, the sexual undertone of the Salem witch trials and you stare homosexual congressman, Mark Foley, ‘straight’ in the American sexual obsession. It seems that puritanism is alive and well in the good ol’ U.S of A! Amazing as the over-reactive American response may seem to Europeans and those of other nations, the news of a homosexual’s exploits with a boy has pushed all other news aside – incredible! The Mayflower continues to sail the waters of conservative America. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Saturday October 07, 2006 15:29 by Ignazio Albore'
The “New Democracy”. The capital as means of the proletarian revolution read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday October 06, 2006 06:17 by jalal'udin
Would someone care to guess the historical age of the well-known adage, “A HOUSE DIVIDED CANNOT STAND” notwithstanding this particular quote is sourced from theological material? Regardless of age or source the above maxim expresses a universal truth in relation to social affairs. Recent history reminds us of the fragmentation and demise of a once independent Balkan nation. Yugoslavia now hosts the largest military occupation base (Bondsteel) in Europe. The Balkan conflict was a perfect example of divisionism leading to ruin – as it always does! [In contrast fragmented, warlord-torn China overcame its long history of internal conflict to become one of the most powerful nations on the planet.] read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday October 06, 2006 00:24 by redjade
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been distracted by too many silly threads and other riots new edition of NotLW starts today.... read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Wednesday October 04, 2006 20:02 by Terence
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This is an interesting development considering the recent moves by Russia to effectively try and boot Shell out of Sakhalin-1 over concerns about the environment. And while environmental damage is likely to have been done, it is very unlikely really the concern of the Russian government. read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday October 04, 2006 18:45 by non-payer
A brief report of the successful members meeting of the We Won't Pay Campaign can now be viwed at the website below. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / other press Tuesday October 03, 2006 19:51 by Qasim Rajpar
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The Government of Pakistan has made a contract with UAE based construction firm regarding construction of a new city of international standard on the threshold of Port Qasim. It is planned that the new city of international standards will be built on the twin islands of Bundar and Buddo, located close to the port Qasim and the design of the proposed city will be prepared on the pattern of that of Dubai. The estimated cost of the mega project has been put at $.43 billion. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday October 03, 2006 16:15 by barra
The Australian Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, once again demonstrates who and what he is; not content with making a thorough ass of himself in the recent past [link below] Ruddock now attempts to redeem himself by making a grab for the title of totalitarian buffoon of the new century. Australia now holds the dubious distinction of being the first developed (first world) ‘democratic’ nation in the new century to ban books! These blatant totalitarian tactics place Ruddock in interesting company; Chinese Cultural Revolution, Pol Pot year zero, Nazi book burnings, etc; Hello, Mr. Orwell! read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media / other press Tuesday October 03, 2006 10:40 by Liam O'Donogue
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Bad ideas are like starfish: You can cut them up, but unless you squash them into jelly and incinerate the remains, they will multiply. I’m not really saying that we should go around murdering idiots . . . but this week’s “news” certainly made me want to beat a few people mercilessly. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / other press Tuesday October 03, 2006 04:35 by d'other
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Jim Cusack, a man hilariously described as something of a Walter Mitty figure by a DGN organiser on the Late Late Show back in 2004, was back in the SIndo this week, with his ramshackle journalistic style to expose the lack of investigative merit behind Village journalist Scott Millar's recent contribution to Searchlight on clerical fascist Gerry McKeough. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / other press Monday October 02, 2006 19:33 by nancy davis
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September 30, 2006 - The below is from Nancy Davies, who is based in Oaxaca and writes frequently on the situation there for Narco News. While the threat of a mass attack has seemed to always be in the air, the situation in recent days has really escalated. Now an attack by police and military forces seems imminent. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday September 30, 2006 17:13 by Kingfisher
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What consistencies, common elements and patterns are identifiable in the following events: the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the attack on the USS Liberty and 9/11? Although time, geographic location and historical context separate these events they nevertheless share remarkably similar aims, objectives and characteristics. All these orchestrated events provided an excuse for the USA to engage in what would have otherwise been blatantly illegal warfare. The Tonkin incident ‘justified’ American miliary aggression against Vietnam; the USS Liberty incident would have provided an ideal excuse for U.S. involvement in the six-day war; the 9/11 attack has been utilised as the primary justification for America’s military expansionism and the implementation of draconian laws on the home front. read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / other press Friday September 29, 2006 16:37 by No Fortress Europe
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EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN FOR THE SHUTTING DOWN OF ALL DETENTION CENTRES FOR MIGRANTS IN EUROPE "NO FORTRESS EUROPE" www.no-fortress-europe.eu read full story / add a comment
national / environment / other press Friday September 29, 2006 11:07 by Lumsk
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Water levels rise, wildlife is drowned and the irreversible ill effects on the environment and climate change stare us in the face as The Icelandic Goverment plans its next environmental catastrophe. read full story / add a comment |
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