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international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Wednesday August 24, 2011 - 08:00 by T
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The situation in Libya is not what it seems as reported by the mainstream press -the same press that has promoted all the previous wars with some lame excuse or another. The MSM media likes to teach the public to think only in black in white. So if you oppose NATO, you love Gadaffi. Actually it possible to see both as bad. But the long and short of it all is that it really all just amounts to a modern form of the Class War. Notice how our liberties in the West are disappearing along with the social gains achieved over the last century of labor struggles. The Libya things is mainly an oil grab. It is also because Gadaffi was not an obedient dictator and it is also because it had the highest standard of living in Africa and very generous welfare and last but not least it was not adhering to the NeoLiberal agenda and the free market. The same ideology that has ruined all our economies and is being used as the excuse to take away all our gains and make us worker far longer and for less.
So the purpose of this feature is to present the alternative and to provide some background analysis to what is going on and happened so far ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday August 15, 2011 - 23:20 by Steering Committee
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Irish Anti-War Movement Public Meeting: 2001-2011, 10 YEARS of the 'war on terror' ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Saturday June 11, 2011 - 04:59 by Kevin Keating
From "The Floodgates of Anarchy" to the fan of a state that boils people to death... ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday June 09, 2011 - 17:04 by Astrid Essed
The Israeli killings of Nakba Day and six june war protesters is not an incident, but part of the systematic violence of Israeli occupation Palestinians only get their rights by the armed struggle against the occupation army ... read full story / add a comment
What Do Governments Fear Most? They Fear Us Dublin WikileaksCables Reveal IrishGovt. Groveling to US
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday June 06, 2011 - 18:28 by By HARRY BROWNE
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Ireland’s foreign-affairs minister assured the US ambassador in Dublin in 2006 that the Irish government was prepared to change the law that had allowed the acquittal of five anti-war activists for damaging a US Navy plane. The revelation that a senior Irish official discussed possible amendments to domestic criminal law with the US ambassador is contained in a Wikileaks cable (see below) that has not been published or reported upon elsewhere, but which has been seen by Counterpunch. At the time of the acquittal of the so-called Shannon Five, or Pitstop Ploughshares, in July 2006, the US embassy made a public statement expressing its disquiet about the verdict. The then foreign minister, Dermot Ahern, responded with what was seen as a firm public statement of his own, underlining the independence of the judicial system and stating that its verdicts were not a matter for discussion by government officials or between governments. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday May 23, 2011 - 16:19 by SPer
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Socialist Party/ULA MEP Paul Murphy will be speaking of his experiences and lessons from his recent visit to Tunisia, meeting and discussing with activists, socialists and trade unionists. (See http://www.paulmurphymep.eu/my-second-day-in-tunisia-me...ists/ ) ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday May 23, 2011 - 11:52 by Ciaron
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It has been weird being in Dublin security city the past week. It reminds me a lot of growing up in the police state of Queensland/Australia in the late '70's. On Thursday, I was stopped and searched by police five times before noon and shaken down by the Special Branch 3 times over the two daze. My poster (photo of Giusepe Conlon...with the words "Remember Giuseppe Conlon and All Victims of Empire") remains in police custody, confiscated by an Inspector under State Security legislation. Photo - Giuseppe Poster...set it free! http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1206924 ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday May 20, 2011 - 12:32 by Ciaron
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Yesterday morning, I had the poster that appears in this clip of Giuseppe Conlon with the wording "Remember Giuseppe Conlon and all Victims of Empire" confiscated by a Gardai inspector under some state security legislation. I had been phoned by the Gardai about 11 pm the night before saying a friend of mine was in custody chargeed woth a pUblic Order offense and needed a lawyer and that he wouldbe appearing at the new court on Infimary Rd. I had been unable to get back to where I was staying as the city was closed down and had crashed on another friend's floor. As I made my way to the court Thursday morning, a young Gard said she would not let me through her checkpoint with the sign. I asked if she could hang on to it and I would be back in 4o mins. She agreed. After realsing I could not cross the road I returned to that checkpoint and the sign was gone. She pointed out the inspector that had seized the sign. I approached him and I said if ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday May 15, 2011 - 22:44 by Near FM
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LINK-"Opposing the British Queen's Visit to Ireland"- Radio Interview with John, Mark and Memet from the Irish Anti-War Movement Activists and Catholic Worker/ Plowshares activist Ciaron http://www.archive.org/details/CiaronOReilly2011.05.15 ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday May 07, 2011 - 08:11 by Prison Solidarity
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Bradley Manning's jail conditions improve dramatically after protest campaign Switch of WikiLeaks whistleblower suspect from maximum security jail means more rights and liberties in runup to trial Bradley Manning's new jail conditions were hailed by the Ohio Democratic congressman Dennis Kucinich as a victory for Manning's supporters, who claimed his original treatment amounted to torture. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday May 06, 2011 - 08:42 by Solidarity with Hancock 37
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Fiction as Reality: Two Perspectives, Two Drones, One Demonstration, and 37 Bodies VID (18 mins) http://indytv.blip.tv/file/5089236/ ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Monday May 02, 2011 - 14:13 by HOPI
Over the last year workers in Iran have struggled on several fronts. The subsidy cuts coupled with the crisis in world capitalism are driving living standards down for the majority of Iranians. Basic food stuffs are rising in price at a phenomenal rate, with bread rising a massive 25% and unsubsidised fuel increasing 7 fold. This is in a country with the third largest oil reserves in the world and the necessary refining abilities to produce cheap and affordable fuel for the entire population. The sanctions regime continues to undermine Iranian industry, robbing many workers of their jobs whilst the elite continue to amass great wealth. We stand with the Iranian working class fighting austerity and call for an end to all sanctions. We also call for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Thursday April 21, 2011 - 09:34 by Genny
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The event, held at Giuseppe Conlon House in Harringay, north London, kicked off at 2pm with information stalls and refreshments, space and time to network with others and music from the Bow Creek Ramblers Old Time String Band. People were also invited to sign a card from the gathering or write an individual letter of solidarity and support to Bradley Manning. A shrine representing Bradley Manning’s cell was also set up in the front porch of the venue, which was previously a Roman Catholic church. Imagine a free Bradley Manning… ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Tuesday April 05, 2011 - 21:02 by Free Bradley Manning
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PUBLIC MEETING: FRIDAY APRIL 8th.8pm Wynn's Hotel, Abbey St. Dublin 1 ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday April 03, 2011 - 08:28 by Ciaron
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As was the case with Gulf War 1, more serious resistance to the present wars on Afghanistan and Iraq has come from within the military in the United States & Britain than from the anti-war movements in civil society. A culture of solidarity is not evident in either countries anti-war movements. Military resisters often end up isolated and demoralised by anti-war movements that incite them to resist and then abandons them! Support those who are offerig solidarity to military resisters "Courage to Resist" www.couragetoresist.org "Bradley Manning Support Group" www.bradleymanning.org ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday March 29, 2011 - 19:21 by Chicherin
1. NATO bombing, no solutionJust eight years after they launched their shock-and-awe devastation of Baghdad and ten years after their invasion of Afghanistan, the same Western forces are pummelling yet another Muslim state with bombs, burning soldiers and tanks and killing civilians in the process. Yet again, the claim is that their intervention is a question of moral principle. The passing of the UN security Resolution 1973 which authorised the bombing, was held up as an attempt to protect the Libyan rebels and stop Gaddafi brutally slaughtering his people. Why, then, did the same Western powers provide Gaddaffi with the arms that are now slaughtering the Libyan people? ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday March 26, 2011 - 07:40 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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How can you incite people to resist the exploitative war making state, when you haven't looked after the ones who you incited last time and are presently being tortured and facing possible execution or a probable life time in jail??????? Good fkn question, I reckon? End the War! Free Julian Assange and Bradley Manning! Cut the Crap! Miliband really?? As we say in OZ, "Labor Party, same shit different flies!" ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday March 24, 2011 - 21:50 by Omar Ghraieb
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Gaza, March 24 Thursday, In Gaza City, Israeli F16 warplanes bombed an intelligence headquarter named "the ship", using at least five missiles, also raided the al-Rayes mountain with one missile and a room that belongs to “Gaza” sporting club, also “Badr” security HQ belonging to the Qassam Brigades, Hamas militant wing, with three missiles. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Wednesday March 23, 2011 - 09:48 by Galway Alliance Against War
The Galway Alliance Against War has issued an open letter posing serious questions to the Labour Party, its party president, Michael D. Higgins and its leader and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamon Gilmore, in relation to their attitude to Ireland facilitating the US war machine in Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Tuesday March 22, 2011 - 00:11 by Muhammad A. Al Mahdi, APIC(APICONG)
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We sharply condemn the murderous Israeli air strike on Gaza March 21,2011 ... read full story / add a comment |
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