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international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday August 02, 2012 17:48 by Paddy Hackett
Generally in the West individuals, in a quailfied way, are free to express their views independently of how subversive those views may be. They are even, in a sense, free to organise themselves against the government. Marxists even become professors in bourgeois universities. Given that capitalist society is defined by Marx as inherently oppressive it appears as an inexplicable contradiction that it should have this free and just character in the West while still retaining its inherently exploitative and oppressive character read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday July 30, 2012 17:19 by boroba
Jeff Immelt, the chief executive of General Electric was interviewed by the Financial Times at the weekend . He told the paper that « nuclear power is so expensive compared with other forms of energy that it has become “really hard” to justify « . On the face of it ,Immelt's comments would seem to be at odds with General Electric being one of the world’s largest suppliers of atomic equipment. So what is going on ? read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Thursday July 26, 2012 19:34 by I. Greene
On Monday 18th June 2012, a group representing some of the bereaved Omagh families presented Northern Ireland Secretary of State Owen Patterson with a specially commissioned report claiming that the atrocity could have been prevented by both governments. After the meeting, a spokesperson for the families in a delicately veiled threat called on both governments to respond positively or face a court challenge. The relatives also told the waiting media “we have brought together all available evidence on the case and showed where the authorities on both sides of the border could have prevented the bomb attack on Omagh.” The report was commissioned from a group of London-based-consultants and is said to contain ‘fresh information’ on the Omagh bombing. There are some issues surrounding the report that are questionable and it would be in the public interest to know exactly who financed the commissioning of the report. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday July 25, 2012 04:11 by Brian Clarke
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We wish to draw your attention to the continued detention of Marian Price, which we feel constitutes an alarming breach of human and civil rights read full story / add a comment 
limerick / animal rights / opinion/analysis Tuesday July 24, 2012 22:00 by Bernie Wright
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Regarding Information about a coursing field that causes many hare casualties. A Coursing supporter rang us today relaying a dispute in the ICC and Limerick Coursing Club as follows. We received a call today from a disgruntled and annoyed Coursing supporter who was concerned about limerick Race track being used as a coursing venue. He must have ran out of options to resolve this scenario if he rang us. We already knew that the Irish Coursing Club had decided last month to move the “Irish Cup” hare coursing event from Limerick Racecourse owing to its unsuitability as a coursing venue. There is however a meeting this week of top coursing people on Thursday, July 26th,at the Horse and Jockey Pub? We are told ‘at which very powerful people within the greyhound industry will be pressing for a reversal of the ICC’s decision to move the “Irish Cup” event from Limerick Racecourse’. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday July 23, 2012 22:05 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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Many believe that London will be rocked by a false flag operation at the 2012 Olympics. It has been proven by MI-5 Whistle-blowers that we live in the age of false flag terror from British Occupied Ireland to the Euphrates. We need be ready even if the 2012 Olympic Games could come and go without an incident. It is better to be prepared for false flags and be ready just in case something something does happen. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday July 22, 2012 22:55 by Diarmuid Breatnach
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Irish Republicans have been on dirty protest in Maghaberry for two years -- the kind of situation that led to ten dying on hunger strikes in 1981. Also, opponents of the normalisation of the British occupation of Ireland are being framed and convicted, locked up without charge or being tried for actions back in the 1980s. Meanwhile, the organised Irish Left is averting its head. In what other country would this happen? read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday July 20, 2012 05:25 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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The Magna Carta, the charter of English liberties was imposed on King John in 1215 but it will be dead on its anniversary. It has been shredded in Ireland by the Secret Services and their front man the unelected English autocrat Paterson,who re-introduced the wartime instrument of internment without trial in total disdain of a supposed peace process. read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday July 13, 2012 22:32 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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Shell's haulage was repeatedly stopped by protesters from Rossport Solidarity Camp during today’s day of solidarity with the community in Erris under siege from the imposition of the Corrib gas project. There were three actions at different locations along Shell's haulage route between Aughoose and Bangor Erris, which resulted in a significant disruption to the haulage. The actions were also in solidarity with the reclaim the Land action against open cast coal mining in Scotland planned for tomorrow. http://www.indymediascotland.org/node/27202 read full story / add a comment
national / education / opinion/analysis Thursday July 12, 2012 17:10 by dizzy5
Q. I consider myself of average intelligence and do not suffer fools gladly but lately I’ve been receiving these mixed signals and I just don’t know what’s wanted from me. You see I’ve recently finished college and am quite eager to start work, which is supposedly what you and your fellow party members also want but I keep coming up against obstacles which have been put in place by you and your fellow party members. read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / opinion/analysis Wednesday July 11, 2012 14:37 by lefty
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Cutting rent supplement has allowed the FG/Labour government to continue to make large cuts to the social welfare budget whilst claiming not to be touching "basic social welfare rates". The reality is that because it is left to tenants to negotiate with their landlords for a rent reduction, rather than such negotiations being undertaken by the department itself, this is rather like David negotiating with goliath and the tenant inevitably has to pay the not inconsiderable difference out of their already reduced social welfare payment. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday July 10, 2012 04:43 by Anthony Ravlich
A compilation of some comments made on Facebook regarding the proposed ethical approach to human rights, development, globalization to replace neoliberalism which may help give readers a greater understanding of the former approach which emphasizes bottom-up development rather than the extreme top-down control of development of the latter. read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday July 05, 2012 23:11 by End hare coursing sponsorship
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Members of several animal protection groups and anti blood sports organisations protested outside the Boylesports outlet at Westmoreland Street in Dublin on Thursday, July 5th. Among the protesters was Independent Dail Deputy Maureen O' Sulivan, who with Deputy Clare Daly plans to move a Private Members Bill to tackle hare coursing. The demo focused on this bookmaker’s sponsorship of the horrific cruelty of this blood sport. Each year it pours huge amounts of money into the so-called “sport”, which involves the terrorising and savage mauling of captive wild hares in a wire-enclosed field or park. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday July 04, 2012 06:15 by BrianClarkeNUJ
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The Government, having reviewed the whole matter with great care and with reference to any future operations, have decided that the techniques...The statement that I have made covers all future circumstances."As foreshadowed in the Prime Minister's statement, directives expressly prohibiting the use of the techniques, whether singly or in combination, were then issued to the security forces by the Government."[3] These are still in force and the use of such methods by UK security forces would not be condoned by the Government. The leading nationalist party of that time, the SDLP took a principled stand and resigned from Stormont, "the sectarian parliament for a sectarian people," as boasted by Unionist leaders. read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Tuesday July 03, 2012 19:11 by Association of Hunt Saboteurs
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SPONSORSHIP OF LIVE HARE COURSING IN IRELAND The multi-millionaire JP MC MANUS is sponsor of the annual Irish cup event, usually held in Co Limerick every Year. The Limerick coursing Club have recently lost their usual venue at the Limerick race track for next year and we now have an opportunity to lobby the sponsors. If sponsorship is pulled in this case it will be a serious blow to the Irish coursing club and help to end this blood sport once and for all. read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday July 02, 2012 19:31 by Justice Delayed
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Jack Kavanagh of Larchfield, Kilkenny is a man who believes himself to have been unfairly treated by SIPTU. He has a long-running grievance concerning payments he believes he is entitled to from his days as a worker with Kilkenny County Council. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday June 29, 2012 20:00 by Jim Averill
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I'm putting up the full article as it requires registration to access it. Many activists are put off by this so please leave it up. It tells an important story about how land in the developing world is stolen, even by god fearing folk who made their money in private prisons. Another great article by Fred Pearce. MIGHTY MOM was angry. She was doing her washing a few miles from Lake Victoria in east Africa, soaping her clothes in the shadow of a tall chain-link fence, behind which there was a large farm. The farm was owned by an evangelical American who had made his fortune running private prisons for state governments in the US before coming to Kenya and taking a leasehold to drain the Yala swamp and grow rice in place of papyrus. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday June 29, 2012 15:47 by Paddy Hackett
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Today what is described as the Irish working class is of a different character. Much of the working class work a three day week or don’t work at all. But they and the so called low paid worker receive a basket of benefits from the capitalist welfare state that bring their living standards up to the level(and even beyond) of the higher strata workers who, prima facie, appear to be better off. But much of this strata may earn less revenue, in effect, than many of these workers from the lower strata. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday June 29, 2012 12:08 by Indyjourno
Sark is a tiny island, with a population of around 600 people of the coast off the coast of Normandy which operated a feudal system of government until 2008 when it was forced to comply with the EU convention of human rights. It is held as a fief on behalf of the Queen of England and while it is a part of Britain it is not part of the UK and sets its own tax rates which is set at an extremely low rate. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Wednesday June 27, 2012 09:33 by YBIG
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"Rent a drunken Paddy" "They are only there for a sing song" "Singing away while we are humiliated" "They are an embarrassment" These are some of the abuse leveled at the Irish fans who travelled to the Euro's by a small, yet loud, number of fans who stayed at home. To those of us who travelled we have a different story to tell. read full story / add a comment |
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