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international / anti-capitalism / other press Monday February 16, 2009 15:33 by Anne McShane
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In this article on the 30th anniversary of the Iranian revolution Torab Saleth looks back on how it developed paying particular attention to its historical roots. The full article may be accessed at the url below. How did this revolution - which in terms of the degree of mass participation was one of the most important of the 20th century - end up becoming ‘Islamic’? Indeed what was the ‘Islamic revolution’? One common interpretation has been based on the well worn model of ‘anti-colonial struggles in the countries of the periphery’, popular within the left since the early 1920s. A model, it must be said, which was inadequate even then. By this reasoning, the Islamic revolution becomes an anti-imperialist revolution led by bourgeois nationalist forces. The politics which flow from this differ only in shade - from shameless collaboration to so-called ‘critical’ support. Although such views have long since been discredited, given the current conflict with the USA/Israel it has been rebranded by a number of left currents and has once again become a justification for all sorts of opportunist overtures towards the Iranian regime. Yes, they say, it is a corrupt, clerical-capitalist regime - but look at how the anti-imperialist aspect of the Iranian revolution survives to this day! read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Monday February 16, 2009 10:40 by Anne McShane
The best way for those who call themselves socialists and communists to really defend the working class is to break out of their ghettoised thinking on the question of party. There is a glaring need for a united working class party based on the politics of Marxism. The forces of the existing left cannot in themselves produce such a party, but their unification, combined with the struggle for theory, could provide a much needed impetus. It would be a central rallying point for those advanced workers who are looking for a real alternative to the nauseating politics of the Fianna Fáil-Green Party coalition government. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Sunday February 15, 2009 14:14 by D. Kelleher
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Gene Kerrigan has an excellent piece in today's Sindo, the gist of it being that the economic crisis will become a catastrophe if radical action is not taken. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Friday February 13, 2009 16:44 by Worker
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The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has issued its 10 point plan for a fairer, better way to deal with the national economic crisis. For all non-revolutionaries that want to develop a practical-realistic way out of our current economic crisis I imagine this plan for a national recovery will be of particular interest. read full story / add a comment
international / racism & migration related issues / other press Thursday February 12, 2009 22:10 by no platform
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As anyone in the hinterland of UK politics will have noticed, one of the House of Lords UK Independence party wanted to invite Geert Wilders the far-right Dutch parliamentarian with the ugly hair and uglier politics to show his "Fitna" vid this afternoon in Westminster. But then the UK Home Office decided he was persona non-grata. Ooooo shock & horror a society, which like many in Europe faces an increase in far right politics and anti-migrant opinion against the backdrop of economic collapse, has now turned to debating whether or not he should have been allowed past the passport desk in the name of "Freedom of Speech". read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media / other press Thursday February 12, 2009 18:50 by redjade
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Part five of a public lecture series at Budapest's Central European University ( http://www.CEU.hu ) I'll be recording more in the weeks ahead and posting them first on Indymedia.ie and then reposted to my own blog 24 hours later at http://LMV.hu/redjade {Apologies for not being about to record last week's class on Slovenia} read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday February 12, 2009 02:02 by Doug Delaney
An anti-war activist in Ireland suspects that the Gulfstream IV aircraft that calls St. Louis home may have flown over Irish airspace displaying U.S. military markings as recently as November. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday February 12, 2009 01:41 by Tony Gosling
Documentary filmmaker Muad'Dib, aka. Anthony John Hill, has just been arrested with a view to extraditing him to the UK. He apparently faces charges of Perverting The Course Of Justice for sending new evidence which may prove the innocence of three Muslim men currently on trial for 'collaborating' with the 7/7 bombers. They are on trial in Kingston, Surrey. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Wednesday February 11, 2009 05:22 by repost
"I would rather be in prison or dead than blindly submit to a government I know is corrupt and wrong. I would rather dare to live free and fight against injustice than cower in silence and despair. I think many people feel the same way. We just have to be smarter in how we speak out and in how we act." read full story / add a comment 
national / environment / other press Saturday February 07, 2009 10:51 by kermit
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It seems that the Galway by-pass may not now go ahead as planned after a dramatic eleventh-hour realisation by the Minister of the Environment that he is a member of the Green Party. "I had no idea I had these sort of powers, to stop developments that threaten the country's environmental heritage and prevent loss of habitat, until one of my civil servants (who I was making tea for at the time) pointed out that the Galway by-Pass is not sponsored by Shell, and although the Corrib bridge has a confusing name, it actually has nothing to do with the Corrib natural gas (eight billion euro giveaway) scheme in Mayo!" the Minister is not reported to have said. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday February 06, 2009 20:50 by C.D. Stelzer
Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times reported that executive orders signed by Obama approve the continued use of "extraordinary renditions" as a tool in the so-called "war on terror." read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Friday February 06, 2009 02:45 by Aragon
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Gilomre to kick the workers and unions off the ladder behind him, put a rose between his teeth and flutter his eyelids flirtatiously at whoever will have Labour for a cheap bed partner in government. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday February 05, 2009 22:23 by C.D. Stelzer
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Marathon Oil Co., which holds an 18.5 percent stake in the controversial Shell Corrib natural gas pipeline off the west coast of Ireland, also has an interest in off-shore oil wells within the territorial waters of the tiny African nation of Equatorial Guinea. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday February 05, 2009 03:52 by Blacbloc
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A lot of people have probably wondered whether the government were planning to strong arm strikers and resort to dirty measures to intimidate workers. Looks like that option may not be available to them. Soldiers are saying they support the opposition to the pension levy. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Wednesday February 04, 2009 14:36 by C.D. Stelzer
It wasn't Goldman Sachs or Microsoft that topped the Obama campaign contribution list. They were numbers two and three, respectively. It was higher education, specifically the University of California system that ranked numero uno. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday February 04, 2009 11:13 by Brian Covert / Independent Journalist
Allen Nelson, Vietnam war veteran and peace activist from the U.S., shares his extraordinary experience in war, his personal transformation, his work for peace in and outside Japan, and his hopes for the future at a time when U.S. militarism shows no sign of slowing down. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Tuesday February 03, 2009 12:06 by Blacbloc
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Today's Irish Examiner effectively sets out the FG stall. The IE is a firmly pro Fine Gael paper and though its editorial makes no mention of Fine Gael, it's a safe bet that it reflects current thinking at FG HQ. http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story....1.asp read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday February 03, 2009 09:34 by gazasympathiser
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Four-year-old Samar Abed Rabbu is a little girl with a captivating smile to melt the heart of the most hardened correspondent. Samar had been shot in the back at close range. The bullet damaged her spine, and she is unlikely to walk again. At her bedside, her uncle Hassan told us the family had been ordered out of their home by Israeli soldiers who were shelling the neighbourhood. A tank had parked in front of the house, where around 30 people were taking shelter. The women and children - mother, grandmother and three little girls - came out waving a white flag and then, he said, an Israeli soldier came out of the tank and opened fire on the terrified procession. Samar's two sisters, aged seven and two, were shot dead. The grandmother was hit in the arm and in the side, but has survived. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / other press Tuesday February 03, 2009 01:26 by Green Gobshite
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Oh Shell, how often must I venture into the wilds of Erris??? read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / other press Monday February 02, 2009 19:11 by El Libertario, Venezuela
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* The following article was originally published on Jan. 30 2009 in El Mundo, a Caracas daily. Written by a member of the editorial collective of El Libertario www.nodo50.org/ellibertario , it calls attention to what we fear is a bloody attack against these original inhabitants of the western part of the country. read full story / add a comment |
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