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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday November 28, 2008 13:01 by redjade
Solidarity needed - even during the era of President Obama. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday November 28, 2008 10:46 by Peter O´Callaghan   text 10 comments (last - monday december 01, 2008 16:41)   image 1 image

The terrorist assault on Mumbai’s five-star hotels was well planned, but did not require a great deal of logistic intelligence: all the targets were soft

Read full article :

http://www.counterpunch.org/

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national / miscellaneous / other press Friday November 28, 2008 10:28 by Steerpike   image 1 image
There has been much in the news lately about shoppers taking their money (or credit, more likely) up north, despite government appeals to "patriotism"... a word that should always set the alarm bells ringing off their mountings. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday November 26, 2008 13:46 by redjade
''A US appeals court has ruled that the Vatican can be sued for the sex abuse committed by US priests.

The Vatican had tried to block a class action lawsuit alleging that it orchestrated a cover-up of sexual abuse by clergy with the argument that it was protected by laws granting sovereign states immunity from most US civil proceedings.....
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national / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday November 26, 2008 11:41 by Michael Taft
A new 10-point programme for economic recovery and renewal read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday November 23, 2008 23:07 by redjade   text 2 comments (last - monday november 24, 2008 09:56)   image 2 images
It was thought that George W Bush and his immediate family would being going into exile in Paraguay after January 20th 2009 - but Paraguay had the misfortune of recently electing a left of centre government.

Thus, George had to make new plans.... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday November 21, 2008 14:49 by Darren C
A massive tide of anger has swept over Ireland following the Fianna Fail government’s draconian Budget announced in October. Bernie McAdam from the League for the Fifth International reports on a wave of struggle and calls for militant action to defeat the bosses' attacks.

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dublin / miscellaneous / other press Wednesday November 19, 2008 22:13 by beth   text 6 comments (last - wednesday december 24, 2008 22:53)
the next few days I will be going around with hopefully a few sleeping bags and blankets for the homeless. If you have any to donate and you are in Dublin in the next few days please donate sleeping bags or blankets. This year I can use the seomraspraoi building as a collection point. thanx guys.
so please donate your unwanted sleeping bags. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / other press Wednesday November 19, 2008 10:31 by Aragon   text 5 comments (last - friday november 21, 2008 01:54)
Sarah Carey is apparently a responsible 'yes' voter when it comes to Lisbon. We will all therefore appreciate the terrible position she was put in when she discovered that The Times of London (Irish version) was banning all pro Lisbon pieces in its pages. Carey went along with this - for a good long while, in fact. She has just fetched up however in the pages of the Irish Times, that bastion of balanced and fair journalism (not), armed with a revivified conscience, describing the horrors of the editorial interference of Frank Fitzgibbon at the London Times and wishing she had had the courage to bring the truth of his editorial perfidy to the world before. Read her heart-rending tale here:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/1119/1....html

Sarah tells us that when reading anything in a newspaper, we had better be asking ourselves who is writing it and what is their agenda. Quite so.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday November 18, 2008 16:38 by Paul McAndrew   text 1 comment (last - sunday november 23, 2008 14:49)
The report found many gays are isolated

A new study of the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people in the West of Ireland has found that nearly 70% of them have suffered some form of discrimination.

90% felt isolated at times because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

The report was commissioned by LGBT West - a consortium of statutory and voluntary service providers in counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon, including county councils, rural and city partnership companies and lesbian and gay groups.

50% of those who had experienced discrimination were verbally abused and 20% had been physically attacked read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday November 18, 2008 09:13 by A.J Fozdyke
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Features the signatures of Queen Elizabeth II: all in top right-hand corner, all without Seals and all forged by Strawman Jack. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday November 17, 2008 14:51 by tomeile   text 16 comments (last - thursday july 08, 2010 15:06)   image 1 image
On Nov 11 the Irish Anti War Movement’s website posted a statement under its news section expressing delight at the victory of Barack Obama in the recent US Presidential elections. The IAWM statement , a reprint of one issued the day previously by the UK’s Stop the War Coalition, notes Obama’s “ forthright opposition” to the Iraq war and advises the British government to work urgently with him to end the occupation .
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international / housing / other press Monday November 17, 2008 10:03 by Terence
In a clear example of the hollowness of politicians in the current economic crisis, where they claim the bailouts to the wealthy are designed to help the ordinary people, a British court ruling has now up the ante on the attack against the people by allowing a ruling which permits people to be evicted from their homes after missing just 2 monthly payments read full story / add a comment
U.S. Army helicopters begin moving troops and equipment from Saddam Hussein’s former Baghdad palace.
galway / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday November 13, 2008 19:37 by Dunlo Tom   text 1 comment (last - friday november 14, 2008 14:21)   image 1 image
In the scoop of the millenium, today's edition of the New York Times announced the sudden and totally unexpected reversal of the American war machine: "Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom were brought to an unceremonious close today with a quiet announcement by the Department of Defense that troops would be home within weeks".

“This is the best face we can put on the most unfortunate adventure in modern American history,” Defense spokesman Kevin Sites said at a special joint session of Congress. “Today, we can finally enjoy peace — not the peace of the brave, perhaps, but at least peace.”

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national / miscellaneous / other press Monday November 10, 2008 09:08 by Steerpike   text 3 comments (last - wednesday november 12, 2008 11:30)
Have the Irish switched - in one generation - from being the victims of racism and prejudice, to being the perpetrators? The following, taken from the Gombeen Nation blog, would seem to agree.

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cork / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday November 08, 2008 10:46 by Michael Cronin   image 4 images
On the 15th November 2008, a conference was organised by the Irish National Forestry Foundation and held at the Silversprings Hotel, Cork. A protest by forestry contractors was present at the conference, claiming pollution of Irish rivers from harvesting of timber, also another peaceful protest was held at the National Ploughing Championships on the 23rd September 2008 (Photos of which are attached). read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Friday November 07, 2008 15:30 by Stephen Boyd   text 57 comments (last - wednesday november 19, 2008 17:52)
Socialist Party publishes new critique of the SWP read full story / add a comment
Obama cosying up to Emanuel at the Illinois Delegation party at a restaurant in Boston
cavan / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday November 06, 2008 17:47 by Terry   text 1 comment (last - friday november 07, 2008 11:37)   image 1 image
Electronic Intifada is reporting : "Obama picks pro-Israel hardliner for top post" whilst Haaratz describing the the choosing as: "Obama kick-starts transition, picks Israeli Rahm Emanuel as chief of staff" http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1034635.html

As Ali Abunimah puts it in his EI article: "During the United States election campaign, racists and pro-Israel hardliners tried to make an issue out of President-elect Barack Obama's middle name, Hussein. Such people might take comfort in another middle name, that of Obama's pick for White House Chief of Staff: Rahm Israel Emanuel ... Rahm Emanuel was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1959, the son of Benjamin Emanuel, a pediatrician who helped smuggle weapons to the Irgun, the Zionist militia of former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, in the 1940s. The Irgun carried out numerous terrorist attacks on Palestinian civilians including the bombing of Jerusalem's King David Hotel in 1946. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Tuesday November 04, 2008 16:22 by Ronnie   text 4 comments (last - sunday january 17, 2010 02:46)
Indymedia users will be aware of the longrunning dispute between the trade union UNITE (formerly ATGWU) and a number of Shop Stewards sacked by ICTS in Belfast in2002.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday November 03, 2008 16:35 by Gruffalo   text 4 comments (last - wednesday november 12, 2008 13:17)
The Guardian today published a review of Hunger, which not only spouts Anti-Irish Sentiment but also encourages the mistreatment of political prisoners. read full story / add a comment
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