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A furious Tory row broke out at a state visit reception on Tuesday night as Boris Johnson defended his record in government before a gathering of senior Conservative and Reform figures.
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Donald Trump's genius is that he understands there are no ordinary people, says Joanna Gray. British politicians would do well to copy his refusal to talk down to the public.
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Pro-migrant campaigners have circulated a guide on how to ground 'one in, one out' flights, telling activists how to contact Air France and prevent the planes from taking off.
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Keir Starmer?is facing a disaster in Wales as a poll shows Labour in freefall behind Reform and set to lose the First Minister post for the first time since devolution.
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Should the Oxford Union have confidence in its President-Elect, George Abaraonye, whose comments celebrating Charlie Kirk's murder were leaked this week? Is it a matter of cancel culture or basic decency? Join the debate.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday January 10, 2006 07:23 by R. Isible
Slavoj Žižek analyses the US propganda machine's attempt to make torture acceptable in the series "24", which takes up the Alan Dershowitz "ticking terrorist bomb" scenario and decides that torturing will work. It's interesting that Hollywood is still seen as "liberal" and "anti-patriotic" when it performs such a vital role in spreading propaganda to the citizens of the US.

Žižek discusses the method in which Himmler's subordinates were able to carry out their vile work and suggests that the same process is at work in US culture. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / other press Monday January 09, 2006 18:29 by JC   text 10 comments (last - tuesday february 21, 2006 16:19)   image 1 image
I would like to read a little about the life and politics of James Connolly. I know that there is a book out about him at the moment (see below) – but assume it is but one of many. Has anyone any tips on where to start with Connolly or the content of this latest biography?

If so, please share your opinions. They would be much appreciated. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday January 09, 2006 17:18 by Gay Geori   text 100 comments (last - tuesday january 24, 2006 20:14)
SEANAD leader Mary O'Rourke was last night in hot water after saying some of her campaign helpers had worked "like blacks". On the otherhand, there have been few Dail or Seanad politicians as critical of Irish racism and indeed, State immigration policies, as Mary O'Rourke. Surely it was an unfortunate gaffe. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday January 09, 2006 17:05 by Israel
The Irish company "Daniel Technologies" was gloating about it's role in a contract signed between the Irish military and an Israeli manufacturer of helmuts yesterday.

In a "puff" piece, free of any political or social context in the Sunday Business Post yesterday Stephen Roe, managing director of Daniel Technologies, said the awarding of the contract last month followed a “tough and lengthy'‘ test and evaluation period.

No mention was made of the fact that the Israeli company in question calls the IDF its most important customer. Or no reference of course to the IDF occupation of Palestine.

http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=DONE%20DEAL-qqqs=themarket-qqqid=10821-qqqx=1.asp read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Monday January 09, 2006 13:36 by iosaf   text 3 comments (last - sunday february 12, 2006 18:18)   image 2 images
A group of file sharers, rippers and burners, copier and pasters in Sweden have formed a new political party to stand in Swedish elections and fight intellectual property law.

I hope they will be copied. :-)©

We know the arguments, becuase we share them. No pun intended. You may not say an idea is your property. & to treat it as such, in a time of starvation and disease is evil.
https://www.piratpartiet.se/ read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Sunday January 08, 2006 20:35 by Cryptome Reader   text 7 comments (last - thursday june 25, 2015 02:23)
Martin Ingram, a pseudonym, was a British Army (Force Research Unit) covert agent in Northern Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday January 08, 2006 16:27 by hs
Abortion has become a central issue in the forthcoming general election in Italy. Berlusconi’s government has set up a review into the application of the present law, which allows abortion within the first three months of pregnancy. If unchallenged the results will be deeply damaging for Italian women.

Anne Mc Shane reports from the struggle over abortion rights in Italy

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international / eu / other press Sunday January 08, 2006 13:54 by tittle tattle   text 16 comments (last - thursday march 16, 2006 11:43)
Less than 24 hours after making a key note speech to a meeting of Spain's armed forces, Lt. General Jose Mena Aguado has been placed under house arrest for 8 days as a "first measure" for suggesting armed action against Catalonia. He thus overstepped his position as a member of the military, and now enjoying support from the right wing opposition (PP) the incident takes on worrying implications for European Democracy.
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international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday January 08, 2006 01:44 by VIDYA SUBRAHMANIAM
The forthcoming Indian visit of Bertie Ahern, Prime Minister of the Republic of Ireland, might be a good time to look at both the island country's dramatic transformation — from poverty to the celebrated status as Celtic tiger — and the problems attendant with growth. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Saturday January 07, 2006 06:39 by John   text 8 comments (last - tuesday january 10, 2006 13:21)   image 1 image
"I started this lawsuit because I wanted to deal the final blow against the Church, the bearer of obscurantism and regression" read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday January 07, 2006 06:00 by D. Wolf   text 1 comment (last - saturday january 07, 2006 16:36)
Web site carried politically sensitive content
Friday, January 6, 2006; Posted: 11:35 p.m. EST (04:35 GMT)
BEIJING, China (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. has shut down the Internet journal of a Chinese blogger that discussed politically sensitive issues, including a recent strike at a Beijing newspaper.
The action came amid criticism by free-speech activists of foreign technology companies that help the communist government enforce censorship or silence dissent in order to be allowed into China's market. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Saturday January 07, 2006 05:02 by cleaves   text 2 comments (last - sunday january 08, 2006 01:50)
Pat Robertson, noted American Christian fundamentalist and mental deficient, claims that Ariel Sharon is being punished by God for “dividing” Israel. Pat Robertson remains in ‘care’ and is happy to reside in the most affluent psychiatric institution in the world, the USA! read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Friday January 06, 2006 22:47 by reader
When more than four years ago police detained a woman protesting against transportation of nuclear waste for more than 22 hours, they were breaking the law, Germany’s supreme court has ruled.... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Friday January 06, 2006 16:56 by d
With Chomsky on his way to Dublin I thought I’d put together a digest of Chomsky related stuff on the net. Obviously this is not exhaustive or even representative of everything out there so it’d be great if people added there own links below. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday January 06, 2006 12:30 by Justin Morahan   text 9 comments (last - sunday january 08, 2006 19:13)
The current global military spending is about $1.8 million per minute.
Amount spent since the start of January till now c $1,350,426.750
Watch the figures mount
http://www.nonviolenceinternational.net/ read full story / add a comment
the Rev. Bob Dobbs is more fun
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday January 06, 2006 01:03 by redjade   text 5 comments (last - thursday march 16, 2006 13:54)   image 1 image
♣‡ In 1988 Pat Robertson's 'Christian Coalition' controlled 40% of the delegates at the Republican Convention and helped to put George W's father into the White House. Today he continues to represent a genocidal cocktail of American Ultra-Nationalism and Charismatic 'Christian' Fundamentalism in support of extreme elements of Israeli Zionism. He's a whack-job, but too important to ignore. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / other press Thursday January 05, 2006 16:28 by nuclear watch   text 2 comments (last - tuesday january 10, 2006 19:49)
According to the front page of Daily Ireland today the British government has not ruled out building a nuclear plant on the border.
Green activits in the North have raised the issue with Peter Hain and there are fears that it could become a reality in the future.

http://dailyireland.televisual.co.uk/home.tvt?_scope=DailyIreland/Content/News&id=17690&opp=1 read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday January 05, 2006 03:09 by Anthony G
After the July bombings in London, a number of Pakistani immigrants living in Greece were illegaly detained and tortured by Greek agents working with MI6 agents based in Greece.

Despite attempted cover-up and and denials from both the Greek and British government, the MI6 agent who was present at the time has since been recalled to London and the British government has issued a D-notice forbidding the media from naming the lead MI6 agent - though the story has been covered by both The Times and The Guardian. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday January 04, 2006 22:55 by RSF   text 8 comments (last - tuesday september 25, 2007 16:17)
IRISH REPUBLICAN INFORMATION SERVICE (no. 49)

Teach Dáithí Ó Conaill, 223 Parnell Street, Dublin 1, Ireland

Phone: +353-1-872 9747; FAX: +353-1-872 9757; e-mail: saoirse@iol.ie

Date: : 4 Eanáir / January 2006

Internet resources maintained by SAOIRSE-Irish Freedom

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international / arts and media / other press Wednesday January 04, 2006 05:32 by R.Isible
BBC makes limited number of news archive clips available under restrictive license misleadingly similarly named to Creative Commons licencse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/calc/news/intro.shtml read full story / add a comment
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