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TOP STORY: Lies, The Lying Liars Who Tell Them and the Law of Unintended Consequences
http://lark.phoblacht.net/liesandthelyingliars.html
Tom Luby

As Ireland’s various pundits and analysts this week furiously scratch their heads and wonder how the Northern peace process can be rescued from the cul de sac in which it now finds itself, it might be worth their while to reflect a little on one sobering truth about the current position.

24 October 2003

* LATEST NEWS & VIEWS: Lies, The Lying Liars Who Tell Them and the Law of Unintended Consequences
* One More for the Road...And Another. Come Back Tony & Bertie, the
Crack's 90
* On the One Road
* Conduct Unbecoming
* A Political Nightmare
* Ireland: Repression, Violence, Segregation - The Realities of the Sectarian State
* When the Drugs Don't Work
* Last Week, It Happened Again. In Bolivia.

Lies, The Lying Liars Who Tell Them and the Law of Unintended Consequences
http://lark.phoblacht.net/liesandthelyingliars.html
Tom Luby
As Ireland’s various pundits and analysts this week furiously scratch
their heads and wonder how the Northern peace process can be rescued
from the cul de sac in which it now finds itself, it might be worth
their while to reflect a little on one sobering truth about the current
position.

One More for the Road...And Another. Come Back Tony & Bertie, the Crack's 90
http://lark.phoblacht.net/thecraicam.html
Anthony McIntyre
Observing the events of this week, as our political class continue to
finger point and wallow in effected self-pity trying to persuade the
rest of us that their virtue was in some way defiled, it is tempting to
cast the mind back to that occasion some years ago when Bill Clinton
referred to the bar room boozers who each time they reached an agreement
to leave the pub fell back in through its doors again. They simply could
not bring themselves to do the business, knowing that no matter how
empty their pockets were, or how boring their drunken discourse sounded
to all around them, somebody would buy them a drink just to keep them
quiet for a while.

On the One Road
http://lark.phoblacht.net/hallarticle.html
Mick Hall
Gerry Adams in a recent speech at the Balmoral Hotel, on 21st October
2003, not for the first time compares the Good Friday Agreement with a
long journey. However these days he seems to be envisaging the final
destination as being a place somewhere different to that which was
intended, by the thousands of Republicans who have participated with
Adams on this journey over the last thirty odd years, in this phase of
the historic struggle for Irish freedom from the English State.

Conduct Unbecoming
http://lark.phoblacht.net/conductkoh.html
Kathleen O Halloran
During this current and longest phase of the struggle for Irish
nationhood, the Irish Republican Army, has been to some degree modeled
on its British Army counterpart. Evidence of this influence can be
traced as far back as 1974, when Davey Morley replaced Billy McKee as
camp O.C. in Long Kesh.

A Political Nightmare
http://lark.phoblacht.net/politicalnightmarees.html
Eamon Sweeney
The pigs had been fed and all their equipment checked in preparation for
flying. A special blue moon was on order for the purpose of illuminating
the celebrations. Meanwhile back in Belfast Lord Lucan saddled Shergar
for a pleasant jaunt, whilst the Unicorns helped the Leprechauns
restring Elvis’s guitar. Bigfoot’s tuxedo was not a good fit and he
looked very nervous never having been a bouncer before. But he boldly
stuck out his chest and strode forth to the entrance gate at Stormont
ready to scrutinise the party invites…

Ireland: Repression, Violence, Segregation - The Realities of the Sectarian State
http://lark.phoblacht.net/repressionpm.html
Paul Mallon
The peace process, which has been in continual crisis since the 1998
signing of the Good Friday Agreement, has faltered once again as
devolved power to Stormont remains suspended.

When the Drugs Don't Work
http://lark.phoblacht.net/drugsdontsf.html
Sean Fleming
Today there is an urgent need to challenge the dominance of psychiatry
and its control over the lives of people it deems ‘mentally ill’.
Psychiatry believes that ‘mental illness’ is related to an underlying
biological pathology or genetic defect.

Last Week, It Happened Again. In Bolivia.
http://lark.phoblacht.net/boliviayoulton.html
Michael Youlton
For the fourth time in three years, angry popular demonstrations have
overthrown a South American government. The demonstrations that shut
down Bolivia -- and the government response that killed at least 80
demonstrators before the inevitable resignation of President Gonzalo
Sanchez de Lozada -- came on the heels of popular uprisings already in
Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru.

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The Big Fella and the Big Lad
Breandán Ó Muirthile

Sabotaging the Fight for Freedom
Liam O Comain

Republicanism: Relevant and Not Going Away
TJ O Conchuir

Anti-Racism Network Statement for Endorsement
Davy Carlin

From Where Springs Hope
Anthony McIntyre

Trashing Free Software
Toni Solo