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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday June 13, 2008 18:13 by Bazooka Joe
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The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay have the right to appeal their indefinite imprisonment without charges to US civilian courts read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Friday June 13, 2008 14:47 by pat c
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Repression of womens rights activists continues in Iran. This report is from women who live in Iran. Full text at link. Eight women’s rights activists were arrested today, on the anniversary of the national day of solidarity of Iranian women (22nd of Khordaad, June 12). Those arrested are: Aida Saadat, Nahid Mirhaj, Nafiseh Azad, Nasrin Sotoodeh, Jelve Javaheri, Jila Baniyagoub, Sarah Loghmani and Farideh Ghaeb. These women were arrested outside the Rahe Abrisham Gallery, where a seminar was scheduled to take place in honor of the anniversary of the day of solidarity of Iranian women. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday June 13, 2008 14:39 by pat c
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James Turley, CPGB, writes on how the warmongers have stepped up their threats towards Iran. He says only principled opposition to both US/UK/Israeli Imperialism and to the Iranian Regime will win over mass support to the anti war movement. Full text at link. Communists unequivocally oppose any imperialist action against Iran. It is clear to all that the invasion of Iraq has been a catastrophe for the Iraqi people, no matter what US and British propaganda says. It is also clear that this catastrophe has real roots in the objective dynamics of recent capitalist development and the relative decline of US global hegemony in the face competition from China and Europe - and so any subsequent adventure in Iran is likely to have similar results. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday June 12, 2008 16:03 by tomeile
An Iranian woman ,Vahab, writes on the impact an Israeli or American attack would have on her country and addresses the western use of women's rights in Iran to justify war . read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / other press Wednesday June 11, 2008 21:05 by Connaught Telegraph
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A COUNTY Clare man who defended himself against public order charges arising out of a protest at the Corrib Gas refinery at Bellanaboy has enjoyed a measure of success at Belmullet court. Niall Harnett, Doonagore, Liscannor, Co. Clare, had a charge of engaging in threatening, insulting and abusive behaviour dismissed but was convicted of obstruction of a peace officer in the course of his or her duty. (Mr Harnett has lodged his appeal which is likely to be heard in Ballina Circuit Court in November 2008. - Ed) read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Wednesday June 11, 2008 19:58 by Miriam Cotton
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Harry Browne interviews read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday June 09, 2008 23:26 by Hussein Al-alak
"liberate" the 513 Iraqi children, who are currently imprisoned in Iraq, having been classified as "imperative threats to security“ by the illegal occupiers read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / other press Monday June 09, 2008 11:06 by Miriam Cotton
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The Irish Times goes all out on behalf of the 'Yes' Campaign. Expect more of this nauseating lecturing over the next few days. read full story / add a comment 
international / racism & migration related issues / other press Sunday June 08, 2008 23:24 by Laure Akai/Damien Moran
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday June 05, 2008 14:50 by pat c
Following on from the affiliation by the PCS, the ASLEF union has now voted to affiliate to Hands Off the People of Iran. Nobody spoke against the motion to affiliate. Full article at link. The national conference of Aslef, the rail drivers’ union, has voted unanimously to affiliate to the Hands Off the People of Iran campaign. This is the second major union to do so, following the decision of last month’s PCS conference, where only Socialist Workers Party comrades opposed affiliation. However, the SWP had no presence at the Aslef conference and nobody spoke against the proposal. Delegates from across the country spoke in favour, including general secretary Keith Norman. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday June 04, 2008 19:24 by Darren C
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Like their counterparts in France, Ruairi Quinn and the Irish Labour Party have become disturbingly fixated on dark skinned schoolgirls wearing hijabs. Derangement, paranoia and liberal racism are now centrist political positions. Quinn's Islamophobic and racist tirade against those immigrants who don't "conform to Irish norms" (we could have fun trying to define that one) is covered in today's Irish Independent: read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday June 02, 2008 06:58 by Sean Crudden
Surely there is a place in heaven for this great man. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday May 31, 2008 22:35 by Yassamine Mather
In the article below Yassamine Mather casts a jaundiced eye on the political economy of the theocracys Iran. Full text of the article at the link. Before Ruhollah Khomeini came to power, he portrayed himself and the proposed islamic regime as defenders of the poor: “This system of clerical rule is necessary to prevent injustice, corruption, oppression by the powerful over the poor and weak, and deviation from islam and sharia law; and also to destroy anti-islamic influence and conspiracies by non-muslim foreign powers.” Once in power and in a position to deal with Iran’s economy, Khomeini’s infamous response to demands for a better life spoke volumes about his real position: “People did not make revolution for bread. They made revolution for islam ... economy is for the donkeys” .He later expressed impatience with those who complained that the standard of living had dropped after the revolution: “I cannot believe that the purpose of all these sacrifices was to have less expensive food.” read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday May 31, 2008 17:51 by Red Banner
Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas Issue 32 is out now, €2 / £1.50 from Red Banner sellers, good bookshops or the address above. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday May 31, 2008 13:26 by tomeile
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Former German foreign minister and Vice Chancellor Joschka Fischer writes that an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities is likely in the near future. With the approaching end of the Bush presidency and uncertainty about his successor's policy, the window of opportunity for Israeli action is seen as potentially closing. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / other press Friday May 30, 2008 08:33 by Seracle 1 attached file
Galway writer and poet, Maureen Gallagher, has been awarded first prize in the Wicklow Writers’ Poetry Competition 2008 for her poem 'December Rain', about clerical child abuse . Her winning poem can be read on wicklowwriters.blogspot.com . She also came second in the short story category. Maureen is a widely published poet and a regular reader at Crannog events in Galway. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday May 27, 2008 22:03 by Damien Moran
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international / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday May 27, 2008 15:12 by Ciaron
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"Folksinger, Storyteller, Railroad Tramp Utah Phillips Dead at 73" Nevada City, California: Utah Phillips, a seminal figure in American folk music who performed extensively and tirelessly for audiences on two continents for 38 years, died Friday of congestive heart failure in Nevada City, California a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains where he lived for the last 21 years with his wife, Joanna Robinson, a freelance editor. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday May 26, 2008 15:12 by Miriam Cotton
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A surprise awaits John Bolton, one of the chief architechts of the illegal invasion of Iraq, at the Hay book festival this Wednesday. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday May 25, 2008 01:27 by D. Flanagan
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A report in the Sunday Business Post links Libertas to Rettet Osterreich, an Austrian rightist political group. Rettet Osterreich held a rally in Vienna on March 12 which was attended by the neo-nazi National People's Party. read full story / add a comment |
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