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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday August 30, 2005 01:49 by very persistent.
Raytheon, best-known globally for military electronics and weapons systems, saw sales rise 8 % in the first half of the year to US$10.4 billion. But Raytheon (with an Irish operation) are small compared to Boeing (a partner to Ryanair) who had At the end of June, military orders of USS$85.7 billion. Only 2 Arms companies of the US big ten of defence contractors presently engaged in the offence of Iraq. Of the "10" -- Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, Litton, General Electric, United Technologies, TRW and Textron -- six are among the world’s top 10 arms-producing companies. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday August 27, 2005 17:15 by Emma
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The Irish government is currently trying to deport women and children under the threat of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), which frequently results in death. Asylum in Ireland can be sought on grounds of religious or political persecution. However the government refuse to acknowlege FGM as a political act and therefore women and children cannot apply for asylum on the basis they have suffered or will suffer FGM if deported. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday August 27, 2005 01:26 by Muireann Ni Bhrolchain
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This is part of the text of an article that appeared in the Meath Chronicle on Tue, Jun 21st 2005 in an article by John O Donohoe. (In response to this attack I sent him this letter and a copy to both the Taoiseach and the new CEO of the NRA. Needless to say I have received no response from any of them. As the mainstream media failed to cover a press release on my reply I’m including it here after the article.) The Minister for the Environment and Local Government Dick Roche launched a stinging attack on opponents of the M3 route at a Fianna Fail business briefing in Athboy last week. On his first visit to the county since giving the go-ahead for the controversial archaeological excavations on the motorway route, which began last week, he condemned the untruths campaigners aired against the motorway and accused them of a lack of open-mindedness. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Saturday August 27, 2005 00:03 by One down...
By CHRIS WILLIAMS, Associated Press Writer. Wed Aug 24,11:42 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS - A Minnesota man considered one of the world's most prolific e-mail spammers was indicted on more than a dozen federal charges related to the operation of his business, Xpress Pharmacy Direct. read full story / add a comment
international / housing / other press Friday August 26, 2005 15:16 by iosaf
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Last nights fire in Paris which killed 17 people most of whom were children is just one in a series of incidents which bring attention to the appaling conditions mostly african migrants are being housed in. The group "DAL (droit au logement)" estimates 50,000 people in the "migrants, illegal migrants, asylum seekers, refugee" category are housed dangerously in the city. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Friday August 26, 2005 15:11 by Brian Covert / Independent Journalist
On the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, an appeal for international action for peace through Article 9, the war-renouncing clause of the Constitution of Japan.... read full story / add a comment 
international / racism & migration related issues / other press Friday August 26, 2005 14:17 by speedy gonzales
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In what seems an extra-ordinary incident in the daily david and goliath struggle by third world workers to enter or return from the exploitation fields of US labor, a US Border Patrol helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing today after migrants threw stones at it. One stone hit the rotor blades and the pilot made an emergency landing just north of the All American Canal on the border between the U.S. and Mexico read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday August 25, 2005 14:26 by getting very religious
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Spanish police are investigating two faxes written in arabic signed on behalf of Al Qaeda which threaten an imminent attack on the Vatican. There has been one arrest. The lengthy faxes warned of that the Vatican would be attacked for playing its part in the war on Iraq and Afghanistan and supporting Hitler. The faxes cited newspaper reports from the 1940s. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday August 23, 2005 22:11 by + sticks and stones
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US Christian TV broadcaster Pat Robertson has called on the US authorities to assasinate President Chávez of Venezuela for exporting islamic fundamentalists and communists globally. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Tuesday August 23, 2005 01:03 by iosaf
Eric Rudolph was sentenced in Atlanta today to four consecutive life sentences as well as 120 years in prison for three bombings in Atlanta and one in Birmingham, Alabama between 1996 and 1998. Rudolph, a right wing extremist bombed the Atlanta Olympic games in 1996, killing 1 and injuring 111 with a nail bomb. Today reading from a prepared statement appeared to show remorse for the first time. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Tuesday August 23, 2005 00:02 by hs
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"It's us, the workers", he says, "who decide on questions of production and technology, and it's us who elect who will be our managers." http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4155936.stm read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Sunday August 21, 2005 21:53 by James
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Wayne Price has a thoughtful and ethically aware article on why opposing the unethical actions of one's own government should be a priority rather than moaning about some far away one. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday August 20, 2005 21:42 by stewart
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What Does Democracy Really Mean In The Middle East? read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Saturday August 20, 2005 21:40 by Man ray
Racism is the terrorists' greatest recruitment tool read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Saturday August 20, 2005 13:44 by JOhn
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Details from the post-mortem examination of the innocent Brazilian shot dead by police suggest Scotland Yard officers lied about the circumstances of the death. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Saturday August 20, 2005 13:38 by Martin
With the longest working week in Europe, experts say Britain's health and productivity will decline read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday August 20, 2005 13:31 by Booterstown
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A Simple Question and the Power of Shame By Steven Laffoley read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Saturday August 20, 2005 13:06 by dave
New Socialist Worker online read full story / add a comment
international / housing / other press Saturday August 20, 2005 13:01 by John
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How we left Gaza read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday August 20, 2005 01:13 by andy
A theory to what causes the swp's bizarre behavior towards the wider left wing movement: http://www.workerspower.com/index.php?id=77,726,0,0,1,0 read full story / add a comment |
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