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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Thursday January 03, 2013 11:37 by Elric
Yassamine Mather writes on the resolutions which have emerged from the Imperialist backed Tribunal on Iran, on how sections of the Iranian Left have damaged themselves through association with it. Some let themselves be fooled but some were scoundrels. Genuine Democracy will not come to Iran through Neo-Cons or CIA Fronts. Full text at link. In the good old days of the Moscow trials it was customary for fallen members of the Soviet leadership to disappear from group photographs, their image wiped out of history, as they fell out of favour with Stalin. How ironic that the 21st century unholy alliance between Iran’s soft left and neo-conservatives in what is known as the Iran Tribunal seems to have adopted the same method in dealing with the embarrassing outcome of its second phase. The Farsi version of the long-awaited final resolution never made it to the IT website and the English version1 has been either removed or hidden away somewhere where it is difficult to find.2 As the embarrassing clauses were translated into Farsi, the organisers were confronted with a barrage of criticism. The soft left has attempted to justify the disappearance of the final statement with the claim that the ‘findings’ were temporary resolutions - although the ‘prosecutor’, Payam Akhavan, and his allies consider the job done and deny the ‘temporary’ nature of the findings. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday January 02, 2013 12:57 by Anti-fascist
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Many groups, organisations and networks are coming together in Athens and call for an International day of action against Golden Dawn and the fascists in Greece. "We call for international solidarity with participation in Athens demonstration on 19th of January and antifascist action around the world outside Greek embassies." In Dublin, anti-fascists are meeting at the entrance of Stephan's Green park (top of Grafton St) at 2pm. From there we will be marching to the Greek embassy; 1 Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2 read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday January 02, 2013 08:04 by Tony Iltis
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At a one-day assembly of more than 500 delegates on November 28, the militant socialist Party of the Laboring Masses (PLM - Partido Lakas ng Masa) introduced its candidates for national elections scheduled for May 13 next year. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 01, 2013 23:16 by Paddy Hackett
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World War Two was an imperialist war. It had nothing to do with democracy. Britain, France and even the USA has colonised and repressed peoples around the world. There was no democracy at work here. Parts of the world were direct undemocratic colonies of Britain and France. A war for democracy against fascism could not be fought by Empires that maintained such colonies.
The principled position of revolutionary communism concerning World War Two is that it was an inter-imperialist conflict involving the unavoidable military engagement of Stalinist Russia in the interests of protecting from destruction by imperialism. Consequently communists were left with no option but to call for the mounting of a popular principled campaign against the war as a means of defeating capitalism thereby replacing it with communism. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Tuesday January 01, 2013 19:33 by PRO
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As the hundredth anniversary year of the 1913 Lockout begins éirígí extends solidarity greetings to its members, supporters and all of those who have contributed to the struggle against imperialism and capitalism in Ireland over the last twelve months. Agus an céad bliain ó cheann Fhrithdhúnadh 1913 ag tosnú cuireann éirígí beannachtaí dlúthpháirtíochta chuig ár mbaill, lucht tacaíochta agus chucusan ar fad a d’oibrigh ar son na streachailte in aghaidh impiriúlachais agus caipitleachais in Éirinn le dhá mhí dhéag anuas. read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / health / disability issues / event notice Tuesday January 01, 2013 18:54 by Sean Crudden
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The 13th annual winter workshop organised by Cooley takes place in The Strand, Omeath, Co. Louth, on Saturday 26 January 2013 from 14.00 until 17.30. A short meeting will take place at 16.00 during the workshop to ratify a committee for CEHG for 2013. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Tuesday January 01, 2013 12:23 by Eugene Mc Cartan
As the old year fades from our memory we can approach the new year with some degree of optimism. Throughout 2012 there were numerous protests and demonstrations right across the country, from Belfast to Cork, from Galway to Dublin, with working people campaigning against hospital closures and cuts in services. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 01, 2013 11:18 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin
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Coastal erosion is a slow process as winter high tides take a few more feet into the sea every year. read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / miscellaneous / feature Monday December 31, 2012 18:28 by various
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As the year draws to a close, we highlight some of the news stories that made it to the pages of Indymedia during the year. We are certainly living in "interesting times" as old the Chinese curse goes! Events in north Africa and the middle east related to the "fake arab spring" remained in the headlines and also as we head into 2013 the Irish economy is still saddled with enormous burden of debt by a criminal layer of developers, bankers, politicians and an international financial elite dictating to government and the promise of many more austerity budgets to come which will have the effect of stripping away all the social safety nets.
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Monday December 31, 2012 03:22 by BrianClarke
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The British Empire was based on the preceding Roman Empire. Both were based on their respective brutality, couched as civilization, hence the name Brutish Empire. During the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, decadence coupled with orgies and vomitoriums of incessant eating, were some of their features, before their fall. Others were wanton sadistic violence, coupled with the systemic rape of children. The Brutish tradition of foxhunting, blooding young children and raping them, is a part of this heritage of the British Empire. read full story / add a comment ![]()
limerick / history and heritage / event notice Sunday December 30, 2012 15:57 by Joe Hickey
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Annual Sean Sabhat Commemoration 2013 The annual Sean Sabhat Commemoration, organized by Limerick City Sinn Féin, will be held on Sunday 6th January. The parade will assemble at Bedford Row at 2.45pm and proceed from there to the Republican Plot, Mount St. Laurence Cemetery. The main speaker will be Dublin City Councillor Michéal MacDonncadha. Cllr. MacDonncadha is a long standing member of the Sinn Féin Árd Chomhairle, a former editor of the Republican newspaper An Phoblacht and a published historical author. A fluent Irish speaker, he also presents a traditional Irish music programme on a local Dublin radio station. All are welcome to attend. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Saturday December 29, 2012 14:26 by Sharon.
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Assemble at Glasnevin Cemetery Gates , Tuesday 1st January 2013 , at 12.45pm. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / miscellaneous / press release Friday December 28, 2012 07:40 by Internationalist Group
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24 pages of revolutionary Trotskyist views you can't get anywhere else, US$0.50. Subscriptions by mail US$10. For copies contact your local Internationalist supporter, call 212-460-0983 (New York City) or 971-282-7903 (Portland, OR), or write to internationalistgroup@msn.com. Send literature requests and payment to Mundial Publications, Box 3321 Church Street Station, New York, NY 10008 USA. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday December 28, 2012 05:29 by Anthony Ravlich
The adoption of a human rights instrument by the UN General Assembly in Dec 2008 led to the Global Financial Crisis in 2009. Changes involving international human rights law strongly favored the poorer Developing Asia, incl China, over the West. However, in human rights 'the ends do not justify the means'. A Western rebellion could help ensure an ethical human rights 'bottom-line' for all States and therefore fair competition without exploitation. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday December 27, 2012 19:59 by The ajde project
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We chose the word “ajde” because it represents a common word in the Balkans. For us “Ajde” means «to incite»: let’s promote antinationalism and class struggle heightening. Here, there and everywhere. For a world without borders, authority and exploitation. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday December 27, 2012 00:49 by BrianClarke
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Police state measures reflect British current policy, in what is supposedly a peace process in British Occupied Ireland. Compromised civil liberties expanded secret service surveillance, eroded habeas corpus rights, formalized secret service tribunals, permitted psychological torture and internment without a transparent trial, all in the name of the terrorist narrative. All of this continues while at the same time, the British Government itself is being exposed for its state terrorism of murdering human rights lawyers in British Occupied Ireland. Political prisoners like Marian Price and Martin Corey languish in Britain's gulag of human rights abuse and war crimes. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / environment / other press Tuesday December 25, 2012 20:48 by Ban Cruel Sports
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Sad to hear that a dedicated campaigner against blood sports in Ireland has passed away. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday December 24, 2012 14:52 by Zionism=Nazism
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Wikipedia defines "Law-Fare" as: Lawfare is a recently coined word not yet appearing in the Oxford English Dictionary, a portmanteau of the words 'law' and 'warfare', said to describe a form of asymmetric warfare. Lawfare is asserted by some to be the illegitimate use of domestic or international law with the intention of damaging an opponent, winning a public relations victory, financially crippling an opponent, or tying up the opponent's time so that they cannot pursue other ventures It has recently become a staple in the Zio-Nazi attempts to stifle all criticism and any and all attempts to help Palestinians obtain their legal rights. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday December 23, 2012 05:06 by BrianClarke
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The Ministry of Defence in London has just paid out £14 million in compensation to hundreds of Iraqis who were illegally detained and tortured by British forces during the five-year occupation of the south-east of the country, demonstrating the British have broken their promises and undertakings to the international community once again. On the 18th January 1978, the Government of the Republic of Ireland brought an application against Britain, before the Commission of International Human Rights in Strasbourg (ii) that various interrogation practices--in particular the so-called 'five techniques', which included wall- standing, hooding and deprivation of sleep and food--and other practices to which suspects were subjected amounted to torture and inhuman or degrading treatment contrary to Article 3...The Commission unanimously found that the five techniques did constitute a practice of torture and that other practices amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday December 22, 2012 15:31 by antifa nwe
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Many groups, organisations and networks are coming together in Athens and call for an International day of action against Golden Dawn and the fascists in Greece. "We call for international solidarity with participation in Athens demonstration on 19th of January and antifascist action around the world outside Greek embassies." Part of the translated call out is below: read full story / add a comment |
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