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international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Saturday May 05, 2007 19:57 by MB
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An academic has been dismissed from the School of Computing and IT at the University of Wolverhampton on the grounds of Gross Misconduct following the use of email and an online blog devoted to bullying in academia to express criticisms and complaints towards management and policies within the University. read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage / other press Saturday May 05, 2007 19:17 by Joe
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The WSM has recently added 6 PDF's of anarchist publications from Ireland or about Ireland of the period from 1970 to 1983 (WSM was founded 1984). Today we make available an article published by the Belfast anarchist paper Outta Control written at the start of the Hunger Strike. read full story / add a comment 
meath / history and heritage / other press Saturday May 05, 2007 05:51 by TaraWatch
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NPR featured an interview with Conor Newman of NUI Galway read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / other press Friday May 04, 2007 23:49 by mac fishie
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Australian scientists Geoff Jones & Glenn Almany, both of the University of James Cook in Queensland have published the results of their long awaited "Nemo Fish" study. They irradiated more than 300 female fish in the waters surrounding Papua New Guinnea in the South Pacific so as to track them and test the Walt Disney "in search of Nemo" theory that fish always return home (if not on your dishie - they're at home - irradiated - extinct or cutely searching their moma's and papa's). At least 60% of the tracked fish returned home. It's not a land slide majority but is certainly indicative of a fair chunk of the fish in question sharing something important in common :- "their idea of home". Thankfully for 3rd world fisherpeople fish have remarkably short memories and so any of the more suspicious fish will soon forget how much studying went into their habits & movements. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / other press Friday May 04, 2007 19:47 by Jolly Red Giant
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On 24 May you will have the opportunity to vote for and elect Socialist Party candidates who have been tireless campaigners for working class people. Joe Higgins TD has been the real opposition to the government for the last ten years. You can strengthen that opposition by electing other Socialist Party TDs to join Joe in the Dail. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday May 04, 2007 19:32 by Choice Ireland
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These are the founding documents of Choice Ireland. We are a dublin-based pro-choice group which has been active since January 2007. Contact us if you wish to go on our mailing list or become involved. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Friday May 04, 2007 15:16 by dick cheney
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Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that authorities in Havana Cuba have narrowed down all leads in the investigation into a plane hijack and foiled bomb attack which occured this morning. The USA is suspected of training, supplying, planning and carrying out the attack which left one ground Cuban crew member dead. All hostages are now safe and undergoing post-traumatic therapy. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / other press Friday May 04, 2007 14:24 by Fredrick Forsyth
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Carlos the Jackal, a Venezuelan whose real name is Ilich Ramírez Sánchez was for many years the most wanted terrorist on Earth who popped up in fiction and movies. But eventually he was brought to France where he stood trial and stunned everyone with his incoherent gurgling once he took the stand. Honestly fact really disappointed everyone and the Jackal was nothing like the man fiction had portrayed. Well - everyone will get to hear more incoherent gurgling because the Jackal is going back to court. This time he will face charges relating to a bomb on the Toulouse-Paris train el 29/3/82 (5 dead), the offices of the magazine Al Watan Al Arabi in París 22/4/82 (1 dead), a bomb at the Sant Charles station in Marseilles (no dead) and a train in Tain-L'Hermitage 31/12/83 (5 dead). read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / other press Friday May 04, 2007 13:33 by Dorothy Gale
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The Government has decided to commemorate the Famine! With what? A State Reception in Iveagh House! How appropriate for this Government to mark the anniversary of the Great Irish Famine by a Reception in Iveagh House. Let them eat, drink and be merry for today we let others die. Would it not be more suitable to mark the Famine by a grant of aid to other famine-stricken lands? This Government has never been able to reach the Foreign Aid targets it set itself. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / racism & migration related issues / other press Friday May 04, 2007 10:02 by redjade
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Lordorice & Imelda Belong to Belfast read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Friday May 04, 2007 08:09 by mac spanner
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"There were calls today for an investigation into the Scottish election after polling descended into chaos with tens of thousands spoilt ballot papers, faulty counting machines and bad weather delaying the return of ballot boxes. With two simultaneous elections being held under three different voting systems, some seats saw more than a 1,000 spoilt papers being discarded. Although the SNP leader, Alex Salmond, won his own seat and appeared set for a narrow national victory, a result is not now expected until the early afternoon." or several weeks if the legal challenges are succesful. Thus it is very difficult to say how the Scottish have "voted" or "not voted". read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday May 04, 2007 01:17 by IT Reader
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As the General Election looms, and the EPA hearing draws to a close, Áine Ryan draws a few conclusions about the current state of play in Corrib saga in the current edition of the Mayo news. She points out that Shell have no approved route for their pipeline, and when they come up with one (if they ever do) they will have to go through the whole process again. They also have to deal with the fact that politicians like Martin Ferris and Tommy Broughan could well be in the government next month, and the Shell to Sea campaign, although shaken by police brutality, has not gone away... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Thursday May 03, 2007 16:55 by C Murray
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IWMF have started a blog with the stated purpose" of promoting press freedom and Journalist resource and fostering communication between journalist freedom advocates worldwide." The site contains some links to organisations such as Reporters without Borders and CPJ who have advocated on behalf of Alan Johnston, Brad Will and Anna Politkovskaya. The link to RSF has a rogues gallery of anti-press personnel. Its called 'Predators of Press' http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id-article=13622 read full story / add a comment 
meath / history and heritage / other press Thursday May 03, 2007 08:44 by TaraWatch
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On Wednesday, 2 May, TaraWatch learned that Minister Dick Roche has already drafted 'directions' under the National Monuments Act 2004 - section 14 A, that order the 'preservation by record' and demolition of the massive prehistoric temple enclosure or henge recently reported to have been found in the valley between the Hill of Tara and the Hill of Skryne, in County Meath. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday May 03, 2007 02:10 by cxc
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Switzerland, Zürich: After many hours of streetfighting between protesters and police, people began to attack banks, private companies, courts, police stations and cars of the rich with fire bombs and paint bombs. countless windows were smashed. read full story / add a comment 
international / racism & migration related issues / other press Wednesday May 02, 2007 20:48 by redjade
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profiling by Melanin content... read full story / add a comment 
national / gender and sexuality / other press Wednesday May 02, 2007 20:00 by C Murray
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This is a link to a story published on one of the Women's sites in October 2006, by a Polish activist and rights campaigner. She was delighted with the ability of women to work in unity over shared areas of concern which normally would not be in their political interests, but the results of globalised economy and cultural debasement had made the interests of unity pertinent to all the women who worked together. The image is of campaigners who worked on justice for the dissappeared in Guatemala, their campaign against debasement is ongoing. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Wednesday May 02, 2007 14:50 by uachtaran TiT
Following up on Ratzinger's call for immediate debt cancellation of the poorest states on Earth, today 8 bishops of the Catholic Church met with Tony Blair to remind him about what he promised he would do his best to do. You remember he was with Geldof on MTV? Gleneagles? July 2005? G8 of bishops tackles Blair on poverty Tony Blair meets a delegation of global bishops at Downing Street to discuss the promises made by the G8 to make poverty history [Marcin Mazur] "Tony Blair today met a delegation of global bishops at Downing Street to discuss the promises made by the G8 to make poverty history Group of eight bishops from around the world visits Downing Street urging Tony Blair to ensure the promises of the G8 to end poverty are kept" read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Wednesday May 02, 2007 12:34 by Terence
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In this article by George Monbiot, he spells out what is going on politically with Climate Change and states that they are aware of the real depth of changes required which they have purposely avoided and instead have committed to much less drastic changes which will have the effect of condemning millions to die. It would seem what he has identified is that the body of capitalism of which the current crop of political leaders are the stewards, is unable and unwilling to make the neccessary changes, because it inherently recognises that this would be a challenge to the system itself. It looks like they plan to somehow muddle through, but unfortunately muddling through this problem is not the easy option it normally is. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday May 02, 2007 04:42 by finn
A number of factors have recently formed a conjunction, which provided a new view of a popular ‘reality’. Whenever the flames of the terrorist ‘threat’ begin to wane convenient arrests are made that fan the embers back into flames of concern. Recent police raids in Sydney and Melbourne have resulted in the arrests of two Sri Lankan Tamils; “two men have appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on terrorism related charges,” ran the intro from one media outlet while another ran with, “men face terrorism charges after raids.” I’m sure we all get the drift but it should be noted that assistant commissioner to the Federal Police, Frank Prendergast, went to lengths "to make it clear that these men weren't involved in any possible attacks on Australian soil.” Well then, what? read full story / add a comment |
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