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Interested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
RTEs Sarah McInerney ? Fianna Fail supporter? Anthony
Joe Duffy is dishonest and untrustworthy Anthony
Robert Watt complaint: Time for decision by SIPO Anthony
RTE in breach of its own editorial principles Anthony
Waiting for SIPO Anthony Public Inquiry >>
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Julian Assange is finally free ! Tue Jun 25, 2024 21:11 | indy
Stand With Palestine: Workplace Day of Action on Naksa Day Thu May 30, 2024 21:55 | indy
It is Chemtrails Month and Time to Visit this Topic Thu May 30, 2024 00:01 | indy
Hamburg 14.05. "Rote" Flora Reoccupied By Internationalists Wed May 15, 2024 15:49 | Internationalist left
Eddie Hobbs Breaks the Silence Exposing the Hidden Agenda Behind the WHO Treaty Sat May 11, 2024 22:41 | indy Human Rights in Ireland >>
Judges Told to Avoid Saying ?Asylum Seekers? and ?Immigrants? Fri Jul 26, 2024 17:00 | Toby Young A new edition of the Equal Treatment Bench Book instructs judges to avoid terms such as 'asylum seekers', 'immigrant' and 'gays', which it says can be 'dehumanising'.
The post Judges Told to Avoid Saying ?Asylum Seekers? and ?Immigrants? appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
The Intersectional Feminist Rewriting the National Curriculum Fri Jul 26, 2024 15:00 | Toby Young Labour has appointed Becky Francis, an intersectional feminist, to rewrite the national curriculum, which it will then force all schools to teach. Prepare for even more woke claptrap to be shoehorned into the classroom.
The post The Intersectional Feminist Rewriting the National Curriculum appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Government Has Just Declared War on Free Speech Fri Jul 26, 2024 13:03 | Toby Young The Government has just announced it intends to block the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act, effectively declaring war on free speech. It's time to join the Free Speech Union and fight back.
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I Wrote an Article for Forbes Defending J.D. Vance From Accusations of ?Climate Denialism?. Forty Ei... Fri Jul 26, 2024 11:00 | Tilak Doshi On July 18th, Dr Tilak Doshi wrote an article for Forbes defending J.D. Vance from accusations of 'climate denialism'. 48 hours later, Forbes un-published the article. Read the article on the Daily Sceptic.
The post I Wrote an Article for Forbes Defending J.D. Vance From Accusations of ?Climate Denialism?. Forty Eight Hours Later, Forbes Un-Published the Article and Sacked Me as a Contributor appeared first on The Daily Sceptic.
Come and See Nick Dixon and me Recording the Weekly Sceptic at the Hippodrome on Monday Fri Jul 26, 2024 09:00 | Toby Young Tickets are still available to a live recording of the Weekly Sceptic, Britain's only podcast to break into the top five of Apple's podcast chart. It?s at Lola's, the downstairs bar of the Hippodrome on Monday July 29th.
The post Come and See Nick Dixon and me Recording the Weekly Sceptic at the Hippodrome on Monday appeared first on The Daily Sceptic. Lockdown Skeptics >>
Voltaire, international edition
Netanyahu soon to appear before the US Congress? It will be decisive for the suc... Thu Jul 04, 2024 04:44 | en
Voltaire, International Newsletter N°93 Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:49 | en
Will Israel succeed in attacking Lebanon and pushing the United States to nuke I... Fri Jun 28, 2024 14:40 | en
Will Netanyahu launch tactical nuclear bombs (sic) against Hezbollah, with US su... Thu Jun 27, 2024 12:09 | en
Will Israel provoke a cataclysm?, by Thierry Meyssan Tue Jun 25, 2024 06:59 | en Voltaire Network >>
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On Friday 19 November and again on Friday Dec 10th and Fri 24th Dec, FEIC carried out the digging of a symbolic grave at Raytheon, Derry. During the protest, large numbers of white ribbons and flowers were tied to the railings which run along the perimeter of the Raytheon plant. A large stone marker, with the words, 'Fallujah 2004' was left to mark the grave. Flowers and candles were left in an act of solidarity with the people of Fallujah. Within two days, every single ribbon, flower and candle had been removed. The grave marker was taken away half a dozen times and was eventually broken in two. The grave continues to be removed and descrated every time it is dug. Despite this, FEIC continue the protest.
It's clear that Raytheon in Derry are unnerved by the protest and threatened by white ribbons, flowers and candles. The people who make Tomahawk Cruise missiles and boast about the lethality of their product are unable to countenance the sight of simple symbols of peace.
It is no surprise that the dead of Fallujah are not respected by arms manufacturers: that a memorial to their suffering should be desecrated like this is simply another example -- were one needed -- of the primacy of profit over humanity. Those killed by the arms trade all over the world are afforded no dignity, either in life or death. Desecration of memorials to them is an attempt to erase their memory and the memory of what happened to them from our consciousness.
Related Story: Feast of the Innocents Dublin: Confronting Irish Complicity in the Slaughter in Iraq
Merry Christmas Minister McDowell...
During the protest organised by Residents Against Racism on Dec 16th questions were gathered from activists, politicians, and asylum seekers about Justice Minister McDowell's reported 'reprieve' for Irish Citizen Children. These questions were later written as a letter to Minister McDowell by Immigrant Rights Activists....
Background Links:
Minister Michael McDowell's revised arrangements for processing claims for permission to remain from parents of Irish born children.
Irish Times: Immigrants with Irish children may get reprieve
A Letter to Michael McDowell, Tomso is an Irish
citizen child. His non-Irish mother was forced to leave him behind when
she was forcibly expelled from this country.
- Will Tomso's mother be allowed to return under these new procedures?
- Will other parents in similar situations be allowed return?
- What about Irish children who were forced into
exile when their parents were expelled in the cloak and dagger midnight
deportations that McDowell finds so appealling. Will they be allowed to
return?
Under the proposed procedures parents must be of 'good character'.
- Who determines whether or not these parents are of 'good character'?
- Is it McDowell himself who decides?
- The ill informed GNIB interviewer?
- Or will it be the communities where the Parents live?
This issue is about the rights of the child. All Irish children are born equal,
and as such all should be entitled to live in the safety of their own
country with the protection of their Parents. This right should not be
taken away on the basis of other people's judgements on the personality
of their Parents.
Minister McDowell you have refused to allow these parents to
work while their applications are processed, and yet you say they must
be economically self-sufficient within 5 years. With the growing
inequality in Irish society how do you think Parents will be
successful?
The cost of housing in Ireland has skyrocketed many young Irish
parents cannot become economically self-sufficient. How do you propose
that these particular parents become self-sufficient while refusing
them permission to work?
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Secret Deals and Treaties? The scale and significance of US military use of Shannon airport has taken on a new dimension with the revelations that Shannon has become part of the illegal movement and torture of prisoners, and the airport's increasing level of use by US military and
civil leaders. This begs the question, has the Irish Government done a secret deal with the
United States, granting US citizens immunity from arrest and procecution under the jurisdiction
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I am making these allegations in all seriousness and with genuine concern. I have no intention of wasting police time. I am making serious allegations about serious and worrying crimes. I state and I believe that serious crimes have occurred and are ongoing at the
present time. I believe these crimes to include:
*Aiding and abetting TORTURE and unlawful detention (a crime against
humanity) by means of facilitating unlawful landing at Shannon airport
of an
aircraft known to be used in the transport of people taken without
charge or
trial to a place of torture and unlawful detention for an indefinite
period
of time.
These words were found in the complaint that four members of MAMA lodged with the Gardai on 2nd October 2004. Over the next two months, regular planespotter and indy reporter Tim Hourigan communicated with the Gardai - the details are within.
In other Shannon news, Dick Cheney graced the airport with a visit and attempts were made to muddy the trail with Jets, Jet Companies and Handling companies changing names and owners.
Are you aware that all compound feeds commonly fed to farm animals contain GM maize and other GM meal?
Given the state of information and discussion in this country on GMOs,
many a farmer won't know this. But worse: it is virtually impossible
for conventional farmers, especially small farmers, to get GM free
compound feeds from their local suppliers. We are pretty sure that the
presence of GMOs in animal feedstuffs is well known to the Department
of Agriculture and other officials, but did they properly inform small
farmers and consumers? Farmers and consumers: please check the small print on feed bags and food labels.
- We (Cavan Leitrim Environmental Awareness Network) urgently call on all farmers to demand GM free feeds.
- We urgently call on consumers to demand GM free meat, eggs and milk.
- We urgently call on the government to take action that GM free feeds are available and GM feeds banned.
- We urgently request that labelling of GM meat, milk and eggs i.e. from animals fed on GM feeds be labelled as such.
- We urgently call on the government to keep Ireland GM free. This is
the only way to avoid any more problems for farmers and consumers.
- We urgently call on the government, the EU, and on our Irish representatives there, to work towards a GM free European Union, whilst
noting that all the directives, regulations and labelling within the EU
make no sense, if the countries of origin of imports cannot guarantee
that their products are GM free.
Related Links:
Will Bertie give us a GMO time bomb for Christmas? A GM-Free Network press release.
Round up of UK Anti-GM protests via Indymedia UK.
Save Our Seeds.
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