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international / eu / press release Friday June 23, 2017 17:28 by pn
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This issue of People’s News This issue of People’s News has an unusual number of articles on military matters, and regular readers will have noticed that over the past few months these types of articles have steadily increased in number. This reflects the alarmingly rapid development of an EU army and its support mechanisms. It is a development about which there is very little awareness in Ireland, and one that may have serious implications for us all. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday June 16, 2017 19:46 by séamas carraher
June, 2017: Firat News Agency (Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê) covered one of the first legal cases to result from the Turkish military’s sieges of Kurdish Cizre in September 2015 and December 2015-February 2016. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday June 15, 2017 12:47 by séamas carraher
Figen Yüksekdağ, recently replaced co-chairperson of the Turkish HDP (Peoples’ Democratic Party), whose 10 month prison sentence for “spreading terror propaganda” was approved by the Supreme Court of Appeals on September 22, 2016 has now (6 June 2017) been given another 14 months in prison for a 2015 interview with German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle where she made the statement that the “PKK is a people’s liberation movement." read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday June 13, 2017 12:38 by séamas carraher
A number of voices, it appears, are now attempting to navigate the stormy and dangerous waters of ‘public opinion’ in Turkey in an attempt to invest energy in a renewed peace initiative since the collapse of the original Solution Process in July 2015, followed by the war that has displaced over half a million Kurds from their towns and cities... read full story / add a comment
international / elections / politics / opinion/analysis Monday June 12, 2017 23:56 by T
The large vote for Corbyn's Labour socialist type policies shows that moving to the Left rather than the centre resonates with the masses and shows that things like issues of health, education and jobs are core issues and perhaps shows a sign that a certain section of the population is beginning to notice that practically every political party is infested with banking and corporate favoured policies and shrills and technocrats working on their behalf while the population is being relentlessly screwed by austerity. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday June 07, 2017 19:35 by séamas carraher
“Build that wall. BUILD THAT WALL! Build that wall!” Donald John Trump chants after Major Endorsement, Anaheim, CA. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday May 31, 2017 23:43 by anon
The unsayable in Britain’s general election campaign is this. The causes of the Manchester atrocity, in which 22 mostly young people were murdered by a jihadist, are being suppressed to protect the secrets of British foreign policy. Critical questions – such as why the security service MI5 maintained terrorist “assets” in Manchester and why the government did not warn the public of the threat in their midst – remain unanswered, deflected by the promise of an internal “review”. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday May 30, 2017 08:22 by various groups
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Statements on the imposition of martial law in Mindanao read full story / add a comment
international / economics and finance / other press Tuesday May 23, 2017 22:52 by 1 of indy
WSWS.org carries a report on the plans of the new French president - Emmanuel Macron -who was presented as an outsider but in fact was not and in cohorts with the corporate controlled media misled the French people, for now he is about to launch the greatest assault yet on workers conditions. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday May 23, 2017 14:31 by séamas carraher
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just released its 67 page report on pain management in Guatemala: 'Punishing the Patient - Ensuring Access to Pain Treatment in Guatemala.' read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / photo-essay Sunday May 21, 2017 15:39 by Ba.
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HOW IMPERIALISM DESTROYS FAMILIES read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday May 18, 2017 12:08 by séamas carraher
Abdullah Öcalan, imprisoned head of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has been nominated for the Sydney Peace Prize. read full story / add a comment
international / elections / politics / press release Tuesday May 16, 2017 20:31 by Abby Wilhelm
Puerto Rico bankruptcy proceedings to restructure an over $70 billion debt begin on Wednesday in San Juan. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday May 15, 2017 11:25 by séamas carraher
"Dozens of Saudi women have told Human Rights Watch that the male guardianship system is the most significant impediment to realizing women’s rights in the country, effectively leaving adult women legal minors who cannot make key decisions for themselves." (Human Rights Watch) read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday May 14, 2017 16:35 by Astrid Essed
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This article is written as a counterweight against 21th Islamophobia, since few people realize, how much the European civilization owes the Moorish rule in Medieval Spain. Without this rule, there probably should have been no Renaissance, also sciences as Algebra, chemistry, astronomy etc derived from the Arab [Greek] civilization. You know a Medieval English King nearly converted to Islam? Read further read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday May 11, 2017 11:45 by 1 of indy
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Many people still don't fully understand why events transpired the way they did during our financial crisis, but this analysis by Michael Hudson reproduced here serves to clearly outline how and why we ended up where we did. The interview is concerned with the greek situation with but the behaviours involved in "loaning to exploit" described in the interview are clearly recognisable from our own experiences. read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations / event notice Tuesday May 09, 2017 20:11 by Anarchists from Hamburg
At the upcoming G20 Summit, Police controls all over the city will be one of the most potent instruments of the repression organs to prevent our protest and action. Already at the access routes, the henchmen will try to sound out who fits their pattern and who doesn't. read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / news report Friday May 05, 2017 17:49 by séamas carraher
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"Horrific cruelty endured by Irish cattle in Turkey", Gabriel Paun, Animals International, Australia. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 03, 2017 10:09 by séamas carraher
"3 May is a date which celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom around the world, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in the exercise of their profession." (UNESCO) read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday April 30, 2017 11:04 by séamas carraher
Saturday, 29th April, early morning, Wikipedia "the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit" is blocked in Turkey. The block affects all language editions of the site. Try to access it from downtown Istanbul and all you will get is a "timeout" error message. read full story / add a comment |
UK Indymedia FeaturesTue May 02, 2017 01:55 UK Indymedia Features
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