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offsite link Trans Activists at London Demo Called for TERFs to be Hanged and Defaced Seven Statues, Including Ne... Sun Apr 20, 2025 19:00 | Toby Young
Trans rights activists held a demo in London yesterday to protest Wednesday's Supreme Court decision and defaced seven statues, including Nelson Mandela's and Millicent Fawcett's.
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In the Guardian's latest climate gobbledegook, Friederike Otto redefines climate change as a "crisis of justice", focusing on moralising and social justice rather than the science, argues Charles Rotter.
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offsite link Banks and Business are Talking Sense on Climate at Last. But it Must not be Just Talk Sun Apr 20, 2025 15:00 | Richard Eldred
Corporations and banks are shifting from "green-washing" to "green-hushing", but unless this marks real change, it's just more empty promises, warns Bjorn Lomborg.
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offsite link ?Final Proof That the Labour Party I Once Loved is Hopelessly out of Touch? Sun Apr 20, 2025 13:00 | Richard Eldred
The Labour Party's failure to align with legal and public sentiment on women's rights and trans issues, has rendered it hopelessly out of touch, says women's rights advocate Professor Jo Phoenix in the Mail.
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Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour ministers are secretly plotting to defy a Supreme Court ruling affirming biological sex in single-sex spaces ? despite publicly pretending to back it.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday April 03, 2011 06:02 by Roy Batty   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 05, 2011 11:16)   image 1 image
If you ask liberal talking heads like Ed Schultz and other Nattering Nabobs of Progressivism, who would support Dick Cheney if he was a Democrat, they'll tell you, "Well, this is a cheaper war, a Democrat war and besides, it's not a war." read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday April 01, 2011 15:19 by Sean Matthews-personal capacity
Last Saturday, 26 March saw up to half a million take part in a TUC organised anti-cuts protest in London. In the aftermath of the protest there has been much controversy about the 700 strong black bloc that broke away from the protest to throw paint at and break the windows of banks, luxury car dealers and the 4,000 a night Ritz hotel in Central London. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 30, 2011 11:12 by Galway Alliance Against War
The Galway Alliance Against War produces a monthly e-bulletin: this is the March 2011 edition. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 29, 2011 10:54 by Arthur Óg Rimbaud   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 29, 2011 16:49)
As society tears itself apart and reactionary forces come to the fore, well organised and confident of success. The left, the anti-authoritarians, the radicals and alternatives are in utter disarray. The only glimpse of light in the darkness of a seemingly overwhelming anti-liberation tsunami has been the acts of publicised resistance by the Anarchists in London and Greece. Although more spectactular pantomime for televison consumers. The mega machine of oppression remains intact and the negativity it creates in the human mind becomes overwhelming. read full story / add a comment
Dont sentence  me and my friends to death in China.
national / animal rights / opinion/analysis Tuesday March 29, 2011 00:00 by Bernie Wright   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 29, 2011 04:06)   image 2 images
WE NEED YOUR HELP.

GREYHOUND ACTION IRELAND are currently getting thousands of flyers printed to distribute at the 16 remaining tracks in Ireland. We are asking people to BOYCOTT GREYHOUND RACING and to contact their TDs expressing their opposition to Greyhound exports to China by the IGB.
NOW WE NEED YOU TO HELP US LEAFLET AT THE TRACKS BELOW. Especially the rural ones
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'we want every tracks takings to be down'........ the China deal will turn the public against the Industry!

WHO CAN GIVE AN HOUR BEFORE RACING STARTS {chart below] TO HAND OUT FLYERS???
THIS WILL PUT PRESSURE ON THE IGB,THEY DO NOT WANT TO LOSE BUSINESS DUE TO THEIR SICK NEW MONEY-MAKING SCHEME IN CHINA

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Live hare coursing, sponsored by Hotel Minella in Clonmel
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Monday March 28, 2011 22:41 by Anti Blood Sports   text 10 comments (last - tuesday april 05, 2011 17:37)   image 6 images
Major hotel is both sponsoring live hare coursing events and hosting a big awards night aimed at enhancing the image of coursing clubs in Ireland read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Saturday March 26, 2011 16:28 by Christopher Isherwood   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 25, 2012 04:25)   image 1 image
There is not one word on his literature about his position on abortion, civil partnership, his opposition to gay rights in general, his opposition to sex education. Not one word about religious values. No reference to his support for the Iona Institute and the right wing economic policies of its director David Quinn (overspending on public services was the problem)

His Brief CV makes no mention of his period as sec to archbishop Connell. He is only for adult stem cell research etc

You would think he was a soft-hearted liberal!

When will he come out as a catholic extremist? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 23, 2011 15:41 by Astrid Essed
By applauding the Western military actions against Libya, the Libyan resistance doesn't rely on their own strength, but will be bound to either a Western occupation, or a far going Western influence, when Gaddafi is defeated

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 23, 2011 09:22 by Francesca Palazzi Arduini
In October 2010, the Irish website Count Me Out, which had until then supplied the forms needed to carry out formal Defection from the Roman Catholic Church, suspended distribution of the forms and its own activity as a result of a statement from the Catholic Church in Ireland regarding the acceptance of defection requests. But was the Archdiocese of Dublin being truthful when it issued its statement? Italian anti-clericalist Francesca Palazzi Arduini examines the changes in which led to the Church's statement and finds that the answer is "NO".. read full story / add a comment
Fukushima reactor 3 explodes
national / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday March 17, 2011 18:02 by ferret   text 17 comments (last - thursday april 07, 2011 13:00)   image 2 images   video 2 video files
Recent events in Japan and revelations by wikileaks regarding the nefarious and corrupt activities of the nuclear industry working in India should be a wake up call for those considering the arguments of vested interests who are quietly pushing the nuclear agenda in our media. It would certainly be a nice profitable centralised earner for themselves and their friends but a panacea for our future energy woes it certainly ain't! read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday March 16, 2011 21:16 by Muhammad A. Al Mahdi   image 1 image
Gaza March 15 - HAMAS and FATAH join forces in cracking down on pro-democracy protesters calling for unity read full story / add a comment
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international / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Saturday March 12, 2011 16:10 by Yassamine Mather   image 1 image
Yassamine Mather examines the reality of the continuing struggle against the regime's oppression.

On March 8, for the second time in a week, demonstrators gathered in the streets of Tehran and other major cities in Iran to protest against the regime - despite its attempts at suppression, its armed security forces, its tear gas and its arrests.

Thirty-two years ago, on March 8 1979, tens of thousands of Iranian women took part in the first major demonstration against the newly established Islamic Republic of Iran, following the forced imposition of the hijab. The women’s slogans were: “I say it every moment, I say it under torture: either death or freedom!” “Freedom is neither eastern nor western: it is universal!” “Death to censorship!” “In the dawn of freedom, the place of women is empty: revolution is meaningless without women’s freedom - we do not want the hijab!” read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Friday March 11, 2011 15:27 by Liam Mac Sheamais   text 11 comments (last - friday march 18, 2011 04:08)
With the vitsit of the British Monarch to Dublin due to take place in May 2011, many Irisih Republican's consider this to be the last part of a process which has been aimed at solidifying the partition of Ireland and legitimising the continuing British occupation of six northen counties. A process that began with the establishment of a 'friendly' (in British terms) leadership of the Irish Republican Movement in 1986, continuing through ceasefires, decommissioning, treaties and open support for the British colonial police, referred to as the PSNI. The visit by the British Monarch to Dublin is seen by many as the concluding part in this drawn out process. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Thursday March 10, 2011 17:28 by Ruairi Og
The following letter appeared in various newspapers last year addressing the issue of Orangism and the Orange Order in particular. I came across it and believe it is worthy of republication here. Specifically as the issue that is addressed is the clash between Republican ideology and Orangism, which have become pertenent with the debate around the British Monarch coming to Dublin in May. The traditional battle between Republican's and Monarchists is still with us and will remain while the so-called Irish Question is unresolved read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / opinion/analysis Thursday March 10, 2011 17:09 by Luxefaire
1/28/2011 4:50 PM EST Tags: teaching, mnemonics, mnemonix, celtic read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Sunday March 06, 2011 00:55 by john throne   text 3 comments (last - saturday march 26, 2011 01:15)
The employers have been on an offensive against the working class for the past forty years. The assaults on the public sector are the latest fronts. Unfortunately the union leaders have gone along with this offensive. In the present battles they bleat that they will get their members to give concessions as long as they can negotiate these. In essence this is what the union leaders position boils down to. Let us negotiate and we will get our members to make concessions. Of course this would continue to give the union leaders a role. The union leaders fear a victory in Madison and elsewhere because this would show that victories are possible and that defeat in front of this bosses offense is always inevitable. If this was shown it would undermine the entire propaganda of the union leaders and weaken their control of the movement. They prefer defeat to this. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday March 05, 2011 20:08 by okanenas   text 2 comments (last - monday march 07, 2011 14:40)   image 1 image
This is not a call for philanthropy. This is a call for solidarity to 300 proud and brave people who are determined to sacrifice their life in order to claim their right to a better future. They want the same thing our forefathers wanted when they decided to migrate. They are not strangers, they are not invisible, they are not disposable. They are dignified human beings who teach us a hard lesson about true struggle. read full story / add a comment
What the nice coursing folk enjoy watching when they're not savaging each other
international / animal rights / opinion/analysis Saturday March 05, 2011 13:52 by Battling Cruelty to Animals in Ireland   text 8 comments (last - saturday june 25, 2011 23:12)   image 2 images
Hares getting a break...Coursing and greyhound racing fans savaging each other! read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Saturday March 05, 2011 13:52 by Graduate   text 36 comments (last - monday april 25, 2011 15:23)   video 1 video file   1 attached file
FF, FG, Labour, ex-PDs, and other shades of establishement opinion are putting themselves forward as 'independents' in the upcoming election to Seanad Éireann. The mask of 'disability campaigner' or 'human rights advocate' is unfortunately the last refuge of some of them. This is most obvious on the university constituencies. Here I have outlined the party loyalties of some of them. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday February 28, 2011 22:09 by APIC (APICONG)   text 19 comments (last - wednesday march 16, 2011 14:40)   image 2 images
Against the background of an increasing probability of a military intervention on the part of the United States of America and, which is the more probable scenario, the United Nations, in Lybia, we wish to state in clear terms our rejection of any US, European or UN invasion. read full story / add a comment
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