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Rebel Vision
international / anti-capitalism / other press Tuesday December 21, 2010 23:22 by Rebels Yell   image 1 image
If incompetent rulers are a pre-requisite for revolution in Ireland, well this most certainly is that time, as we watch the bankruptcy of both finance and Irish leadership dailyunfold. It is somewhat paradoxical for Irish republicans to politically agree with a British proponent of population control such as Huxley but few will deny, these last quotes below, again from Huxley, would be an apt summary of the motivation of a large segment of Irish republicanism. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Friday December 17, 2010 17:44 by Truthsayer   text 5 comments (last - monday december 27, 2010 20:14)
Tommy Sheridan's wife Gail has been acquitted of perjury at the High Court in Glasgow after the Crown dropped the charges against her. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday December 15, 2010 13:53 by john throne
In the largest prisoners strike in US history the prisoners in Georgia have united across racial lines. This is a major victory. Please send your support. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Sunday December 12, 2010 20:56 by Diarmuid Breatnach
Protest in response to the Moroccan attack on Gdim Izik camp in El Aaiun, and the countless human rights violations carried out by the Moroccan Army which has led to a the death of many innocent Saharawi Civilians. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday December 11, 2010 23:52 by Paul Ryan   video 1 video file
Students and Teachers Carol singing to raise funds for the projects in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Friday December 10, 2010 00:37 by john throne   text 6 comments (last - sunday december 12, 2010 23:11)   image 3 images   video 2 video files
The union and labor leaders should be leading the battle to defend the right of all of us to know what is in the cables of capitalism. But they are so much part of the system they will not. While continuing to point this out and to build opposition forces to these union leaders in the workplaces and unions we, the left and all activist and anti capitalist forces, have to act ourselves. We should join Anonymous which is coordinating the defense of wikileaks and its funding base. Boycott Mastercard, Visa, Amazon etc. At the same time we should seek to give more of a democratic structure to Anonymous so it can become a more effective and democratic and decision making body, with a leadership which is collective and has depth, and so is better able to replace itself when capitalism can arrest or otherwise remove more of its leaders. read full story / add a comment
Aine Brady
national / education / other press Thursday December 09, 2010 21:05 by LM   text 2 comments (last - saturday december 11, 2010 02:18)   image 6 images
Today, students from NUI Maynooth staged a picket at the office of Aine Brady T.D. The protest was organised by the Free Education for Everyone (FEE) campaign, who were also involved in the Castlebar secondary level walkouts. read full story / add a comment
national / education / other press Thursday December 09, 2010 01:54 by LM   text 8 comments (last - friday december 10, 2010 20:28)   audio 1 audio file
Approx 100 students from two secondary schools in Clondalkin (Coláiste Bríde and Moyle Park College) took part in a walk out on budget day against the cut backs in education and increased college fees.

The students gathered in front of the office of John Curran TD in Clondalkin village and got a lot of support from passing cars and pedestrians.

Since then, Shane Donnelly, one of the leaders of the walk out has been suspended from school pending a board of management meeting later this week which will discuss and decide on his expulsion. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Wednesday December 08, 2010 09:57 by Baggie
Iceland out of recession reports Guardian.

Burn the Bondholders!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/07/iceland-...arter
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Night's Candles are Burnt Out (1927-28) by Seán Keating [3]
international / arts and media / other press Tuesday December 07, 2010 21:33 by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 09, 2010 13:32)   image 4 images
by Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin

As the global economic crisis deepens, one may ask how the artist can play any role in social, economic and political change?

Visual artists have been commenting on society since William Hogarth, a pictorial satirist and social critic during the early 1700s, used art to comment on the politics and customs of his time.

The same challenge still exists today - how can the visual artist make images that have a profound effect on people and their view of society and so hope to contribute to making a better society for all? read full story / add a comment
Irish Gobshites
international / public consultation / irish social forum / other press Monday December 06, 2010 05:49 by Rebels Yell   image 1 image   video 1 video file
The German Ambassador Pauls described Ireland as a “coarse” country infected by pure unadulterated greed and avarice. He didn't mince his word either, describing examples of a small country with an over bearing elite of overpaid Government ministers, junior ministers and a gravy train of political life, living the high on the pigs back, oblivious to the reality of deprived estates of people of no property, the length and breath of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
Aga tries to reason with Sergeant Tallon and Garda Kearns to no avail
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday December 06, 2010 05:03 by Seán Ryan   text 1 comment (last - thursday december 09, 2010 08:39)   image 2 images
What have a young vegan lady, Shell to Sea and the students that got battered by the Riot squad, all got in common?

Throw Interpol into the mix and you've got a tale worth telling! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday December 02, 2010 10:52 by Didier
Some participants in the general assembly of the students of the University Rennes 2, in the movement of unemployed and precarious workers, and in the inter-professional general assembly of Rennes, France. 25 October 2010. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday December 01, 2010 11:42 by Teaandtoast
Shocking reading: Wikileaks document on Shannon:
Government wanted to be seen to be hard on the US to win votes in 2007 General election.
US government considered handing the Irish Government the bill for the plane damaged by the 'Shannon Five'.
Repost this to expose the shame of the Irish Government's complicity in the transport of war munitions and prisoners en route to US detention facilities.

http://www.teaandtoast.ie/?p=399 read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday November 30, 2010 12:44 by Jaws   text 1 comment (last - tuesday november 30, 2010 14:37)
The latest leaks from Wikileaks offer proof for what many have suspected for a long time - that American embassies are little more than fronts for the activities of the CIA and other US spying agencies .
Patrick Martin , reviewing the latest batch of wikileaks in light of the terrorist murder two days ago of another Iranian nuclear scientist , writes that US embassies have been instructed to focus their espionage activities on plans for the overthrow of the present Iranian regime.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sees the anti-Iran propaganda and Islamophobia as having paid dividends for the zionists . Martin quotes Netanyahu saying :
“Our region has been hostage to a narrative that is the result of 60 years of propaganda, which paints Israel as the greatest threat. In reality leaders understand that that view is bankrupt. For the first time in history there is agreement that Iran is the threat.” read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday November 26, 2010 15:37 by Anti EU/IMF Asset Stripping Citizen   text 14 comments (last - monday december 06, 2010 06:30)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
WATCH: only 2.36 minutes: http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/7806291/

After watching the humorous, but accurate little video, check out the nasty figures provided in this New York Times article:

"Will Ireland Default? Ask Belgium", By SIMON JOHNSON:
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/25/will-irela...gium/

Extract: "But look at loans outstanding relative to the size of their domestic economies (using the data from the Bank for International Settlements on what it calls “ultimate risk basis”).

German banks are owed $139 billion, which is 4.2 percent of German G.D.P. British banks are owed $131 billion, or about 5 percent of Great Britain’s G.D.P. French banks are owed $43.5 billion, which is approaching 2 percent of French G.D.P." read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday November 25, 2010 21:51 by V. N. Ceremos   text 1 comment (last - friday november 26, 2010 00:03)
The cryptome website carries some photos of student protests throughout Europe read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday November 24, 2010 16:35 by j donaghue
Detective Chief Superintendent Adrian Tudway, who was recently appointed to coordinate the fight against domestic political extremism across the UK, astounded many commentators on the left when he stated last week that the Islamophobic English Defence League is not an extremist organization. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / other press Wednesday November 24, 2010 15:18 by Various   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 16:37)
Today the government announced the details of the four year plan required as part of the ECB / IMF ‘bailout’ of the banks. There will be five billion worth of new taxes and 10 billion worth of cuts under this so called ‘National Recovery’ which in reality will take 10% out of GDP. As we show below almost all these costs are being dumped on workers, particularly low paid workers, the very sector that gained little or nothing during the boom years. the richest 1% are left with most of their legal tax dodges in particular the ability to avoid paying tax at all if they spend 6 months on holidays out of the country. read full story / add a comment
national / education / other press Tuesday November 23, 2010 15:53 by Sean Crudden   text 1 comment (last - wednesday november 24, 2010 13:28)
One is lucky to know a person who can fix one's car, or a person who can fix one's computer (even if that woman is in India); and watching a professional trouble-shooter in action is as good in value as watching a skilled musician or a class sportsman doing their thing. But one extends the paradigm into human affairs and human relations at one's peril? read full story / add a comment
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