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national / eu / opinion/analysis Friday May 23, 2008 13:16 by Howard Holby
One of the main conclusions of our former publication [1] have been that the referendum on the Lisbon Treaty is in effect new elections in Ireland. The issue of the Lisbon referendum is of even higher relevance than parliamentary elections, because the decision on ratifying the Lisbon Treaty is not merely to elect temporary representatives into the next term of the government and the parliament, but - upon transferring the current powers of the nation state of Ireland to the federal state in Brussels – it is a decision on accepting or rejecting the permanent construction of a new federal government and parliament. Without publicising this fact the ongoing government campaign to promote a ‘yes’ vote on the referendum amounts to the deprivation of the voters of their most fundamental democratic right to meaningful elections. The present study offers further evidence for the above statements by revealing the general erosion of democracy in the countries targeted by the Lisbon process. read full story / add a comment
waterford / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday May 19, 2008 20:11 by Adam Bolger
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my opinions on school, propaganda, and my philosophy's read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Monday May 19, 2008 10:55 by jim
5 comments (last - tuesday may 20, 2008 17:21)
Cluster bombs come in many forms. Cluster munitions can be delivered using artillery guns, long range rockets and ground attack aircraft. The cluster munitions are often small bomblets often about the size of a hand grenade packed into large pod. The pod breaks apart over the target, dispersing the bomblets which can shower an area the size of several football fields. Their effects on civilians can be devastating. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Saturday May 17, 2008 11:56 by Howard Holby
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The propaganda recently launched by the government in support of the new federal EU constitution nicknamed as “Lisbon Treaty”, has failed to actually attach the text of the Treaty to their claims on the treaty. The voters of Ireland will be called to submit their votes on an international treaty that is not available for them as of today, less than a month before the referendum. By not providing information on this fact, the current government campaigns to promote a yes vote on the referendum, amounts to the deprivation of the Irish voters of their most fundamental constitutional-democratic right to fair and free elections. The article includes a web address from where the consolidated version (the actual text) of the Lisbon Treaty can be downloaded. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday May 15, 2008 15:22 by Ms. L
Applicants for asylum are the latest targets in efforts to quietly legalize imprisonment without trial for people who have never been accused of any wrong. Two EU countries have now followed the lead of the US: where this policy was the first legal stepping stone in the nefarious "rendition" program of kidnapping, imprisonment, disappearance and torture without cause. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 14, 2008 20:00 by jmstipe20
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Statement by Ruairí Ó Brádaigh, President of Republican Sinn Féin to press conference, May 14, Dublin. Republican Sinn Féin calls for a NO vote to defend sovereignty, neutrality and democracy and defeat the Lisbon Treaty in the coming referendum on June 12. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 13, 2008 12:33 by Howard Holby
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In agreement with and/or in addition to the reasons listed by the other NO to Lisbon Treaty campaigns, this article provides a list of the top reasons why a NO vote to the Lisbon Treaty is the reasonable decision. Everyone - any individual or organisation - is encouraged to forward this document to other individuals, campaigns and organisations, distribute, publish in whole or parts of the article, adapted or unchanged, with or without reference to or acknowledgment of its source. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday May 08, 2008 20:43 by Gabhan Gleeson
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The last century has been marked by the most explosive growth of pollution and production in the entire history of the humanity. The changes brought about by industrialisation under the economic system of capitalism have lead to a large number of systemic problems. Anarchist communism is in a unique position to solve these systemic problems. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday May 03, 2008 18:35 by Setanta
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Under the Residential Institutions Redress Act, 2002 the Irish Residential Institutions Redress Board came into being. I submit that Its conduct and operation constitutes a gross violation of National and International Human and Civil Rights.It encourages unscrupulous applicants and professional people to lie, conceal information and give false evidence in return for financial awards.It denies it's victims their right to innocence unless proved otherwise, and hides behind a wall of absolute secrecy. No person is safe from the Irish Redress Board. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Friday May 02, 2008 00:45 by Oisin
A strategic interest enables your ultimate goal or agenda, and strategies are generalised plans to achieve these goals. A tactic is a specific tool to advance that agenda, using what you actually have right now - not what you think you ought to have. It's unwise for a democrat to confuse long-term strategies with short-term tactics. read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday May 01, 2008 21:58 by Sean Matthews
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The war may be long over and our political rulers have finally decided to get it together but there has been no ceasefire in the class war against working-class people both locally and globally despite the promises of ‘prosperity’. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday May 01, 2008 18:25 by pat c
The political climate inside Iran is now horrifically tense. Women, gay men and lesbians, students, workers; all are caught in the middle of the stand-off between the regime and imperialism. Arrests have increased and intimidation is rife. Any slight ‘disobedience’ of the theocratic regime is portrayed as a threat to state security. That is why principled solidarity is so necessary. We in HOPI are determined to show the reality behind the threat of war and to give practical and political suppor t. We are campaigning for trade union support and have a resolution which we would urge all activists to use. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Thursday May 01, 2008 02:30 by John Fitz
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We're told Lisbon is to make the EU efficient. Why then haven't the parliamentarians that want this efficiency reduced their numbers (to about 60 TDs in Ireland) to reflect the fact that two thirds (80% reported for Britain & Germany) of their law-making functions are already transferred to Europe. TDs are rapidly making themselves powerless, redundant, and sidelining democracy and the Constitution. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday May 01, 2008 00:32 by hasan i sharba
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1985 marked not only Thatchers attack on the working class via the miners strike, terror in NI, inner city riots,but also Thatchers sending in paramilitary Police to stop the emergence of a counter culture made up of mainly unemployed young people who sought to challenge Thatchers material society. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 30, 2008 18:46 by Chekov Feeney
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Review of Nick Davies' Flat Earth News read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 30, 2008 12:33 by pat c
This is the May Day statement from the Organisation of Revolutionary Workers of Iran (Rahe Kargar). More information is available from the links below and Rahe Kargar may be contacted at public@rahekargar.net International solidarity is our global capital to confront global capitalism *Neo-liberal globalisation is nothing more than the globalisation of unemployment, insecurity, poverty, hunger, a bleak future and constant fear for the majority in this world. *Under the flag of democracy capitalists spread the dictatorship of free markets on our planet. *The rich are getting fewer and richer while the poor are getting more numerous and poorer. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 30, 2008 00:24 by No One's Business by Mine
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A personal account of how my right to privacy was signed away by the act of simply signing my employment contract: read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday April 28, 2008 17:17 by Larry Connolly
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A brief look at the state of the Republican movement. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / opinion/analysis Monday April 28, 2008 15:41 by Howard Holby
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The purpose of the Lisbon Treaty research is to offer the voters of Ireland objective arguments on the Lisbon Treaty, with facts and evidence with substance, and an objective discussion of the legal, political, economical and social considerations of the Treaty. So far it has been only the No groups who presented quotes of the Lisbon Treaty, and only their arguments stand valid on the basis of the text itself and on the grounds of scientific facts. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday April 24, 2008 17:12 by Seabhcan
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New Libertas supporter, Ulick McEvaddy is an arms dealer. His company, Omega Air, supplies planes, pilots and fuel to the US miltary in support of the Iraq war. In the past, he has called for Ireland to join NATO. What is his, and Libertas' motivation in opposing the Lisbon Treaty. read full story / add a comment |
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