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Why exporting fracked gas from US is inviting disaster
29 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Environment, International
On July 13th a rally in Washington D.C. will seek to prevent the opening of a first U.S. facility to export gas from fracking. One of the rally organisers, progressive social change movement veteran Ted Glick explains in a radio interview with David Swanson why the export of fracked gas from the US must be prevented.
Westminster Dean Allows Police To Stamp Out Disabled People's Peaceful Protest
29 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - United Kingdom
By Bob
The leadership of the Church of England showed themselves to have the morals of sewer rats after hundreds of police were drafted in to prevent a peaceful protest by disabled campaigners on Saturday, 28 June..
Westside Arts Festival/Over The Edge Summer poetry open-mic
27 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Events, Arts, Ireland
Over The Edge in association with Westside Arts Festival presents the 2014 Over The Edge Summer Open-mic at Westside Library, Seamus Quirke Road, Galway, on Wednesday, 9 July 6-8pm.
Endangered natterjack toads in bumper spawn
27 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Environment, Ireland
Although categorised as 'endangered' in the recent All-Ireland Red List and their conservation status assessed as 'unfavourable' in Ireland's recent national report to the European Commission, things may finally be looking up for the natterjack toad after a bumper year in County Kerry.
Tags: natterjack toadThe Syrian Election and ISIS in Iraq
27 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Middle East
By Judy Bello
Earlier this month, I travelled with seven other westerners to Syria where we joined with thirty plus activists, journalists and politicians from Asia, Africa and South America to observe the Syria Presidential election.Shannon peace activists sentenced
26 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
Anti-war protestors Margaretta D'Arcy and Niall Farrell each received a two week suspended sentence from Judge Patrick Durcan at Ennis Court on Tuesday, 24 June, following their conviction for 'interfering with the proper use of an airport'.
Tags: shannonwatch, renditionMinister for Children 'anxious' to include other homes in redress scheme
25 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
Children's Minister Charlie Flanagan told representatives of the Bethany homes Survivors Campaign, and of other Protestant homes at a meeting today in Dublin that that he was 'anxious to include the other homes' as mentioned by the survivors in the Government's redress scheme.
Tags: Bethany SurvivorsSongwriters & Open-Mic Music Session
25 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Events, Arts, Ireland
A Songwriters & Open-Mic Music Session takes place in JPs Bar, Sarsfield Street, in the heart of Limerick on Thursday 26 June.
Anti-austerity protest ignored by UK media
25 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - United Kingdom
The People’s Assembly Against Austerity organised a mass march and rally which began outside the BBC buildings in Great Portland Street to protest the Corporation's silence on previous huge demonstrations including the NHS event at the Tory Conference in September last year which drew similar numbers to Saturday’s event.
Mid Summer Lunch time Poetry - The Hunt Museum
24 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Events, Arts, Ireland
The Limerick Writers' Centre presents, in association with the Hunt Museum, eight poets (two per week) who will give a reading in the Captain's Room four Thursdays in July from 1.00pm to 2.00pm, readings will be preceded by a piece of music performed by local musicians.
So That's Why They Kept the Drone Kill Memo Secret
24 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
Now that the U.S. government has released parts of its We-Can-Kill-People-With-Drones memo, it's hard to miss why it was kept secret until now.The Soaring Profits of the Military Industrial Complex
24 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - United States, Middle East
... And The Soaring Costs of the Military Casualties
By James Petras
There are two major beneficiaries of the two major wars launched by the US government: one domestic and one foreign. The three major domestic arms manufacturers, Lockheed Martin (LMT), Northrop Grumman (NOG) and Raytheon (RTN) have delivered record-shattering returns to their investors, CEOs and investment banks during the past decade and a half. The Israeli regime is the overwhelming foreign beneficiary of the war, expanding its territory through its dispossession of Palestinians and positioning itself as the regional hegemon.Presbyterians vote on G4S divestment
19 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - United States
By Anna Baltzer
The Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) General Assembly (GA) in Detroit is to consider a series of resolutions supporting Palestinian human rights, including a historic motion to divest from three companies profiting from the Israeli occupation.Over 10,000 in one day ask Mel Watt to expand affordable housing
19 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
In less than 24 hours, over 10,000 people—and rising fast—have emailed the new head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which underwrite mortgages for houses and apartment buildings.Tags: affordable housing, RootsActionA Brief History of Iraq for Westerners
19 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - International, Iraq
By David Swanson
Iraq was saved from ignorant subhuman barbarism by a gentlewoman named Gertrude at the time that the civilized nations of the world were, in a quite advanced and sophisticated manner, slaughtering their young men in a project now called the First World War.Tags: satire, David SwansonThe perverse reality of state executions
19 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Opinion
State executions resumed this week in the United States despite the botching of some earlier executions. States that condone and practice the execution of convicted criminals are openly defying their own written law.
Tags: death penalty, capital punishmentGenocide, Great Wars, And Other Human Depravity
19 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Features, International
By John Chuckman
The word genocide, coined in 1944 in an effort to describe what the Nazis called "the final solution" and what today we call the Holocaust, attempted to distinguish the crime of killing people of a certain identity in such great numbers that you tried eliminating them as a group. Earlier in that century, there had been the mass murder of Armenians by the Turks, an event Hitler once cynically reminded associates was not even remembered only a few decades later.Tags: Genocide, John ChuckmanReport on Snowden-Government apathy but increased public concern
19 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Internet news, International
by Simon Davies, EDRi
In the wake of the first anniversary of Edward Snowden's first revelations, a global analysis was published, assessing the international impact of those disclosures.Tags: Edward SnowdenNeelie Kroes' campaign to kill net neutrality
19 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Internet news, European Union
by Estelle Masse, EDRi
Two months have passed since the European Parliament adopted amendments to enshrine net neutrality in EU law at the beginning of April 2014. The Telecoms Single Market proposal is now being reviewed by the Council (Member States) of the EU.The Chickens of War Come Home to Roost in Iraq
18 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Iraq
The Irish anti-war Movement (IAWM) said today that this week's events in Iraq, beginning with the capture of Mosul by ISIS and continuing with the country's descent into civil war, are a clear case of the chickens of the 2003 invasion coming home to roost. The IAWM is calling on the Irish Government to publicly reject any policy of intervention in Iraq.
EU Commission creates barriers for access to documents requests
18 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - European Union
by Kirsten Fiedler, EDRi
It is crucial to know what the European institutions are up to in order to ensure that citizens' fundamental rights are respected. Democracy requires vigilance and vigilance requires access to information. It is precisely for this reason that freedom of information legislation exists. Since the entry in force of Regulation 1049/2001 setting up the EU bodies public registers of documents, Europeans are able to request access to documents from the European institutions. EDRi has frequently been making use of Regulation 1049/2001 to shine light on their activities. Our work on exposing the lack of transparency of the ACTA negotiations or the flaws of the CleanIT project shows just how important access to documents is.Rare moss presumed extinct found in Ireland
18 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Environment, Ireland
Waved fork-moss (Dicranum undulatum), presumed extinct due to loss of midland raised bog habitat, has been rediscovered on Clara Bog in County Offaly.
European Court of Justice to examine alleged Facebook privacy breaches
18 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Internet news, Ireland
The High Court in Dublin has asked the European Court of Justice sitting in Luxembourg to rule on a landmark case which seeks to force watchdogs to audit the personal data Facebook allegedly releases to US spy chiefs.
Cork Wine Business Expands, Advises Skip The Bank, Go To The People
18 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Business, Ireland
Cork wine company Curious Wines, run by brothers Mike Kane and Matt Kane, is expanding through people power to open a new wine warehouse and retail space in Naas, just off the M7 as a foothold into the greater South Dublin area.
Tags: LinkedFinanceLimerick Summer Literary Festival
18 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Events, Arts, Ireland
Limerick's newest literary festival—the Limerick Summer Literary Festival—takes place from Friday 18 July to Sunday 20 July.
Greece: The Dilemmas of Democratic Socialism
17 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Features, Greece
By James Petras
Greece is experiencing a triple crisis which has a profound impact on the economy, society and political system. The economy has experienced a deep, prolonged depression lasting six years and continuing. Workers and employees have suffered a 40% loss in income and a commensurate decline in medical, pension, educational and welfare benefits. The political system has witnessed a precipitous decline in electoral support for previously dominant right and center left parties and the rapid rise of radical democratic-socialist and fascist parties.32,000 people in Ireland set up new businesses in 2013
17 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Business, Ireland
According to the latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report for Ireland for 2013, 32,000 people started new businesses in Ireland in 2013, and one in eleven of the adult population are engaged in some form of early stage entrepreneurial activity.
Campaigners Plan To Get Blair Sectioned under the Mental Health Act
17 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - United Kingdom
A group of UK campaigners plan to have former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair committed to a mental institution. Boris Johnson’s assessment that Tony Blair has 'finally gone mad' and is in need of "professional psychiatric help' for calling for a new intervention in Iraq has been welcomed by a group composed of doctors, psychologists and mental health professionals who will attempt to force an emergency section on the former Prime Minister when he next returns to the UK.
Tags: Tony BlairState heritage buildings get funding
16 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
Five local authorities are to share funding of €347,200 for the upkeep and maintenance of five national heritage buildings.
Tags: national monumentsSky GAA deal highlights importance of review of free to air TV coverage of sports
16 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Sport, Ireland
The Government's announced review of television coverage of key sporting events has been welcomed by Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications John O’Mahony.
Tags: SkyBSB, televised sportNotices published for Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas
15 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
Six further notices have been published under the Gaeltacht Act 2012 regarding the Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas.
Tags: Gaeltacht LanguageIn Remembrance of the Shot at Dawn
14 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Features, United Kingdom, Ireland
By Peter Mulvany—Coordinator—Shot at Dawn Campaign Irl
The onset of the anniversary of the Great War invites critical debate on the period 1914-1918. However the experience of ALL the Shot at Dawn and their families would seem to have been sidelined in the cocophony of historical analysis being put out by various scribes and so called experts. Consequently, the following youtube video has been put up on the internet just to remind interested contributors of another side to the Great War, which was only resolved insofar as possible by the British Government in November 2006.Tags: shot at dawnConsumer Rights Directive comes into effect in Ireland
13 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Business, Ireland
The Consumer Rights Directive comes into effect in Ireland from tomorrow, Saturday 14 June 2014.
Tags: on-line shopping, consumer rightsThe Legacy of World War II
12 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Features, International
By Elliott Adams
June 6th came once more. D-day was a long time ago and I didn't intend to make anything of it. I was surprised by the emotional turmoil I felt, by how I felt about that day in my gut. I realized that while I was born after the war was over, D-day and World War II were a real and tangible part of my childhood. It was part of my family's life, my teachers lives, my friends parent's lives. It wasn't just old men who remembered it, every adult in my youth had stories from that war. It was amputees on street corners selling pencils and people all around me still dealing with it. It was part of my life and it played a role in my enlistment for Vietnam. Of course I felt this day in my guts. Why did I think it would be otherwise? The stories were part of the world I grew up in; stories of D-day, of every counter-espionage agent for a year saying the first attack will be a feint, of the phantom 1st Army with decoy tanks, fake radio chatter and empty tents looking like an army poised for an imminent invasion, of Omaha Beach, of Utah Beach. The death, the military blunders, the maimed, the successes, the 'discovery' of the concentration camps, the Battle of the Bulge, these stories were tangible and a part of my childhood. Many of the stories were told after I was in bed, at breakfast they were alluded to quietly by my parents, and we children were told never to ask the adults about them.Tags: WW2, Elliot AdamsEU biofuel policy 'failing' - An Taisce
12 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - European Union, Ireland
To meet binding EU transport targets, Ireland imported 126 million litres of biofuel in 2013 —some 84% of the total 150m litres used last year in the country.
The Lies Grow More Audacious
07 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Features, International
By Paul Craig Roberts
June 07, 2014 "ICH"
"In America hate and the cultivation of hate is alive and well. But not a single moral virtue is."
If there were any doubts that Western "leaders" live in a fantasy make-believe world constructed out of their own lies, the G-7 meeting and 70th anniversary celebration of the Normandy landing dispelled the doubts.Refuting President Obama's Lies, Omissions and Distortions
07 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - United States
An Open Letter to the Graduates of West Point
By James Petras
In May 2014 President Obama delivered the commencement address to the graduates of United States Military Academy at West Point. Beyond the easy banter and eulogy to past and present war heroes, Obama outlined a vision of past military successes and present policies, based on a profoundly misleading diagnosis of the current global position of the United States.Mass Murderers Brazenly Hold Conference, Discuss Tools of Trade
06 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
A unique conference is planned in Charlottesville, Va., featuring the latest technologies for the practice of large-scale killing. The Daily Progress tells us that, "to allow participants to speak more freely about potentially sensitive topics, the conference is closed to the media and open only to registered participants".Tags: US military, mass murderWhy Irish Water Will Be Sold Off
05 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
By Luke Eastwood
Water is becoming a corporate resource - the sell off of Irish Water is almost certain Call me a cynic, but I am absolutely convinced that the current Irish government has created Uisce Eireann (Irish Water) with the sole purpose of selling Ireland’s water rights to the private sector within the next decade. Already Uisce Eireann has wasted over €80 million euro in consultancy fees paid to the private sector and it will continue to use private sector contractors to carry out its work, at as yet unknown cost. It is only the fact that it would be political suicide for the government right now that prevents a share issue in the near future.Workers Struggle Trumps Sports Spectacle
03 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Features, Sport, Brazil
By James Petras
For decades social critics have bemoaned the influence of sports and entertainment spectacles in 'distracting' workers from struggling for their class interests. According to these analysts, 'class consciousness' was replaced by 'mass' consciousness. They argued that atomized individuals, manipulated by the mass media, were converted into passive consumers who identified with millionaire sports heroes, soap opera protagonists and film celebrities.Juvenile Prison: $5 Billion for Child Abuse
02 Jun 2014; posted by the editor - Features, United States
By David Swanson
"Every juvenile prison must be immediately closed and all of its prisoners freed."
Oh. Oh. Oh! That sounds too drastic and simplistic and revolutionary. We talk about being reformist or revolutionary as if it were a personality choice. Yet we also talk about being scientific, about being reality-based. Unlike reactionary climate-denying racist creationists we claim, most of us, to recognize such phenomena as climate change and to act on them (leave aside for the moment whether we're really acting appropriately on that one).Tags: juvenile prison
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