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Should Israel Teach the Holocaust Less?
31 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Opinion
By David Swanson
Humans almost invariably imagine humans to be far more imaginative and original than they are. But most of our ideas come from (often imperfect and improvised) imitation. And even more powerful than our tendency to imitate is our inability to refrain from imitating, to shake an idea out of our heads once it's there, to "not think of an elephant".The Middle East bully
30 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Opinion
A bully can only be stopped and educated through resolute and firm action. Israel's actions in Gaza are the actions of a bully supported by other, bigger bullies.
Australia bans reporting of multi-nation corruption case involving Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam
30 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Journalism, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam
On Tuesday, 29 July 2014, WikiLeaks released an unprecedented Australian censorship order concerning a multi-million dollar corruption case explicitly naming the current and past heads of state of Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam, their relatives and other senior officials. The super-injunction invokes "national security" grounds to prevent reporting about the case, by anyone, in order to "prevent damage to Australia's international relations". The court-issued gag order follows the secret 19 June 2014 indictment of seven senior executives from subsidiaries of Australia's central bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The case concerns allegations of multi-million dollar inducements made by agents of the RBA subsidiaries Securency and Note Printing Australia in order to secure contracts for the supply of Australian-style polymer bank notes to the governments of Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and other countries.
The Emperor's Rage: Let Chaos Envelop the World!
29 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Features, International
By James Petras
Chaos reigns and spreads as enraged leaders in the US, Europe and their clients and allies pursue genocidal wars. Mercenary wars in Syria; Israel's terror bombing on Gaza; proxy wars in the Ukraine, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and Somalia. Tens of millions of refugees flee scenes of total destruction. Nothing is sacred. There are no sanctuaries. Homes, schools, hospitals and entire families are targeted for destruction.Tags: James PetrasIf We Dislike War Like We Dislike Cancer
28 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Health, Opinion
By David Swanson
War and cancer are among our leading causes of human death around the world. They can't be strictly separated and compared since war is a major cause of cancer, as is war preparation. (And a small fraction of the U.S. budget for war preparations could fund cancer research well beyond all the money raised by public and private funding and by all the 5-K races for a cure and other activities we've become familiar with.) War and cancer, by their nature, also can't be addressed with the same sort of responses.Tags: World Beyond War, cancerNew legislation aims to reduce red tape on cooperatives
28 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
The start of new legislation to ease the regulatory burden on co-operative societies and make it easier to start up and run a co-op as an alternative form of enterprise organisation has today been announced by Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Minister Richard Bruton.
Britain's economic recovery Ireland's opportunity
27 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland, Fine Gael
Irish exporters are being urged to capitalise on Britain's economic recovery.
Tags: Irish exportsIrish Government Should Support Ceasefire & Negotiations On Basis Of Hamas 10-Point Plan
27 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland, Middle East
The Irish anti-War Movement (IAWM) has again called for an immediate ceasefire and direct negotiations of the ten-point plan put forward by the Hamas leadership, which has been endorsed by the PLO and has called on the Irish Government to support such a move.
Government does not support 'tax inversion'
27 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
In a statement released on Friday, Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Minister Richard Bruton said the Government does not support 'tax inversion' practices
Tags: tax inversionWar in Our Collective Imagination
27 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
Remarks at Veterans For Peace Convention, Asheville, NC, July 27, 2014
I started seeing graphics pop up on social media sites this past week that said about Gaza: "It's not war. It's murder." So I started asking people what exactly they think war is if it's distinct from murder.Tags: WorldBeyondWar.org, David SwansonThe Palestinian Right and the American Left
24 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Middle East
By David Swanson
Chris Hedges says that Palestinians have the right to self-defense in the form of rockets, without including any consideration of whether the rockets make the Palestinians more or less defended. There is, after all, a reasonable argument that the rockets are counter-productive and endangering, rather than protecting, Palestine.This is the Israeli Military Calling: Civilizing War Has Failed
24 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Features
By David Swanson
Probably the biggest news story of 1928 was the war-making nations of the world coming together on August 27th and legally outlawing war. It's a story that's not told in our history books, but it's not secret CIA history. There was no CIA. There was virtually no weapons industry as we know it. There weren't two political parties in the United States uniting in support of war after war. In fact, the four biggest political parties in the United States all backed abolishing war.Tags: Kellogg-Briand PactFoundation of the US Empire: Axes of Evil
21 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Features, International
By James Petras
Empires are not easy to sustain given the multiple enemies that they provoke: at the international level (imperial rivals and emerging new powers), at the national level (national resistance movements, unreliable clients and untrustworthy 'Sepoy' armies) and at the local level (boycotts, sabotage and strikes). Imperial difficulties are multiplied when an empire is in economic decline, (loss of market shares with growing debt), facing domestic unrest as the economic costs to the taxpayers exceed the returns by a substantial margin; and when the political elite is internally divided between 'militarists' and 'free market' advocates.Tags: Axis of Evil, James PetrasAdditional Fulbright Awards available for PhD Candidates
21 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
Additional Fulbright Awards are available for PhD Candidates in the National University of Ireland.
Veterans for Peace call for end to Israeli military action
21 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - United States, Middle East
Veterans For Peace today delivered a letter to Israel's Embassy in Washington D.C. calling on the government of Israel to immediately halt the bombing of Palestinian civilians and to withdraw all its troops and military assets from Gaza. Colonel Ann Wright, who has visited Palestine and Israel several times, headed up the delegation handing in the letter.
Irish artists showcasing at Edinburgh Festival 2014
21 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Arts, United Kingdom, Ireland
Irish artists to feature at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 include Bush Moukarzel's multi-award winning production Lippy, a haunting investigation into why we tell stories in the face of tragedy and which will be presented at the Traverse Theatre for three weeks during the Festival Fringe. The Emergency Room and Galway Arts Festival production of Riverrun, with Olwen Fouere performing her acclaimed adaptation of the voice of the river in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake, will also showcase at the Traverse for the duration of the Festival.
If Iraq Were in Central America
17 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Opinion
By David Swanson
Just as in discussions of bombing nations for women's rights it's hard to bring up the subject of the right not to be bombed, in discussions of shipping so-called illegal children away from the border where you've been terrorizing them in reenactments of Freedom Ride buses it's hard to bring up the subject of not having your government overthrown and your nation turned into a living hell.British Spies Seek to Control the Internet
17 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Internet news, United States, United Kingdom
From "The Intercept" by Glenn Greenwald based on Snowden leaks
The Intercept -the website setup by Glenn Greenwald and others this week publishes a new summary of intercept capabilities used by the NSA and Britain's GCHQ, this time covering how the intelligence agencies working on behalf of the surveillance state disrupt public discourse on the Internet and seek to control the Internet.Channel 4 broadcasts details of Israeli beach killings
17 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - International
Channel 4 news has broadcast details of the Israeli attacks on Gaza that killed four children playing on a beach and injured many others.
Survivors express concerns on forthcoming Mother and Baby Home Inquiry
16 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
The Coalition of Mother and Baby Home Survivors today expressed concerns about the forthcoming mother and Baby Home Inquiry.
Dublin City Councillors support abolition of Local Property Tax
14 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
Dublin councillors have overwhelmingly passed a motion supporting the maximum reduction of 15% in Local Property Tax allowed under legislation and further called on the Government to abolish the Local Property Tax and replace it with a wealth tax.
Tags: Local Property Tax, Dublin CouncilLabor Reform: Proposals to Maximize Workplace Bullying
14 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - European Union, Ireland
By James Petras
Leading management consultants, top government officials and prominent financial journalists are proposing, what they dub, "labor reforms" as the solution for double-digit unemployment and underemployment, economic stagnation and the decline of capital investments.
Tags: labor reformThe Real Purpose Of The IMF
13 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Features, International
By Luke Eastwood
To much trumpeting the IMF have kindly agreed to help out desperate and war torn Ukraine. How wonderful they are we are all meant to think, but the truth couldn’t be more opposite.Coalition of Mother and Baby home Survivors detail inquiry concerns
11 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
Concerns over the terms and reference of a forthcoming inquiry into Mother and Baby homes in Ireland have been raised with the Minister for Children Charlie Flanagan by representatives of the Coalition of Mother and Baby home Survivors (CMABS ).
Ratification of ILO Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers
11 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
The National Employment Rights Authority has launched a new information booklet for domestic work in Ireland following the Government's decision to ratify the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention on Decent Work for Domestic Workers.
Enforceable agreement on future Croke Park events urged by local residents
07 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Entertainment, Music, Arts, Ireland
Dublin Senator Catherine Noone is to propose a Seanad Private Members Bill to amend the outdoor licensing process and ensure that events with over 10,000 tickets will have to obtain a license prior to tickets going on sale.
Tags: Croke Park, DublinNo excuse for thuggery by police
06 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Opinion
Comments to the world media by Micky Rosenfeld, national spokesperson for the Israeli police, claiming that video footage of the alleged attack on Tariq Abu Khadair was "edited" and "biased" in that it fails to shows the sequence of events leading up to the incident, shows the twisted and perverse thinking of the current Israeli administration.
Tags: Israel, Tariq Abu KhadairNew chair & committee members for Culture Ireland Expert Advisory Committee
06 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Arts, Ireland
Mary McCarthy has been named as the new Chair of the Culture Ireland Expert Advisory Committee (EAC). Two new members—John Given and Josephine Kelliher—have also been appointed to the Committee.
Positive Thoughts on Dark Times
06 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Features, International
By James Petras
There is no question that over the past decade and a half, Europe, the US and Israel have engaged in a series of bloody wars, inequalities have increased throughout the globe, economic crisis has become endemic and, more recently, right-wing military and civilian regimes have swept to power throughout Asia, North Africa, Europe and Canada.Tags: warfareCelebrating Independence from America in England
05 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - United States, United Kingdom
By David Swanson
Remarks at Independence from America event outside Menwith Hill "RFA" (NSA) base in Yorkshire
Can I just say how wonderful it is to be outside of the United States on the Fourth of July? There are many wonderful and beautiful things in the United States, including my family and friends, including thousands of truly dedicated peace activists, including people bravely going to prison to protest the murders by drone of others they've never met in distant lands whose loved ones will probably never hear about the sacrifices protesters are making. (Did you know the commander of a military base in New York State has court orders of protection to keep specific nonviolent peace activists away from his base to ensure his physical safety -- or is it his peace of mind?) And, of course, millions of Americans who tolerate or celebrate wars or climate destruction are wonderful and even heroic in their families and neighborhoods and towns -- and that's valuable too.Tags: David SwansonIrish media failing to accurately report Israeli response to killings
04 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Journalism, Ireland, Middle East
The Irish Anti-War Movement has accused the Irish media of biased and inaccurate coverage of the Israeli response to the killing of three Israeli teenagers.
Israel must be held accountable for collective punishment of Palestinians
04 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - International, Middle East
Palestinian boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activists are urging governments and international civil society to take action to hold Israel to account for its continued collective punishment of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza following the disappearance and death of three Israeli settlers.
Tags: GazaResidents to stage protest against Croke Park concerts
03 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Entertainment, Music, Ireland
The residents of the Croke Park area of Dublin held a public meeting 'Stop the Croke Park Concert Madness' on Tuesday, 1 July and reiterated their position that there should be three concerts in any calendar year in Croke Park This is in accordance with the planning permission for the stadium. Three concerts have already taken place in 2014 when One Direction played in May and residents now plan a public protest on Monday, 7 July.
Tags: Croke Park concertsPay No Attention to the Apocalypse Behind the Curtain
03 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - United States
By David Swanson
Remarks in London, England, July 2, 2014.
In eight days, on 10 July Mary Ann Grady-Flores, a grandmother from Ithaca, NY, is scheduled to be sentenced to up to one year in prison. Her crime is violating an order of protection, which is a legal tool to protect a particular person from the violence of another particular person. In this case, the commander of Hancock Air Base has been legally protected from dedicated nonviolent protesters, despite the protection of commanding his own military base, and despite the protesters having no idea who the guy is. That's how badly the people in charge of the flying killer robots we call drones want to avoid any questioning of their activity entering the minds of the drone pilots.One Family Payment changes
03 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
Today, 3 July, over 5,000 lone parent families lose their entitlement to One Family Payment but throughout the year a total of 9,000 families will lose entitlement. By July 2015, almost 60,000 families will lose One Family Payment when their youngest child turns seven.
Judge denies Met use of blanket defence in undercover abuse case
02 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - United Kingdom
Today, in what defence lawyers said was "a devastating blow to the Metropolitan Police's attempts to cover up gross abuses of women by undercover police", the High Court in London ruled that the Met could not use 'Neither Confirm Nor Deny' as a blanket response to all the fully pleaded claims of women affected.
Centenary of Irish Home Rule Bill signed into law
01 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - Ireland
A special event hosted by the Irish Embassy in London tonight marks the centenary of the Irish Home Rule Bill being signed into law.
Tags: Irish Home Rule BillJudge to issue ruling on Met's NCND undercover policy
01 Jul 2014; posted by the editor - United Kingdom
UPDATE:
Mr Justice Bean will hand down his judgment on the Metropolitan Police Service's use of “Neither Confirm Nor Deny” at 9.30am Wednesday 2 July, following the women’s application to the High Court earlier this month. The women were applying to force the Met to enter a proper defence. So far, the Met has attempted to dodge doing this, claiming that their own NCND ‘policy’ prevents them from following basic legal procedure – a claim challenged by the women’s legal team.Main story:
Eight women are applying to the High Court on Thursday 5 June and Friday 6 June 2014 to require the Metropolitan police to drop their 'neither confirm nor deny' (NCND) stance in a case being brought against them over undercover relationships.
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