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Getting Away With Murder: My Memories of the Death of Ian Tomlinson
31 Jul 2010; posted by the editor - United Kingdom

The following article is reproduced from various locations on the web, where it carries a notice requesting that people republish it as widely as possible. It was originally published on www.wessexblog.com but has subsequently been removed.

This is an account of what I witnessed the night Ian Tomlinson died on the G20 demonstrations, and my account of the investigation since then. I believe it sheds some light on; The initial response of the police to Mr Tomlinson when he was dying; The nature of the symptoms Mr Tomlinson displayed; An insider's view of the IPCC investigation and some of its flaws.

Tags: Ian Tomlinson, G20

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Trends to Barbarism and Prospects for Socialism
30 Jul 2010; posted by the editor - Features

By James Petras
Western societies and states are moving inexorably toward conditions resembling barbarism; structural changes are reversing decades of social welfare and subjecting labor, natural resources and the wealth of nations to raw exploitation, pillage and plunder, driving living standards downward and provoking unprecedented levels of discontent.

We will proceed by outlining the economic political and military processes driving this process of decay and decomposition and follow with an account of the mass popular responses to their own deteriorating conditions. The deep structural changes accompanying the rise of barbarism become the basis for considering the prospects for socialism in the 21st century.

Tags: barbarism, socialism

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Ireland wins over €213m from European R&D Fund
19 Jul 2010; posted by the editor - European Union, Ireland

Researchers from Irish companies and higher education institutions won funding totalling €213 million for collaborative research projects in areas like ICT, health, nano-technology and energy from the largest European R&D funding programme ever, announced Minister Conor Lenihan TD.

Tags: Seventh EU Framework Programme

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€359m investment in research, innovation and jobs
16 Jul 2010; posted by the editor - Business, Technology, Ireland

'PRTLI Cycle 5, the largest investment in research in the State’s history, will make Ireland Europe's innovation hub' - Minister O'Keeffe
The Taoiseach, Brian Cowen TD, today announced a €359 million investment plan for research and innovation which he said will create jobs and new enterprises and drive Ireland's economic recovery.

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Gormley takes initiative on UN environmental taskforce
07 Jul 2010; posted by the editor - Environment, Ireland

The Environmental Pillar of social partnership has welcomed the "bold initiative" taken by Minister John Gormley to take the lead on the establishment of a Taskforce to strengthen the implementation of the Aarhus Convention.

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Asylum seekers gain support in protest against transfer from Mosney
04 Jul 2010; posted by the editor - Ireland

Show Racism the Red Card supports the rights of asylum seekers in their protest against transfer from Mosney. The Department of Justice has issued an order to transfer 150 residents in Mosney to different centres around the country. At many of these centres, conditions of overcrowding and oppressive regimes exist.

Tags: asylum, Mosney

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Times is a changing
02 Jul 2010; posted by the editor - Journalism, Opinion, Internet news

As from this week, the UK-based Times Newspapers has started charging for access to its websites. No news can be accessed on any of the Murdoch-owned news websites unless a fee is paid for access.

Tags: The Times, web news fees

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Life science guide to create 'smart' jobs and new technologies
29 Jun 2010; posted by the editor - Business, Science, Technology

Minister for Technology and Innovation Conor Lenihan yesterday launched a new guide aimed at helping firms in the life science sector to partner with college researchers in the creation of ‘smart’ jobs.

Tags: Life Sciences

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Leader of Deathsquads Wins Columbian Election
27 Jun 2010; posted by the editor - Columbia

by James Petras - June 27, 2010
Juan Manuel Santos, notorious Defense Minister in the regime of outgoing President Alvaro Uribe and closely identified with high crimes against humanity "won" the recent Presidential elections in Columbia, June 2010. The major electronic and print media CNN, FOX News, Washington Post, the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the once liberal Financial Times (FT) hailed Santos election, as a great victory for democracy. According to the FT, "Columbia not Venezuela is (the) best model for Latin America" (FT 6/23/2010 p. 8). Citing Santos "overwhelming" margin – he garnered 69% of the vote, the FT claimed he won a "strong mandate" (FT 6/22/2010). In what has to be one of the most flagrant cover-ups in recent history, the media accounts exclude the most egregious facts about the elections and the profoundly authoritarian policies pursued by Santos over the past decade.

Tags: Columbia, Juan Manuel Santos

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Israel - time to cal the shots
05 Jun 2010; posted by the editor - Opinion

Israel is a country that owes its very existence in modern times to the adherence to and acceptance of international law, as poor or undeveloped as that law might have been at the time of post world war two years.

Tags: Israel, Gaza

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