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The Kill Team Movie: Now on PBS
20 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Features, Entertainment, United States, Afghanistan
By David Swanson (originally published July 2014)
Kill Team is not just a video game anymore, not just the inevitable pairing of two of the most popular words in American English. Kill Team is now a movie, and against the odds it's not a celebration of killing, but a particular take on an actual series of events made widely known by Rolling Stone.New Planning Regulator 'lacks ability to regulate'
20 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland
An Taisce says it is largely disappointed with the proposed arrangements for the Office of Planning Regulation which is set out in the recently published General Scheme of Planning and Development No.2 Bill 2014 (1). An Taisce said the provision falls far short from the appointment of an Independent Planning Regulator as called for by the Mahon Tribunal ( 2).
Tags: Planning regulationRichest 1% will own more than all the rest by 2016
19 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - International
The combined wealth of the richest one percent will overtake that of the other 99 percent of people next year unless the current trend of rising inequality is checked, Oxfam warned today ahead of the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.
Tags: inequalityAMAX Opening of Ireland Manufacturing Facility at Shannon
19 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Business, Technology, Internet news, Ireland
AMAX, a leading manufacturer of dynamic DataCenter & Cloud, custom Server Appliance and High Performance Computing (HPC) solutions, today (Monday) announced the grand opening of its European manufacturing facility at Western Business Park in Shannon, Ireland.
Tags: supercomputingLeitrim joins anti-flouridation campaign
19 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Health, Ireland
Leitrim County Council has become the latest council to pass a motion calling on the Government to immediately cease public water fluoridation in Ireland.
Tags: water flouridationDublin Traffic congestion action needed now
19 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland
By An Taisce
'The M7 Co. Kildare Lane widening plan will worsen the situation and should be scrapped—Promote 'Smarter Travel Policy' of Car Sharing and Park and Ride'
Dublin congestion is back to 2008 boom time levels and action is needed now, says An Taisce. Congestion damages economic productivity, slows down public transport and service vehicle movement, undermines cycling and causes local air pollution through particle emissions, particularly from diesel vehicles. Our car dependence is also contributing to unhealthy lifestyles and obesity.Tags: Traffic management, DublinSurvival or Extinction: Part Nineteen—Lions and Lambs
19 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Features
Survival or Extinction: Part Nineteen—Lions and Lambs - summary
By Kevin Mugur Galalae
A powerful and secretive coalition of international elites, which has grown by leaps and bounds since the end of the Second World War, has replaced the old bilateral and multilateral alliances of nation states, and the people have been left out. The end goal is the termination of the vast majority of the world’s genetic lines so as to reverse the population explosion and attain the sustainability of human civilization on a finite planet.Tags: Survival or Extinction€1m in funding for Local Authorities for 1916 commemorations
17 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland
€One million in Government funding has been awarded to Local Authorities for 2015 so they can play a key role in Ireland 2016, the national and international initiative to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising following a meeting today of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD and Minister of State, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, with the City and County Managers Association (CCMA), to discuss Ireland 2016.
Tags: 1916 Rising, Ireland2014 The Hottest Ever Year–Another call to Immediate Climate Action
17 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Environment, Ireland
By An Taisce
Confirmation from the US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA that 2014 is the hottest year in recorded history underlines the extremely worrying trend of record-breaking global average temperatures being recorded with ever-increasing frequency. Further, 14 of the 15 hottest years on record have all occurred since the year 2000.Tags: climate change, An |TaisceIndonesia to execute 6 drug offenders
16 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Indonesia
Indonesia is to execute six drug convicts, including foreigners, Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said.
Tags: drug executionsStudy Finds People Assume War Is Only Last Resort
15 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Features, United States
By David Swanson
A scholarly study has found that the U.S. public believes that whenever the U.S. government proposes a war, it has already exhausted all other possibilities. When a sample group was asked if they supported a particular war, and a second group was asked if they supported that particular war after being told that all alternatives were no good, and a third group was asked if they supported that war even though there were good alternatives, the first two groups registered the same level of support, while support for war dropped off significantly in the third group. This led the researchers to the conclusion that if alternatives are not mentioned, people don't assume they exist—rather, people assume they've already been tried.Tags: Conflict Resolution, anti-warCIA on Trial in Virginia for Planting Nuke Evidence in Iran
15 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Journalism, United States
By David Swanson
Since Tuesday and continuing for the coming three weeks, an amazing trial is happening in U.S. District Court at 401 Courthouse Square in Alexandria, Va. The trial is open to the public, and among the upcoming witnesses is Condoleezza Rice, but—unlike the Chelsea Manning trial—most of the seats at this somewhat similar event are empty.An Taisce Challenges Contentious Upgrade Of Scenic N86 Dingle
14 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland
By An Taisce
On January 13th 2015, An Taisce was granted leave to Judicially Review An Bord Pleanála's November 2014 decision, to grant permission for the N86 Dingle to Annascaul & Gortbreagoge to Camp Road Improvement Scheme (Note 1).Paris attack: Imagine if political leaders were leaders
14 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Opinion
By Joe McNamee, EDRi
Imagine if our political leaders were leaders. Imagine if our “leaders” defended our freedoms by defending our freedoms. Imagine if, instead of dragging another set of restrictive measures from the shelf where they sat waiting to exploit the next atrocity, Europe's leaders decided that the principles that Charlie Hebdo defends are actually worth defending.Tags: Charlie HebdoLegal Service Opinion on CJEU Data Retention ruling
14 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Journalism, Internet news, European Union
By Diego Naranjo, EDRi
The European Parliament (EP) legal services last week presented an opinion on the Court of Justice of the EU’s (CJEU) ruling on the Data Retention Directive (DRD) and its implications. The opinion, after restating the principles that are essential to permit any interference on fundamental rights (proportionality, justification and necessity), answered specific questions raised by the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.Danish government plans to re-introduce session logging
14 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Internet news, European Union, Denmark
By Jesper Lund, EDRi-member IT-Pol, Denmark
The Danish response to the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the Data Retention Directive was fairly limited. On 2 June 2014, the Ministry of Justice produced a legal analysis saying that there was no reason to believe that the Danish data retention law was in conflict with the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the CJEU judgment.Tags: Data Retention DirectiveRomanian cybersecurity law sent to Constitutional Court
14 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Internet news, Romania
By Valentina Pavel and Bogdan Manolea, EDRi-member Association for Technology and Internet ApTI, Romania
A new law on cybersecurity, previously reported in the EDRi-gram, was adopted by the Romanian Parliament at the end of 2014. The law gives the Romanian Intelligence Agency (SRI) access to any computer data owned by private companies, without a court order.Tags: cyber-security, RomaniaGoogling your brain: latest 'data protection' proposals from Council
14 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Internet news
By Joe McNamee, EDRi
When the European Commission proposed its Data Protection Directive in 1995, it made the decision not to give the EU Member States the option to opt out of its profiling (“automated decision-making”) provisions.Tags: Data Protection, GoogleEuropean Ombudsman does not see sufficient transparency in TTIP
14 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - European Union
by Maryant Fernández Pérez, EDRi
On 6 January 2015, the European Ombudsman, the EU authority dealing with maladministration in the institutions of the European Union, adopted ten recommendations for the Commission to become transparent in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. In her decision, the Ombudsman followed recommendations made by EDRi in our response to the public consultation on the transparency of the TTIP.Germany gets warning about warning letters
14 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Germany
By Volker Tripp, EDRi-member Digiges, Germany
Ever since the adoption of the Intellectual Property Enforcement Directive (IPRED) in 2004, and its ensuing transposition into national laws, warning letters based on alleged copyright infringements have become big business for the German content-industry, anti-piracy firms and their affiliated lawyers. From the perspective of hundreds of thousands of internet users, however, they are a nuisance and a threat to unimpeded use of the net.PEN report reveals writers' concerns about mass surveillance impact
14 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Journalism, Internet news, International
On 5 January 2015, PEN American Center published a report “Global chilling: The impact of mass surveillance on international writers”. The report introduces the results of a survey of writers, to investigate how mass surveillance influences their thinking, research and writing, as well as their views of government surveillance by the US and its impact around the world. In total 772 writers from 50 countries completed the survey.
Tags: mass surveillanceCMD Issues New Report on Latest Assault on Clean Election Laws
14 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - United States
A bipartisan effort to enforce Wisconsin’s longstanding laws governing coordination between campaigns and independent groups has been mislabeled a “partisan witch hunt” by a well-funded legal and media campaign, with the ultimate goal of undermining what remains of limits on big money in politics, according to a new report from the Center for Media and Democracy.
Terms of reference for mother and baby homes inquiry "unacceptable"
14 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland
A group representing orphanage survivors say they have serious reservations about the recently published draft terms of reference of the forthcoming southern Irish inquiry into mother and baby homes, and related matters.
Integrity Ireland seeks protection of Presidential Office
13 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland
Integrity Ireland, which was setup to expose and fight corruption in the Irish legal and justice system, has written an Open Letter to President Higgins requesting the protection of his office because of the unprecedented obstalces and obstructions they say they have encountered.
Tags: corruption, Integrity IrelandWexford County Council approves anti-flouridation motion
13 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Health, Ireland
Wexford County Council is the latest to join ranks of councils calling for an end to water flouridation, joining Cork County, Cork City, Kerry, Laois and Dublin City which have all supported motions calling for an end th fouridation.
Tags: water flouridationInterested cities attend info meeting on European Capital of Culture 2020
12 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland
Representatives from a number of Irish locations vying to host the European Capital of Culture 2020 have today (Monday) attended an information briefing hosted by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the European Commission in Dublin.
Innovation "a crucial role in companies' ability to compete internationally"
12 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Business, Science, Technology, Ireland
In its End of Year Statement published today (Monday), Enterprise Ireland reported that client companies created 19,705 new jobs in 2014, resulting in a net increase of 8,476 in the number of people employed by Enterprise Ireland supported companies, the highest net gain in the history of the agency. The increase in employment reinforces Enterprise Ireland's strategy of driving innovation, scale and leadership positions in international markets and new sectors.
Tags: Enterprise IrelandSurvival or Extinction: Part Eighteen—The New Morality
12 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Features
Survival or Extinction: Part Eighteen—The New Morality - summary
By Kevin Mugur Galalae
All obedience to men who pretend to know the will of God as well as adherence to religions who try to possess God destroy the very purity and honesty that lead to God, that make communion with Him possible. To free God from man’s ignorance and greed so that we can in turn be freed onto God, we must conceive a future where all religions converge into one without a clergy to stand between man and God.Tags: Survival or extinctionDo Americans Hate Children?
11 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Features, United States
By David Swanson
Yes, I know you love your children, as I love mine. That's not in doubt. But do you love mine and I yours? Because collectively there seems to be a problem.Tags: child discriminationIf Paris Killers Had Western Media on Their Side
11 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Opinion
By David Swanson
Some killings are reported on in a slightly different manner from how the Charlie Hebdo killings have been. Rewriting a drone killing as a gun killing (changing just a few words) would produce something like this:
Freedom Fighters Gun Strike in Europe Is Said to Have Killed 12 Militants
PARIS, France
At least 12 foreign militants were believed to have been killed in a freedom fighter gun strike in the North Paris tribal region on Wednesday morning, a Liberation security official said.Tags: Charlie HebdoLimerick Writers' Centre On The Nail gathering
11 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Events, Arts, Ireland
The January 2015 'On The Nail' Literary Gathering takes place on Tuesday 13 January 2015 at The Loft Venue, the Locke Bar, Georges Quay, Limerick. This month guest readers are short story writer Eddie Stack and poet Margaret M Glasgow, who will be launching her new poetry collection.
joint EU statement in response to French atrocities
11 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Europe, European Union, Ireland, France
Twenty-eight Culture Ministers from the EU have signed a joint statement to draw attention to the violation of artistic freedom which was evidenced in the French atrocities, including at Charlie Hebdo, and to reaffirm the importance of the EU.
Tags: Charlie Hebdu, EU statementIrish Anti-War Movement On The Charlie Hebdo Atrocity
11 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland, France
The Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) unequivocally condemns the terrorist murders of Charlie Hebdo journalists in Paris. As an anti-war movement we are opposed, and have always been opposed to terrorism in all its forms. We strongly insist on the right of journalists to practice their trade and, regardless of the content of what they write or publish, nothing can justify their murder in general or this atrocity in particular. It is shocking, as the Committee to Protect Journalists notes, that since 1992 alone, 1,109 journalists have been killed in the course of their work.
Tags: Charlie HebdoIntellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act comes into force
08 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland
The Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 which updates some elements of patents and trademarks legislation has from today come into force. The Government says the changes in the legislation will make it easier for pharma companies to develop new medicinal products in Ireland, making us more attractive for research and development investment.
An Taisce Publishes 5 Core Principles for Rural Settlement
08 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland
An Taisce has made a renewed call on the Government to take rural settlement seriously in the upcoming review of the National Spatial Strategy.
A successful start for the euro changeover in Lithuania
06 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - European Union, Lithuania
Brussels, 06 January 2015
On 1 January 2015, Lithuania adopted the euro as its official currency andthe changeover is running smoothly and according to plan. The previous national currency—the litas—will be phased out during a transitional two-week dual circulation period when both currencies have legal tender status in Lithuania. By Saturday, 3 January, 89% of customers were getting their change in euro. No major problems were observed in banks or in the retail sector.Australian Politicians Must Speak Out Against Death Penalty
06 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Australia, Indonesia
By Australian Coalition Against Death Penalty
Australian politicians claim that executing Australian citizens is barbaric and seeks clemency, yet the execution of non-Australians is acceptable. Racist? Discrimination?
The death penalty around the world has two faces - one is in the international spotlight and the other is hidden from view.
Presidents Are Gods
05 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Opinion, United States
By David Swanson
A former Governor of Virginia is expected to be sentenced to a long stay in prison. The same fate has befallen governors in states across the United States, including in nearby Maryland, Tennessee, and West Virginia. A former governor of Illinois is in prison. Governors have been convicted of corruption in Rhode Island, Louisiana, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Connecticut, and (in a trumped-up partisan scam) in Alabama. The statewide trauma suffered by the people of states that have locked up their governors has been . . . well, nonexistent and unimaginable.The Atlantic Can't Figure Out Why U.S. Loses Wars
05 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Features, Journalism, United States
By David Swanson
The cover of the January-February 2015 The Atlantic asks "Why Do The Best Soldiers in the World Keep Losing?" which leads to this article, which fails to answer the question.Tags: anti-war, The AtlanticSurvival or Extinction: Part Seventeen—Greeks, Zealots, Billionaires
05 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Features
Survival or Extinction: Part Seventeen—Greeks, Zealots, Billionaires - summary
By Kevin Mugur Galalae
What can we do to bring about a world in which people faithfully follow the Golden Rule?Tags: Survival or ExtinctionWar is So 2014!
04 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Features
By Joan Brunwasser
President Obama has been credited with "ending" and "drawing down" this war not only while expanding it to triple the size but also for a longer period of time than various other major wars combined.The catch is that this war is not over or ending. This year was more deadly than any of the previous 12. War is optional, that it is not imposed on us, that we have the responsibility to scale it back or to end it.Tags: Joan Brunwasser, David SwansonLooking Backward, Looking Forward: 2014–2015
04 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Features
By James Petras
The balance sheet for 2014 and the prospects for 2015 provide us with a complex panorama of negative and positive outcomes. In most cases the advances, are not earth-shattering but open possibilities for further progress. The negative developments, however, have greater and more threatening systemic outcomes.America Stumbles Through Another Year, Spreading Chaos And Trivia Everywhere In Its Path
01 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Features, International
By John Chuckman
The Palestinians are seeking a vote in the United Nations’ Security Council on a resolution favoring their statehood, unquestionably a reasonable proposal in the minds of most of the world’s people. Of course, the United States, a permanent member of the Security Council, would automatically veto such a resolution, as it vetoes all efforts to restore order to the chaos of the Middle East. And of course, were such a resolution somehow miraculously to pass, Israel would simply ignore it, as it has ignored a long list of binding UN resolutions. But a veto and certain contempt are not enough for an upright, God-fearing Southern gentleman like US Senator Lindsey Graham. He busied himself recently with threatening America’s withholding funds from a United Nations that gets involved in the “peace process.” Imagine, the United Nations getting involved in peace? That is a chilling thought. Since the United States has a history of withholding its UN dues against its solemn treaty obligations to bully its way to certain changes, such threats do carry weight.Tags: John Chuckmanéirígí New Year Statement 2015
01 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Ireland
As 2015 begins éírígí salutes those who have contributed to the fight for justice and freedom in Ireland over the last twelve months. To those who battle against imperialism and capitalism across the globe we send fraternal greetings and the hope that 2015 will see advances in our collective struggle. At the close of a year that saw Israel launch another genocidal onslaught on Gaza we send special greetings to the Palestinian Nation—you are neither alone nor forgotten.
Tags: éirígíEnhanced tax breaks for Irish film sector
01 Jan 2015; posted by the editor - Entertainment, Ireland
Enhanced tax breaks for the film and TV sector, which come into effect from today (Thursday) will help to attract major international film productions to Ireland and boost the indigenous film sector, says Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Minister Heather Humphreys.
Tags: Irish filmHalf of All US Children Will Be Autistic by 2025
31 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Environment, Health, United States
By ANH-USA
A Senior Research Scientist at MIT has warned that by 2020 one in two of all US children will be autistic due to glyphosate toxicity from the overuse of Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide on food.Renaming Afghan War, Renaming Murder
29 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - United States, Afghanistan
By David Swanson
The U.S.-led NATO war on Afghanistan has lasted so long they've decided to rename it, declare the old war over, and announce a brand new war they're just sure you're going to love.Survival or Extinction: Part Sixteen—Slaying the Beast
29 Dec 2014; posted by the editor - Features
Survival or Extinction: Part Sixteen—Slaying the Beast - summary
By Kevin Mugur Galalae
How do we reform or dismantle this genocidal system, this beast, before it kills us all? The current system, which has coalesced national and international structures, has taken a long time and great effort to construct the “right” way, to staff with the “right” people, to harness to the “right” horse, and to drive in the “right” direction. This system has been seven decades in the making. Most importantly, the system is unaccountable because no one in the system will ever admit fault or accept responsibility.Tags: Survival or Extinction
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