- December 23rd, 2009
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Happy Christmas to all.Image by caruba via FlickrImage by minifig via Flickr
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It was reported yesterday in the Turkish press the members of the mainly Kurdish, Democratic Society Party(DTP), which was recently banned by the Turkish judiciary, will form a new party i…
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- December 22nd, 2009
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Hugo Chávez writes on `The battle of Copenhagen'By Hugo Chávez Frías, President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, translated by Kiraz Janicke for Links International…
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- December 21st, 2009
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A vintage year; expect more in 2010.By Ben Goldacre.It has been a vintage year for dodgy science in government. We saw reports on cocaine that were disappeared, dodgy evidence to justify DNA retention…
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Whenever I post an article about Global Warming (G/W) and raise questions, more often than not, I end up being told I am up the creek with the G/W deniers and siding with reactionaries, only last week…
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- December 19th, 2009
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Western Sahara's best-known human rights activist has ended a 32-day hunger strike in Spain and returned home after Morocco reversed its expulsion order against her.Amina…
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- December 16th, 2009
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The last year has seen the death of two people who were imprisoned for being members of the Angry Brigade, both of who claimed they were victims of a miscarriage of justice. Earlier this year Jake Pre…
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With those attending the Copenhagen global warming UN summit having used a rainforest worth of carbon emissions, before a single decision has been made public, makes one conclude that such a conf…
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- December 14th, 2009
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Above is a video of Paul Gogarty a Green Party TD (MP) speaking last week in a Dáil Éireann (Irish parliament) debate on the Social Welfare bill, responding to a quip from Labour TD E…
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Nina Fishman obituary.By Donald Sassoon.Historian, political activist and outstanding character of the British left.With the death of the political historian and activist Nina Fishman, who has died of…
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On December 11, 2009 Turkey’s highest judicial body the Constitutional Court, banned the mainly Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) because of alleged links to the PKK, which is listed…
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- December 11th, 2009
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LATEST NEWS: Joe was recently released from prison on very restrictive bail conditionsMessages of support can still be sent to: defendjoeglenton@gmail.comCourt hearing Wednesday 16 DecemberJoe ap…
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- December 10th, 2009
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Above is a talk the writer, broadcaster and political activists Tariq Ali gave to an audience of students and staff at the Hampshire College, Massachusetts, USA on Novemb…
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- December 9th, 2009
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A book review of Robert Services latest offering Trotsky: A Biography, which was recently published in the Morning Star has provoked a number of letters to the paper from its readers.Whilst it hardly…
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- December 7th, 2009
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Hilda Baruch, who has died aged 90, was one of those unsung female heroes of the left. She was a "peace baby", born Hilda Froom eight days after the end of the first world war. She grew up in a workin…
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After a couple of enjoyable hours watching Lewis, a TV series about a detective which is set in Oxford, a city that epitomizes the wretchedness of the UK’s class divide, I switched over to the BBC…
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- December 3rd, 2009
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I came across the article below on the EagleEye community blog after it was recommended by a friend, I found it inspirational and I thought I would share it with the readers of Organized Rage. At…
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- December 2nd, 2009
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For the counter argument see the links below. (Thanks to GW)http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/11/the-cru-hack/http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2009/11/the-cru-hack-contex…
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- December 1st, 2009
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Pat Ripley obituaryLeader of a six-week sit-in at Islington town hall aimed at winning better pay for home helps.Anthony Barnett In our street in Islington, north London, my neighbour Pat Ri…
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- November 30th, 2009
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- November 29th, 2009
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The media has been full of stories about a damming report issued by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) into Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The CQC offic…
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- November 27th, 2009
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Chavez Calls for International Organisation of Left PartiesBy Kiraz JanickeVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for the formation of a “Fifth International” of left parties and social movements…
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Neil Kearney, who has died of a heart attack aged 59, was an inspirational leader in the international trade union movement. As general secretary of the Brussels-based International Textile, Garment a…
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- November 26th, 2009
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Having been charged with crimes against humanity, the trial of Khmer Rouge [KR] militant Kaing Guek Eav (party nom de guerre ‘comrade’ D[e]uch) is currently taking place in Phnom Penh. A…
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- November 25th, 2009
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In the cartoon below 'Adams' points out the 'Chilcot Enquiry' into the Iraq war is one of many attempts by both the Labour government and Conservative opposition to pass the buck; and cover up and whi…
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- November 22nd, 2009
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'Long war' model bodes ill for West.Gordon Brown and the opposition leader David Cameron have conceded that the British army in Afghanistan needs additional helicopters to ferry the front-line troops…
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- November 20th, 2009
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Below is an article by Pete McLaren, who stood as a 'No2EU, Yes to Democracy' candidate in the 2009 MEP election. Pete takes issue with the article I posted yesterday and raises some interesting…
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- November 19th, 2009
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When Pierre Lellouche, the Minister for Europe in the French government, recently said the position of the Tory Party led by David Cameron on the European Union is pathetic and displays a bizarre form…
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- November 17th, 2009
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There was uproar over SACP general secretary and government minister Blade Nzimande's 1.2 million rand luxury BMW. Cartoon by Zapiro. For more Zapiro cartoons, please visit http://www.zapiro.com.
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With the ‘Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq war about to begin, it looks very much like after months of taking evidence from government mandarins, senior officers and government ministers, John Chilcot,…
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- November 16th, 2009
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Once again we are living though a period when it is perfectly acceptable for the mass media to insult working class people, often for no better reason than ‘some’ of them live on Council Estates.…
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- November 12th, 2009
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Hundreds of claimants unjustly imprisonedMany hundreds of claimants are unjustly imprisoned every year because overpayment amounts are being ‘wildly exaggerated’ by the DWP, welfare benefits exper…
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As regular readers of this blog will know, I am in favour of decriminalising almost all of what we regard today as illicit drugs. I understand this would be a complex thing to put into practice, never…
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- November 11th, 2009
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Below is an article by Gerry Ruddy, a leading member of the Irish Republican Socialist Party, which sets out the reasoning behind the decision by the leadership of the INLA to stand their volunteers d…
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- November 10th, 2009
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Eleanor Kasrils, the ANC and CPSA activist, and wife of former intelligence minister Ronnie Kasrils, died on Sunday after suffering a stroke. She was 73. Ronnie Kasrils said Eleanor had suddenly…
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- November 9th, 2009
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Those who have touted the ‘red poppy’ over the last month, have more than had their day this year. Due to the UK's military involvement in the war on Afghanistan, the lead in to remembrance…
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- November 5th, 2009
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Obituary: Ernesto Leal JimenezBy Roger Sutton.Ernesto Leal Jimenez was born to communist parents on January 11 1938. At that time they were on the run, persecuted by the government of Arturo Alessandr…
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- November 4th, 2009
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After I posted an article about the Red Poppy early this week, a number of people contacted me to ask about the White Poppy. Terry L directed me to the Peace Pledge Union's web site , whilst not…
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Like many working class men of my generation, I reached adulthood as a fully formed sexist bigot. Looking back my attitude to women was appalling, which was hardly surprising if one takes into account…
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- November 3rd, 2009
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One again the yearly charade of concern for the UK’s war dead and wounded is upon us. Whether you wear one or not it is difficult to argue with the fact the ‘Red Poppy,’ and those like the Briti…
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- November 2nd, 2009
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Otherwise intelligent people, on reaching high political office, often seem pre-programmed to abandon independent thought and end up behaving like imbeciles; others might be less generous and re…
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- October 28th, 2009
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Obituary: Redmond O'NeillBy Andrew Murray.The death of Redmond O'Neill last week deprives the socialist movement in Britain and internationally - and above all in London - of one of its most staunch a…
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Now the Irish electorate has voted in favor of the Lisbon Treaty, it seems it will be ratified soon, even though the southern Irish electorate are the only citizens of the EU to have had a say o…
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