Archive for the ‘International’ Category
The Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign have produced a document (see below) which outlines their view of the crisis and the political steps necessary to help bring justice to the Palestine-Israel region.
The document explores and addresses eleven of the most common misconceptions about the conflict, and makes the recommendation that only by sanctioning Israel will the international community be able to help put a stop to that states’ constant human rights and international law violations against the Palestinian people.
Irish Anti War Movement Press Conference
August 2014 marks the hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the First World War. Far from being a “war to end all wars” or a “victory for democracy”, the war was a military disaster and a catastrophe for humankind which left 16 million dead and 20 million wounded, many horribly so. Britain alone suffered almost 900,000 military deaths and a further 124,000 civilian deaths. Life in the trenches was a living hell. Desertions were punished by firing squad. Those who survived were deeply scarred with many suffering debilitating long-term effects. The war became a testing ground for new mechanised techniques of mass killing with the development of tanks, gas warfare and aerial bombing that encouraged huge profiteering through the armaments industry. In the US alone, for example, war profits saw the creation of 21,000 new millionaires.
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by Jamison Maeda
Uganda’s currency plunged last month after the U.S. reported it would cut off or redirect aid due to Uganda’s recent aggressively anti-gay legislation. Norway, Denmark and Sweden have also withheld or redirected aid to Uganda.
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Mandate Trade Union has written to all major retail employers in Ireland asking them to desist from “trading, investment or other commercial links with companies operating in, providing services to, or sourcing goods from [the illegal] settlements” in the region of Israel.
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