The Chinese government is suspected of being behind the recent “denial of service attacks” on the Marxist Internet Archive website . Brian Basgen who has worked on the site since 1990, says that ,since January , there have been hundreds of attacks ,99 percent of which emanate from China . As a consequence , the MIA may be forced to sacrifice its Chinese language material to keep the rest of the archive open . Although the attacks have only targeted Chinese files , security experts say that Chinese machines can be exploited by people outside the country, making the attacks appear to come from China . read full story / add a comment

Jonathan Cook in an Electronic Intifada article addresses the phenomena of a book 19 weeks on Israel's bestseller list that challenges Israel's biggest taboo. The book: When and How Was the Jewish People Invented? written by Shlomo Sand, an"expert on European history at Tel Aviv University" controversially argues that: the Jews were never exiled from the Holy Land, that most of today's Jews have no historical connection to the land called Israel and that the only political solution to the country's conflict with the Palestinians is to abolish the Jewish state .... read full story / add a comment

CrimethInc. operatives have labored over various versions of this text for more than eight years, and we’re excited to present what we consider to be the definitive edition. Those familiar with earlier versions will be glad to see new sections of text and plenty of new artwork. read full story / add a comment

This article was picked up by Archaeology Magazine, run by the Archaeological Institute of America:

"Here’s a summary of what preservationists have tried to do to save Ireland’s Hill of Tara from highway construction. Their new argument suggests that the downturn in the country’s economy requires Ireland to save its historic resources as tourist destinations."
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Metropolitan Community Church Manchester (England) ishelping Prossy, who is from Uganda. She fled to the UK eight months ago. The Home Office accepts she is lesbian and has endured horrific treatment, read full story / add a comment

On Sunday tens of thousands across Turkey attended the funerals of soldiers slain by the PKK. 15 soldiers were killed, twenty wounded and two are missing after the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) launched a cross border attack from their base in Iraq. read full story / add a comment

Iceland is deflating at an unbelievable rate. This is a good English language blog tracking the Icelandic economy through the floor. Hope ours doesn't follow it. read full story / add a comment

If you feel there are serious problems about intellectual property legislation, you need to watch this new film. read full story / add a comment

Women’s Liberation-Iran: Issue 40 is now available online. This is the journal of The Organisation for Women’s Liberation-Iran

Articles include:
The 5th European Social Forum
New legal curbs on female students rights in iran
Conference in London, 8 March 2009: Why is Secularism essential?
Against Gender Apartheid in Iran.

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George Orwell: 'Political language ... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.' read full story / add a comment

A Belfast Gah fan is suing that city''s Hilton Hotel for not showing a GAA final. read full story / add a comment

Democratic Congressman: Representatives Were Threatened With Martial Law In America Over Bailout Bill..

Warns that a panic atmosphere was intentionally nurtured to get bill passed..
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This is an really interesting article written by Richard Moore for the Southeast Voice in Wexford. In it he asks what Ireland should do in these present times where it is clear huge changes are afoot in the global economy. I would highly recommend people to read the original in full for its insight.

Richard Moore has been writing about global issues for a number of years and has been attempting to truly understand how system works. A few years ago he wrote a book called: Escaping The Matrix and a host of other articles. In more recent times, he has begun to focus on grassroots organising and how to reform communities and democracy from the ground up. read full story / add a comment

Sometimes coincidences happen in a timely way, while at other times they appear to happen but are actually coordinated events.

On Monday, the Tánaiste Mary Coughlan announced that Facebook, the popular social networking site, was setting up its head office for Europe in Dublin. Since Facebook doesn't actually make anything, it will have a negligible effect on the economy, but it sends the right sort of signal. At the same time (around midday on Monday) the profile page for the Shell to Sea campaign was removed from Facebook.

Some Shell to Sea groups remain, but as anyone who uses Facebook will tell you, having a profile page is where the action is. Shell to Sea had a popular one, with lots of "friends" and activity on the page. It was very useful in spreading information about the campaign, especially outside Ireland.

So Mary Coughlan goes on the radio to talk about Facebook and how its arrival in Ireland sends a strong signal. At the same moment, the Shell to Sea page is removed. Coincidence? read full story / add a comment

As the banking sector celebrates the government bailout the mainstream media have sought to capitalise on their readers formerly dormant anti-capitalist sentiment, with those journalists and editors that still retain an inkling of their activist youth revealing in the opportunity to indulge in some populist rhetoric, MediaBite takes a look at the media's performance over the boom years and asks whether the media, not just the bankers and developers, should be held to account for their part in bringing on this economic crisis. read full story / add a comment

In the interview conducted last month , Professor Chomsky discussed India , the importance of the non-aligned movement and Latin America's growing independence . Addressing the West's hypocrisy over Iran's nuclear program Chomsky said :

“The fact of the matter is that the majority of the world supports Iran. The non-aligned movement supports Iran.”

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This article has just been published in Trybuna Robotnicza (Workers' Tribune) weekly. Please colport it wherever you can, international solidarity is needed!
Also in appendix: photo of Piotr, the photo from the picket near Auchan west of Poznan, and the graphic made by TR artist especially for this article.

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Harry Barrett, Labour Party Rep in Mayo, writes glowingly about Sarah Palin in the current issue of the Mayo Advertiser.

"One of her first acts as newly elected governor of Alaska was to renegotiate a taxation deal with the Alaskan oil companies", he points out. read full story / add a comment

Islamophobia has replaced anti-semitism as the unifying ideology for the extreme right in Austria where neo-fascist rivals Heinz-Christian Strache and Jorg Haider utilised slogans such as “Homeland instead of Islam” and “Vienna must not become Istanbul” to make huge gains in last week’s national elections at the expense of the Conservative OeVP and Social Democrats SPOe parties . As the elections were taking place more than 90 Muslim graves were severely damaged at the cemetery in Traun, near Linz in what police believe was an organised action. read full story / add a comment

Under pressure from the US and other nuclear powers, Micheál Martin has agreed to a proposal allowing India - a non-signatory of the NPT - to engage in nuclear trade. This constitutes a shredding of Ireland's historic commitment to the NPT and shows that there is not a principle on earth on which our government isn't prepared to capitulate - presumably for the right price. read full story / add a comment