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Poland may lose EU vote
The EU justice commisionar has warned that a country housing secret CIA prisons may lose its EU vote - Poland and Romania are suspected.
:: STARTED BY Lurid Archive
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:42 06.12.05
Catholic Bishop campaigns for condoms
Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg, South Africa, has first-hand experience helping the victims of AIDS. That's why he wants the Vatican to support the use of condoms.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:23 03.12.05
Subversive Bling?
Is hip-hop style vulgar consumption actually a valid subversion and rebellion against capitalism, as opposed to the popular middle-class left-wing assumption that it is an unutterably bad enslavement to it?
:: STARTED BY Leidan
:: 29 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:25 02.12.05
Gentrification
Gentrification - social cleansing by stealth?
:: STARTED BY Psych Safeling
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:43 01.12.05
Ariel Sharon no longer leader of the Likud Party
Ariel Sharon leaves Likud party, prompting general election - implications for Palestine? A chance for the Labour Party?
:: STARTED BY Jenna Elfman's Hollywood Haus
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:59 01.12.05
Bush-Blair: The Aborted Plot to Bomb Al-Jazeera?
Apparently, Blair had to tell Bush that *maybe* his idea of winning the hearts and minds of the Middle East by bombing the major Arab news organization, headquartered in the heart of one of the few countries still friendly to the US, Qatar, was not such a good one.
:: STARTED BY alas
:: 16 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:29 28.11.05
What is the difference? Socialism, Marxism, Communism, etc.
Let's all define the different -isms, such as Marxism, Communism, Socialism.
:: STARTED BY matthew.
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:46 27.11.05
'Bring the Troops Home' - Is that really the best idea right now?
If we made the mess shouldn't we stay and tidy it up? Keywords: Stop the War, Iraq, Iraqis, Bush, Blair, torture, protest.
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Drinks Your Milkshake
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:08 25.11.05
Cindy Sheehan
A mom, a dead son, and quest to have a meeting with W.
:: STARTED BY Cherielabombe
:: 39 REPLIES, LAST AT 02:10 25.11.05
Constant Gardener/ Pharmaceuticals
A question of authenticity
:: STARTED BY GogMickGog
:: 14 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:24 24.11.05
Satan-Worshipping Bush Shocks Norwegians
It explains so much, doesn't it?
:: STARTED BY Cherielabombe
:: 17 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:55 23.11.05
Gay Tories, and the mindset thereof.
Key words; denial, self-loathing Derek Laud, Liam Fox (allegedly)
:: STARTED BY Alex's Grandma
:: 23 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:24 23.11.05
NAM proposes rival for "biased" western media
Developing countries may set up their own news agency.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:30 21.11.05
Terrorism Bill
The Terrorism Bill going through parliament at present will outlaw published opinions interpreted as "glorifying" or "encourgaing" violent acts, which will include those carried out against oppressive regimes and by animal rights "extremists"
:: STARTED BY Malarki
:: 52 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:53 15.11.05
Next up - Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill
The goverments new Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill when put together with the Terrorism Bill will severely undermine the ability of many to claim asylum in Britain.
:: STARTED BY Malarki
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:13 13.11.05
Riots in France
What the hell is up in France?
:: STARTED BY Slim
:: 47 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:27 11.11.05
Sun Editor abuses spouse?
Rebekah Wade has apparently been arrested for attacking her husband, Ross Kemp...
:: STARTED BY sleazenation
:: 44 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:37 09.11.05
How and Why do you consume the News?
You like to be well informed, right?
Why? A thread to examine the motivations behind the production and consumption of news, what it's for, how it's used, and so on.
:: STARTED BY Scrambled Password Bogus Email
:: 72 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:43 09.11.05
Galloway makes another speech - what do you think?
Controversial MP George Galloway has made a speech to Arab TV audiences that seems to be getting some people quite angry. What do you say?
:: STARTED BY Lurid Archive
:: 84 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:35 06.11.05
Rosa Parks gets a state burial - but what about disenfranchised voters?
The occassion of Parks' death and subsequent announcement of her state burial at the Capitol Rotunda affords an opportunity to consider the US establishment's stance on voting rights for black people.
:: STARTED BY grim reader
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 14:33 05.11.05
Oyster Cards?
London Transport Oyster Cards. Infringment of liberties or a SMART FAST CHEAP way to travel in London.
:: STARTED BY ghadis
:: 26 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:32 04.11.05
Compromising just to get heard -- for or against?
What follows is a case study of questions around how to change the system and not get yourself burnt in the process. Do you change it from the inside? Or do you give up and fuck shit up however you can? When you depend on some people 'inside' the system, how do you manage to critique them without losing your ability to be helped by them? How do you keep your ethical and political self-respect?
:: STARTED BY Disco is My Class War
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:23 01.11.05
Harriet Miers nominated to replace O'Connor
Miers is the latest Bush pick for US Supreme Court. Other keywords - White House counsel, cronyism, O'Connor replacement, female Justice, Roberts Court.
:: STARTED BY ibis the being
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:42 28.10.05
Hunting, Civil Liberties, Animal Rights and the Parliament Act
Hunting, etc.
:: STARTED BY Nick's Experimental Wrongness
:: 19 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:23 26.10.05
Proposal to outlaw energy-efficiency and eco- labelling
When 'free trade' means 'keeping the customer in the dark'.
:: STARTED BY Tamara Willett Hurt
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:08 24.10.05
Teenager accused of murder....and Satanism
a 16-year-old murdered someone over pot-growing supplies and the news sources are reporting that he is probably a Satanist, as if murdering people is a part of Satanism. is this religious intolerance, and will this further stigmatize Satanists, people who value pentagrams, and goth kids?
:: STARTED BY fuckbaked
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:51 24.10.05
US Declares "War on Porn"
"Early last month, the bureau's Washington Field Office began recruiting for a new anti-obscenity squad. Attached to the job posting was a July 29 Electronic Communication from FBI headquarters to all 56 field offices, describing the initiative as "one of the top priorities" of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and, by extension, of "the Director." That would be FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III."
:: STARTED BY TeN
:: 22 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:17 21.10.05
Free the Guilty
Looking at the issue of an overcrowded prison system and how this problem needs to be resolved and the effects on society.
:: STARTED BY pointless & uncalled for
:: 7 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:22 20.10.05
CBS, NBC, UPN ban gay-tolerant church ad.
"Too controversial," networks say of UCC ad that portrays, among other things, gay Christians.
:: STARTED BY grant
:: 21 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:24 19.10.05
God told me to do it, and then ran away...
Claims that Bush is taking direct orders from God and the subsequent denials.
:: STARTED BY lord henry strikes back
:: 27 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:04 14.10.05
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