News reports have not yet provided a definitive account of the extent of the IDF attack on the flotilla of eight humanitarian aid ships on their way to Gaza. However, it is clear that IDF forces have taken over some of the ships and at least 10 unarmed activists have been slaughtered and others injured. [...]
As “national bankruptcy” threatened, international solidarity is crucial
On May - 28 - 2010
In an article published on May 21 in the British current affairs and politics magazine, New Statesman, the editor of BBC2’s Newsnight programme, Paul Mason, concluded with the following sentence: “So phase three of the global crisis poses the following danger: that the fiscal stimulus of the past 18 months produces bankruptcy at the level [...]
Privatisation of VHI as discredited as that of Telecom Eireann and Team Aer Lingus
On May - 28 - 2010
The announcement yesterday by Minister Harney and the Taoiseach that VHI will be privatised over the next two years is a further installment in this government’s destruction of the very idea of a public Health Service. It is callously throwing hundreds of thousands of people, especially the old and the sick, to the mercy of [...]
End the IDF’s blockade of aid ships
On May - 26 - 2010
I salute the efforts of activists from many countries to get much needed medicine and food supplies to the people of Gaza. who live in the most horrendous prison like conditions forced upon them by the Israeli state. Incredibly, many ships, among them the Irish MV Rachel Corrie, on their way to Gaza are faced [...]
Report from mass meeting in Greece organised by SYRIZA
On May - 25 - 2010
At a central meeting of SYRIZA in Athens last Friday, 14 May, Joe Higgins, MEP for the Socialist Party in Ireland, spoke, along with Alexis Tsipras (chair of SYRIZA’s parliamentary group), Manolis Glezos (member of SYRIZA’s secretariat), Marisa Matias (Bloco de Esquerda / Left Block – Portugal) and Jean Pierre Brar (Parti Communiste Franais – [...]
Joe Higgins MEP defends the right to freedom of religion and human rights in Pakistan (21-05-10)
On May - 24 - 2010
At Plenary Session of the European Parliament, Joe Higgins MEP defends the right to freedom of religion and human rights in Pakistan. Joe also condemns the hypocrisy of right-wing politicans claiming to support human rights in Pakistan while supporting the brutal wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. (21-05-10) Share on bebo Bookmark on Delicious Digg this [...]
Joe Higgins MEP condemns the brutal repression of protesters in Thailand (21-05-10)
On May - 24 - 2010
At a Plenary Session of the European Parliament, Joe Higgins MEP condemns the brutal repression of protesters in Thailand by the military. (21-05-10) Share on bebo Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Share on technorati Tumblr it Tweet about it Print for later Tell a friend
