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		<title>SOCIALIST UNITY. C.S Lewis, Naria and England as the&#160;Ideal</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOCIALIST UNITY. C.S Lewis, Naria and England as the Ideal
Andy explores C.S Lewis&#8217; background as an Ulsterman and suggests he believed in an idealised England rather than an idealised Britain and says &#34;English nationalism was expressed in terms of loyalty to ideas and institutions, rather than blood or soil&#34;.
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		<title>Cowen&#39;s taskis to revive partnership, not kill it - The Irish Times - Fri, Jul 04,&#160;2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cowen&#8217;s taskis to revive partnership, not kill it - The Irish Times - Fri, Jul 04, 2008
70% of workers surveyed would join a union if their boss approved but pressure from employers is moving us away from collective bargaining. Also Cowen&#8217;s refusal to implement article 28 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights isn’t helping.
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		<title>Monbiot.com » Green&#160;Lifeline</title>
		<link>http://www.irishleftreview.org/2008/07/04/monbiotcom-%c2%bb-green-lifeline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Monbiot.com » Green Lifeline
Until recently, Monbiot supported the contraction and convergence system, mentioned by Damian O’Broin here. But now he’s found a new idea. Instead of giving carbon permits to citizens it should be concentrated on a limited number of corporations.
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		<title>Want to know if waterboarding is torture? Ask Christopher Hitchens &#124; World news &#124; The&#160;Guardian</title>
		<link>http://www.irishleftreview.org/2008/07/04/want-to-know-if-waterboarding-is-torture-ask-christopher-hitchens-world-news-the-guardian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to know if waterboarding is torture? Ask Christopher Hitchens &#124; World news &#124; The Guardian
I&#8217;m not raving, I&#8217;m drowning
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		<title>Think Progress » McCain heads to Colombia, where his top strategist has lobbying&#160;ties.</title>
		<link>http://www.irishleftreview.org/2008/07/04/think-progress-%c2%bb-mccain-heads-to-colombia-where-his-top-strategist-has-lobbying-ties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>donagh</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Think Progress » McCain heads to Colombia, where his top strategist has lobbying ties.
Keywords: McCain, Colombia, President Uribe, Adviser Charlie Black’s connections to Occidental Oil Company; New York Times report; Occidental Oil company presence in Colombia; lobbyists with connections to Colombia  working on McCain’s campaign
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		<title>Democracy Now! &#124; Colombian Senator Piedad Córdoba on Negotiating with FARC, Her Criticism of Uribe and Why She Was Detained at&#160;JFK</title>
		<link>http://www.irishleftreview.org/2008/07/03/democracy-now-colombian-senator-piedad-cordoba-on-negotiating-with-farc-her-criticism-of-uribe-and-why-she-was-detained-at-jfk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democracy Now! &#124; Colombian Senator Piedad Córdoba on Negotiating with FARC, Her Criticism of Uribe and Why She Was Detained at JFK
While John McCain enjoyed the hospitality of Colombian President Uribe the Colombian Congresswomen and human rights activist Piedad Córdoba was being detained at a US airport despite holding a diplomatic passport. She has long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclaiming&#160;Citizenship</title>
		<link>http://www.irishleftreview.org/2008/07/02/reclaiming-citizenship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cian O Flaherty</dc:creator>
		
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Bertie Ahern&#8217;s socialist conversion occurred around the same time he took up reading Robert Putnam.[1] Putnam was famous for writing Bowling Alone an appraisal of the erosion of personal connections in modern society. So inspired was Ahern that he set up the Taskforce on Active Citizenship. Since they reported in 2007, little appears to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Congress Know What&#8217;s its Paying&#160;For?</title>
		<link>http://www.irishleftreview.org/2008/07/02/the-real-news-network-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:24:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does Congress Know What its Paying For?

First part of a Real News interview with Seymour Hersh, which follows on from his New Yorker piece on the mystery surrounding what exactly Congress has authorized in relation to US covert operations inside Iran.
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		<title>Bush&#39;s Swan Song - The Trouble with EU Sanctions Against&#160;Iran</title>
		<link>http://www.irishleftreview.org/2008/07/01/bushs-swan-song-the-trouble-with-eu-sanctions-against-iran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bush&#8217;s Swan Song - The Trouble with EU Sanctions Against Iran
While the EU is trying to extricate itself from a misconceived, ineffective, and financially costly sanctions regime against Iran, Gordon Brown is happy to talk tough for Europe inline with George Bush’s wishes. Link via Blood &#38; Treasure.
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		<title>Laptops of Mass&#160;Destruction</title>
		<link>http://www.irishleftreview.org/2008/07/01/laptops-mass-destruction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed Walsh</dc:creator>
		
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Jeremy Paxman once explained the secret of his interviewing technique - before speaking to a politician, he simply asks himself &#8220;why is this lying bastard lying to me?&#8221; In the case of Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, a journalist would be well advised to stiffen the measure: &#8220;Why is this blood-thirsty, amoral gangster lying to me?&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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