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Sinn Féin MEP Mary Lou McDonald speaking on the eve of poll on the Lisbon Treaty referendum called on people to come out and vote in massive numbers to give the government a strong mandate to re-negotiate the Treaty and get a better deal for Ireland. Ms. McDonald was on a walkabout in Dublin City Centre with Aengus Ó Snodaigh TD and Councillor Killian Forde.
Ms. McDonald said:
“Tomorrow the people of Ireland go to the polls to take a decision on the Lisbon Treaty. We are the only people (…)

Make sure your voice is heard on Thursday and vote No to the Lisbon Treaty.
Send the Irish government back to Europe with a strong mandate for new negotiations.
A better deal is possible.
Watch Sinn Féin’s final No 2 Lisbon press conference here - select "Gerry Adams".
Watch Mary Lou McDonald MEP on Monday’s Questions & Answers debating the Treaty. Watch here.
http://www.no2lisbon.ie/

London - Irish Republican party Sinn Fein urged voters on Wednesday to vote against the European Union’s controversial treaty, in a crunch referendum being watched anxiously by Ireland’s EU partners.
Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army, is the only mainstream Irish party against the Lisbon Treaty, whose fate is to be voted on by the Irish on Thursday.
"We are the only people in Europe to have a vote and it is important that as many people as possible come out and (…)

Foreign Policy In Focus 07 June, 2008
Biofuel production is certainly one of the culprits in the current global food crisis. But while the diversion of corn from food to biofuel feedstock has been a factor in food prices shooting up, the more primordial problem has been the conversion of economies that are largely food-self-sufficient into chronic food importers. Here the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Trade Organization (WTO) figure as much more important (…)

Critics of the European Union reform treaty in Ireland, which will vote on the document on June 12, are a diverse group united by the idea it would undermine democracy.
Opponents include pacifists, anti-abortionists, nationalists and a handful of business people who share the view that Ireland and its people will be left with a weaker voice.
A new opinion poll on Friday indicated their campaign may succeed. Rejection from Ireland, the only EU country to hold a referendum on the pact, (…)

London police have announced a ban on anti-war campaigners hoping to protest against President George Bush’s visit to Downing Street this Sunday. The Whitehall ban has been immediately condemned as a "totalitarian act" by the playwright Harold Pinter, while Stop the War organisers are urging people to defy it and to demonstrate nearby in Parliament Square.
"In what is supposed to be a free country the Stop the War Coalition has every right to express its views peacefully and openly. This (…)

CounterPunch.org
June 9, 2008
After months of a tough and bitter race, a merciless struggle, Barack Obama has defeated his formidable opponent, Hillary Clinton. He has wrought a miracle: for the first time in history a black person has become a credible candidate for the presidency of the most powerful country in the world.
Source: www.maroc-hebdo.press.ma
And what was the first thing he did after his astounding victory? He ran to the conference of the Israel lobby, AIPAC, and (…)

06/01/2008 - Every significant Internet provider around the globe is currently in talks with access and content providers to transform the internet into a television-like medium: no more freedom, you pay for a small commercial package of sites you can visit and you’ll have to pay for seperate subscriptions for every site that’s not in the package.
from IPOWER Entered into the database on Monday, June 02nd, 2008 @ 19:23:25 MST
Almost all smaller websites/services will disappear over time (…)

Bilderberg Seeks Bank Centralization Agenda
Lee Rogers Rogue Government June 9, 2008
Fresh off of the 2008 Bilderberg Meeting, it looks as if New York Federal Reserve president Timothy Geithner is set to push a new agenda in the world of central banking that was likely decided upon at Bilderberg.
Geithner yesterday, wrote an article in the Financial Times calling for a global regulatory banking framework. In addition, Geithner called for the Federal Reserve to have an instrumental (…)

Ohio Democratic lawmaker and former presidential candidate has presented articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush to Congress.
– http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Kucin...
"Resolved," Kucinich then began, "that President George W. Bush be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate.