*This article was originally published in El Libertario #58, March-April 2010. Although originally based on the actual experiences of Venezuela’s social struggles, it deals with situations and facts of interest to activists anywhere. read full story / add a comment

Dieter Blumenfeld, spokesperson of the Republican Sinn Féin International Relations Bureau, called for the release of all political prisoners. The 18th of March is marked as the International Day for Political Prisoners. read full story / add a comment

The article examines, first, the political bankruptcy in connection to the October general election and recent events, and then it discusses the present near economic bankruptcy in relation to the myth of ‘green growth’ promoted by the reformist Left and Greens and, after it considers the social crisis with reference to the systemic problem of immigration, it continues on with massive suppression of the December demonstrations, which confirmed the rise of social-fascism in Greece. Finally, the article examines the current attempt by the EU elites to transform Greece into an EU protectorate and proposes an alternative solution that aims to stop the Latin-Americanisation of Greece, and create the preconditions for a self-reliant economic democracy as an integral part of an Inclusive Democracy. read full story / add a comment

"Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience."
Rebecca West
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*For background and updates on the Waihopai Ploughshares action, trial and acquittal go to........
http://www.ploughshares.org.nz
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With Erris fisherman Pat O'Donnell into his second month in Castlerea Prison, UK Shell to Sea supporters held a demonstration outside the Irish Embassy.
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WEST BANK, PALESTINE: Bil'in village, the internationally renowned centre of Palestinian non-violent resistance to Israel's Apartheid Wall, was this morning - 15th March 2010 - declared a 'Closed Military Zone' by Israeli Authorities, meaning that access for International and Israeli anti-Wall activists is outlawed for six months. Furthermore, the head of the Popular Committee in Bil'in, Iyad Burnat, received a phone call from the Shin Bet - Israel's 'internal security service' - ordering him to report to Ofer Military Prison for questioning. read full story / add a comment

Nahr al-Bared refugee camp has still not recovered from the devastating war in 2007 during which it was destroyed.

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Jose Luis Elkoro Unamuno, a political activist for Basque self-determination for most of his life, also elected Mayor of his town, jailed for founding the newspaper Egin, which the Spanish state closed down years ago. Even though a court last year declared the closure to have been illegal, Jose Luis remains in a Spanish jail, far from his family and friends. read full story / add a comment

A letter sent to a number of Belfast Journalists/Newspapers containing serious allegations against myself and two other Belfast Republicans including, Tony (TC) Catney is printed in full below so that fellow Republicans can read for themselves the level of smears against RNU members of late.

I'm disgusted and deeply hurt by the letter and challenge anyone to produce any evidence they have! I also publically challenge the Author of the letter to show publically anything of an evidenial nature such as, times, dates, places and moneys paid by the RUC. So I and my two comrades can properly challenge these scurrilious allegations.

Until then, I'll make no further comment about these slurs apart from an article being printed in tommorrow's Irish News.
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Amnesty International is reiterating its call on the Israeli government to cease constructing or expanding illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) after a plan to build 1,600 new Israeli settler homes in East Jerusalem was officially approved. read full story / add a comment

SERIOUS street clashes erupted between rioting youths and police in Athens yesterday as some 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the cash-strapped government’s austerity measures.

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The role of diamonds in fuelling conflict read full story / add a comment

The following excerpts are from an interview by the Iranian student’s newspaper Bazr (issue 45-February 2010) with Shahrzad Mojab. This long interview is on the current political and social situation in Iran. The section excerpted here concerns the woman question and the role of Iranian women in the recent struggle that we are reprinting on the occasion of 8th March, International Women’s Day. Shahrzad Mojab is an Iranian women activist and researcher who left Iran in 1983. She is the author of numerous papers and books on Iranian women, Kurdish women, and women in war zones. Mojab is currently a professor at the University of Toronto in Canada.

Translation by A WorldTo Win News Service.
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The deadline for the international children's poetry competition, Kids Express, is coming up on 15 April 2010. Make sure to enter now and join us in July for a fun packed family night of entertainment! read full story / add a comment

A Youtube video series shows the full horror of life under Israeli occupation read full story / add a comment

Dr Rogers says “It is unfortunate that my original report is being interpreted in this way,”
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Issue 39 of Red Banner: a magazine of socialist ideas is available now from bookshops or the address above, priced €2 / £1.50. read full story / add a comment

The Hillsborough Agreement is no international role model to solve national conflicts, Dieter Blumenfeld, press officer of the Republican Sinn Féin International Relations Bureau said. read full story / add a comment

Amnesty International Ireland has called on the Irish Government to mark International Women’s Day by backing a global campaign for a single high-powered UN agency to protect women’s rights. read full story / add a comment