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international / arts and media / other press Sunday May 14, 2006 19:25 by P
This a spoof video where Japanese Toy Makers develop an action figure based on the stereotypical black bloc anarchist. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday May 14, 2006 18:28 by eoin
"Steal what you will from the blueness of the sea and the sand of memory Take what pictures you will, so that you understand That which you never will: How a stone from our land builds the ceiling of our sky." -Mahomood Darwish 'Those who pass between fleeting words (Abiroon Abir) read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday May 14, 2006 14:39 by Shell to Sea
Shell to Sea activists will join in the commemoration of Norwegian Independence, with a parade up Grafton Street from Trinity College on Wednesday morning. We will be handing out lleaflets and hopefully getting our pictures in the Norwegian papers. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday May 14, 2006 14:33 by Fintan Lane
The following is a personal report of the third open anti-war meeting, which was held in the Teachers' Club, Parnell Square, Dublin, on Saturday, 13 May, between 2.30 and 5.30pm. This isn't a comprehensive report - and I'm sure I'll miss a few things - so I hope other participants will add to it in their comments. read full story / add a comment
international / eu / other press Sunday May 14, 2006 00:22 by redjade
Bertie has a new friend... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday May 13, 2006 23:09 by James Reilly
Susan McKay’s article in the Weekend Review section of the Irish Times (May 13 2006 - see link below) explains the background to the unionist sectarian killing of Michael McIlveen in Ballymena. In this DUP heartland over 90% of the sectarian attacks are unionist. The PSNI calls this sectarianism that is almost universally unionist a “two way thing”. Ian Paisley wants “all sides” to “pull back”. Instead of examining whether unionist ideology is in any way at fault, Paisley warns nationalists in an insulting and bullying manner not to turn the issue into a “political football”. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday May 13, 2006 22:55 by Susan McKay
'I don't think I'll ever get over it. Me and my son were very, very close,' says Gina McIlveen, pictured at the shrine to her son, Michael, outside her home in Ballymena. Photograph: Alan Lewis/Photopress Belfast The killing of Ballymena teenager Michael McIlveen is evidence of the deep-rooted sectarianism that is infecting a new generation, reports Susan McKay Gina McIlveen had her own experience of sectarian violence before she lost her 15-year-old son, Michael, to it this week. Last Christmas, she and her 16-year-old daughter, Jodie, who was heavily pregnant, were in the Tower Shopping Centre in Ballymena. "This girl was following us around and she came over and she said: 'I'll kick that Fenian baby out of you.' She went for me outside Santa's grotto and then this man ran out and cracked my face with his fist and broke my nose," she says. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Saturday May 13, 2006 13:53 by Magdalena from Dun Laoghaire
This year -- as more and more mothers, in America, Britain, Italy, Spain, Poland as well as Iraq, mourn their fallen sons and daughters, lost to the insanity of organized violence -- Julia Ward Howe's call for women to not allow their men to constantly play at war is back in fashion, part of a growing awareness of the link between patriarchy and war. read full story / add a comment
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday May 13, 2006 13:08 by Des Long
A new memorial is to be unveiled to two Limerick men murdered by Crown Forces - the ceremony takes place on the main Limerick to Tipperary Road at the Cross of Grange on 21st May - all are welcome read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Saturday May 13, 2006 09:22 by Manus O'Riordan
CORK COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS May Day commemorations by MANUS O’RIORDAN HEAD OF RESEARCH SIPTU Metropole Hotel, Cork MAY 2nd, 2006 James Connolly “Be Moderate”: “Some men faint-hearted ever seek Our Programme to retouch And will insist when e’er they speak That we demand too much. ‘Tis passing strange, yet I declare Such statements cause me mirth, For our demands most modest are: We only want the Earth! PHOTOGRAPH COMMEMORATIVE ADDRESS ON JAMES CONNOLLY AND TERENCE McSWINEY BY MANUS O'RIORDAN ON EASTER SUNDAY 2006 AT THE FORTRESS OF CASTELL DE SANT FERNAN, FIGUERES, CATALONIA. (see linked story) read full story / add a comment |
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