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international / gender and sexuality / feature Wednesday October 10, 2007 17:23 by R.E. Silvera
The Republic of Argentina shares many sociohistorical parallels with the Republic of Ireland. Both have been traditionally conservative, christian nations, with the Roman Catholic Church having a privileged position of power in all areas of public life. Even so, due to massive demonstrations and strong activist commitment, coupled with horrifying stories which came to the attention of the press, it became impossible for the government to stay impassive any longer. While abortion hasn't become legal in Argentina, this article will explore its history, the parallels with Ireland, and recent developments which may be opening the way for safe and legal abortion in the South American nation. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Wednesday October 10, 2007 16:37 by C Murray
This morning the State gave assurances to the Council of Europe that the health and Safety of Irish prisoners would be upheld. This unusual occurence happened because it is the second such report from outside the state which highlights the problems in our prisons. Both the Amnesty International report for 2006 and the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture highlighted the murder of Gary Douch in a holding cell int the basement of Mountjoy and the continued medieval practices of slopping out in that prison. The Committee visited ten Garda stations, seven prisons and the Central Mental Hospital. The report is damning. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday October 10, 2007 16:01 by Garry
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign is pleased to announce that the European Première of the multi-award winning documentary film Occupation 101 will take place in Liberty Hall Theatre, Dublin at 7:30 PM on Tuesday 6th November 2007. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Wednesday October 10, 2007 10:36 by Over The Edge
Australian poet Earl Livings reading in Galway at North Beach Poetry Nights and the Galway City Museum Friday Lunchtime Reading read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday October 09, 2007 17:27 by seomra spraoi screening group
Suggested Donation: Waged/Unwaged 2.50 /2.00 4 Mary's Abbey, Dublin 1 time 8:00 If you want to screen a feature/short/documentary/music video.......... screeninggroup@hushmail.com read full story / add a comment
louth / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 09, 2007 16:43 by Sean Crudden
It is scarcely enough to make a gesture towards mental patients and the mentally ill on one day of the year only. However, to mark World Mental Health Day (10 October 2007) I am posting an article which I wrote quite a few weeks ago to suggest to indymedia readers the extent of real globalisation in establishment efforts to overcome the problem of mental illness. However, as with globalisation in other areas, the question arises of how far we are on the right track? read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / news report Tuesday October 09, 2007 09:53 by Seán
An Bord Pleanála will open a hearing today into a controversial decision by Dublin City Council to allow large billboards be erected at key sites in return for free bicycles. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Tuesday October 09, 2007 00:28 by Over The Edge
Over The Edge will be hosting a special reading in November to celebrate the 2007 Windows Anthology. Windows, edited by Heather Brett & Noel Monaghan, showcases the work of emerging poets, fiction writers and visual artists. The reading will take place at 8pm on Friday, November 16th at Sheridan’s Wine Bar, 14-16 Church Yard Street, Galway (beside St. Nicholas’s Church). All welcome. read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / event notice Monday October 08, 2007 19:26 by Tara Support
The group of (now) defendants are in court again on October the 24th. This will be the third hearing on the arrests of people who were protesting, filming protest or defending others from attack. The links to the footage are on the newswire. read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday October 08, 2007 16:54 by Withnail and "ri"
Again, Galway Food Not Bombs had a succesfull day yesterday. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / news report Monday October 08, 2007 13:03 by Paula Geraghty
No ghost too ghoulish, no candy floss too sticky for the fun loving participants of Drimnagh Arts Week which was launched at Drimnagh castle on Saturday, which hosted a very special appearance of the Crumlin Community Youth Band parading through the winding estates of Drimnagh. read full story / add a comment
offaly / history and heritage / feature Monday October 08, 2007 10:13 by Pat Muldowney
RTÉ has announced a programme in its Hidden History series making controversial claims about IRA sectarianism during the War of independence. This is how RTE is currently publicising it: Guns and Neighbours: The Killings at Coolacrease “The bloody tale of a bitter land dispute, involving a family of Protestant farmers in County Offaly, which comes to a deadly conclusion during the War of Independence. Featuring interviews with descendants of the men who carried out the killings, this portrait of a forgotten atrocity features substantial newspaper archive research, IRA witness statements and military documents from the period.” read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday October 08, 2007 00:34 by Over The Edge
Poets Louis Jenkins, Tamar Yoseloff & Geraldine Mills read at Sheridan’s Wine Bar read full story / add a comment
dublin / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Sunday October 07, 2007 16:05 by Ciaran Carroll
this started as a letter to my philosophy lecturers expressing my disatisfaction about the passiveness of acadmic philosophy. Then i got carried away and started to spew my frustrations about youth orientated consumerism. I never hear this subject, that i believe is the root to most of the flaws in society today, debated in the media. I sent it to the major newspapers but got no response. Maybe some of you could give me your views. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday October 07, 2007 16:03 by Guy de Cervens
All over the US hysteria is rising that they are going to be nuked and invaded by Al Qaeda agents posing as Mexicans. Are they just paranoid or could they be catching a glimpse of their future? Remember, just coz they’re paranoid doesn’t mean we’re not out to get them! read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday October 05, 2007 17:01 by Mark C
About 200 people have been arrested at Faslane nuclear weapons base in Scotland during a peaceful nonviolent blockade there on Monday 1st October to mark the culmination of Faslane365, a year of resistance. Among those arrested was Mark Chapman from Belfast who said, “I have traveled here to Faslane to uphold international law. I believe these nuclear weapons are causing great instability in the world”. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday October 05, 2007 14:18 by Choice Ireland
Choice Ireland film screening on 40th Anniversary of British Abortion Act read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday October 04, 2007 17:37 by freedom
The 'crisis of king's burning photos' is not finished, the spanish special tribunal, that usually deals with 'terrorist activities', has sued 11 demosntrators fro taking part in the burn of spanish king's pictures, they are accused of 'crown injuries' and face possible sentence of 15 months imprisonement. Mobilisations are organized by Independentist Left. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Thursday October 04, 2007 16:33 by d'other
It's a cliché that the media was the first casualty of the Iraqi occupation, but few reacted like Dahr Jamail. Made brazen by his travels off the beaten path between monotonous jobs, he packed a cheap digital camera along with a laptop and entered Iraq to go beyond the Green Zone and embedded reporting.
The dispatches he circulated online, first through emails and then through his site, quickly grew into an essential resource for those in the west desperate for an alternative take on the war on terror. They remain today a vital channel for struggling voices inside occupied Iraq.
A collection of Dahr's work called Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches From an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq is coming out this month on Haymarket Books, prior to its release he sat down with Indymedia Ireland to talk about his journalism and the situation in Iraq. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Thursday October 04, 2007 14:30 by pat c
The Iranian Junta attempted to use the daughter and son of Che to whip up support for the Islamists and to do down Socialism. This backfired spectacularly when Aleida Guevara made it clear that Che was a Communist and an Atheist. An attempt to rope in the son and daughter of the Argentine revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara to forge a parallel between Iran’s Islamist revolution and the socialist revolution in Latin America through a four-day conference has ended in fiasco. After Aleida Guevara protested from the podium against perceived distortions of her father’s ideology by the first Iranian speaker, Haj Saeed Ghasemi, the four-day ‘Che Like Chamran’ conference, that started Sep. 25, was aborted and the Latin American guests whisked away. read full story / add a comment |
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