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galway / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday January 23, 2008 20:13 by Niall Farrell
The Galway Alliance Against War will hold a public meeting at Liam Mellows statue Eyre Square this Saturday at 1.30pm. The main speaker will be Rhuhel Ahmed a former Guantanamo prisoner. On the day, GAAW intends to dress Liam Mellows in an orange boiler suit to highlight the unimpeded use of Shannon airport by the CIA torture flights. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday January 23, 2008 18:59 by NMI
Here are some pictures and a two-minute video of the end of the protest in support of the people of Gaza, held in Dublin this lunchtime read full story / add a comment
antrim / housing / news report Wednesday January 23, 2008 17:35 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin
Residents of the Village area of South Belfast held a protest yesterday (Tuesday 22 January) outside Stormont against the housing conditions in which many people are forced to live and against the inaction of the Department of Social Development and NI Housing Executive in dealing with these problems. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / other press Wednesday January 23, 2008 11:42 by C Murray
I have received over two years consistent appeals by Women's Writer's Unions for aid in advertising repressions of Women Writers , some of the appeals have gone on the Newswire; and some have been passed on to to groups where the campaign would be more effective. The plight of the writers has not in that period alleviated and some are in dire situations. This morning another one arrived, an archive update of the 2007 Women's Day attempt to highlight the cases of imprisoned Women Writers and activists. All their names are familiar, Amnesty, Human Right's Watch, Reporters Without Borders, International Women In Media Federation, Committee for the Protection of Journalists and PEN Women's Union have advocated on their cases. Links to the ongoing cases of Journalist and activist repression:-between Women's day 2007-2008. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / other press Tuesday January 22, 2008 21:56 by SP Online
The January 2008 issue of The Socialist (#31) now online at the Socialist Party website. See below for contents. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday January 22, 2008 21:40 by Mark A. Nolan
The healthcare system, upon which people in Ireland depend, is an apartheid system. Simply put, some lives are worth more than others. Rare attempts at reform have been stymied by historic, chronic underspending and vested interests. This legacy has forced the vast majority of working people to take out private health insurance and has laid the foundations for a neo-liberal push towards an American-style system of private medicine. read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday January 22, 2008 18:14 by TD
Besides the wanton murder of nearly 40 Palestinians the past week, the vicious Israeli blockade of Gaza has also snuffed out the lives of five patients, including three babies in the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City - according to Dr Raed al-Arani, a surgeon and spokesman for the hospital, they either died from hypothermia or from power cuts interrupting their vital oxygen supplies at home. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday January 22, 2008 17:18 by Shell 2 Hell
Last Sunday in solidarity with the people of Rossport, Ógra Shinn Féin held a protest outside the offices of Statoil Ireland in Dublin. The protest was to highlight the continue involvement of Statoil, a Norwegian state industry, in the theft of Irish natural resources and endangerment of the Rossport community, through dirty deals with Shell and the 26 county government. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday January 22, 2008 17:09 by Republican Youth
Young Republican delegates from across Ireland and representatives of International youth movements mobilised in Dublin this weekend to take part in a packed and upbeat Ógra Shinn Féin National Congress. Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams delivered the main address and helped launch Ógra’s new drugs and alcohol campaign called N.A.R.C. (Not Another Ravaged Community) campaign. The Sinn Féin President told the assembled; Comhdháil Náisúnta, that the Lisbon treaty was a bad deal for Ireland. “The Lisbon Treaty, like many of the treaties that went before it, does not deliver reform, efficiency or democracy. It is a bad deal for Ireland. We deserve and can achieve better.” read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / news report Tuesday January 22, 2008 14:35 by S.Cat
At around lunchtime in Europe, when we're grabbing sandwiches or sitting down to plates of pasta or green salads (or skulling pints in the Stag's Head) the financial markets in Wall Street open. Usually they react to the morning's trading in the European markets, and so US traders seeing falling prices as a buying opportunity can offset a downward trend. Yesterday however, the holiday for Martin Luther King meant the falls on the global markets went from bad, to worse, to unbelievably bad, while in America the boys in the sharp suits were at home celebrating racial diversity and civil rights. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday January 22, 2008 14:14 by tom eile
Five of Nato’s top strategists have issued a” radical manifesto” urging the alliance’s member states to prepare for nuclear first strikes in order to counter fanatics who , they claim , are bent on destroying the West’s “way of life” . The vehement language of the manifesto has puzzled some commentators . Robert Cooper, an influential shaper of European foreign and security policy in Brussels is quoted in the Guardian article as saying "Maybe we are going to use nuclear weapons before anyone else, but I'd be wary of saying it out loud." The 150 page manifesto will be delivered to the Pentagon over the next ten days . It is issued at a time of crisis for NATO whose conventional forces face the prospect of defeat in Afghanistan . According to the Guardian, it was written following discussions with active NATO commanders and policymakers, many of whom are unable or unwilling to publicly air their views. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 21, 2008 22:31 by Catalan Solidarity: Ireland Committee
E-news service of the Catalan Solidarity: Ireland Committee January 2008 E-news service No.10 1. Introduction 2. Day of the Catalan Freedom Fighter: January 26th 3. HAPPY REBEL BIRTHDAY: January 26th, 7th anniversary of Rescat 4. 7 Years without Zigor & Diego 5. Solidarity with the victims of reprisal in Alacant & Perpignan 6. Catalan Prisoner Solidarity 7. Trial of the 4F Case Begins 8. Declaration in Tarragona for burning the Spanish King’s picture 9. The Student Union of the Catalan Countries (SEPC) in Defense of an Education in Catalan 10. The Spanish ex-minister of Defense openly incites the practice of torture 11. Xmas Rallies of Solidarity For Prisoners 12. Who We Are! 13. Subscription Details read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 21, 2008 16:17 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin
Friends and supporters of Comfort Adefowoju and her family staged a vigil outside Belfast City Hall at lunchtime today in a last-ditch effort to have the British Home Office overturn its decision to deport them to Nigeria. read full story / add a comment
derry / miscellaneous / press release Monday January 21, 2008 16:04 by sdlpyouth
SDLP Youth spokesperson this morning led a demo in Dungiven to highlight the lack of delivery by Sinn Fein Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy MP. read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections / other press Sunday January 20, 2008 21:12 by spoor
A certain hysteria has it certain sectors of Spanish & Catalan public opinion following the arrests of 14 suspected Islamist terrorists in the city of Barcelona between Friday night & Saturday morning. In an operation involving the Spanish secret service (the CNI) the Guardia Civil & local regional Catalan police (Mossos d'esquadra) co-ordinated raids made on a bakery, mosque & several flats in the Raval district of central Barcelona. Immediately news services both in the Spanish state & abroad cited further co-operation with amongst others the intelligence services of France & the UK. The Spanish state will celebrate a general election on the 9th of March almost 4 years after the M11 massacre which was falsely attributed to ETA by the then right wing regime. Nobody wants to talk about bombs now - but we should all the same. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday January 20, 2008 19:53 by Ciaron O'Reilly
We are calling on all folks who are opposed to the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq to make their opposition visible for an hour a week - solo or with friends. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / other press Sunday January 20, 2008 13:56 by Cedar1
Analysis of the Green Party's decision yesterday on Lisbon published on the Cedar Lounge Revolution. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Saturday January 19, 2008 20:12 by SR
Anti-Fascism and Anti-Racism Rally Where: Meet at the Spire, O'Connell St When: January 30th Time: 5.30PM read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / news report Saturday January 19, 2008 20:07 by Jim
Members of the CYM, OSF, IRSP, Dublin S2S and the WSM, along with a number of independent activists, turned out in strength to show their opposition to the construction of the experimental onshore gas refinery in Mayo, and to oppose the give-away of Ireland's national resources to a transnational giant with a terrible track record in all respects, except making profit that is! read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / news report Saturday January 19, 2008 15:37 by Anthony O'Halloran
At Killarney District Court, Co. Kerry on Tuesday 15th January 2008, Mr Niall Harnett of Doonagore, Liscannor, Co Clare was acquitted of 2 public order charges following a ruling by Judge James O'Connor, who found that there was no evidence of any crime committed and dismissed the charges after a full hearing of the matter which lasted about 1½ hours. Garda Brendan Cronin KY144 who initiated the charges, and Garda David Hannon KY180 both testified in court, but cross-examination by Mr Harnett, who represented himself, revealed that the Gardaí had neither evidence nor reasonable cause to suspect that Mr Harnett had committed any offence. Inspector Barry O’Rourke, prosecuting for the DPP, never even suggested foul play either and could only resort to smear tactics and prejudice in raising Mr Harnett’s Shell to Sea profile as ‘a protester with an interest in shoving his nose into business that didn’t concern him’, and had to be reminded by the judge that this was no crime. read full story / add a comment |
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