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national / environment / news report Wednesday September 24, 2008 18:29 by westside   text 6 comments (last - wednesday october 01, 2008 15:42)   image 4 images
Whilst the solitaire is in for repairs, we'd thought we'd remind the government that activists haven't taken their eye off the ball. We also thought we would dedicate this action to Maura. read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Wednesday September 24, 2008 15:35 by posted by F Espinoza   image 2 images
To all committees and friends of the Cuban Five

To all friends of the Cuban Revolution

To all honest and noble people of the world

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derry / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday September 24, 2008 11:45 by MAOR   text 4 comments (last - wednesday september 24, 2008 12:59)   image 15 images
Activists from Derry on Saturday traveled to Glengad in a gesture of solidarity with activists there. read full story / add a comment
sermon on Shell
mayo / environment / other press Tuesday September 23, 2008 18:53 by crasher   text 3 comments (last - monday october 06, 2008 12:39)   image 1 image
I've always fancied a brief chat with an official in an out of the way registry office, while some think it needs an Elvis impersonator in a church in a Las Vegas. Others like hotels, marquees, beaches in the Maldives, even on the wings of a plane- but I don't think anyone can beat closing a petrol station with your wedding vows.

They even used D-Locks on the pumps instead of rings!

Check out more pictues and details of the ceremony here : http://chriskasza.blogspot.com/2008/09/week-25-best-not....html read full story / add a comment
Global Eco Forum (S22-O17)
international / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 23, 2008 17:14 by dunk   image 3 images   video 3 video files   audio 3 audio files
While many view these days with dread; the outset of climate crisis, political corruption and corporate manipulation blocking healthy change, lack of hope that things can change.

Others are starting to see something profound emerging; a re-awakening, an eruption of activity, new and intelligent ways of human interaction. Ecologist Paul Hawken sees this phenoman as "the immune system of humanity finally kicking in" and calls it Blessed Unrest.

As another bubble in all this, yesterday saw the first of 25 days of the first "Global Eco Forum"... read full story / add a comment
Mairead Maguire after being gassed and shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet by Israeli Occupation Forces in Bil'in, April 20th, 2007.
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday September 23, 2008 14:45 by TD   text 4 comments (last - friday october 10, 2008 00:33)   image 2 images
(LARNACA, 22 September 2008) - The Free Gaza Movement announced today that an international delegation of doctors, parliamentarians, and human rights workers will sail to Gaza aboard the SS Hope on Wednesday, September 24th. A press conference will be held on Wednesday at Larnaca Port prior to the ship's departure.

The passengers on board include:
- 5 physicians from 4 countrieS
- human rights lawyers and monitors
- Jamal Zahalka, a member of the Israeli Knesset
- Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council
- Mairead Maguire, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work in Belfast

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dublin / animal rights / press release Monday September 22, 2008 20:46 by Laura Broxson   text 24 comments (last - sunday november 02, 2008 17:40)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
***Press Release***

Misrepresenting Animal Rights: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).


Although Irish organisations and individuals have sought to care for nonhuman animals for many years, animal rights advocacy ~informed by rights-based theory~ is a very recent development in Ireland. Grassroots animal rights advocates in Ireland intend to defend animal rights from the threat of neo-welfarism. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday September 21, 2008 22:54 by Sean Matthews   image 1 image
Despite its retention of a heavy arsenal of lethal weapons including Tasers, repressive legislation including ‘dip-lock courts’, and the building of new M15 headquarters at Hollywood, Hugh Orde, current Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland often refers to the force as the ‘most democratic, accountable police service in the world’.

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derry / anti-capitalism / event notice Sunday September 21, 2008 17:20 by Anti State   image 1 image
Anti State are proud to announce a Punk rock benefit night in support of the Shell To Sea campaign.

Thanks to everyone involved for playing apart in arranging the event and to the other bands for showing their support. read full story / add a comment
The Solitaire near Largs on Saturday evening
international / environment / news report Sunday September 21, 2008 13:11 by CH   text 3 comments (last - sunday september 21, 2008 23:49)   image 2 images
Following a request from Shell to Sea, people on the West Coast of Scotland were trying to track the pipe-laying ship Solitaire. Photos confirm that the boat is where it was reported to be. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday September 20, 2008 18:49 by Belfast Anarchist Black Cross   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
The meeting which was billed as part of the West Belfast feile and took place in the Culturlann on August 9th 2007. It was introduced by a speaker from Belfast ABC and addressed by Linda Moore of the Human rights commission in a personal capacity and Phil Scratton prison abolishonist and Professor of criminology at Queens university Belfast as well as contributions from the floor. read full story / add a comment
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cork / environment / news report Saturday September 20, 2008 18:02 by John   text 2 comments (last - monday september 22, 2008 10:16)   image 6 images
Eager to make the most of the head of steam built up by recent events Cork s2s activists had a busy day with their new banner read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday September 20, 2008 01:49 by Belfast WSM   text 1 comment (last - monday february 23, 2009 10:13)   image 1 image
Harold H. Thompson is an anarchist prisoner serving life plus sentences in Tennessee, USA after a series of farcical trials.

Harold is well known for his work as a 'jailhouse lawyer' and copes with prison by fighting for his fellow prisoner in the courts for some semblance of real justice.

"I am an anti-authoritarian, anti-racist, anti-sexist, anarchist revolutionary of proud Irish heritage. I am also a vegetarian and strongly support the animal liberation movement. I stand for civil/human rights and will not break, bend nor be intimidated. I stand in solidarity with all people struggling against oppression but most particularly with my brothers and sisters in the anarchist movement".
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Maura delighted with confirmation of the Solitaire's departure
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday September 19, 2008 18:56 by FSB! et al.   text 11 comments (last - monday september 22, 2008 18:04)   image 10 images   video 3 video files
This afternoon, the Shell to Sea campaigner Maura Harrington ended her 10-day-old hunger strike after confirmation that the Solitaire had indeed left Irish waters. She read a statement to the press and the public outside the gates of Shell’s compound at Glengad in Erris, Co. Mayo, and then announced that her hunger strike had come to an end. read full story / add a comment
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cork / environment / news report Thursday September 18, 2008 22:28 by dáithí is dócha   text 1 comment (last - friday september 19, 2008 11:48)   image 2 images
Bhí airneán anocht i gCorcaigh ag Shell chun Sáile Corcaigh i ndlúthchomar le Maura Harrington agus sí ag leanúint a stailc ocrais. Tá dea-mhéin againn di! read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday September 18, 2008 21:50 by Dublin Shell to Sea   image 3 images
A night to get together ,share solidarity,have the craic and give the Shell to Sea campaign a financial dig-out
A mix of Indy,Rock,Trad,Folk,ReggaeExperimental and Blues
Time - 5pm - close (11pm+) Entry - €5/Donation, al welcome andl appreciated
Venue - Cobblestone 77 North King St Smithfield Dublin 7 read full story / add a comment
cork / environment / news report Thursday September 18, 2008 19:49 by John   text 7 comments (last - saturday september 20, 2008 15:18)   image 3 images
Cork Shell to Sea paid a visit to the Green Party office on Douglas St this afternoon as part of the sustained and mounting campaign to get the Solitaire out of Ireland, Shell out to Sea and Irish Gas in the hands of the Irish people. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / sci-tech / event notice Thursday September 18, 2008 18:47 by harcesz   text 1 comment (last - friday september 19, 2008 20:32)   image 2 images
Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). Our goal in this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/sfi coordinates SFD at a global level, providing support, giveaways and a point of collaboration, but volunteer teams around the world organize the http://ubuntu-ie.org/ to impact their own communities. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / feature Thursday September 18, 2008 18:19 by tyrone fan   text 55 comments (last - monday september 29, 2008 14:02)   image 6 images   1 attached file
In the last hour Shell has announced that the Solitaire pipe laying ship is to depart from Irish territorial waters and go to a British port for repair and assessment. The company has always claimed that it was not responding to pressure from protests against its plan to install an offshore section of production pipeline without any planning permission for the onshore section.

Maura Harrington, who is on hunger strike at the Shell compund at Glengad beach, has yet to make a statement, but it is hoped that if the company claim is true, and the ship leaves, then she may end or suspend her protest. read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday September 18, 2008 17:32 by TD   text 2 comments (last - friday october 03, 2008 17:15)   image 5 images
Now that today's expressions of solidarity for Maura in Galway have been serendiptously overtaken by Shell's announcement that "the Solitaire will leave Killybegs today for a UK Port where deep water berthing facilities are available," at the risk of wrongly second guessing her, a sweet and honourable ending to her hunger strike is, surely, in the offing.? read full story / add a comment
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