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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday April 07, 2009 12:38 by Irish Republican Youth
In this the 93rd anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, Ógra Shinn Féin remembers proudly all those who died for the freedom of Ireland. We send fraternal greetings to our imprisoned comrades, their families and the families of Ireland’s patriot dead. We also extend solidarity greetings to our international comrades, in particular, pledging our ongoing support for the oppressed people of Palestine who have stood steadfast in the face of a brutal massacre. read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations / news report Tuesday April 07, 2009 12:15 by Paula Geraghty
World Leaders shut down Strasbourg and invalidated international treaties, locally negotiated agreements just for a photoshoot of global leaders on the 60 'BirthDeath' of Nato. More Police were deployed on the streets of Strasbourg than is being promised to Afghanistan. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday April 06, 2009 23:32 by Padraic
Subway targeted in Day of Action in defense of Natalia Szymanska, a 19 year old Polish worker who was sacked from her job Belfast one month after informing her boss that she was pregnant. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday April 06, 2009 11:20 by Lemuel Gulliver IV
In a report published in the Irish Times print and Web editions on Thursday 2 April, Mark Weiss in Jerusalem tells us that Israel’s new prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, will pursue peace "negations" on three levels. Not peace negotiations, but "peace negations". Is the coining of this new term the work of the reporter's automatic spell checker, or is it a Freudian slip that reveals an unconscious truth about Netanyahu's attitude to peace with the Palestinians? read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights / other press Sunday April 05, 2009 17:57 by Sea Lion Defense Brigade
In the Northwest United States, on the Columbia river, a war is being waged against Nature. Humans are at war with the fish, with the sea lions, and with the river itself. As fishing industry is killing off tens of thousands of endangered salmon, and the Bonneville dam is killing of tens of thousands more, wildlife "managers" are executing sea lions as scapegoats so that they can raise fishing quotas yet again, for the third year in a row, on the endangered salmon. The sea lions are supposed to be congressionally protected, but wildlife "managers" claim that they must kill off predators in order to leave more fish for fishermen to kill in their nets. PLEASE HELP US to stop this. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Sunday April 05, 2009 13:38 by Bazooka Joe
A recent case involving a paedophile in the Black Watch has revealed how the British Army is sheltering many child abusers. read full story / add a comment
limerick / history and heritage / event notice Saturday April 04, 2009 21:41 by Limerick Socialist
On Easter Saturday April 11th those interested in the history of Limerick and labour struggles get a unique opportunity to join a free walking tour of the sights of the Limerick Soviet. The tour, guided by local historian and expert in the period, Dominic Haugh, is being organized to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the momentous general strike in Limerick. The walking tour will feature the sights of all the main events and an introduction to the events of this fascinating as well as often overlooked episode in the history of the city. There will be two groups, one at 12pm and one at 3pm, starting at St. Camilus' Hopsital, Shelbourne Rd. If you would like to go on one of the tours it would be appreciated if you could send us a short e-mail or phone us to book your place in advance. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / feature Friday April 03, 2009 22:25 by Niall Harnett
For the third time this week nets at Glengad have been put up by Shell and taken down by local residents. The purpose of the net is to stop sand-martins from nesting in the cliff-face. What was once thought to be a specially protected priority habitat for birds and wildlife has actually, in effect, become a priority habitat for Shell. All sorts of chats, communications and rumours abound about the permission for this and the consent for that, the legality of one thing and the illegality of another. But as Kevin Moore, An Bord Pleanala Senior Planning Inspector predicted in 2002, everything about this project is wrong. And it’s the right thing to do to disallow it and to stop it whatever the law says. read full story / add a comment
international / consumer issues / news report Friday April 03, 2009 16:55 by Andrew recording Stanley Aronowitz
This is a recording of Stanley Aronowitz speaking on 'Popular Education in a Time of Struggle' to a Workers Solidarity Movement meeting in the Seomra Spraoi Social centre, Dublin the end of March 2009. Stanley Aronowitz is professor of sociology, cultural studies, and urban education at the CUNY Graduate Center. He is also a veteran political activist and cultural critic and an advocate for organized labor. read full story / add a comment
national / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Friday April 03, 2009 16:11 by RCPI
Tuesday, 21 April 2009 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm In the last seven years Ireland's population grew faster than in any other EU state and by 2011 it is estimated that 14 per cent of people living in Ireland will be aged 65 and over read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / press release Friday April 03, 2009 13:32 by Lee Welch
At the still point of the turning world. Lee Welch Preview: Thrusday 16th 2009 6-8pm April 17th - May 23th 2009 At the still point of the turning world. offers a constellation of points of reference, provocation and stimulation. Nonetheless, the show is modest in its form, comprising of a small array of carefully selected elements, which have been placed with thoughtful deliberation throughout the gallery space. Materials derived from contemporary phenomena and historic events make up much of this exhibition, including vintage magazine advertisements, rare editions of books and bootleg records. As the title suggests, At the still point of the turning world. offers a quiet and still space for reflection. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Thursday April 02, 2009 18:35 by A.R
The purpose of this article is to challenge the assumption that it is the 'leaders' who sell out rank and file members, and to highlight that 'leaders' reflect the median moderate worker within Trade Unions. It therefore favours a more bottom-up grassroots focused analysis of Trade Union activity over a top down hierarchical 'leadership' focused analysis. It is my argument that constantly talking about the ICTU 'leaders' is disempowering and a more actor-worker-centered focus is better suited to Libertarian politics. read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Thursday April 02, 2009 17:40 by Pepe
Saturday 25th April | 8pm film followed by gathering til late | €5 donation requested to help pay the screening fee The new four-year epic from McLibel director Franny Armstrong. Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance? read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / opinion/analysis Thursday April 02, 2009 17:01 by Paul Larkin
(Henry McDonald is Ireland Correspondent for the Guardian newspaper) Having worked as a journalist and film maker for BBC Northern Ireland’s investigative programme Spotlight in the late 1980s through to 1994, and having also written a book about collusion between the British intelligence services and loyalist paramilitaries, I have had occasion to read a good many books about the most recent round of the Irish Troubles. Even the poorest of these books has had some redeeming quality, some insight, which for me, as an informed reader, provided a new understanding of some aspect of the Troubles. I regret to say that Henry McDonald’s latest book has no such redeeming feature. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday April 02, 2009 16:07 by Irish Freedom News
http://irishfreedomnews.freeforums.org is a Republican forum to discuss your Republican views without censorship. read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media / event notice Thursday April 02, 2009 13:01 by Hu O Reilly
An exhibition of photographs by Hu O Reilly, opening in Filmbase on Thursday 16th April, 6-8pm. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Thursday April 02, 2009 09:10 by Darren C
On Tuesday morning workers occupied the Belfast Visteon car parts plant after they were told it would close with two hundred employees to lose their jobs on the spot. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Wednesday April 01, 2009 22:43 by Padraic
Natalia Szymanska, a young Polish woman was sacked from Subway in her fifth month of pregnancy on a dubious charge of being in breach of the company's health and safety policy. In response to this people across Ireland and Britain will be picketing local banches of Subway. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / press release Wednesday April 01, 2009 22:12 by Financial Fools Day
Brian Cowen and Brian Lenihan where out on the streets of Dublin today (Wednesday 1 April) reassuring citizens that the ‘economy was fixed’, before bringing them back down to earth with a big ‘financial fools day!’ message.The Taoiseach and Finance Minister dawned dunce hats, and handed out leaflets, showing that they haven’t a clue how to run a country, never mind sort out the current economic downturn. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 01, 2009 17:52 by Jolly Red Giant
RTE Radio 1 had both Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit) and Eamonn McCann (journalist and broadcaster) as contributors on the Spirit Moves programme with Myles Dungan on March 29th. Neither Boyd Barrett nor McCann declared their membership of the SWP (no surprise there). However the most disgraceful aspect of their contribution was the opening comments by Boyd Barrett who attacked the recent Lyndsey strike in Britain as 'racist' . read full story / add a comment |
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