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international / politics / elections / other press Wednesday May 06, 2009 21:12 by babycham   text 2 comments (last - friday may 08, 2009 22:27)   image 2 images
Yesterday the unionist parties of the Spanish state of both ruling leftwing PSOE and rightwing opposition PP, who have never agreed on anything other than pay-rises, united to elect the leader of the Basque branch of the PSOE as first minister of the Euskadi region for their loyalist commitment to the project the PP saw a young up and coming member (before only noteworthy for her thoughts on condoms [she'd never use one]) appointed speaker of the Basque parliamentary house. The Lehendakari (taoiseach) of the last ten years of the PNV majority centre right nationalist party who have always held the post thus passes into history. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday May 06, 2009 15:23 by Fintan Lane   text 1 comment (last - monday may 18, 2009 15:24)   image 1 image
David Rovics, the popular US singer-songwriter, is to play a gig in Dublin on Thursday, 28th May, as part of a national tour with gigs also in Cork and Galway.

He will be supported by Shanee Kilgore, a singer-songwriter from Bellingham, Washington.

The Dublin gig is a fundraiser for the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign.

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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Wednesday May 06, 2009 12:41 by Kev   text 18 comments (last - friday may 08, 2009 23:55)   image 6 images   video 1 video file
Yesterday, 5th May 2009, members and supporters of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) staged a peaceful protest picket outside the Ballsbridge Court Hotel where the Israeli Embassy were hosting an evening celebrating Israeli Independence Day. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / animal rights / event notice Wednesday May 06, 2009 02:22 by Dog Rescue Ireland   text 1 comment (last - wednesday may 06, 2009 02:49)   image 2 images
Three tribute metal bands will play a benefit gig for the no kill shelter Dog Rescue Ireland. read full story / add a comment
Colm Stephens- PBPA Dublin Central
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday May 05, 2009 21:09 by PBPA Dublin Central   image 1 image
Official launch of the People Before Profit Local Election Campaign in the North Inner City Ward
Next Wednesday 6th May, 8pm
Upstairs in the Bohemian Pub, Doyles Corner, Phibsboro read full story / add a comment
he's looking for sympathy and privacy and relief from scandal.
international / politics / elections / other press Tuesday May 05, 2009 17:15 by prurience   text 9 comments (last - monday may 10, 2010 23:54)   image 4 images   video 1 video file
Irish readers might be missing a story whose soap-opera plotting and extraordinary comments are delighting the enemies of Berlusconi. The man who managed to bring the Vatican behind his new right wing alliance has just fallen foul of the RC newspaper who have published on their front page a stinging attack on the morality and behaviour of Silvio who only this weekend was accused of "cavorting with minors" by his estranged wife for attending an 18 year old birthday party depite never making it to his own childrens' 18th festivities.

Preaching from the pulpit they have called on Italian voters to express their unease at the urns.
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Maryam Mirza in front of the Tehran University
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 05, 2009 16:10 by Marek Lenarcik   text 7 comments (last - friday october 11, 2013 09:51)   image 3 images
Please switch off the voice recorder. I will tell you about the arrest and interrogation. It’s not for my safety, but for yours. I am afraid that they will search you when you will be leaving the country.

A woman in her late 20-ies opens the door to the hotel Firouzeh in central Tehran. She is dressed in blue jeans and a purple hijab covering her faultless shape. Headscarf which is supposed to cover her hair is struggling to stay somewhere on the back of her head.

Delicate smile on her cheerful face is assisting a firm handshake. It’s Maryam, an activist of the One Million Signatures Demanding Changes to Discriminatory Laws towards women. “Marek jaan (dear), welcome to Iran!” read full story / add a comment
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international / animal rights / news report Tuesday May 05, 2009 12:21 by Stephan Wymore   text 6 comments (last - monday may 25, 2009 22:11)   image 2 images
We bring you more good news! The European Union have just announced that they are to ban the trade in seal products into Europe. This good news comes amid fierce opposition from the Canadian government whom have been sending countless delegations to Europe in order to lobby Ministers and MEP’s. Their campaign has been built on lies and bullying tactics. Today’s news will now mean that once the legislation comes into force, it will be illegal to sell or trade in seal products from countries such as Canada where the cruel commercial seal hunt takes place—thus cutting off a major market for seal skins read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / event notice Monday May 04, 2009 16:20 by SLH   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 05, 2009 12:46)   image 1 image
National Day of Action
Saturday 9th May, 2009
6pm read full story / add a comment
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galway / arts and media / event notice Monday May 04, 2009 14:38 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
North Beach Poetry Nights presents on Monday May 11th at 9 pm in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, Galway the North Beach Poetry Nights' May 2009 Slam with guest poet from the London performance scene: Salena Godden read full story / add a comment
Joe Higgins, a fighter for working people
dublin / politics / elections / press release Monday May 04, 2009 13:41 by Joe Higgins.eu   image 3 images   video 1 video file
Former Socialist Party TD, and well known fighter for working people Joe Higgins has launched his online campaign for the 2009 European Elections. Currently this includes a campaign website and blog at Joe Higgins.eu and a Facebook page. Active profiles on have also been set up on YouTube , Twitter , Flickr , Bebo , Myspace and will go live in the next days.

Joe is standing in the Dublin Constituency for the Socialist Party “to give ordinary people all across Dublin the opportunity to strike a blow against the government’s attempt to make us pay for the crisis caused by them and their friends in the banks and property”. read full story / add a comment
Come and Support Direct Action against Shell in Glengad.
mayo / environment / feature Monday May 04, 2009 13:23 by Shell to Sea   text 53 comments (last - monday may 11, 2009 22:09)   image 78 images   video 4 video files
This is a Call Out from the united community of Erris Co Mayo to all our national and international supporters, asking you to come to Glengad this coming Saturday 9th May at 6pm in the evening, on a Day of Action to help us remove Shell's illegal fences from the area.

As you know, Shell returned to Glengad with fences and machinery on Wednesday 22nd April, with force and violence. Since then there have been a number of attempts at removing the fences and stopping the work, with a mixture of failure and success.

As you can see from the photos and footage below, the will is clearly there to fight Shell, in spite of the fact that large numbers of Shell security and Gardai have been drafted into the area. But what is also clear is that numbers are needed to achieve success. Numbers, People, Bodies. That means you. Please come.
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday May 03, 2009 20:37 by TD   text 3 comments (last - sunday may 03, 2009 22:08)   image 11 images
The morning of 17th April last before he was murdered, 30-year-old Basem Ibrahim Abu-Rahma went to the house of Hamis in the village of Bil'in to dispense his medicine - 3 months previously, Hamis sustained head injuries as a result of being struck by the same type high velocity tear gas bullet that would kill Basem, "then off he went to visit another friend in the village who is ill with cancer. Then a little girl from the village wanted a pineapple but couldn’t find any in the local stores. So Basem went to Ramallah to get a pineapple and was back before noon for the Friday prayers and the weekly demonstration against the theft of our land by the apartheid wall" http://www.bilin-ffj.org/index.php?option=com_content&t...id=30.

I knew Basem: a ray of light, that always lifted my spirits when I met him and now he's dead, murdered. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday May 03, 2009 15:44 by Kev   image 2 images
The IPSC have just been informed that this year the Israeli 'independence celebrations' will take place this Tuesday 5th May in Ballsbridge Court Hotel, Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. This event will be nothing other than a celebration of 61 years of ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, particularly disgusting in the wake of the slaughter of 1,400 people in Gaza at the beginning of this year. read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Saturday May 02, 2009 16:45 by KHC   image 3 images
The May Day rally and celebration in Tehran, which was organized by independent Iranian labour organizations in Laleh Park, opn May 1st, 2009 at 5 PM, was attacked by security and intelligence forces at around 5:30 PM and many have been beaten and arrested. The security forces did not allow more than two thousands people who had come to the park to join the event and arrested tens of activists and organizers and shut down the event before it actually started. According to various reports, the arrested labour activists include: Ms. Maryam Mohseni, and Messrs Behrouz Khabaz, Jafar Azimzadeh,fayeq kayxosravi,Mansour Hayatqeybi,Maryam mohseni,Behzad Khabbaz,Gholamreza Khani,Fatemeh Shahnazari,Saeed Youzi,Mehdi Farahani shandiz,Laleh Mohammadi,Habib Sadeqi ,and Shahpour Ehsani-rad. read full story / add a comment
Bob with John Jeffries, who drove him to Cork today
cork / anti-capitalism / news report Friday May 01, 2009 23:24 by Ray   text 8 comments (last - sunday june 14, 2009 11:44)   image 24 images
As is customary in Cork, the evening of May 1 sees trade unionists, workers, socialists of many organizations and cherishers of the Bealtaine traditions march together through the city centre to remember the struggles and sacrifices of the countless millions of working-class people through history and to affirm our continuing commitment to the vision of a better world they bequeathed us. It’s also a time to celebrate and recognise socialist comrades among us who’ve given decades of unwavering commitment to working for positive social change in the world. read full story / add a comment
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Friday May 01, 2009 20:56 by WSM   text 1 comment (last - saturday may 02, 2009 11:00)   image 1 image
Public meeting:

The Visteon workers have shown that we are far from powerless in resisting job and pay cuts. The discussion will focus on the Visteon/Ford workplace occupations, solidarity and the politics of direct action. read full story / add a comment
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday May 01, 2009 17:01 by Sean Matthews   text 2 comments (last - tuesday may 05, 2009 15:06)   image 2 images
The recent G20 summit in London brought into sharp focus the level of police violence and intimidation in our society.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday May 01, 2009 14:25 by Irish Freedom News   image 1 image
http://irishfreedomnews.freeforums.org is an Irish Republican forum to discuss your Republican views without censorship. IrishFreedomNews is the only Republican forum run by independent Republicans as Admins so that the news is not controlled by party policies nor personal preferences, the real news is posted without censorship. We have people on the ground who print the news the papers refuse to print because of the media blackout, lies and black propaganda that they print on a daily basis. read full story / add a comment
Enda Wyley
galway / arts and media / event notice Friday May 01, 2009 14:12 by Over The Edge   image 2 images
Over The Edge in association with Poetry Ireland presents the final ‘Over The Edge: Open Reading’ before the summer break in Galway City Library on Thursday, May 21st, 6.30-8.00pm. The Featured Readers are Cristina Galvin, Eamonn Bonner & Enda Wyley. read full story / add a comment
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