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national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday October 28, 2010 15:25 by Kev
This Saturday 30th October 2010 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) will hold a nationwide awareness-raising day to expose the contamination of the global diamond market with Israeli “blood diamonds” ahead of the annual meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP) in Jerusalem on November 1st. Activists from the IPSC will be staging stalls and awareness raising actions in a number of cities and towns including Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick. read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Wednesday October 27, 2010 19:39 by RAG
Rag celebrates the launch of our 5th annual magazine with a Queer Anarchafeminist Cabaret. Food, feminists reading magazines, dancing, music fun fun fun fun. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday October 27, 2010 19:20 by Paul McAndrew
Fancy Dress Halloween Fiesta City Limits/Comedy Club, Coburg St, Cork More info Wiggle, Ninjabit, Lamp, TarSeer and Hark will play a mix-mash Halloween evening of fancy-dress fun. And to add all proceeds will go to aid and awareness raising for Palestine and the Cork Palestine Link. Worthy cause and a fun night......what more could you ask for? read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday October 27, 2010 17:09 by Anna
Screening movie: CORAZÓN DEL TIEMPO (HEART OF TIME) The film is set in an autonomous indigenous community in Chiapas, Mexico. It is about is tradition, compassion and the concept of communal living. Original version (Spanish) with English subtitles read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / press release Wednesday October 27, 2010 10:56 by RNU PRO
Since his death at Strand Road Barracks, the bereaved family of John Brady has had serious concerns that the Ombudsman inquiry into the death of the prominent Republican while in constabulary custody might produce another McGurk type fiasco, or worse a whitewash, instead of trustworthy findings. read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday October 26, 2010 11:17 by Paul McAndrew
At Solidarity Books, 43, Douglas Street, Cork (opposite Fionbarra's Pub) suggested donation 2 euro "The Garden" is a brilliant and moving account of the battle for the rights to access land and a way of life in central LA. Telling the story of the largelyHispanic community who farmed 14 acres of once derelict ground when they challenge the interests of greedy developers and various corrupt politicians and community leaders. The film raises crucial questions about liberty, justice, racism, class war and land rights in the US and across the globe. This award winnning film is a must see for anyone concerned with these issues or with an interest in community gardening. Running Time: 80 mins read full story / add a comment
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday October 26, 2010 11:04 by Paul McAndrew
Jim McLaughlin lectured in political Geography in UCC for many years. His current research interests are in Political Geography of Race and Racism, Irish Emigration, Irish minority populations Identity politics and ethnonationalism, Gypsies, Travellers and nomadism, Latin American studies History of the social sciences. He has been widely published. read full story / add a comment
cork / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday October 26, 2010 10:33 by Paul McAndrew
Conor Kostick teaches medieval history in Trinity. He is the author of ... a number of books and a former editor or Socialist Worker. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday October 26, 2010 10:23 by Paul McAndrew
The talk is a broad picture of the forces at work in the revolution and how their ideas and actions were tested in struggle. Solidarity Books 8pm, Tuesday, 2nd Novemb read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday October 25, 2010 16:50 by Avi Weinstein
In an exclusive CounterPunch report, Professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley; Nancy Scheper-Hughes dishes the dirt on one of the many vile crimes of Israel. read full story / add a comment
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday October 25, 2010 13:58 by Cathal McCarthy
A petition calling on the Minister for Environment, John Gormley TD, to sack the CEO of Limerick’s Regeneration Agencies was launched this week. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Monday October 25, 2010 00:14 by RNU PRO
THE REPUBLICAN NETWORK FOR UNITY (RNU) CATHAOIRLEACH/CHAIRPERSON, DANNY MCBREARTY has denounced the deceptiveness of the totalitarian puppets in power that have condemned the Irish working-class to a life of destitution, and brought nothing but misery to the people of this island. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday October 24, 2010 21:50 by Gan ainm
Just Books, fundraiser, Thursday night From LIBCOM Just Books new venue fundraiser & new Leveller winter issue (now in colour!) launch party. Just Books would be very happy if you would decide to come along and listen to some very, very good music on Thursday 28th October and help us to raise funds for our new premises. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Sunday October 24, 2010 15:11 by John Cornford
A prominent Chinese labour activist was sentenced on 20 October to three years in jail for “gathering a crowd to disrupt social order” . Zhao Dongmin was arrested on 19 August last year after organizing more than 380 workers from about 20 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to form a labour rights group tasked with overseeing and monitoring SOE restructuring, and reporting corruption and abuses of power. The Shaanxi Union Rights Defence Representative Congress was formally banned by the city government of Xi’an on 27 July 2009. Zhao then wrote an open letter of protest to the State Council, the city, provincial and central committees of the Chinese Communist Party. He was arrested 18 days later. read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Sunday October 24, 2010 14:09 by Eric
A series of Winter Talks are being held at Solidarity Books, Douglas street, Cork City – every Tuesday, 8pm, from Oct 19th to Nov 23rd. This week's talk is, 8pm, Tuesday, 26th October The Lost Revolution - Brian Hanley read full story / add a comment
antrim / anti-capitalism / press release Saturday October 23, 2010 20:27 by IRSP
Dozens of IRSP members gathered in Belfast and stood in solidarity with the working class in opposing Tory/Lib Dem/Stormont imposed cuts. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Saturday October 23, 2010 14:47 by dowey
Steve Ignorant & Band playing The Empire 27th November read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment / event notice Friday October 22, 2010 18:46 by Seomra Spraoi
One Less Car and Three Cycling Cities, part of DCTV's Pedal Project. Showing at 7.30 after Dublin Critical Mass (see http://www.facebook.com/CriticalMassDublin) read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Friday October 22, 2010 18:09 by Dorothy Gale
Ari Up of The Slits has gone to the Great Gig in the Sky. Punks never die, they just pogo too high. Full text at link. THE DEATH of Ari Up aka Arianna Foster at 48 is a huge shock for her fans, not least because her musical career spanned 34 years until her death last Wednesday. The firebrand singer of UK punk band The Slits was an uncompromising innovator. At just 14, after meeting her fellow bandmates at a Clash gig in 1976, she set up an all-girl band and spearheaded the punk movement. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday October 22, 2010 17:23 by V for vendetta
As taxpayers are clenching up in anticipation of having wages cut and their basic services eviscerated and those on social welfare are expected to develop a taste for cheap baked beans on white bread, Here is a taste of how the corporate bloodsuckers are using our tax loopholes and playing countries off against each other to pay paltry amounts of tax. read full story / add a comment |
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