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cork / arts and media / event notice Sunday April 03, 2011 23:37 by anarkitty
in Solidarity Books, 43 Douglas Street, starts at 8pm, free! all welcome! :) read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / news report Sunday April 03, 2011 17:57 by Pat Cox for the Aras
In these uncertain times, when people feel unclear about the future and what it might hold, here's a a piece of news that should unite everyone in Ireland. Pat Cox is considering running for election to the post of President of Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Sunday April 03, 2011 06:02 by Roy Batty
If you ask liberal talking heads like Ed Schultz and other Nattering Nabobs of Progressivism, who would support Dick Cheney if he was a Democrat, they'll tell you, "Well, this is a cheaper war, a Democrat war and besides, it's not a war." read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Saturday April 02, 2011 12:40 by Sudhama Ranganathan
When we think of American contractors in times of war we think of recent conflicts. Private contractors are not new, but the recent phenomenon regarding the extent to which private contractors are currently utilized is well known. There are famous/ infamous companies, depending on which is being discussed, though it seems many of the big names all have scandal attached to them. However, they all seem to maintain their lucrative US taxpayer funded contracts, funded most often unknowingly by people from my country the USA. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday April 01, 2011 22:43 by T
Call for a Referendum on the IMF/EU Deal
Open Meeting - Tues 5th April 8pm Gresham Hotel O'Connell St, Dublin 1. Special Guest Speaker Lilja Mósesdóttir MP from Iceland read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday April 01, 2011 21:59 by Rossport Solidarity camp
This morning Shell’s work in Co. Mayo was suspended completely due to a National Day of Action read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday April 01, 2011 19:57 by annie
Yesterday Shell were blocked from transporting materials being used to build their new tunnelling compound at Aughoose. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday April 01, 2011 18:36 by Moshé Machover
Moshé Machover is an Israeli Socialist and Anti Zionist. He addressed addressed last weekend's CPGB aggregate on the defeat of the Libyan revolution, Al-Jazeera, and the goal of Arab unity. Full text at the link. Why did they go for Libya and not other places? For me there are three main reasons. Firstly, there is the question of oil. Do not underestimate this factor. Of course, the quantity of oil Libya offers is next to nothing in comparison to Saudi Arabia, but it is its quality which makes them interested in it. It is just about the best oil you can find, particularly for aircraft fuel... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday April 01, 2011 15:55 by PRO
SIPTU members at Boots Chemists in the North are demanding that the company honours its contracts with staff. The call follows a statement by Boots that it intends to slash premium pay without agreement from 1st June in breach of the Wages (Northern Ireland) Order 1988. Long serving members of staff are currently paid a premium for Sunday work and public holidays, a long and well established practice to compensate for working unsocial hours. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday April 01, 2011 14:10 by Bill Doran
The Knowledge Exchange free public lecture series continues this week with the second Hacktivism talk. Sunday 3rd of April at 1230pm in the Exchange Temple Bar. If you didn't make the first lecture there are no barriers to coming to this one. This week Hugh will talk about the practicalities of Internet/Technology activism hoping to at least starting building a bridge across the digital divide and brining activists and technologists closer together. There are no prerequisites, no knowledge needed, all questions will be answered and all points debated! read full story / add a comment |
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