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mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday August 02, 2012 12:07 by resting camper
Day three and things are still looking bad for Shell. Protesters and the Irish bog have the upper hand, with Shell receiving flack and Gardai humbled as crane sent packing. read full story / add a comment
kilkenny / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday August 01, 2012 18:41 by Kevin Doyle
The workers at the Amber Women’s Refuge in Kilkenny began picketing their place of work this week to highlight the impact of the austerity cuts on the service they provide. This interview was conducted earlier in the week with Claire O’Neill of the Amber Women’s Refuge Centre. read full story / add a comment
cork / arts and media / event notice Tuesday July 31, 2012 11:44 by Eric
Solidarity Books presents...Howard Zinn's 'Marx in Soho' and Wallace Shawn's 'The Fever' This July/August Solidarity Books will present….Howard Zinn's 'Marx in Soho' and Wallace Shawn's 'The Fever'. The last time actor and activist Jerry Levy graced these shores he had sell out shows across the country. He returns to perform Howard Zinn's "Marx in Soho" as well as Wallace Shawn's "The Fever". Together these plays illustrate the humanity, care and frailty that lie at the heart of struggles in solidarity for justice and equality. His one person performance are simply brilliant as Jerry brings to life the nuances and contradictions in both Zinn and Shawn complimentary pieces. Come see them yourself and you'll be talking for ages. And often the case Jerry himself is happy to rejoin the audience to break the barriers between performers and consumers. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Monday July 30, 2012 19:21 by Laurence Cox
A grassroots gathering is a one-off event run by a local group bringing together people involved in different community campaigns and social movements to learn from each other's experiences, talk about what works and what doesn't, develop networks and make alliances. There have been a dozen of these in different parts of the country over the last eleven years and they have helped support all sorts of different campaigns and movements - resisting Shell in Erris, campaigning against cuts, supporting women's right to choose, challenging neo-liberalism in the EU, creating free space for young people, opposing incinerators, community gardening, protecting natural and national heritage, highlighting US military use of Shannon, challenging racism and more. This one will have particular sessions for communities resisting fracking and drilling and for movements against austerity, as well as an open stream and other activities. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday July 29, 2012 12:35 by pat c
“Four Corners”, an Australian Broadcasting Corporation current affairs program, this week broadcast what amounted to an exposé of the frame-up of WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange on allegations of sexual misconduct in Sweden. Assange remains inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, seeking political asylum from the threat of being removed to Sweden, which would in turn facilitate extradition to the US. read full story / add a comment
derry / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday July 27, 2012 14:24 by Kev
The Gasyard Feile in association with the Derry BDS Group is proud to invite you to a public talk by Haneen Zoabi MK, a Palestinian member of the Israeli Parliament on Wednesday 8th August in the Unison Building, corner of Clarendon St and Queen St, Derry at 8pm. This is a rare opportunity to find out directly from a public representative in the Israeli parliament how the self proclaimed “only democracy in the Middle East” truly functions. It promises to be an informative and eye-opening experience, and will afford those in attendance the opportunity to learn about issues relating to both the Israeli occupation of Palestine and the continuing erosion of democratic freedoms inside Israel, including the crackdown on the work of domestic and international NGOs. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Friday July 27, 2012 07:52 by BrianClarke
The Real IRA and a number of breakaway IRA organisations, including Republican Action Against Drugs and Oglaigh na hEireann, have come together to issue the following public statement this evening in the name of the IRA Army Council. read full story / add a comment |
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