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international / environment / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 23, 2008 17:14 by dunk
While many view these days with dread; the outset of climate crisis, political corruption and corporate manipulation blocking healthy change, lack of hope that things can change. Others are starting to see something profound emerging; a re-awakening, an eruption of activity, new and intelligent ways of human interaction. Ecologist Paul Hawken sees this phenoman as "the immune system of humanity finally kicking in" and calls it Blessed Unrest. As another bubble in all this, yesterday saw the first of 25 days of the first "Global Eco Forum"... read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / press release Monday September 22, 2008 20:46 by Laura Broxson
***Press Release*** Misrepresenting Animal Rights: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). Although Irish organisations and individuals have sought to care for nonhuman animals for many years, animal rights advocacy ~informed by rights-based theory~ is a very recent development in Ireland. Grassroots animal rights advocates in Ireland intend to defend animal rights from the threat of neo-welfarism. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday September 22, 2008 20:35 by Decwell's
Ciaron O'Reilly discusses all your hardware needs in this three minute rough cut from a forthcoming film on activism in Ireland. Hammers, mattocks and other pieces of equipment are all weighed up by this seasoned activist. A shears (or even a scissors) does not make it out of the bag, so perhaps the film will act as a timely reminder of the need to raise funds for anti-war causes (in ways other than sponsored haircuts). read full story / add a comment
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday September 19, 2008 18:56 by FSB! et al.
This afternoon, the Shell to Sea campaigner Maura Harrington ended her 10-day-old hunger strike after confirmation that the Solitaire had indeed left Irish waters. She read a statement to the press and the public outside the gates of Shell’s compound at Glengad in Erris, Co. Mayo, and then announced that her hunger strike had come to an end. read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Thursday September 18, 2008 15:41 by éirígí
éirígí is to mark the 27th anniversary of the ending of the 1981 Hunger Strike at 6pm on Friday, October 3rd, with a blackflag and candle lit vigil on Dublin's O'Connell Street Bridge. read full story / add a comment |
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