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national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday September 03, 2009 11:48 by James O'Brien   image 1 image
It’s the time of year where we plebs get a chance to rectify our impertinence in rejecting the Lisbon Treaty. In itself, rerunning the referendum is hardly an affront to democracy. After all, people are simply being asked to confirm the decision made read full story / add a comment
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Wednesday September 02, 2009 18:32 by Henry Silke   text 2 comments (last - tuesday april 10, 2012 16:39)   image 1 image
Introduction

Is the spectre of mass unemployment a permanent feature in post-boom Ireland? Ireland’s economic boom was predicated on a policy of low tax entry to the European free market as well as an unsustainable housing boom. The Irish state’s response to the global crisis seems to be deflationary policies in a ‘race to the bottom’ between peripheral and semi-peripheral economies. The weakness of indigenous Irish capitalism and the living costs in debt ridden Ireland do not leave much room for growth in private sector employment. The private sector has never been able to provide sustainable full employment in the history of the state. This article explores this thesis and maintains that workers should not depend on the private sector and its political servants to provide decent employment for all.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday September 02, 2009 16:33 by Yassamine Mather   text 1 comment (last - sunday september 06, 2009 16:07)
This article covers the continuing crisis in Iran, workers struggles, prisoners hunger strikes, the show trials and the Regimes problems in getting a new Cabinet appointed. Full text of article at link below.

Over the last few weeks, following the show trials of ‘reformist’ personalities and the imposition of even more severe forms of repression in Iran, the nature of protests has changed considerably. However, demonstrations continue on a daily basis in Tehran and most other Iranian cities, with numbers attending ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Reports from the working class neighbourhoods of Tehran, such as Ekbatan, Apadana and Karaj, and from the white-collar suburbs of Tehran Pars, indicate that anti-government demonstrations take place every night and often lead to confrontation between protesters and Bassij militia.

Last week dozens of political prisoners started a hunger strike in Evin prison and on the first day of Ramadan families of those arrested in recent protests gathered outside calling for the immediate release of all political detainees. There are daily protests in factories and workplaces against the political and economic conditions and in some provinces, including Khorassan, there is news of peasants protesting against confiscation of their land by religious authorities. Five hundred peasants from Sarakhss have staged a sit-in for the last week in front of Mashad’s main petrol station, complaining about the use of religious legislation to expropriate their land. read full story / add a comment
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday September 02, 2009 15:32 by Alan MacSimóin   image 1 image
Thomas Cooke workers refused to go quietly when they were tossed onto the dole. Cooks had made £400m profit in 2008 and their boss, Manny Fontela-Novoa, took home €7 million. This was not a failing business. read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday September 02, 2009 15:24 by Workers Solidarity   text 3 comments (last - sunday september 06, 2009 14:07)   image 1 image
The WSM is calling for a No vote in the 2nd Lisbon referendum on the grounds that people in Ireland can do a lot better than a choice between the clowns in the Dáil or those in Brussels. We oppose the EU's policies of privatisation, militarisation and attacks on workers' conditions but don’t insult people’s intelligence by saying that our current society in Ireland with its severe recession, diabolical public services and corruption is anything better. The major lack of democracy in our lives is not between us and the EU but between the Irish government and us. read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech / other press Wednesday September 02, 2009 12:39 by über coinín
Google has added Irish Gaeilge, Yidish, Welsh, Belarussian, Macedonian, Afrikaans, Swahili, Mali and Icelandic to the suite of languages which its free online translation tool supports.

The last upgrade to the list which currently offers 51 languages was the inclusion of Persian or Farsi, an update which we remember occured during the "green revolution" and allowed us all to follow events in Iran without paying to much attention to tweeting twits based in US lobby offices.

This great news now means we will be able to follow similar events as they happen in Ireland without having to study Gaeilge, understand Hector or even own a copy of the Bunreacht. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday September 02, 2009 11:59 by Eli Mcbett   text 1 comment (last - thursday september 03, 2009 10:21)
FRIDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2009 @ THE SHED – LEMOMO
8a Henrietta Lane (rear of King's Inn pub in Henrietta street)
Dublin 1 (top Capel Street)

Doors @ 9,00 pm till late
Suggested Donations: 8,00 Euro @THESHED

September the 4th to celebrate two different events:
1
Antonine Artaud's Birthday
2
A positive answer:
The appeal presented by the Irish Georgian Society and supported by many of you, against the earlied approved by the City Council planning permission for the dismantling of The Shed in order to build a 5 storey building, has now been denied.

FILM
LA PELICULA DEL REY (A King and His Movie) by CARLOS SORĺN
1986 Argentine - 107min - Spanish language - English subtitles

LIVE MUSIC
LINE HONOURS
www.myspace.com/linehonours

DJ and VISUALS
CORMAC O'DONOGHUE
www.myspace.com/phonographic.funhouse

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donegal / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday September 02, 2009 11:58 by Amnesty Galway
What: My Rights, My Struggle is an interactive exhibition with photos and audio clips from 20 human rights activists living and working in Zimbabwe.
Where: Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny

When: From 7 pm September 11th – September 22nd
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dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday September 01, 2009 18:41 by Gregor Kerr   text 7 comments (last - monday october 12, 2009 20:52)   image 2 images
Invitation to meeting Saturday 3rd Oct read full story / add a comment
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international / environment / news report Tuesday September 01, 2009 18:38 by fotdmike   text 14 comments (last - thursday september 03, 2009 21:34)   image 20 images
Climate Campers protest at Shell in solidarity with the Rossport campaigners read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday September 01, 2009 16:43 by Seami Mc Dermott
Huge Turn-out in Bundoran Co. Donegal for Hunger Strike Commemoration, Saturday 29th August 2009. Event organised by Republican Sinn Féin. 100's attended. It was as large as the Provisional Sinn Féin (PSF) Easter event in Drumboe, Co. Donegal. This shows the growth of Republicanism and is another indicator of the continuing decline of PSF. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday September 01, 2009 13:49 by Paddy Hackett
For the working class the debate over whether to nationalize Irish banks or support NAMA is a false debate. read full story / add a comment
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national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday September 01, 2009 11:36 by Reel Thing   text 8 comments (last - friday september 04, 2009 18:30)   image 9 images
Coca-Cola likes to sponsor sport events to promote its brands. But with threatening to destroy 130 workplaces in distribution in Ireland, Coca-Cola Hellenic clearly has scored an own goal. SIPTU members visited the Irish Football Semi Finals Saturday August 30 to inform fans about the companies plan, threatening the livelihoods of the workers and their families amidst a deep recession. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / news report Tuesday September 01, 2009 03:31 by Fred Johnston
Galway's arts practitioners were promised consultation over any proposed Arts Strategy Plan - but Galway City Arts Office has put the clamps on it and curiously instructed the person brought on board to assist with the arts' strategy that she is not to meet individually with artists or practitioners read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / event notice Monday August 31, 2009 22:43 by Liamo   video 1 video file
Free film screening followed by a discussion. read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / event notice Monday August 31, 2009 22:34 by Liamo   video 1 video file
Free screening of documentary followed by a discussion. read full story / add a comment
galway / environment / event notice Monday August 31, 2009 22:16 by Liamo   text 1 comment (last - monday august 31, 2009 22:19)   video 1 video file
Leonardo DiCaprio (THE DEPARTED, TITANIC) presents this thought-provoking documentary about the fragile state of our planet's ecosystems and the dangers we face. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Monday August 31, 2009 21:49 by Seven Towers Agency
With Oran Ryan and Ross Hattaway, reading their own work and that of Doog Wood and Ray Pospisil.

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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday August 31, 2009 19:56 by RogerYates   text 1 comment (last - tuesday september 01, 2009 08:07)
The first introductory OHNR podcast. The first in a series exploring our relations with the nonhuman world. read full story / add a comment
antrim / miscellaneous / event notice Monday August 31, 2009 19:13 by Belfast Branch   text 1 comment (last - wednesday september 09, 2009 10:40)
A public meeting in which speakers will present a brief overview of the Workers Solidarity Movement, its goals and aim as an anarchist organisation and what struggles it is currently involved in. If you are interested in the joining the WSM or simply want to find out more please feel free to come along.
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