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offsite link The Problem with Rupert Lowe?s Argument Against Halal and Kosher Meat Wed Sep 24, 2025 09:00 | Noah Carl
Rupert Lowe has called for halal and kosher meat to be banned. But there's a problem with his argument: he doesn't mention factory farming?a far greater evil.
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As New York hosts Climate Week NYC ? "the world?s largest climate event" ? the absence of any major global leaders speaks volumes, says Tilak Doshi. Mugged by reality, the Net Zero dream is dying.
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offsite link Britain?s Judiciary is Biased to its Core Tue Sep 23, 2025 20:08 | Dr David McGrogan
The Court of Appeal overturned the closure of Epping's migrant hotel because Britain's judiciary is biased to its core, says Dr David McGrogan. The Right must get to grips with this problem ? and fast.
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The Muslim man who attacked Koran-burning protester Hamit Coskun with a knife has been spared jail after the judge said he "lost his temper". Hamit, meanwhile, remains in hiding, as concerns about two-tier justice grow.
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antrim / anti-capitalism / event notice Wednesday June 10, 2009 17:03 by John   image 1 image
Working people continue to bear the brunt of the economic recession in terms on job cuts, poverty wages and house repossessions, while the rich and powerful in our society are bailed out again. This is state capitalism and comes under various forms from thatcherism to neo-liberalism.

The speaker will present a brief overview of neo-liberalism and how it affects working people and the environment. Is neo-liberalism just naked capitalism under a different name? Does increased state involvement in the economy signal the end of neo-liberalism, or is it just a temporary measure?
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dublin / politics / elections / event notice Wednesday June 10, 2009 12:27 by Jaan   text 2 comments (last - saturday september 24, 2011 23:18)
A PUBLIC meeting on how to best use Direct Democracy to create a fairer society is
being held at Dublin's Central Hotel, Exchequer St, on Wednesday, June 10th. at
8.00p.m.


The meeting is being organised by Dubliner Ray Whitehead of www.directdemocracyireland.com, Founder of www.unitedminds.ie Ross O'Mullane, and Wicklow resident Jan Van de Ven of www.nomeansno.ie. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday June 10, 2009 10:00 by Ronan - IPSC   text 2 comments (last - thursday june 11, 2009 18:06)
If you would like to get involved in the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, please come to the next meeting. There is a lot to do and a lot you can do.
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 09, 2009 23:25 by RasTinny   text 3 comments (last - sunday july 05, 2009 02:51)   image 2 images
The much appraised living standards of the west are not to be envied as they are created at the cost, murder and sufferring of millions of humans and the inevitable destruction of all natural live on earth.
Thats why the promise of economic development is a lie, a myth. It is based on the philosophy that the wealth and living standards of Europeans and Americans are more important than the welbeing and survival of any other life form on earth. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Tuesday June 09, 2009 17:39 by Conor. M
Seed are going to hold Shell to Sea demonstrations in Swords, Co. Dublin. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday June 09, 2009 16:12 by Dublin Shell to Sea
Dublin Shell to Sea's weekly meeting will be held at 7pm tonight in Seomra Spraoi. read full story / add a comment
mayo / miscellaneous / news report Tuesday June 09, 2009 15:14 by J.S   text 5 comments (last - thursday june 11, 2009 01:43)   image 1 image   video 3 video files
As many people know Willie Corduff (from Rossport 5 fame) was recently assaulted whilst undertaking a protest action against Shell's illegal work in Glengad. There has been much discussion, debate and spin, to the highest levels of national media and politics. In these short video interviews Willie tells the story in his own words.

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Aras Screening
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday June 09, 2009 12:54 by Drizzly Spells   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 09, 2009 17:14)   image 1 image
Documentaries on Shell in Ogoni and in Mayo. read full story / add a comment
Ken Saro-Wiwa
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday June 09, 2009 01:07 by Cathar   text 13 comments (last - tuesday june 09, 2009 22:43)   image 2 images
In the landmark case in New York Shell have agreed tp payout $15m dollars settlement to realtives of Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other Ogoni nine and others killed in Nigeria. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Tuesday June 09, 2009 00:28 by Union Member   text 3 comments (last - thursday june 11, 2009 03:25)
Indymedia readers will be familiar with the work of Frank Connolly- He is the closest thing we have had to a good investigative journalist in this country for many years. The Corrib Gas report, Quarryvale and most recently his untangling of the corrupt mess that emerged from the incestuous nature of the Galway Tent, Dublin Docklands and the Anglo Irish Bank are just a few examples of why we need vocal independent and committed people like him to help us try to hold our political elites to account.

It might seem surprising that someone with his track record would write an unreservedly supportive article about Siptu’s recent performance under the stewardship of Jack O Connor, under whose leadership the union has accepted the inevitability of attacks on workers as the first and maybe only solution to a crisis that could disenfranchise a generation. Remember the day of action that was called off? The Pensions levy?
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 08, 2009 23:56 by Paula Geraghty   text 1 comment (last - tuesday june 09, 2009 00:05)   image 15 images
Siptu and Impact organised a breakthrough demonstration of community development workers and service users. Gardaķ reported 2,000 attended. read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / news report Monday June 08, 2009 20:33 by from CWI wesbite   text 15 comments (last - monday june 15, 2009 22:29)   1 attached file
Joe Higgins’ stunning victory in the Dublin Euro Constituency, getting 12.5% of the first preference vote, out polling Sinn Fein and defeating two sitting MEPs, was the final part in a weekend of drama and great election results for the Socialist Party in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
Massacre of Indigineous Amazonians in Peru
international / environment / feature Monday June 08, 2009 20:28 by Dunk   text 46 comments (last - tuesday april 12, 2011 10:57)   image 38 images   video 6 video files
Oil and Gas multi-nationals always get what they want. That is, the resources for next to nothing. And nothing will stand in their way. This week 25 Peruvian Indians were massacred by the military. The same thing has happened elsewhere in South America in other countries and in Africa a-la Nigeria. In our own country, to avoid bloodshed, our politicians just handed over the resources for free. In Bolivia where Evo Morales nationalised their Natural Gas, death squads were sent out to kill him, with one of their own being Irishman Michael Dwyer who worked for a large oil company in Mayo. Anyone notice a trend here? So read on to find out what happened in Peru this past week...

Awajun, Wampis, mestizos y blancos unidos en defensa del territorio, luchando para derogatoria de los DS
Awajun, Wampis (native tribes), mestizos (mix of native and Spanish blood) and whites united in defence of the land, Struggling to repeal the Court Orders


An ongoing, many month old peaceful protest in the Bagua region of the north western area of Peru was brutally attacked this week by state forces, resulting in the deaths of, at least, 25 native Indigenous Amazonian Peruvians. A motorway in the "curve of the devil" region had been blocked by local communities of the area who feel their land, health, livelihood and community is threatened by the government's giveaway of the area, and its precious resources, to multinational oil and gas exploration. They are perhaps right to feel sad, threatened and terrified, knowing how things have faired in neighbouring areas with a similar story, Sion, Equador and beyond... Perhaps even as far a field as Rossport. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / racism & migration related issues / event notice Monday June 08, 2009 18:39 by No Borders   image 1 image   1 attached file
On Sunday 14th June, a visiting French activist will share information about the No Borders camp and show a short film ahead of the action in Calais from the 23rd to the 29th of June. This event will take place at Seomra Spraoi - www.seomraspraoi.org - at 6pm. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Monday June 08, 2009 15:04 by Paddy Hackett   text 4 comments (last - monday june 15, 2009 18:29)   video 1 video file
The capitalist state forces revenue out of the workers in the form of taxation. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / other press Monday June 08, 2009 11:59 by pat c
The Bulgarian Queer-Community is under attack by neo-nazis, last year a Queer march was attacked byfash scum who threw Molotov cocktails at the parade.This year its under threat again and a member of the Bulgarian Parliament has called for it to be attacked. Full text at link.

On June 28th 2008, neo-Nazi groups aggressively attacked the first LGBTQ Pride march in Sofia, Bulgaria. A week before the march, the Bulgarian National Alliance, the most visible nationalist organization in the country, called for a “week of intolerance.” The BNA strongly encouraged nationalistic groups to organize themselves against the right of the queer community in Bulgaria to peacefully march, which resulted in loosely organized violence during the festivities. BNA members and other neo-Nazis threw molotov cocktails and small explosives at the participants of the Pride march. Fortunately, no injuries were reported. However, more than eighty skinheads, including Boyan Rasate (head of the BNA) were arrested for their attempted harm and direct violence toward pride participants.

This year neo-Nazi groups are once again organizing themselves against the march and Bulgarian queers’ ability to defend their human rights. read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / event notice Monday June 08, 2009 11:46 by Information Officer
Date: 20th June 2009
Time: 10.00 - 4.00pm
Venue: Irish Aid Volunteering Center. 27-31 Upeer O'Connell Street. Dublin 1
Fee: € 40 waged / € 30 concessions (unemployed, students with ID and LASC members)
Places strictly limited. Enrolment and payments won't be accepted on the day of the workshop. Please, enroll in advance by contacting LASC on education@lasc.ie read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 08, 2009 04:56 by Free Palestine!   text 4 comments (last - tuesday june 16, 2009 19:31)   image 1 image
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ACTIONS AGAINST HOUSE EVICTIONS AND DEMOLITIONS IN PALESTINE
- Monday 13th July 2009
THE COMMUNITY OF SHEIKH JARRAH CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT read full story / add a comment
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international / environment / press release Monday June 08, 2009 01:37 by African Village Survival Initiative   image 3 images
Incredible items available for bidding! Artists, businesses, and individuals donated nationwide to support this critical fundraiser for the African Village Survival Initiative! Participate - Bid Generously - Make a donation! read full story / add a comment
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