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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Tuesday May 05, 2009 10:05 by Paul Bowman
At the beginning of April, the G20 group of major world economies met in London. Media attention focused as much on the confrontation between police and demonstrators outside the conference as on what was going on between the suits inside. The London police were their usual charmless selves and even managed to kill an uninvolved man, Ian Tomlinson, on his way home from work. read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday May 05, 2009 10:05 by Dublin Shell to Sea
Dublin Shell to Sea will be having a meeting this evening for all interested in going to Erris, Mayo for the National Day of Action on this coming Saturday.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday May 05, 2009 02:45 by frequentblasphemer   text 3 comments (last - tuesday may 05, 2009 13:07)
In the Irish Times Fintan O'Toole points out that 2009 is the centenary of the occasion when a play by Bernard Shaw, "The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet", was used to show up the absurdity of having blasphemy laws. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday May 04, 2009 21:38 by Peter Kenealy   text 6 comments (last - wednesday may 20, 2009 11:49)
On 16th May, a day of action has been called by the European Trade Union Congress under the banner ‘Fight The Crisis. Put People First.’

Grassroots Unite are calling on everyone - trade unionist or not, public AND private sector workers and the unemployed to get out on the streets and protest against the bailout of the banks, socially unjust taxes, pension and income levies, cuts in jobs, pay, hours, pension benefits, medical services, education and social welfare.

Let’s unite with workers across Europe and use the opportunity to begin to build a fightback in Ireland. Assemble at the Central Bank, Dame St., Dublin - 2.30pm on May 16th. read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment / event notice Monday May 04, 2009 16:20 by SLH   text 1 comment (last - tuesday may 05, 2009 12:46)   image 1 image
National Day of Action
Saturday 9th May, 2009
6pm read full story / add a comment
dublin / education / event notice Monday May 04, 2009 15:24 by Soupstone
Gardening festival at Soupstone kindergarten - all welcome, 2 - 6 pm read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Monday May 04, 2009 15:05 by Peter
"A Bigger, Bolder Role Is Imagined For the IMF
Changes Suggest Shift in How Global Economy Is Run"

"Inside a cavernous assembly hall in downtown Washington, dignitaries gather twice a year for routine meetings of the International Monetary Fund. Before long, though, the room could take center stage in the IMF's transformation into a veritable United Nations for the global economy" read full story / add a comment
Salena Godden
galway / arts and media / event notice Monday May 04, 2009 14:38 by Over The Edge   image 1 image
North Beach Poetry Nights presents on Monday May 11th at 9 pm in The Crane Bar, Sea Road, Galway the North Beach Poetry Nights' May 2009 Slam with guest poet from the London performance scene: Salena Godden read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday May 04, 2009 14:16 by David L
A good short article in Counterpunch showing the boycott of Israel is having an effect. It mentions the centrality of Jewish activists supporting boycott, the determination with which Palestinian civil society is pursuing it. Also mentions the campaign against Veolia, and the Galway decision to grant no further contracts to Veolia. read full story / add a comment
Joe Higgins, a fighter for working people
dublin / politics / elections / press release Monday May 04, 2009 13:41 by Joe Higgins.eu   image 3 images   video 1 video file
Former Socialist Party TD, and well known fighter for working people Joe Higgins has launched his online campaign for the 2009 European Elections. Currently this includes a campaign website and blog at Joe Higgins.eu and a Facebook page. Active profiles on have also been set up on YouTube , Twitter , Flickr , Bebo , Myspace and will go live in the next days.

Joe is standing in the Dublin Constituency for the Socialist Party “to give ordinary people all across Dublin the opportunity to strike a blow against the government’s attempt to make us pay for the crisis caused by them and their friends in the banks and property”. read full story / add a comment
Come and Support Direct Action against Shell in Glengad.
mayo / environment / feature Monday May 04, 2009 13:23 by Shell to Sea   text 53 comments (last - monday may 11, 2009 22:09)   image 78 images   video 4 video files
This is a Call Out from the united community of Erris Co Mayo to all our national and international supporters, asking you to come to Glengad this coming Saturday 9th May at 6pm in the evening, on a Day of Action to help us remove Shell's illegal fences from the area.

As you know, Shell returned to Glengad with fences and machinery on Wednesday 22nd April, with force and violence. Since then there have been a number of attempts at removing the fences and stopping the work, with a mixture of failure and success.

As you can see from the photos and footage below, the will is clearly there to fight Shell, in spite of the fact that large numbers of Shell security and Gardai have been drafted into the area. But what is also clear is that numbers are needed to achieve success. Numbers, People, Bodies. That means you. Please come.
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dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Monday May 04, 2009 12:45 by David L
What does the Lisbon treaty mean for Palestine?
A discussion on its implications at 8.30 pm Connolly Books read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Sunday May 03, 2009 23:02 by John Lannon
The regular vigil will take place in Shannon on the second Sunday of the month, as usual. Meet at 2pm on the 10th at the small roundabout before the airport entrance (gantry) for one hour. All support welcomed. read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday May 03, 2009 20:37 by TD   text 3 comments (last - sunday may 03, 2009 22:08)   image 11 images
The morning of 17th April last before he was murdered, 30-year-old Basem Ibrahim Abu-Rahma went to the house of Hamis in the village of Bil'in to dispense his medicine - 3 months previously, Hamis sustained head injuries as a result of being struck by the same type high velocity tear gas bullet that would kill Basem, "then off he went to visit another friend in the village who is ill with cancer. Then a little girl from the village wanted a pineapple but couldn’t find any in the local stores. So Basem went to Ramallah to get a pineapple and was back before noon for the Friday prayers and the weekly demonstration against the theft of our land by the apartheid wall" http://www.bilin-ffj.org/index.php?option=com_content&t...id=30.

I knew Basem: a ray of light, that always lifted my spirits when I met him and now he's dead, murdered. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Sunday May 03, 2009 19:09 by Teachers United
The next meeting of Teachers United will take place on Wedndesday 6 May 2009 at 8.15pm in the Teachers Club, Parnell Square, Dublin 1. read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Sunday May 03, 2009 17:48 by Ciaran O hUltachain   1 attached file
The symposium, which is being hosted by the NLGF will explore the best route for change on lesbian and gay marriage, subsequent to the introduction of civil partnership legislation.

Who should attend
All those interested in winning the right for lesbian and gay people to marry in Ireland read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / news report Sunday May 03, 2009 17:02 by Sean   text 4 comments (last - monday may 04, 2009 11:36)
Direct action against Shell in Mayo read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday May 03, 2009 16:30 by Michelle Clarke   text 10 comments (last - friday may 15, 2009 11:57)
What can we, the plain people of Ireland, contribute to the Theorists, Government politicians, the Bankers, the professions, the economists - to those who have constructed NAMA. These are the people we must learn to trust and if this is so, we the plain people of Ireland must be able to contribute our views, in a collective way, as part of the people grassroots press.

The common sense view is free and this is about democracy. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Sunday May 03, 2009 15:44 by Kev   image 2 images
The IPSC have just been informed that this year the Israeli 'independence celebrations' will take place this Tuesday 5th May in Ballsbridge Court Hotel, Shelbourne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. This event will be nothing other than a celebration of 61 years of ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people, particularly disgusting in the wake of the slaughter of 1,400 people in Gaza at the beginning of this year. read full story / add a comment
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