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POrt au Prince, Haiti August 12, 2008
international / crime and justice / other press Saturday August 23, 2008 19:57 by Kevin Pina   image 1 image
According to a report delivered to the U.N. General Assembly on January 10, 2008 by the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID), there were no reported instances of persons disappeared in Haiti during the year 2007. The WGEID is part of the U.N. High Commission on Human Rights and as such is in the loop to receive regular human rights reports filed by the U.N. mission in Haiti. More than five months after Mr. Pierre-Antoine’s disappearance and public acknowledgement of the case by U.N. authorities in Haiti, the WGEID completely omitted any reference to it in their report to the General Assembly. read full story / add a comment
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national / environment / feature Saturday August 23, 2008 16:59 by Tel   text 8 comments (last - sunday january 11, 2009 13:29)   image 2 images
That the production wing of global energy corporation, Shell, has a presence in the west of Ireland is now well known. Shell have been joined by another of their kind; Exxon Mobil, sometimes known as Esso. It's a company which, like Shell, has left a long dark oil slick like trail of controversy and notoriety across the globe. Exxon Mobil are in alliance with Sir Anthony O’Reilly, Ireland’s most influential businessman read full story / add a comment
international / environment / news report Saturday August 23, 2008 12:45 by EYFA   text 3 comments (last - monday august 25, 2008 12:12)   image 3 images
The participants of the 20th Ecotopia international environmentalist gathering at Sarikum nature reserve, Sinop, on the Turkish Black Sea coast, are awaiting and preparing for forceful eviction of their campsite by the Jandarma (Turkish Police), which are already present with undercover agents and several cars. The 70 participants from over 30 countries will peacefully resist this unjustified raid. The offical reason for the announced eviction was the announcement of the intention to take part in the weekly permitted press conference of the local anti-nuclear initiative SİNYAD (Sinop Nükleersiz Kent ve Yaşam Derneği read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / event notice Saturday August 23, 2008 12:44 by Mairtin Og
On October 16, 1974, British troops exposed Long Kesh Prisoners to copious amounts of CR Gas...Since then, the British government have denied CR was used. However, dozens of former prisoners have since died of cancer. read full story / add a comment
NEAR 90fm 24 Hour Launch
national / arts and media / event notice Friday August 22, 2008 16:20 by NEAR 90fm   text 1 comment (last - thursday august 28, 2008 16:21)   image 1 image
On September 4th 2008 NEAR 90 fm will officially become the first Community radio Station in Ireland to broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Friday August 22, 2008 13:12 by MichaelY   text 1 comment (last - thursday august 28, 2008 15:35)
Irish Anti War Movement statement – Press Release

August 21st 2008 read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / feature Friday August 22, 2008 10:21 by Rudiger   text 20 comments (last - thursday september 04, 2008 22:03)   image 15 images   video 1 video file
This morning at 10am, 15 Shell to Sea activists entered the water at Glengad Beach to stop Shell pipeline excavation work. Dinghies, surfers and swimmers surrounded the machine and stopped the work by their presence in the water.

3 members of the Garda water unit then began picking people out of the boats and the water and bringing the protestors into the Shell compound where other Gardaí conveyed them then to Belmullet Garda station. Gardaí were questioned by activists, asked to identify themselves and give reasons why they were pulling people from the water. Gardaí were questioned as to what authority they had to give directions or use force against protesters in the water. They refused to account for themselves. “Public Order Act” shouted one very aggressive Garda.
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national / environment / event notice Thursday August 21, 2008 19:28 by Tara
From Mid-day thirty on the 28th of August , there will be a leaflet drop and peaceful protest
outside of the Gresham Hotel in Dublin. This is to mark the role of the NRA in the destruction of
Heritage. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Thursday August 21, 2008 16:08 by BR   text 7 comments (last - saturday august 23, 2008 20:35)   image 1 image
A number of protesters have been arrested in Mayo resisting Shell contractors who have been trying to install pipeline infrastructure on Glengad beach.

Five people were reportedly arrested this morning and another three this afternoon.

It is unclear whether all those arrested have been charged under the Public Order Act or have simply been detained.

Shell has been working on the beach, which is a Special Area of Conservation, under a foreshore licence granted by Minister Mary Coughlan and permissions from Minister Eamon Ryan, even though they have yet to receive planning permission for the onshore section of their proposed pipeline. read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday August 21, 2008 14:45 by Ronan
Would you like to come along to a Dublin Branch meeting of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign? read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday August 21, 2008 14:09 by Ronan

Get some mountainy fresh air into ya for a good cause! read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Thursday August 21, 2008 13:57 by Ronan
Would you like to come along to the next Dublin Branch meeting of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign? read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday August 20, 2008 18:27 by Y   text 4 comments (last - saturday august 23, 2008 21:47)   image 1 image   video 3 video files
Here is some good background from activists and writers on the left about the current situation in Georgia.

Mark Almond is especially interesting as he is very knowledgeable on Georgian democracy.

These speeches are from an SWP meeting held in Central London recently under the banner of the Stop the War Coalition. read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests / other press Wednesday August 20, 2008 16:21 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - friday august 22, 2008 16:15)
The great US liberators are facillitating union busting in Iraq. Military action is being used as a cover to attack workers rights. Full text at link.

The administrations of some oil departments backed by the ministry of oil have clearly infringed on our rights.In fact, they have done more than that by excluding, relocating and issuing warrants for union leaders who defended the rights and entitlements of workers. read full story / add a comment
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national / environment / other press Wednesday August 20, 2008 15:28 by evil gerald   text 4 comments (last - thursday august 21, 2008 15:12)   image 2 images
In today's Evening Herald, columnist Dan White plumbs new depths of idiocy. In a bizarre link, he tries to make out that the conflict in Georgia and South Ossetia should encourage the Irish government to help Shell bring the gas from the Corrib field onshore.

What does he think they have been doing? Does the 11 million euro spent on Garda overtime not indicate (even to the slow witted Dan White) that maybe the government is already on Shell's side?

read the full column here: http://www.herald.ie/opinion/columnists/dan-white/the-r....html read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / news report Wednesday August 20, 2008 14:48 by Rudiger   text 3 comments (last - saturday august 23, 2008 10:26)   image 5 images
Yesterday at 1pm, 3 kayakers paddled out from close by to Killybegs Harbour to deliver a letter from Shell to Sea to Captain Van Der Plicht on the Solitaire, the biggest pipe laying ship in the world. read full story / add a comment
dublin / gender and sexuality / press release Wednesday August 20, 2008 14:07 by Choice Ireland   text 2 comments (last - tuesday august 26, 2008 00:44)   1 attached file
Rogue crisis pregnancy agency the "Women's Resource Centre" has been forced to change its name following a sustained campaign by Choice Ireland. read full story / add a comment
"Life in Beirut carrying on as usual"
galway / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday August 20, 2008 13:46 by TD   text 9 comments (last - monday november 02, 2009 19:28)   image 6 images
Barak Ravid is reporting in today's edition of Haaretz newspaper that Israel would, according to PM Ehud Olmert, "unleash more massive firepower" and to "hit back harder than before," if Lebanon were to become a "terrorist state" under the domination of Hezbollah. Israel "did not use all means to respond then, but if Lebanon becomes a Hezbollah state, then we won't have any restrictions in this regard ... gone are the days when wars are fought on remote and hidden battlefields while life in the cities carries on as usual," he said. read full story / add a comment
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mayo / environment / event notice Wednesday August 20, 2008 12:57 by kw   text 13 comments (last - wednesday september 10, 2008 16:20)   image 1 image
Actions against Shell continuing while the pipeline laying ship The Solitaire is off the coast. read full story / add a comment
The Irresistible Image
international / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday August 20, 2008 12:37 by anti-fascist   text 4 comments (last - sunday september 07, 2008 18:03)   image 1 image
You have to hand it to those tireless activists over at British National Party HQ in the land of the brave and the home of the free (England, for the unitiated in imperialist propaganda).

The intrepid campaigners for racial purity have been so busy churning out their ‘information’ on “immigration invasion” that they simply haven’t had the time to verify the appropriateness of some of the images they’ve been using on their website.

In an August 4 article entitled Spot the Difference: Zimbabwe or the EU?, far-right readers are confronted with a prominent image of a No to Lisbon leaflet (carried here for those who don't wish to boost the ratings of Britain's super xenophobes) recently published by none other than an Irish socialist-republican party, éirígí. read full story / add a comment
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