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international / miscellaneous / other press Saturday April 12, 2008 19:21 by Bazooka Joe   text 12 comments (last - friday october 11, 2013 11:18)   image 8 images
A picture that was spread all over the international media purporting to show the stoning of and Iranian woman has been exposed as a fake. read full story / add a comment
'We Will Return!' - Remembering the Nakba
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday April 12, 2008 15:52 by Ciarán Ó Brolcháin   text 4 comments (last - saturday april 26, 2008 19:13)   image 4 images
The Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Belfast today held a white-line picket to remember the 60th anniversary of the Deir Yassin massacre. This was one of the many incidents that took place in the lead-up to Al Nakba, the Catastrophe, when the Zionist forces proclaimed the state of Israel and 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their homes. read full story / add a comment
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antrim / worker & community struggles and protests / feature Saturday April 12, 2008 12:22 by CWI   text 3 comments (last - wednesday may 14, 2008 17:29)   image 2 images
The five day hunger strike by three sacked airport shop stewards, Gordon McNeill, Madan Gupta and Chris Bowyer was suspended at 5.30 this afternoon after the workers received a letter from the union solicitors guaranteeing that their demands would be met. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday April 12, 2008 10:05 by Anonymous   text 5 comments (last - sunday april 13, 2008 10:11)   image 1 image
This Saturday the collective known as Anonymous launch "Operation: Reconnect" as a worldwide protest against the Church of Scientology. This initiative is designed to bring together families who have been torn apart and injured by the Church of Scientology's practice of Disconnection. From 11am (local time) onwards, thousands of Anonymous shall take to the streets in a peaceful global protest at over 100 of Church of Scientology centres around the world, including the Mission of Dublin Ltd on 62/63 Middle Abbey Street. read full story / add a comment
SWP member Eamonn McCann
international / arts and media / event notice Saturday April 12, 2008 03:22 by hot to trot   image 1 image
In a new series on BBC Radio 4, Geoffrey Wall looks at the history of the Socialist Workers.

A former member of the SWP, he asks how well the party is surviving in the 21st century.

BBC radio programmes can be listened to for a period after broadcast-
simply go to
www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/fromtrotskytorespect/
for a chance to listen to part one, which was broadcast last week.

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national / history and heritage / event notice Friday April 11, 2008 21:18 by IPR Group   text 41 comments (last - monday august 18, 2008 21:09)   image 1 image   2 attached files
Main speaker: Conor Lenihan T.D., Minister for Integration

“…a very fine journalist, an excellent man, but on Northern questions a renegade or white nigger”
Those were the words from a conversation with the British Ambassador to Ireland at a lunch meeting in 1969, which he duly reported without delay to his masters at the British Foreign Office. But who said them and to whom did they refer?

The author lays bare the power structure of the newspaper which insists on transparency and openness for all other institutions in Irish life, but draws a discreet veil over its own activities. The Directors of the Irish Times, along with the Editor, have to swear an Oath of Secrecy before a Commissioner for Oaths each year. This book is essential for understanding one of the most important institutions in Irish life and therefore the dynamics of Irish society itself. read full story / add a comment
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Friday April 11, 2008 21:04 by Ciarán   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 12, 2008 15:55)   image 1 image
Remembering the 60th anniversary of Deir Yassin and the ongoing suffering of the Palestinian people. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday April 11, 2008 20:37 by Eire Nua   text 11 comments (last - thursday april 24, 2008 18:45)
By creating a provincial parliament for the nine counties of Ulster, within the framework of a new Ireland the partition system would be disestablished and the problem of the border removed. The Protestant people of Ulster would have a working majority and would have immediate access to power. Furthermore, the devolution of power to the local level would ensure for each community the opportunity to foster its own traditions and culture. Each region and community would have within itself the immediate power to deal with its own social and economic problems. Such devolution of power from one central authority to the people is the essence of democracy. The Nationalist population would be of sufficient strength to ensure a strong and credible opposition within reach of power. For the first time in fifty years we would see a normalization of politics with an end to the domination of one community by another and the resultant frustration and conflict. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday April 11, 2008 18:54 by Sarah Lundberg
Chapters and Verse
Lunchtime Reading
1.15 on Wednesday 16th April
Chapters of Parnell St, Dublin 1
with Noel O Briain and Doog Wood read full story / add a comment
Khadijeh Moghaddam
international / gender and sexuality / other press Friday April 11, 2008 18:53 by pat c   text 5 comments (last - monday april 21, 2008 18:19)   image 2 images
Another Womens rights activist has been detained in Iran. Her only crimes was to demand equality of treatment for Women. Full text at the link.

On April 8th, security police forcibly entered the home of Khadijeh Moghaddam, women’s rights activist and member of the One Million Signatures Campaign and arrested her. Khadijeh Moghaddam who is a member of the Mother’s Committee of the Campaign was transferred to Eshrat Abad Security Police, where she was interrogated for several hours She was them brought to court and interrogated by Sobhani an Investigative Judge and charged. Bail was set at 100 Million Tomans (roughly $110,000). Moghaddam was then transferred to Vozara Detention Center.
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national / miscellaneous / press release Friday April 11, 2008 18:36 by Sarah Lundberg
The SEVEN TOWERS AGENCY
Is delighted to announce the following launches to celebrate the publication of
QUINCY R. LEHR’S COLLECTION OF POETRY ‘ACROSS THE GRID OF STREETS’
and accompanying Chapbook William Montgomery’s Guide to New York read full story / add a comment
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dublin / anti-capitalism / feature Friday April 11, 2008 18:23 by bot and emmo   text 15 comments (last - tuesday april 15, 2008 17:19)   image 1 image
Why Anarchafeminism?
A women-only discussion hosted by RAG

RAG, the Revolutionary Anarchafeminist Group is now in its third year. The collective was set up in order to explore our ideas and produce a magazine, the Rag. Meetings are held weekly on Mondays, but the first Monday of every month is an open meeting, in which non-members are invited to a workshop or discussion.

On Monday 7th April, the open meeting was entitled “Why Anarchafeminism?” The purpose of the meeting was to encourage women outside of RAG to question and explore their ideas about feminism and anarchism and to draw links between the two. Also, it gave members of the group a chance to revisit the fundamental aspects of our beliefs. The following is a personal account by two of us of the discussion. It is limited by the quality of our notes and recollections. It does not present a RAG position on anything, but is simply an attempt to share some of the ideas that were touched upon with those who were unable to attend. read full story / add a comment
Don't ignore the Homeless
dublin / housing / feature Friday April 11, 2008 16:36 by Pip, Damo, Ger, Foxey, Jot   text 13 comments (last - friday april 18, 2008 10:34)   image 2 images
The following article was written by an Adult Education discussion and research group based in the north inner city. It was a collective effort by Ger, John, Pip, Jonathan Wheelock and Damian. For us it is important to discuss homelessness because it is not just something that we pass by on the streets guiltily ignoring people or handing out a few pence depending on our humour. It is definitely not something we just read about in reports or newspapers- it is a problem that we have or could experience in the future. Everyone in the media talks about the Celtic Tiger but we don’t see it in our areas and we see more people on the streets rather than less and we want to know why.
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international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Friday April 11, 2008 16:27 by Andrew   text 1 comment (last - friday april 11, 2008 17:08)   image 5 images   audio 1 audio file
An interview with James Schmidt of the Civic Media Center infoshop in Gainsville, central Florida. Interview covers student town, recession, CMC origins, IWW, homelessness, organic farms and farmwork and the elections read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Friday April 11, 2008 16:12 by Malachy Steenson   1 attached file
The Workers Party Dublin Central are hosting a debate on the Lisbon treaty in the Annesley House North Strand Road, Dublin 3 on Thursday 17th April at 7.45. read full story / add a comment
Usk 'Superdump' protest , An Bord Pleanála Offices, Dublin , Friday April 11 , 2008.
kildare / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday April 11, 2008 16:04 by Sharon.   text 34 comments (last - wednesday july 22, 2009 12:34)   image 4 images
"RESIDENTS of the Usk area, just outside Kilcullen, are continuing their campaign against the siting of a so-called superdump in their area. The proposal by Greenstar was originally turned down by Kildare Co Council because it contravened the county plan but, following an An Bord Plean·la hearing, the board over-turned that decision and gave permission for the landfill project to go ahead. This was despite the fact that, after a hearing lasting four and a half days, the An Bord Pleanála inspector actually recommended against the siting of the dump at Usk...."
http://archives.tcm.ie/kildarenationalist/2006/10/12/st...1.asp read full story / add a comment
cork / miscellaneous / event notice Friday April 11, 2008 15:30 by Ladyfest Cork
Music, workshops, exhibtions, debate, film screenings, stalls.... read full story / add a comment
cork / arts and media / event notice Friday April 11, 2008 15:09 by Ladyfest Cork
Ladyfest Cork 2008 is due to take place the last weekend in April.

Music, workshops, exhibtions, debate, film screenings, stalls.... read full story / add a comment
galway / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday April 11, 2008 15:03 by Margaretta D'Arcy   text 20 comments (last - wednesday april 16, 2008 12:50)
30 students from The Irish Centre Of Human Rights Galway walked out in the middle of an Amnesty public meeting called to hear the recent experiences of a Galway woman in Gaza read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Friday April 11, 2008 09:51 by Dave Walsh   text 5 comments (last - wednesday december 03, 2008 16:07)
There is fundamental little that can be done to counter bullying in the workplace. read full story / add a comment
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