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Dublin Opinion
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Joined up thinking for the Irish Left

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Anti G8 Activities



13th-15th June: Republican Sinn Fein will be holding an Alternative to the G8 Summit, an Anti-Imperialist Forum, in the Conway Mill Belfast, on June 13, 14 and 15. A number of speakers from both a Republican as well as a unionist perspective will be there as well as speakers the academic world. The Forum runs from 6pm to 9pm on Thursday June 13, from 1pm-9pm June 14 and from 10am-6pm June 15 see website for more info: http://www.irish-solidarity.net/db3/

15th June: The BIG march for a fairer world: Civil groups such as the trade unions, ICTU, Amnesty, Friends of the earth, IPSC have organised a response to the G8.
Assemble 12 noon Custom House Square. Rally at Belfast City Hall. Rally ends at 2.00 p.m. following which there will be a number of events in the city focusing on different issues.
More details at this link: http://fairerworldfestival.org/events/

16th June: DubAltG8 walking tours. Meet 2pm Dublin Castle (Dame Street Entrance). Spanish or English. Bring suitable walking shoes. please e-mail dublinalternativeg8@gmail.org or phone 085 2310663 to book. The tours are free of charge

16th June: The SWP is organising a "counter-summit" in Belfast on Sunday 16 June
They are also arranging a bus to the march taking place in Enniskillen on Monday 17 June
For more details phone 0876574100
see website for more details on SWP activities related to the G8

17th June: The Socialist party will be organising a bus for the march in Enniskillen.
more info on the Socialist party's G8 activities and contact info here

17th June: Dublin Alternative G8 Summit 11am until 9pm, Teachers club
Great list of speakers (see poster here: Article/posters )
Afterwards, a night of revolutionary music with David Rovics and Tommy Sands
How to get there

18th June: (Tuesday) Dublin G8 Protest march:
Assemble at Wolfe Tone Monument, Stephens Green @ 1pm
March to American Chamber of Commerce, 6 Wilton Place, Dublin 2



LINKS:

Main Indymedia article on G8 2013 here:
https://www.indymedia.ie/article/103602

Alternative G8 Organisers website:
http://dubaltg8.org/

Facebook page:
https://www.facebook...282700645195038

international / gender and sexuality / other press Sunday April 28, 2013 19:34 by Turing
The Pro-Choice Alliance Cork condemns Fianna Fail's decision to oppose women's access to their existing constitutional right. It calls on all parties to face up to their responsibility not just to pass legislation on X but to repeal the 8th Amendment.

Spokeswoman Sandra McAvoy said

"It looks as if church gate collections matter more to Fianna Fail than their responsibilities to the women of Ireland. They took the same position that women had no right to control their fertility during the long fight to legalise contraception. Their Ard Feis vote could hardly have shown more clearly that they are the party of the past. Fianna Fail’s stance is further proof that the major parties lack common sense, compassion, empathy.”

“They have learned nothing about women’s rights to life, health and to make their own decisions, from the scandals of symphysiotomy and Magdalen homes. But then, they have never shown an interest in the needs and interests of our women citizens.” read full story / add a comment
Pro-Choice Enablers??
international / irish social forum / opinion/analysis Sunday April 28, 2013 16:03 by Brian Clarke   text 12 comments (last - saturday may 04, 2013 12:37)   image 6 images   video 3 video files
As someone who grew up in the culture of child abuse in east Galway, which now seems to be leading the country's policy on abortion or more accurately the lack thereof, I have always wanted to ask two principal questions, primarily to the enablers of systemic child abuse in Ireland.

Currently despite all the publicity about the culture of child rape in Ireland, the priority is the protection of the unborn to the detriment of the already born. I ask any decent person, if there still exists such a specimen on our island, with an ounce of nature left in them, to think about what I have written and have the courage to make a reply, that makes sense without getting personal. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / other press Sunday April 28, 2013 14:05 by Turing.
Fracking is so very safe. Full text at url.

A truck carrying drill cuttings from a fracking site set off a radiation alarm at a landfill in Pennsylvania. Emitting gamma radiation ten times higher than the permitted level, the waste was rejected by the landfill.

After the alarm went off, the MAX Environmental Technologies truck was immediately quarantined and sent back to the Marcellus Shale fracking site it had come from in Greene County, Va. The 159-acre Pennsylvania landfill site accepts residual and hazardous waste, but the cuttings were too radioactive for the site to safely dispose.
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international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Sunday April 28, 2013 11:28 by luke eastwood
The time to do something is always now! read full story / add a comment
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international / sci-tech / news report Saturday April 27, 2013 21:42 by @   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 30, 2013 16:16)   image 1 image
3,000 anarchists in Greece march in solidarity to Athens Indymedia & 98 FM

Taking the fight from the internet to the streets. On April 25th, 2013 approximately 3.000 anarchists marched in solidarity to Athens Indymedia and 98 FM that have been censored by the greek State since April 11th, amongst dozens of solidarity actions all over Greece and some parts of Europe. read full story / add a comment
national / gender and sexuality / press release Saturday April 27, 2013 20:14 by Turing
Galway Pro-Choice condemns the passing of three motions at today's Fianna Fail Ard Fheis which oppose suicide being included as a ground for abortion under proposed X Case legislation. In particular, we condemn the decision of the Galway East Comhairle Dáil Ceantair of Fianna Fáil to propose one of these motions which would continue to place women’s lives in danger.

Orlaith Reidy of Galway Pro Choice said:

“The motions presented to the Ard Fheis reveal a fundamental disregard for women's health. As Dr. Peadar O'Grady of Doctors for Choice has outlined, denying women the right to choose is a key cause of suicidality among pregnant women, and maternal deaths have markedly declined in countries where abortion is available.” read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Saturday April 27, 2013 19:58 by Dublin Film Qlub
A magnificent film on the evils of internalised homophobia

"Reflections on a Golden Eye"
Dir. John Huston, 1967
Starring: Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor
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Greyhound and hare suffer in coursing...only the fans get a kick from this cruelty
international / environment / opinion/analysis Saturday April 27, 2013 13:49 by Against Cruelty to Irish Greyhounds   image 3 images
Animal welfare groups and greyhound protection organizations are appalled at the deliberate cruelty to greyhounds in Ireland revealed in the course of a recent court case, where a man admitted getting someone to shot two greyhounds that refused to chase hares (link to item on case below)
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Saoirse
international / rights and freedoms / opinion/analysis Saturday April 27, 2013 07:52 by Brian Clarke   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 27, 2013 10:10)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
In his book "Born Free and Equal" : Ansel Adams documented life in internment camps, set up during the second world war for the Japanese. Internment of civilian nationals was also carried out in World War Two in Britain, where all Germans, Austrians over the age of 16 and some Italians, were called before special tribunals and divided into one of three groups: read full story / add a comment
international / environment / event notice Friday April 26, 2013 11:42 by Latin America Solidarity Centre
The Latin America Solidarity Centre invites you to the
Launch of 'Digging at the Heart of Mother Earth' Photo Exhibition read full story / add a comment
national / rights and freedoms / news report Thursday April 25, 2013 17:39 by I. Greene
Latest update in relation to Michael McKevitt and the ongoing miscarriage of justice. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Tuesday April 23, 2013 21:51 by Tony Fitzsimons
Nic Dunlop is an award winning photographer and writer,his new book "Brave New Burma" is an intimate portrait of that country in words and pictures. He will present images from the book and speak about the changes he has witnessed there over the last twenty years at the ICTU HQ on 31/32 Parnell Square on Thursday 2nd May at 6pm. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / event notice Tuesday April 23, 2013 20:42 by anon   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 24, 2013 09:08)
This Fri Apr 26th there is a meeting to discuss corruption in Irish Society. This meeting will be dealing with Garda malpractice.
This meeting is being hosted by four Independent TDs. It will be held in the Red Cow Hotel, Dub 22 read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism / event notice Tuesday April 23, 2013 01:08 by Turing
NERI Labour Market Conference 2013 – May 1st

The inaugural NERI Labour Market Conference will take place on Wednesday 1st May 2013. The conference will run from 10:15am-3pm and will include 15 research papers on various aspects of the Irish labour market and Irish labour market policy. The NERI Labour Market Conference is intended to provide a forum for the presentation of research papers on labour market issues (North and South) and will occur at around this time of year from here on.

The conference is open to all who are interested and is free to attend. However, you must register your intention to attend the conference by contacting info@NERInstitute.net read full story / add a comment
national / rights and freedoms / event notice Monday April 22, 2013 23:33 by Dublin Marian Price committee   text 2 comments (last - wednesday april 24, 2013 07:33)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Free Marian Price picket

Friday 26th, 3pm

Tourist office, 'Northern Ireland' tourist board

Suffolk Street

Dublin 2 read full story / add a comment
Wolfe Tone Commemoration , Sunday 16th June 2013 , at 2.30pm.
national / history and heritage / event notice Monday April 22, 2013 20:06 by Sharon.   image 1 image
Wolfe Tone to be commemorated in Bodenstown on Sunday 16th June 2013. read full story / add a comment
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national / animal rights / event notice Monday April 22, 2013 10:14 by Roger Yates   text 1 comment (last - monday april 22, 2013 18:01)   image 1 image
A final Vegan Bake Sale Week event at St. Andrew's Resource Centre, Dublin 2. read full story / add a comment
ADI
dublin / migration / event notice Sunday April 21, 2013 19:48 by Anti-Deportation Ireland   image 1 image
Assemble 12.45 outside Leinster House on Kildare Street read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday April 20, 2013 12:48 by fred   text 1 comment (last - wednesday april 24, 2013 23:45)   image 1 image
REINHART AND ROGOFF: " 'Full Stop,' We Made A Microsoft Excel Blunder In Our Debt Study, And It Makes A Difference." The oft quoted rationale for austerity measures by such people as Ollie Rehn and Tim Geitner turns out to be the result of an excel blunder by the authors read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / other press Friday April 19, 2013 16:11 by Joe Mc   text 2 comments (last - saturday april 20, 2013 12:13)
A couple sent to prison in connection with the 1989 murder of alleged IRA informer, Joe Fenton , have asked that the contents of a "secret dossier" seen by prosecutors be made public. read full story / add a comment
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