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national / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday July 18, 2012 17:07 by Martin O'Sullivan
On Monday 23rd July at exactly 09:30 People with a vision impairment and their supporters will send Hundreds of texts to the press officer of Irish Rail to announce to Irish rail that they are not happy with the persistent poor quality or lack of audible announcements on Irish trains Please help us flood the inboxes of Barry Kenny (Manager of Corporate Communications, Iarnród Éireann) 0872381224 And Jane Cregan (Corporate Communications Executive, Iarnród Éireann) 0868531098 with a message loud and clear we will not stand for this situation. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Tuesday July 17, 2012 23:14 by pat c
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Clinton does a duet on the drums of war with Netanyahu as they plot a strike against Iran.The US have introduced new sanctions against 11 Iranian companies allegedly involved in defence projects. Sanctions are war by another means. Full text at link. During her visit to Israel yesterday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton renewed the threat of a US attack on Iran. After meeting with top Israeli leaders, she declared: “We will use all elements of American power to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon.” That obviously includes America’s massive military firepower. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday July 16, 2012 18:06 by pat c
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The media are quick report massacres in Syria. However when real State massacres of civilians take place in India you rarely hear anything. Full text at link. When we entered the village there was a solemn air about it. The only humans we saw there were some heavily armed paramilitary forces inside the bushes - they might have been from CoBRA force or CRPF. The men in arms averted our gaze. They couldn't meet our eye with the shadow of the dastardly act of a few days ago looming large over them. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Monday July 16, 2012 16:13 by Paul Gavan
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SIPTU members have welcomed the decision of the Department of Social Protection to partially restore material and training funding to Community Employment (CE) schemes. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Sunday July 15, 2012 23:42 by Revolt Video
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Revolt video goes to see the Occupy Dame Street camp just before it was evicted. Marua Harrington is interviewed and afterwards we visted those locked on outside anglo.
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national / crime and justice / press release Sunday July 15, 2012 20:50 by Leo Malone
On Wednesday 11th July 2012 further truths were revealed regarding endemic corruption in the planning process. The Mahon tribunal revelations were only the tip of the iceberg and did nothing to resolve some serious issues. Minister Phil Hogan has a lot of work to do to clean up the planning process. in fact the minister for justice will also need to make sweeping changes too. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / news report Sunday July 15, 2012 19:30 by italy calling
The Italian High Court confirmed on Friday 13th July the sentences for the 10 activists on trial for crimes of “devastation and looting” during the G8 summit in Genoa in 2001. While some of the sentences have been slightly reduced, all 10 activists have been declared guilty of devastation and looting crimes against private property (for a little historical insight on this charge have a look at my previous article). read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday July 14, 2012 19:01 by pat c
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Out of the fog of misinformation the truth begins to emerge. Full text at link. Reports of scores of deaths in the Syrian village of Tremseh Thursday, in the course of violent clashes between government forces and opposition militia, have been seized upon by the United States and its allies to ramp up their campaign to overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. In a press statement issued Friday, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asserted that the Syrian regime had carried out “yet another massacre,” claiming there was “indisputable evidence that the regime deliberately murdered innocent civilians.” read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday July 14, 2012 12:36 by Parmy
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The Anonymous collective have launched a WikiLeaks-like site called Par:AnoIA (Potentially Alarming Research: Anonymous Intelligence Agency). They won't gather the data themselves but will take submissions. The project was created as a response to a year of Anonymous releases where the announcement of document dumps generated plenty of media, but the documents’ content got little coverage. “The reason no one cares about these leaks, as a general rule of thumb, is that they can’t do anything with [them],” said a Paranoia anon volunteering on document processing for the project in an online chat with Wired. “Basically, [we're] making it accessible to anyone that wants to do something with it, in a proper usable format.” read full story / add a comment ![]()
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday July 13, 2012 22:32 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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Shell's haulage was repeatedly stopped by protesters from Rossport Solidarity Camp during today’s day of solidarity with the community in Erris under siege from the imposition of the Corrib gas project. There were three actions at different locations along Shell's haulage route between Aughoose and Bangor Erris, which resulted in a significant disruption to the haulage. The actions were also in solidarity with the reclaim the Land action against open cast coal mining in Scotland planned for tomorrow. http://www.indymediascotland.org/node/27202 read full story / add a comment ![]()
cork / arts and media / event notice Friday July 13, 2012 11:28 by Eric
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Cinema night – Thursday, July 19, 8pm, 'Paradise Now' @solidaritybooks Join us this Thursday, July 19, 8pm, for a showing of 'Paradise Now' ( 2005 dir. Hany Abu-Assad 90mins ) Presented by the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Group read full story / add a comment
national / education / opinion/analysis Thursday July 12, 2012 17:10 by dizzy5
Q. I consider myself of average intelligence and do not suffer fools gladly but lately I’ve been receiving these mixed signals and I just don’t know what’s wanted from me. You see I’ve recently finished college and am quite eager to start work, which is supposedly what you and your fellow party members also want but I keep coming up against obstacles which have been put in place by you and your fellow party members. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Wednesday July 11, 2012 23:54 by pat c
Prisoners inGuantanamo who had been diagnosed with serious mental health problems and who were on psychoactive medications were continuously interrogated. Other prisoners were given drugs against their will. Full story at link. Prisoners inside the U.S. military’s detention center at Guantanamo Bay were forcibly given “mind altering drugs,” including being injected with a powerful anti-psychotic sedative used in psychiatric hospitals. Prisoners were often not told what medications they received, and were tricked into believing routine flu shots were truth serums. It’s a serious violation of medical ethics, made worse by the fact that the military continued to interrogate prisoners while they were doped on psychoactive chemicals. read full story / add a comment ![]()
national / housing / opinion/analysis Wednesday July 11, 2012 14:37 by lefty
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Cutting rent supplement has allowed the FG/Labour government to continue to make large cuts to the social welfare budget whilst claiming not to be touching "basic social welfare rates". The reality is that because it is left to tenants to negotiate with their landlords for a rent reduction, rather than such negotiations being undertaken by the department itself, this is rather like David negotiating with goliath and the tenant inevitably has to pay the not inconsiderable difference out of their already reduced social welfare payment. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / miscellaneous / feature Wednesday July 11, 2012 13:24 by José Antonio Gutiérrez D.
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On 29th July we interviewed Fionuala Cregan on the Paraguayan crisis, its background and the Latin American context in which it takes place. She is based in Argentina and works with the Latin America Regional Office of Church World Service. She has also written for the Irish Times on Paraguay and has extensive research on the impact of agribusiness on Paraguayan peasants' lives. She has been a long term supporter of LASC. The views expressed here are her own. We hope that this interview will give a better insight into the developments in that country. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday July 11, 2012 06:05 by CDC
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On the 30th of June 2012, the Citizens Defence Committee held an extremely successful fundraising event in the Dublin Supporters Bar on Parnell Street. We got off to a great night with a fantastic performance from Irish ballad/folk music band, the Celtic Rebels, who gave it their all and graced us with a brilliant set of traditional Irish music, followed by an excellent rendition of popular Irish rebel songs. Both lads played beautifully and are to be highly recommended by the CDC! As the night went on and we reached the interval, the long anticipated draw took place. Among the top prizes was a pair of boxing gloves donated and signed by Anthony (The Pride) Fitzgerald, a rugby ball signed by members of the Irish rugby squad and a beautiful handcrafted bodhrán made by republican prisoners in Portlaoise Gaol. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to all of our comrades for donating the wonderful prizes! read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / gender and sexuality / event notice Tuesday July 10, 2012 20:16 by Emma Goldman
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Protest at Leinster House against Youth Defence and the refusal of the ASAI to regulate their misrepresentations. Wednesday 11 July at 6:30pm at the Dail. Protest at the misinformation and lies being perpetuated by Youth Defence all over the country, and the ASAI's refusal to respond to it. read full story / add a comment ![]()
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Tuesday July 10, 2012 19:19 by pat c
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Lunctime Demo: End EU support for Israel’s prison regime Wed, 11 July 2012, 13:00 EU House, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2 On Wednesday 11th July the IPSC will hold a lunchtime demonstration from 1pm – 2pm outside the EU Offices (EU House, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2) to raise awareness of Palestinian political and child prisoners and protest at EU silence and complicity in the face of Israeli violations of their rights. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Tuesday July 10, 2012 04:43 by Anthony Ravlich
A compilation of some comments made on Facebook regarding the proposed ethical approach to human rights, development, globalization to replace neoliberalism which may help give readers a greater understanding of the former approach which emphasizes bottom-up development rather than the extreme top-down control of development of the latter. read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday July 09, 2012 20:59 by pat c
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Where is the UN? Where is Clinton? Where is NATO? Where are the Sanctions? Where are the international conferences in support of the Saudi Shia people? Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, a dictatorship, but it doesn't bother those who are out destabilise Syria. Actually Saudi Arabia is arming and bankrolling the Syrian fundamentalists. Two men have been killed in Saudi Arabia during a protest against the arrest of a prominent Shia cleric. Activists said Akbar al-Shakuri and Mohammed al-Filfil were shot by police while attending a demonstration in Qatif, a city in Eastern Province. The interior ministry said there had been no clashes with police, and that the incident was being investigated. read full story / add a comment |
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