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international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Monday April 16, 2012 23:17 by BrianClarkeNUJ   image 1 image
John McGuffin an Ulster anarchist was cremated 10 years ago on this coming May Day in Belfast. I met John in London almost 40 years ago, when we got drunk together.John was the sole anarchist of the People's Democracy movement of the late sixties and carried alone an anarchist banner on the infamous Burntollet part of the civil rights march which was viciously attacked by Loyalists in and out of uniform. He was interned in 1971, writing a book later, about his experience and about internment in Ireland, followed by another book called 'The Guineapigs', about the torture of political internees of that time read full story / add a comment
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international / politics / elections / other press Monday April 16, 2012 22:13 by pat c   text 4 comments (last - tuesday april 24, 2012 03:21)   image 2 images   video 1 video file
Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the Front de Gauche is now the third candidate in the French Presidential election, at 16% he is level with La Pen but his trajectory is upward. His standing is sending shivers up the spines of the French Bourgeoisie, fearful of what concessions Edwin will wring from Hollande for support in the second round of voting. Here are two articles regarding his candidacy. Full texts at links. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Monday April 16, 2012 21:49 by Food Sovereigngty Ireland
Irish working group on Food Sovereignty

***Groups across Ireland organize activities to mark 17th April, International Day of Peasant Struggle of Via Campesina
***Irish company involved in landgrabbing
***30,000 hectares of publicly owned land now privatized in Serbia by Irish investors
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international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Monday April 16, 2012 19:59 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - sunday april 22, 2012 16:07)
The UN deploy monitors but the US is preparing for a military intervention in Syria. The Fundamentalist opposition have little support within Syria and have publicly boasted of their intent to Ethnically Cleanse Christians and Alawis, this doesn't seem to bother their Western backers. Full text of article by Niall Green at link.

Despite the claims of the United States and its allies that they are seeking a peace deal and humanitarian relief in Syria, the Annan mission and the presence of foreign observers constitute a political fraud. They are a smokescreen behind which the imperialist powers and their regional proxies are advancing their agenda of regime-change in Damascus. read full story / add a comment
cork / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Monday April 16, 2012 15:13 by S.C.
Our current social control social order is making drugs and morality illegal.
We were born in world controlled by our separation from the garden of Eden.
The herbs of the world were given to us for our responsibility and the beasts,
were given for for stewardship not the other way around as we were not beasts. read full story / add a comment
End Horse Racing -the cruelty cannot be eliminated without a ban.
international / animal rights / press release Monday April 16, 2012 14:36 by Bernie Wright   text 3 comments (last - tuesday april 17, 2012 11:40)   image 1 image
Press Release
IRISH HORSES BETRAYED….as Irish Government plans to export to China…a country steeped in animal abuse. It goes without saying that being a thoroughbred racehorse gets you no better treatment from those who exploit you.
As horse racing pundits in the UK give lip service to the horse killings at the Grand National we do not hear many racing supporters condemning the move by the Irish Government to supply China with Irish horses.
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cork / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday April 15, 2012 15:19 by prisoner solidarity group
Independent protest in solidarity with republican POWs Cork City read full story / add a comment
GAAW MEMBERS (IN BLACK!) OUTSIDE LABOUR CONFERENCE WITH IRISH NEUTRALITY'S COFFIN
galway / anti-war / imperialism / news report Sunday April 15, 2012 14:58 by Galway Alliance Against War   text 12 comments (last - thursday april 19, 2012 01:19)   image 1 image
In reaction to press reports of violence during the protests at the Labour Party conference at NUI Galway, Galway’s local peace group, the Galway Alliance Against War, has issued the following statement. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Saturday April 14, 2012 22:38 by Kev   image 1 image
To mark Palestinian Prisoners’ Day 2012, on Tuesday 17th April from 1-2pm the IPSC will be holding a symbolic lunchtime demonstration outside EU House, Molesworth Street (Dublin 2) to highlight the European Union’s ongoing facilitation of Israel’s apartheid policies and war crimes – including the imprisonment of over 4,400 political prisoners. read full story / add a comment
Israel: ready to attack
international / anti-war / imperialism / other press Saturday April 14, 2012 22:05 by pat c   text 4 comments (last - friday may 18, 2012 13:38)   image 1 image
Its not just a rogue attack from the Israeli Terrorist State thats on the agenda: Obama and his minions are deliberately psyching up the US people with their bellicose statements. Preconditions which cannot be met are being set for negotiations. Israel is being supplied with enhanced missile capability. Yassamine Mather deals with these points in the article below. Full text at link.

On Saturday April 14 Iran will attend talks with six world powers. The US has indicated this is Iran’s “last chance” to avoid military intervention and the Obama administration is taking very specific demands to the talks as preconditions for further negotiations: for example, Iran “must immediately close” a large nuclear facility allegedly built underneath a mountain if it wants to avoid a devastating strike. read full story / add a comment
April 24th is Republic Day
national / history and heritage / event notice Saturday April 14, 2012 17:06 by Tom Stokes   image 1 image
The anniversary of the 1916 Revolution, April 24th, has always been ignored by the Irish State which owes its very existence to the courage and vision of the revolutionaries. This citizens’ campaign intends to correct that, and by naming the new national day ‘Republic Day’ wishes to engage the broad mass of citizens as active participants in reshaping this State to the model contained in the Proclamation of the Irish Republic, recreating the progressive, modern republic that was intended to work for the citizens, and not against their interests. We citizens can bring this to pass by acting together. The campaign needs active support now to establish Republic Day by 2016. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / opinion/analysis Saturday April 14, 2012 12:02 by O.O'C.   text 1 comment (last - saturday april 14, 2012 21:25)
Peoples Movement campaigns: against any measures that further develop the EU into a federal state; and to defend and enhance popular sovereignty, democracy and social justice in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
one of the few images I could find for North Korea that wasn't propaganda
international / anti-capitalism / other press Saturday April 14, 2012 06:04 by lefty   image 1 image
"The failed north Korea rocket launch has been pounced upon gleefully by a servile media as an excuse to peddle and rehash the usual propaganda statements about North Korea that the US likes to see being propagated. To balance this wave of propaganda, here is an old article by war veteran Brian Willson which is somewhat less hysterical. Reproduced verbatim here under the terms of the global research site
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dublin / racism & migration related issues / event notice Friday April 13, 2012 23:42 by Laurence Cox
Public talk with Rhetta Moran of RAPAR (Manchester) read full story / add a comment
Are we tired being viewed as the drunken idiots of the world yet?
national / anti-capitalism / other press Friday April 13, 2012 18:52 by lefty   text 9 comments (last - friday september 27, 2013 10:50)   image 7 images   1 attached file
Profit takes precedence as drinks industry representative body tries to downplay damning report about alcohol and it's relationship with domestic violence and rape in Ireland. In light of this report, perhaps those in government who still have some semblance of a moral compass remaining could override their complete deference to money, economic considerations and profit as the most important things in our society, and might now consider removing sales of cheap alcohol from supermarkets. This is long overdue as the strains on our already underfunded health system from alcohol related cases and the social breakdown exacerbated by the availability of cheap alcohol, often cheaper than bottled water, are becoming more and more pronounced. read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday April 12, 2012 18:36 by Republican Network for Unity   text 1 comment (last - friday april 13, 2012 07:42)   image 1 image
On early Friday morning April 6th, activists took deliberate direct action against these cameras first by dislodging them from their foundations then opening them with Allen keys and burning their inner mechanisms using flammable liquid, rendering them beyond repair. read full story / add a comment
Wise Woman Bealtaine Ritual
leitrim / public consultation / irish social forum / event notice Thursday April 12, 2012 17:04 by Orfhlaith Ni Chonaill   text 19 comments (last - thursday april 19, 2012 20:02)   image 1 image
The 8th Wise Woman Weekend will take place in Leitrim on 25th - 27th May 2012. It has a new website, web address and email contact, reflecting the decision of the organisers to register as a charity. This move will ensure the survival of the annual gathering, which is a friendly festival that offers a profound experience for women of all ages. The event is run purely on volunteer energy and offers twelve diverse workshops from poetry to Energy Healing. Included in the programme is the Friday night opening ceremony and bring-and-share meal, the Saturday night Vegetarian Dinner and Social and the Sunday afternoon Elder Talk and Closing Bealtaine Ritual. The cost of the weekend pass has been reduced to €125. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday April 12, 2012 14:56 by Rachel
The 13th Irish Latin American Film Festival 2012

Latin America, in short films and documentaries, will once again be accessible to audiences in Belfast, Dublin and selected screenings at other locations in April. Admission is free but space is limited and attendees are requested to arrive in time for the screenings. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / opinion/analysis Thursday April 12, 2012 14:51 by No to Hell   text 1 comment (last - thursday april 12, 2012 22:37)   1 attached file
Totally Boring Machine making a Totally Boring World

A Totally Boring Machine has been ordered by a leading multinational corporation,
To make it’s way across Europe from the German heartlands about the briney sea
To the emerald isle of Eire. It’s objective is to Bore the North West Atlantic
coast of Mayo to death. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday April 12, 2012 14:44 by Rachel
The 13th Irish Latin American Film Festival 2012

Latin America, in short films and documentaries, will once again be accessible to audiences in Belfast, Dublin and selected screenings at other locations in April. Admission is free but the screenings spaces are small and attendees are requested to arrive in time for the screenin read full story / add a comment
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