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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday September 03, 2015 13:59 by Akbayan (Citizens Action Party)
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Akbayan took exception to Senator Bongbong Marcos’s statement that there was no downside to being a Marcos should he decide to run for higher office in 2016. read full story / add a comment 
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax / photo-essay Wednesday September 02, 2015 23:32 by T
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The Right2Water campaign had called for a national demonstration on Sat Aug 31st and quite a lot of effort had gone into publishing this with tens of thousands of leaflets distributed throughout the country and buses laid on to many of the major towns. There was a fair bit riding on this because figures show that significant percentage of households had still not paid and during the summer the government plans were upset when EuroStat came back and said Irish Water had to appear on the government accounts. In the meantime government ministers have been claiming it would not be privatized but when pressed on whether this is rock solid, they turn out to be quite slippy on this. And there is reason for this because the TTIP treaty between the USA and EU currently being negotiated in secret is a corporate wishlist that will allow corporations to sue governments through the Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) which are corporate courts run by corporate lawyers and take precedence over national laws and there is no right of appeal. It will allow corporations to say that it is unfair competition to have things like our health, education and of course Irish Water in state hands and therefore it should be privatized. This is not some myth because the ISDS mechanism has already been used at least 500 times in other countries for basically lowering health standards and environmental protection. If TTIP is passed and so far Fine Gael have been in favour of it, including the ISDS, then they will say their hands are tied and they had to privatize Irish Water and of course every other thing. read full story / add a comment 
national / education / opinion/analysis Tuesday August 11, 2015 19:01 by By Wayne Flanagan Tobin (personal capacity nb)
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DSPP provides some useful tips for young people who may feel stressed after tomorrow's results for young people. This article is solely associated with Dublin Suicide Prevention Project and our policy towards young people and not any other associations (Professional, family or other) that that founders Mary Cullinane or Wayne F. Tobin may have. It is merely advice to young people from a personal perspective in line with DSSP guidelines. Thank-you read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Friday July 10, 2015 02:48 by Polly Peptide
Recently a major and moral decision was made to quell California legislature as to whether people suffering with terminal illness should have the right to die with dignity. Democrats did not have enough votes although the legislation might come back later in the year? To the extent that there was much of a debate in the news it has been one-sided with a chorus of status quo preventivists. Religion has once again slammed up common sense and compassion. read full story / add a comment 
Ahead of the European Parliament's vote on resolution: European Stop TTIP alliance sends open letter
international / economics and finance / press release Sunday July 05, 2015 12:50 by Stop TTIP
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The European Parliament is about to make another attempt to pass a resolution on the EU-US trade deal TTIP this Wednesday. Ahead of this critical vote, an alliance of over 480 organisations from across Europe is calling on MEPs to take the strong resistance from citizens seriously. 2.3 million Europeans have signed a self-organised European Citizens' Initiative that calls for an end of the TTIP negotiations. All MEPs today received the following letter in their native language, signed by the Stop TTIP organisations in their respective country: read full story / add a comment 
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Tuesday June 09, 2015 23:22 by pbp
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As the country reflects on a new beginning, SPARK are asking you to extend equality to children. Ireland has failed to protect children from the recession and child poverty rates have seen a shocking increase over the last few years. However, the picture is even bleaker for children in one parent families. 23% of our children live in consistent poverty and that is before the draconian cuts to incomes of working lone parents are introduced in July. Join NWCI at the SPARK protest at the Dail Gates, Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 at 3:30pm on Weds 10th June read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections / opinion/analysis Monday June 01, 2015 23:13 by Pbp
The following statement, as a contribution to the debate at the conference organised by the R2W unions on June 13, has been agreed between the People Before Profit Alliance,the Anti-Austerity Alliance, and some independent left-wing activists including Cllr Brendan Young. The Mayday Conference initiated by the Right2Water Trade Unions was designed to bring union members, community groups and political representatives into dialogue about an alternative to the political and economic establishment. We welcome the fact that these unions initiated such a meeting to build a political movement based on the anti-water charges struggle of the last eight months. Unfortunately, the meeting was a limited and invite-only event, without sufficient space for discussion. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / event notice Wednesday May 27, 2015 23:15 by ispc
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Public Lecture: The Ongoing Nakba and the Disintegration of Palestinian education Lecture by Prof. Jamil Khader Dean of Research, Bethlehem University Dublin Institute of Technology Aungier Street, Room 4-068 6pm WEDNESDAY 03 JUNE 2015 read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media / press release Wednesday May 13, 2015 20:21 by Internationalist Group
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To get your copy, send US$0.50 to Mundial Publications, Box 3321 Church Street Station, New York, NY 10008. read full story / add a comment
galway / arts and media / event notice Tuesday May 12, 2015 17:37 by Joanna Kasinska
Visit us for an amazing weekend of cinema! VisionFish would like to invite you to 2015 Galway African Film Festival. It's the 8th year that we're having the festival and we're aiming to highlight different perspectives of African film and culture. It runs from Friday May 22-24th. There are films and shorts to suit everyone. This wonderful FREE weekend of cinema, will be hosted in the heart of the city by the Huston Film School. We kick off the show on Friday 22nd May and would very much welcome you to join us for the opening film & a glass of wine at 5.30 pm. Sneak Peak GAFF2015 video https://youtu.be/yN1KDIjWpQ4 VisionFish is a voluntary non profit educational organisation based in Galway City http://galwayafricanfilmfestival.org/ https://www.facebook.com/galwayafricanfilmfestival https://www.facebook.com/events/902991639765495/ read full story / add a comment
international / health / disability issues / opinion/analysis Friday April 24, 2015 03:21 by Polly Peptide
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Suicide is often thought tragedy or failure—but a person can lead an exceedingly relevant and meaningful life and still have it end with suicide. Suicide, although thought taboo and negative consequence, should not be thought especially conclusive to render some final judgment on that dead person’s attitudes about the entirety of his or her life, or personal series of assumed values while living. Esteemed and valuable lives do happen to end with this form of partial self-control over one’s finality. It can at times be practical to circumstances. The vaunted platitude the “value of human life” (as cultural supposition) has had little real open discussion or debate. Irrespective then of all peoples’ personal opinions (even if personal opinions are not often particularly individualist) one should be able to argue that thee ultimate human right of being-hood (and all related rights of existence) is the right to decide for the self whether one even wants to live a human life (especially as related to circumstances one finds the self). This is really the most basic litmus test to freedom as essential criteria as to whether one is truly free or not. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / photo-essay Monday April 13, 2015 15:43 by Rita Fagan
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Bernie Dwyer will be with the Five and Cuba forever The rhythmic sound of the waves and the warm sea breeze has harbored the ashes of a dear friend of Cuba, the Irish Bernie Dwyer, where were launched into our sea by Gerardo, Antonio, Fernando and René, along with the families and friends of the beloved social activist, who until her death, and even seriously ill, she continued to fight for the liberation of the Five. (Havana, 7th March 2015) read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday April 07, 2015 16:00 by Laurence Cox
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Day 3 of the Grassroots Gathering. Joining the dots between grassroots movements, communities, campaigns... A grassroots gathering is a one-off event run by a local group bringing together people involved in different community campaigns and social movements to learn from each other's experiences, talk about what works and what doesn't, develop networks and make alliances. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / event notice Tuesday April 07, 2015 15:54 by Laurence Cox
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Day 2 of the Grassroots Gathering. We're coordinating with local groups so as to fit in with the Burn the Bills demo. Joining the dots between grassroots movements, communities, campaigns... A grassroots gathering is a one-off event run by a local group bringing together people involved in different community campaigns and social movements to learn from each other's experiences, talk about what works and what doesn't, develop networks and make alliances. read full story / add a comment
national / education / event notice Wednesday March 25, 2015 09:05 by Laurence Cox
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Presentations of two remarkable research projects on social movements in Ireland and beyond read full story / add a comment 
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / event notice Monday March 23, 2015 23:36 by peoples movement
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Following Enda Kenny’s support for TTIP during his meeting with Obama on St Patrick's Day, and Minister Dara Murphy's spurious assertion in Brussels on Thursday that huge financial gains are possible for Ireland, it is important to demonstrate our opposition to the treaty. read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / press release Friday March 20, 2015 01:33 by Jason Deegan
Have you ever witnessed a revolutionary idea that develops into an action and spreads globally, gathering more than 150 young people from all around the world with passion and dedication to make the world a better place? If you haven't, now is the right time to pay attention because a positive change is about to happen and it is called Anti-Corruption International. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / event notice Wednesday March 04, 2015 18:22 by Laurence Cox
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A grassroots gathering is a one-off event run by a local group bringing together people involved in different community campaigns and social movements to learn from each other's experiences, talk about what works and what doesn't, develop networks and make alliances. Joining the dots - imagines a raising of awareness, a politicisation leading to radical transformation, it may also envision a strategic connection between diverse campaigns and collective actions in order to advance, strengthen, consolidate and collaborate in struggle with unity and purpose. read full story / add a comment
international / education / press release Tuesday March 03, 2015 20:55 by Laurence Cox
Call-out for students for this autumn's MA in Community education, Equality and Social Activism at Maynooth - please circulate! We have a lot going on at the MA - a talk next week "Gypsy rebellion? Leadership, NGOs and activism among Spanish gitanos"; in April John Holloway is giving a two-day seminar "Think Hope, Think Crisis" and not long after that we're co-organising the "Joining the dots" Grassroots Gathering in Dublin - all part of a wider Dublin Spring of resistance and creation bubbling up from below. Now read on... read full story / add a comment
kildare / racism & migration related issues / event notice Tuesday March 03, 2015 20:46 by Laurence Cox
Public talk by Antonio Montañés read full story / add a comment |
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