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Anti G8 Activities13th-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
national / anti-capitalism / press release Thursday May 23, 2013 10:44 by Eugene Mc Cartan
Building the people’s resistance and presenting an alternative direction for all our people, north and south—beginning the difficult but necessary re-conquest of Ireland for and by its people—is the task that the National Executive Committee and all the party have set themselves as we begin to prepare for our 25th National Congress in 2014. read full story / add a comment
international / rights and freedoms / news report Thursday May 23, 2013 08:46 by Ciaron
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Last week, we made our way to the book launch of Dirty Wars - the world is a battlefield" by former New York Catholic Worker now celebrated investigatory journalist Jeremy Scahill http://dirtywars.org/jeremy-scahill Jeremy gave an excellent speech naming Guantanamo as the most visible point of a massive iceberg of a U.S. policy of torture and assassination. So if Obama closes Guantanamo and escalates his assassination program while maintaining other black site torture chambers http://tinyurl.com/ap9ayy7 we will know our work is far from over. read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice / news report Wednesday May 22, 2013 19:19 by maothail lad
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Source: Metropolitan Police, BBC, ITN, Sky, etc An incident in South East London this afternoon where a man was run over and then beheaded by the two men in the vehicle. The two guys then went for the armed response unit and were shot. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday May 22, 2013 18:03 by Brian Clarke
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Occasionally I find an article in the Irish Times that is worth reading, sometimes written by Vincent Browne, which makes me wonder is Vincent one of us ? What do you think? "Government zealously protects the wealthy in Ireland’s Wild West tax haven Column: There is a determination not to disturb the contentedness of the wealthy by even a modest increase in income tax read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Wednesday May 22, 2013 11:58 by Turing
Anarchists Condemn G8 Scaremongering - press release Date: Wed, 2013-05-22 09:37 In response to yesterday’s Irish News (Mon 20 May 2013) front page article, “Police to Occupy hundreds of vacant premises in Belfast during G8”, the Workers Solidarity Movement condemned security forces scaremongering in the media. A spokesperson for the All-Ireland anarchist organisation said: “These kind of absurd and over-the-top scare stories are aimed not so much at intimidating anarchists, but the concerned citizens, trade unionists and others wanting to show their opposition to the offensive waste of money on this pointless G8 charade. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / news report Wednesday May 22, 2013 11:19 by Stasia
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Sun newspaper, Wed May 22 2013: There is still [a British] appetite to influence world affairs. UK troops are supporting operations in Mali and Somalia and are on stand-by to aid the government in Libya. During his two-day trip, Mr Hammond congratulated Brits at Koulikoro base, who are deployed with Irish troops for the first time since 1922. He said the Queen’s 2011 trip to Ireland brought a change in Anglo-Irish relations. Sgt Gerry Setright, 49, of the Irish Defence Forces, said of working with the Brits: “It’s been a pleasure. We are closer than people think.” Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our...aRMDs read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday May 22, 2013 07:01 by wageslave
Well respected blog "NamaWineLake" has made it's final post. This is a great loss to the Irish online community. Thanks for all your great work NWL! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / other press Wednesday May 22, 2013 06:48 by wageslave
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Well respected activist and contributor to indymedia was shot and injured by the Israeli military while filming a protest in the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank in Palestine on good Friday. He is ok but sustained a nasty injury to his arm. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday May 22, 2013 06:08 by lefty
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Apple claim to have negotiated an agreement with the Irish government whereby they paid 2% tax or less. In this time of deep austerity, it's time to kick out these US tax dodgers and instead focus on giving support to indigenous small businesses. read full story / add a comment 
national / workers issues / news report Tuesday May 21, 2013 22:06 by Paul Gavan
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SIPTU members at Shanganagh Waste Water Treatment Plant, Co. Dublin, began strike action today (Tuesday, 21st May) at 6.30 a.m. in response to their employer’s failure to refer a dispute relating to pay and shift premium payments to the Labour Court. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / summit mobilisations / event notice Tuesday May 21, 2013 19:30 by Ciarán
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The amount of money used to bail out failed banks would have ended world hunger for 50 years. This is the world presided over by G8 leaders who meet every year to co-ordinate how to continue failed policies which favour the 'have yachts' over the 'have nots'. We say 'Another World is Possible' and over five days in June our Festival of Ideas hopes to challenge and inspire those who want to fight for it. Check the website at www.anotherworldispossiblebelfast.org - More events are still being added read full story / add a comment 
cork / arts and media / event notice Tuesday May 21, 2013 08:46 by Eric
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Film description follows : " A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit. In the 1970s, terrorist violence is the stuff of networks' nightly news programming and the corporate structure of the UBS Television Network is changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale reacts in an unexpected way. We then see how this affects the fortunes of Beale, his coworkers (Max Schumacher and Diana Christensen), and the network. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Monday May 20, 2013 13:51 by RNU PRO
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Óglaigh na hÉireann yesterday (17th May) claimed responsibility through the media for a gun and bomb attack on British Police operating in the Twinbrook area of West Belfast. An attack which by all accounts forced a panicked PSNI unit to scramble along the ground for cover before retreating from the area altogether, albeit only for a few hours. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / history and heritage / event notice Monday May 20, 2013 01:56 by Diarmuid Breatnach
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TOUR DE HISTORIA POLÍTICA/ POLITICAL HISTORY TOUR DE DUBLÍN/ OF DUBLIN Sunday May 26th Domingo 26 Mayo The tour will commence at Dublin Castle gate. El tour se inicia a las 14:00 (2pm) en la entrada principal del Castillo de Dublín, Dame Street, BÁC 1. Price per person/ Entrada €5 (rebaja de 50% en el precio habituál). The tour will last approximately two hours. El tour durará aproximamente dos horas, después de lo cual podriamos hir a comer al Food Hall y después quizás a tomar una pinta (o igual dos) en algun bar (el Celt?). It is advisable to bring water to drink/ Se conseja llevar agua para beber, y estar preparado con ropa etc. para lluvia, frio y sol (el tiempo es capaz de cambiar bastante durante un día)/ and to bring clothing appropriate to rain, cold and sun. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / eu / event notice Sunday May 19, 2013 18:58 by PUAT-Dublin
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This is the beginning of a decentralized, inclusive and participatory process. We wish to build it collectively, joining all forces available. Henceforth, the date of the 1st of June will be spread on a European scale, and we urge everyone to join this international protest against the troika and against austerity... for the peoples to take control of their lives. We urge all citizens, with or without party, with or without a job, with or without hope, to join us. We urge all political organizations, social movements, unions, parties, collectives, informal groups, to join us. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Sunday May 19, 2013 18:37 by Fionuala Ni Cionnaoith
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First of all i would like to introduce a misson as to what direct democracy would like to achieve: What is direct democracy? Direct democracy is a form of democracy in which the people have the right to: Select their own candidates to represent them. Call a referendum on any topic if a sufficient number of people deem it necessary, by gathering a set number of signatures. Create legislation and put it to a referendum if a sufficient number of people agree with it, by gathering a set number of signatures. Recall, remove from office, any representative deemed to have acted in breach of their terms of employment. read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous / news report Sunday May 19, 2013 17:01 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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The Rossport Solidarity Camp is setting up this year for one special week from June 21st to June 30th. On June 1st we are planning to begin building the camp in earnest and will need plenty help all through June to get set up. Preparation on the ground has been already begun, and if you are available to help out between now and then, there is plenty to do. read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Sunday May 19, 2013 15:37 by maothail lad
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Justice Minister Alan Shatter and Mick Wallace were on Prime Time last night to talk about the penalty points report and the appearance of Commissioner Martin Callinan at a Public Accounts Committee meeting earlier that day. During the chat, Mr Shatter accused Mr Wallace of having been stopped by the Gardaí last May. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / event notice Sunday May 19, 2013 14:58 by Eamon
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The Progressive Film Club presents Ken Loach's The Angels' Share at the new theatre on Saturday 25th may read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday May 19, 2013 04:06 by John Cornford
In this week's issue: SECTARIAN LEFT: SVENGALIS OF LEFT UNITY BLOCK UNITY Peter Manson examines two contrasting views of the new attempt to revive Labourism ZIONIST MYTHS: HEBREW VERSUS JEWISH IDENTITY This is an expanded version of the talk given by Moshé Machover at the March 3 London conference, ‘Reclaiming an Alternative Jewish Culture and Identity’ The latest edition of the Weekly Worker is now available online at http://www.cpgb.org.uk/home/weekly-worker/962 read full story / add a comment |
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