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antrim / miscellaneous / press release Monday August 07, 2006 20:05 by Colleen
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An Ógra Shinn Féin delegation attended a youth exclusion seminar in St. Mary’s University in Belfast on Thursday 3rd August. ‘Generation X’ looked at a number of issues affected the youth today. It was attended by a number of young people and a large number of people working within the youth sector. The purpose of the conference was to begin to trigger a debate and discussionon how working class communities can begin to effectively tackle the whole issue of youth exclusion and participation. read full story / add a comment 
international / environment / news report Monday August 07, 2006 18:26 by leila kenno
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israeli airstrikes hit a lebanese power plant weeks ago. up to 35.000 tons of oil polluted the mediterean see. lebanon and syria are already affected by the catostrophe. soon the oil will reach turkey. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday August 07, 2006 14:32 by Kristina McElroy
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On Sunday 6th of August 2006 the Unmanageables laid flowers on the Hiroshima memorial stone in Merrion Square. They used child-sized puppets to draw attention to fact that children have been the main victems of the war in Lebanon. A letter was handed into the Taoseach's office calling on him to get off the fence and condem the war. Afterwards the Unmanageables held a fifteen minute vigil outside the Israeli Embassy read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday August 07, 2006 13:59 by Political Hostage
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“Our family is seeking support for the Michael McKevitt Justice Campaign and we invite people to come along on Thursday to the Human Rights Forum, to hear the true facts of this case, which has been described by Father Des Wilson as one of the most frightening and revealing of the past forty years in Ireland’s courts North and South.” read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech / opinion/analysis Monday August 07, 2006 13:23 by Anon
Geologist view on Oil Exploration in Ireland read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday August 07, 2006 12:50 by Ploughshares Support
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A number of Trident Ploughshares activists were arrested in the early hours of this morning on plane at Prestwick Airport, Scotland. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / miscellaneous / news report Monday August 07, 2006 02:13 by Roisin
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If you think of North Antrim, or Indeed Ireland, then the first natural wonder that you think about is the Giant's Causeway. So where better to send a message of solidarity to the oppressed people of Lebanon from, than the stoney steps of the Giants Causeway. This was one of only a number of events held at in North Antrim this weekend. North Antrim Ógra Shinn Féin organised a very successful, packed weekend of events recently (4-6 August). read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday August 07, 2006 01:46 by Justin Morahan
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Summary:Peace activist Adam Keller' sends a vivid diary account of Saturday's anti-war rally in Tel Aviv in which Israelis and Palestinians took part. The rally was estimated at between 3,000 and 10,000. A young man spoke of his refusal to go to fight in Lebanon. The main speaker, a peace activist, had been with his wife in the back room of their home near Haifa when the front room was shattered by an exploding rocket nearby. When the press arrived, the peace activist decided to play the piano to send a message of peace, but the following day the picture appeared with war-like captions implying that he wanted revenge. There were disturbances, eggs thrown at the demonstrators, 300 black flags stolen. from them and two demonstrators arrested. There were also some memorable speeches from veteran anti-war people read full story / add a comment |
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