|
Upcoming Eventsno events match your query! New Eventsno events posted in last week
Blog Feeds
Anti-Empire
The SakerA bird's eye view of the vineyard
Public InquiryInterested in maladministration. Estd. 2005
Voltaire NetworkVoltaire, international edition
|
national / arts and media / news report Saturday April 26, 2008 18:45 by Sean Crudden
 13 comments (last - tuesday april 16, 2013 10:20)
Paradoxically the music of Beethoven seemed more youthful in last night's concert than the music of Górecki - a contemporary composer born in 1933. However the program which presented an interesting contrasted juxtaposition was a triumph for conductor, orchestra and soloist who, all, appeared to me to be young and energetic with admirable team spirit and exemplary seriousness of purpose. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism / news report Saturday April 26, 2008 14:08 by Nikita
12 comments (last - wednesday may 14, 2008 23:05)  15 images
This afternoon, activists gathered at the Shell station on the Finglas road for a picket called by the Connolly Youth Movement. Comrades from many different political backgrounds joined us in our support of the Rossport people and opposition to the dangerous pipeline being built in Mayo without the consent of the local community. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday April 26, 2008 12:57 by Pol Brennan Support Group
1 comment (last - saturday november 29, 2008 17:30) 1 image
Irish political refugee Pol Brennan needs our help and support he is still held in isolation in a Los Fresno's jail in Texas. Pol should be returned home to his family and his job and be allowed to live his life in peace, without the shadow of further political actions. read full story / add a comment 
derry / history and heritage / news report Friday April 25, 2008 23:11 by John
3 comments (last - saturday april 26, 2008 07:56) 1 image
Indymedia had a pretty good write up recently which I enjoyed on the history of Irelands social centre’s and radical bookshops of which I don’t think there are enough of these days. The topic itself was titled 'A Hidden History of Social Centre’s In Ireland' (http://www.indymedia.ie/article/87044) and of course the North West once again seemed to have slipped peoples minds, apologies Darren. read full story / add a comment 
derry / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday April 25, 2008 17:42 by KALERA FREEDOM
2 comments (last - friday april 25, 2008 17:52) 13 images
Protesters gathered in the city cantre of Derry to mark International Day in Solidarity with Political Prisoners. read full story / add a comment 
national / eu / feature Friday April 25, 2008 00:07 by Chekov
75 comments (last - monday october 06, 2008 12:28) 16 images
A closer look at Declan Ganley's "Libertas" campaign - the figures behind it and their motivations. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism / news report Thursday April 24, 2008 19:23 by Andrew
1 comment (last - thursday april 24, 2008 21:13) 4 images  1 audio file
An interview with Kieran in Minneapolis. He talks about employment in the 'twin cities' the loss of union jobs, the 1934 strike and Bloody Friday, the co-op movement in 60's and 70's, the American Indian Movement and Wounded Knee/Pine Ridge, influence of british anarchist groups and the formation of Love and Rage, Profane Existance and the punk scene and organising against the Republican National Convention and of course the elections read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday April 24, 2008 18:22 by Liz C
6 comments (last - tuesday may 06, 2008 23:44)
Comhlamh hosted a meeting on the implications of the Lisbon Treaty for Global Development. This was a really good discussion with a very high level of informed debate. Presentations were given by no and yes advocates and specialists in trade, aid and development. The format was 10 minutes for each speaker followed by clarification questions and then a general question and answer session. The purpose of the discussion was to bring up issues around the impacts of the Lisbon Treaty, particularly on Global Development, including aid and trade. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Thursday April 24, 2008 17:12 by Seabhcan
1 comment (last - thursday april 24, 2008 17:17)
New Libertas supporter, Ulick McEvaddy is an arms dealer. His company, Omega Air, supplies planes, pilots and fuel to the US miltary in support of the Iraq war. In the past, he has called for Ireland to join NATO. What is his, and Libertas' motivation in opposing the Lisbon Treaty. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday April 24, 2008 16:18 by K. Harris
2 comments (last - thursday may 01, 2008 19:50)
Is the world really fighting a war against terror? Or has it become a war against our own freedoms? read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Thursday April 24, 2008 13:12 by Paul
5 comments (last - thursday may 01, 2008 21:10) 2 images
Protest at Private Health Conference. read full story / add a comment
international / environment / press release Wednesday April 23, 2008 22:58 by peacehq
1 comment (last - thursday april 24, 2008 21:37)
Footprints for Peace (Australia), with the active support of the French network for nuclear phase-out, will walk from London to Geneva (April 26 - July 18) via France for a nuclear-free world. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Wednesday April 23, 2008 20:15 by Ruairí Ó Brádaigh
5 comments (last - friday april 25, 2008 21:46)
“How do we move from here to the position of Ireland’s national independence with the essential unity of the country and its people achieved? How do we combat the threat to our separate identity so that we survive as a distinct people to cooperate with the former colonised nations and advance the cause of humankind in general? How do we progress towards building the Democratic Socialist Republic? read full story / add a comment
down / miscellaneous / press release Wednesday April 23, 2008 19:41 by Richard Walsh
A Newry RSF member was approached by MI5. read full story / add a comment
armagh / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday April 22, 2008 23:50 by Richard Walsh
RSF protesters were refused entry to a so-called "public meeting" in Silverbridge, Co. Armagh. read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday April 22, 2008 14:38 by IWU
1 image
Tyrone woman Patricia Campbell, President of the Independent Workers Union, attended her second Labor Notes Conference in Detroit, Michigan during a two week long trip to the United States read full story / add a comment
international / eu / press release Tuesday April 22, 2008 11:12 by Michael O'Callaghan
European farming organisations, consumer cooperatives, and Non Governmental Organisations representing 50 million citizens from all 27 EU member states said today that relaxing EU laws on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) would not solve the problem of animal feed cost increases which have hit the continent’s livestock and dairy industries. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday April 22, 2008 11:07 by Stuart
1 comment (last - wednesday april 23, 2008 12:00)
Ireland has not yet implemented the EU Directive on data retention, a set of measures full of controversy and conflicting interests. The latest draft towards an Irish implementation expands Garda powers to request data on subjects charged with offences attracting a MAXIMUM sentence of 6 months, as opposed to the previous draft in which a MINIMUM sentence of 5 years. Such a broad power would include activists charged with public order offences (obstruction, refusing to move on, placarding), permitting access to the time, number and duration of phone calls and lists of websites visited and IP addresses of data packets sent. read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday April 21, 2008 22:59 by Philip Ikurusi
Henry Okah and Edward Atatah are undergoing trial in secret and this is a call for a fair and open trial. read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday April 21, 2008 16:09 by Political Prisoners Day: April 17th
1 comment (last - monday april 21, 2008 16:28) 1 image
This day, April 17, 2008, marks Prisoners' Day, a day of respect, honor and support and solidarity for Palestinian and Arab political prisoners imprisoned for their commitment to their cause, their homeland and their people. Today, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine bows in salute to these brave prisoners - men, women and children, from the newborn babies of women prisoners to Said al-Atabah and his decades of imprisonment - who today number more than 11,000, inside the torture cells, interrogation rooms and the prisons of the occupation. read full story / add a comment |
|
|
