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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Tuesday April 27, 2010 21:44 by TD
Beit Jala : One of the fronts of the popular struggle in the West Bank is now Beit Jala, Bethlehem district. The whole of the Bethlehem district has been surrounded by the Apartheid-Annexation Wall and ever-expanding settlements for years. Now, Beit Jala is being hit even harder by the apartheid policies of the Israeli army and government via the new path of the Apartheid Wall in the area. On the morning of Tuesday, April 22nd 2010, Israeli bulldozers reached the home of Beit Jala resident Mitri Ghneim and started to level and damage the garden of his house. This event was just the most recent attack by Israeli soldiers. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Tuesday April 27, 2010 19:14 by Gerry Nobody
Not really sure where to post this—just got thinking about repression and state power etc. and thought I would share some observations on the subject with whoever’s interested. Yes, it ended up being more of an essay than a post but what the hell—feels good to get it off my chest. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Tuesday April 27, 2010 16:57 by Paula Geraghty
Workers from Connolly Shoes are in their third week of a strike. Trade Union TV caught up with the strikers at a rally to support the strike organised by People Before Profit, saturday 24th 2010. read full story / add a comment
down / politics / elections / press release Tuesday April 27, 2010 15:49 by Irish Republican Youth
Education Minister Caitríona Ruane joined a large group of Ógra Shinn Féin members today at Down’s County Museum in Downpatrick, to launch Sinn Féin’s Youth Manifesto ‘Creating the Future’, for the upcoming Westminster election. The Museum was selected as a site of historical significance, it previously being home of the County Gaol where United Irishmen leader Thomas Russell was executed on 21 October 1803. The youth manifesto which was drafted by members of the party’s youth wing Ógra Shinn Féin forms the basis of the work and policies which Sinn Féin will be carrying out regards youth in the next 5 years. These include education, suicide prevention, drug and alcohol awareness, calling for the abolition of ASBO’s, road safety, youth job creation, creating affordable housing, and progressing Irish Unity. read full story / add a comment
derry / anti-war / imperialism / news report Tuesday April 27, 2010 11:43 by Solidarity with the 14 Raytheon accused
The trial of 14 people in connection with a protest at the defence company Raytheon in Derry is to begin at Belfast Crown Court on Tuesday May 4th. Solidarity pickets are being planned to coincide with the court hearings outside of the Laganside Court complex. read full story / add a comment |
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