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international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Sunday April 23, 2006 15:24 by Edward Horgan
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For the record, the group of four, Tim Hourigan, Mary Kelly, Deirdre Morgan and Edward Horgan, who made a similar submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs on 20 Dec 2005, also offered to make a similar presentation to the EU Committee. The EU declined on cost grounds, and invited me only. However, I have received substantial help from a dedicated group of peace activists, mainly Irish, but with a few significant non-Irish contributers. Over the past month a Garda has confirmed to me in confidence that they have directed not to search US CIA aircraft or US military aircraft at shannon airport, and that many of the Gardai disagree with this directive because it means “… turning a blind eye to the probability of wrongdoing, and we all know what terrible things such policies have led to in the past.” In my submission to the European Parliament I called a spade a spade, and referred several times to the unlawful killing of over 100,000 in Ir read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Friday April 21, 2006 14:52 by Edward Horgan
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I went to the European Parliament in Brussels to tell the Parliament what I knew of Ireland’s involvement in the unlawful rendition for torture process at shannon airport. I insisted on linking the extraordinary rendition process with the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and the combined serial abuses of international law that these wars and the torture processe involved. To a large extent I was telling the EU parliamentary special committee what they did not want to hear – “don’t mention the wars” – I told them anyway, in the brief summary of my submission that the 15 minute time slot allowed me. My main submission was thirty-seven pages long, with 45 separate attachments and it became clear very quickly that very few had even read the executive summary of my submission, and some of those who did, read it only with the intention of trying to discredit it, and discredit me. The Irish Times report on Friday captured the tone of the parliamentarians response “the witness failed to present t read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / feature Monday April 17, 2006 21:45 by Casement deserves better
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In the run up to the 90th anniversary of 1916 many wondered how best to mark the event. Some marched the day before, some a few hours after. But the teflon Taoiseach trod where few men dared. At 12.00 he was at the GPO to commemorate an insurrection against imperialism. At 15.00 he was sending the troops in against an anti-imperialist demonstration. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Saturday April 15, 2006 00:41 by the other free market
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(Indymedia.ie, 2006) Under the terms of the casual trading act, 1995, thousands of towns will loose their market trading rights. However, if a town hold a market before the end of this month, the right will be held onto for another 10 years. read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous / feature Wednesday April 12, 2006 01:02 by Terry
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As we approach the 90th anniversary of the Easter Rising this article looks at the world of anti-Agreement Republicanism by reviewing its press. The three main dissident republican political organisations are the Irish Republican Socialist Party, the 32 County Sovereignty Movement, and Republican Sinn Fein. This article reviews their publications, which are The Starry Plough, The Sovereign Nation, and Saoirse. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Thursday March 30, 2006 03:22 by Niall Meehan
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Implications for how historians, journalists and others confront media manipulation, historical and contemporary spin Reading Brian Murphy on how the British manipulated the truth in 1920 "made the hairs stand up on the back of your neck" said Danny Morrison. The parallels between events in that one year and British activities many years later in Ireland are striking, he said. The one time An Phoblacht editor and Sinn Fein Publicity Director, now author and playwright, launched Brian Murphy's 'The Origins and Organisation of British Propaganda in Ireland 1920’ on March 24th in the Teachers’ Club in Dublin. The 100-page work was also launched by Professor David Miller of Strathclyde University and by the author, Brian Murphy. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism / feature Sunday March 19, 2006 15:00 by the way, i'm hungry.
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antiwar march in Dublin. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Thursday March 09, 2006 18:09 by Padraig Connolly & James Pearse
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Having organised and trained through secret sinister revolutionary organisations... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Tuesday February 28, 2006 01:28 by Justin Morahan
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Colm and I decided to go in, drove to the car park, parked and went in to the airport. We wandered around for over an hour, sat in the observation lounge and saw three US planes, one Aer Lingus and one Ryanair, two small planes partly out of sight. Unfortunately, we had no camera. We also saw US troops passing up and down the corridor beind a glass panel opposite our window. We had a cup of tea and decided to do the protest in the middle of the Departure Lounge where there were passengers waiting and people including staff to the left, right and upstairs. Colm took out his favourite poster (with Village pic as in previous vigil in Ranelagh see http://www.indymedia.ie/article/74470) and I mine. As we stood holding the posters I started to say Ed McCurdy's poem "Last night I dreamed" and followed with an impromptu speech. Colm wore his Pitstop T-shirt. read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism / feature Wednesday February 22, 2006 18:23 by barry
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at an ogra fianna fail convention this afternoon at the West County hotel in Ennis, Co. Clare an indymedia video activist was harrassed by fianna fail handlers and locked into the prss room by plain clothes gardai before being prevented from further filming by a uniformed garda sargent. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / feature Monday January 30, 2006 19:30 by Terry
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The story of the Grassroots Gatherings, left-libertarian get-togethers, which have their fifth birthday this year. read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Tuesday January 24, 2006 13:33 by Caitlin
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From the newswire: To Ireland, from People of Peace and Justice, with love and peace: a message of peace from friends in St. Augustine, Florida! read full story / add a comment 
international / arts and media / feature Tuesday January 17, 2006 13:29 by Terry
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The first part of 3 articles on the potential role of net based alternative media. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / feature Monday January 02, 2006 21:00 by James R/kevin/redjade/c.
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A run down of what filled the newswire over the past 12 months. read full story / add a comment 
roscommon / environment / feature Wednesday December 14, 2005 01:07 by Terry
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An interview with a campaigner against a pylon project in Roscommon and Sligo, plus a timeline of the campaign and lots of photos. read full story / add a comment 
clare / anti-war / imperialism / feature Friday December 02, 2005 00:01 by Tim Hourigan
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Plane spotters at shannon airport (Ireland) once again reveal evidence of Irish complicity with the US war machine and are harrassed by Gardai (Irish police). Tim Hourigan presents a detailed account and photographs. read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media / feature Wednesday November 23, 2005 23:09 by Indymedia Ireland Editorial Group
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Dave Lordan of the Socialist Workers Party has won the presitgious Kavanagh award for poetry. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / feature Friday November 18, 2005 02:31 by seedot/eeekkkk
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national / anti-war / imperialism / feature Saturday November 12, 2005 22:43 by K Barry
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Today the Taoiseach was once again doing what he does best –making meaningless but reassuring remarks. In an article in today's Irish Independent Bertie insisted that the US military’s use of shannon does not make Ireland a potential target of Islamist terror. Whatever the truth of this is Bertie’s longstanding strategy of actively supporting the US military while attempting to portray himself as a neutral party is fooling noone least of all the Pitstop Ploughshares who are now facing yet another retrial. Below is an account of a chance meeting with the Taoiseach and his inimitable political style. read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism / feature Saturday November 12, 2005 21:46 by periodical progress towards something or other happening
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Anjem Choudary (also known as Omar Bakri Muhammad), a Muslim cleric born in Syria and who participated in the 1982 revolution against the Syrian Ba'athist regime to be later given political asylum in the UK spoke at a debate in Trinity College on Thursday night. Choudary is well known for his extremist Islamic views and was leader of Al-Muhajiroun, an organisation whose eventual goal was to prepare the way for a global Islamic theocracy. read full story / add a comment |
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