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international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Saturday December 22, 2012 15:31 by antifa nwe
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Many groups, organisations and networks are coming together in Athens and call for an International day of action against Golden Dawn and the fascists in Greece. "We call for international solidarity with participation in Athens demonstration on 19th of January and antifascist action around the world outside Greek embassies." Part of the translated call out is below: read full story / add a comment
national / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Monday December 10, 2012 15:17 by concerned citizen
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''A deaf man has apologised for the death of a man who was hit by a bus following an alleged roadside altercation, a court has heard. Edward Connors, who is profoundly deaf, has been charged with the manslaughter of Eoghan Dudley. The 28-year-old died last Thursday evening after suffering severe head injuries in the incident in Dublin city centre. Connors, 29, who has been living in a homeless hostel in Dublin, was brought before the city's District Court where proceedings were translated through a sign language interpreter. Cahir O'Higgins, defending, requested that his client have an interpreter present when booked in to prison. He told the judge that Connors also relied on a methadone prescription and asked that all medical assistance be given to him in prison. No application was made for bail. The judge granted legal aid and requested the appropriate authorities to ensure whatever medical assistance is needed.'' read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism / news report Friday October 05, 2012 20:42 by Costas Avramidis
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That pat on the back to our "glorious leader Enda" in Time Magazine fails to come to terms BIG TIME with the reality on the ground here in Ireland. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / opinion/analysis Saturday August 18, 2012 00:23 by Perri Fowler
This is a feeling about life, or more so the absence of life. read full story / add a comment 
kilkenny / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Wednesday August 01, 2012 18:41 by Kevin Doyle
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The workers at the Amber Women’s Refuge in Kilkenny began picketing their place of work this week to highlight the impact of the austerity cuts on the service they provide. This interview was conducted earlier in the week with Claire O’Neill of the Amber Women’s Refuge Centre. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Sunday July 29, 2012 19:07 by David Arthur Johnston
Two expert witnesses, Dr. Stephen Hwang of the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and Brooks Hogya, a survivalist and wilderness guide, testified that the prohibition of rudimentary forms of shelter, such as tents, has an adverse effect on the health and well-being of homeless people. Prohibition of quality sleep was, thus, a denial of Section 7 rights since sleep is an essential life-sustaining act. The judge presiding over the case agreed with the opinions of the expert witnesses. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / arts and media / event notice Thursday July 05, 2012 22:39 by Dublin Film Qlub
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Amazing film about a gang of homeless youngsters who band together to ensure physical and emotional survival read full story / add a comment
international / housing / press release Thursday June 28, 2012 17:35 by Anti Eviction Task Force
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Labour agree with Fine Gael that it is better to pay the mega wealthy than to keep the promises made to the slave class... oooops working class read full story / add a comment 
national / housing / press release Sunday May 13, 2012 18:54 by RNU PRO
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Republican Network for Unity (RNU) notes with increasing concern, the growing practice of what can only be described as extortionism, being carried out by private landlords within working class nationalist areas and beyond. When observing average rents, it is clear that private landlords here are exploiting historical housing shortages in order to demand amounts well above what is provided by housing benefit. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / other press Sunday May 13, 2012 15:04 by Internationalist Group
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Barely half a year after it burst on the scene, the Occupy Wall Street movement is splintering left and right. This was inevitable in a movement that was united only in what it opposed and could never put forward a positive program, whether of reformist "demands" on the capitalist state or of revolutionary action against it. Discussion of recent workers' struggles, from Wisconsin to West Coast longshore, underlines that the key question is leadership, but not just replacing one set of bureaucrats with another. Unions have always faced vicious anti-labor laws, but we have the power to defeat them. It is necessary to drive out the pro-capitalist bureaucracy, the labor lieutenants of capital, in order to turn the unions into instruments of revolutionary class struggle. read full story / add a comment
dublin / crime and justice / opinion/analysis Sunday April 22, 2012 22:11 by Shelly Shale
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This is not a typical movie review describing the movie, plot, characters, and themes, as well as celebritizing each actor by naming every other movie appeared in, etc., and yet have very “little” to say about how the movie might relate to real life. We will refer to an American writer, namely Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize winning author of several important books, to help contextual this movie. Herein we visit a few major “themes” as related to social and political issues in the real life of the audience as drama of human history including that as compares to ancient Rome. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Saturday April 07, 2012 08:33 by LCW
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Photos http://tinyurl.com/cf5wk6w 27 people associated with the Catholic Worker communities based in Harringay, Rickmansworth and Oxford, undertoook a five hour contemporary Stations of the Cross procession through downtown Westminster/ London on Holy Thursday. read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday April 06, 2012 18:50 by Patrick McCarthy
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An Appeal to the People of Ireland
Citizens, Immigrants, and Asylum Seekers: In the name of your homes, your livelihoods and your childrens future we beg you to set aside your differences and join together to restore Irelands sovereignty. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Thursday March 29, 2012 03:05 by Internationalist Group
Outrage over the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin compounds daily as the killer remains free, facing no criminal charges for gunning down the unarmed black youth from Miami Gardens, Florida. On February 26, George Zimmerman, a white self-appointed captain of a "neighborhood watch" team shot Martin, a black high-school student. Police and local prosecutors never charged Zimmerman and accepted his cynical claim that he shot the unarmed youth in "self-defense." Thousands have demonstrated around the country, particularly after police tapes of 911 calls by Zimmerman were released, showing that he was stalking Martin. But the main thrust of liberals is to divert the protests into a movement for gun control laws and to get rid of "Stand Your Ground" laws such as Florida's which make it legal to shoot in self-defense. The ruling-class response deliberately tries to obscure the key fact that this was racist murder. Trayvon Martin was killed for the "crime" of "walking while black." read full story / add a comment 
limerick / environment / press release Friday February 24, 2012 12:06 by William Gomes
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The constant removal of sand is now threatening the existence of the islanders. When the affected inhabitants of the islands observed the vulnerability and realized that the authorities were doing little to protect their land from the illegal sand-miners, hundreds islanders including women and children came out of their houses on 3 October 2011. They captured one dredger and six perpetrators while the remainder of the dredging workers and perpetrators fled the scene. read full story / add a comment
international / gender and sexuality / opinion/analysis Thursday February 02, 2012 02:53 by Gary Guy
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Predictable lamestream media reviewers had little to say about how The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is rife with current political, sociological, technological and religious implications. The movie is about a 24-year-old, gothic-punk-looking, cyberspace hacker, with an issue with men who have histories or sexual or violent predation. She is on a mission to right the world of a few rapists and killers. This is not a standard movie review. Plenty reviews already exist on the Internet for you to get the gist of the story and its characters. This critique is strictly in regards to the movie and is more about interesting political and social commentary in relation to the movie and some of its reviews. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday January 17, 2012 12:16 by Occupy Belfast
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Occupy Belfast and other activists have liberated the empty and unused Bank of Ireland building on Royal Avenue, Belfast, in opposition to soaring homelessness, lack of affordable social housing and home repossessions. read full story / add a comment 
antrim / housing / press release Tuesday January 10, 2012 10:40 by Jimmy McPseudonym
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Occupy Belfast Protest, City Hall Saturday 14th January 1pm
Affordable Housing for Everyone- No Evictions, No Repossessions
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national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday December 12, 2011 15:50 by Pól Ó Cionsalígh
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Supporters of Focus Ireland sent almost 3,000 e-mails to TDs and Senators calling for the appointment of a new Minister for Housing and Homelessness to have a voice in deciding the contents of the budget. Unfortunately, the Government decided not to make that appointment before budget day, but the high level of public scrutiny on the issue ensured that the homeless budget was largely protected. While so many areas of expenditure were being cut, the cuts to services to end homelessness were relatively small. So thank you for that support. It shows we can make a difference. read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism / opinion/analysis Wednesday November 30, 2011 13:53 by pat c
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1. Wars have been the most terrifying phenomena people have confronted since the istant past. In our society, millions of Iranians have been living under the ominous shadow of the eight-year war with Iraq. The reminiscences of air raid sirens, damp shelters, overnight power cuts, nameless bodies, severed limbs, mothers who lost their children, children who lost their fathers, famine and hunger, homeless refugees and dozens of other frightening pictures at the back or forefront of our minds, vividly or vaguely, whether like a nightmare or a constant fear, is weighing down on everyone of us.
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