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international / eu Monday March 08, 2010 - 12:27 by Raymond Deane
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine finds the European Union guilty of complicity in Israel's crimes against the Palestinian People, calls for the suspension of the EU-Israel Preferential Trade Agreement, and endorses the civil society campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 08, 2010 - 10:57 by Paula Geraghty   video 1 video file
Phil Keane from Women's group of St Michael's Estate talks about International Women's Day on how and why it is celebrated by the women of St Michael's Estate. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / environment Saturday March 06, 2010 - 02:41 by Dave Donnellan   video 1 video file
Pat 'The Chief' O'Donnell, a local fisherman and campaigner against the Corrib gas pipeline was jailed for 7 months on Feb 10th. ... read full story / add a comment
international / worker & community struggles and protests Friday March 05, 2010 - 11:26 by Eugene Mc Cartan
The severe permanent anti-people measures must not pass!

Demonstrations, sit- ins and general strike on Friday March 5th ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday March 05, 2010 - 03:21 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 12 comments (last - thursday march 18, 2010 - 02:50)
*On a surrealistic aside Jim Dowling is presently careering down the Pacific Highway in the recycled vegie oil fueled Catholic Worker van full of Dowling kidz - carrying Damien LeGoullon's entry into this year's Archibald Prize (Australian portrait competition). They'll be swinging by the appropriate Sydney gallery before heading to a wedding. See Damien's work attached to this email - the final portrait has a B52 Bomber and runway in the background!

Portrait
http://thechristianradical.blogspot.com/2010/03/clockin....html
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tyrone / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 04, 2010 - 22:25 by Irish Republican Youth   image 1 image
Sinn Féin councillor Marty McColgan has welcomed the passage of a motion at Omagh District Council which 'condemns the repressive measures by the Spanish state against Basque political youth organisation, Segi' and calls for 'an end to repressive measures against the pro independence movement in the Basque country.'

The Sinn Féin motion was inspired by West Tyrone Ógra Shinn Féin who has maintained strong fraternal links with the Basque Youth Movement, vigorously campaigning against the repression in the Basque Country and has hosted a number of Segi delegations in the local area in the recent past. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday March 04, 2010 - 16:04 by Madam K   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 16, 2010 - 11:52)   image 2 images
Solidarity with Pat O`Donnell. Neighbours friends and supporters of jailed fisherman came to the dail to show solidarity with local hero Pat O`Donnell who is now entering his fourth week in jail .
Solidarity with Pat O`Donnell.
Neighbours and friends of jailed fisherman came to the dail to show solidarity with local hero Pat O`Donnell who is now entering his fourth week in jail for opposing Shells experimental gas pipeline through his fishing grounds in Broadhaven bay Erris Mayo,.Ireland.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbppH0xJHTk

I can only post link , the site is preventing me from doing upload. ... read full story / add a comment
'An injury to one, is a concern to all'
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday March 03, 2010 - 17:09 by éirígí PRO   text 7 comments (last - friday march 05, 2010 - 16:03)   image 1 image
éirígí's Louise Minihan succeeded on Monday, March 1, in getting an emergency motion passed by Dublin City Council in support of the protesting Green Isle staff and those currently on hunger strike. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 03, 2010 - 05:30 by Diarmuid Breatnach
Basque parents seek support from the authorities for their sons and daughters abused and tortured by Spanish police. The mothers and fathers of the 34 young people snatched during the massive Spanish police operation against Basque youth last November have transformed their agony into into energetic campaigning. Although they have no connection to one anohter other than their shared anguish, they have joined their voices, going from door to door of the authorities to tell the story of their hardship. Included in the allegations of Spanish police torture of the 34 youth are those of special sexual humiliation and threats against the 14 young women among them. They ask for only one thing: the protection of the authorities so that no more families have to endure what they did. ... read full story / add a comment
De-Rail Israeli Apartheid!
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 02, 2010 - 19:30 by Kev   image 5 images
On the evening of Monday 1st March, members and supporters of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity campaign (IPSC) staged a demonstration in support of a Dublin City Council motion calling on the Dublin City Manager not to sign or renew any contracts with French multi-national Veolia. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / housing Tuesday March 02, 2010 - 10:45 by Paula Geraghty   text 6 comments (last - tuesday april 05, 2011 - 10:50)   video 2 video files
Over 30 people came out to protest outside Dublin City Council to keep Cedar House, a service for homeless people in Dublin open, on Monday, March 1st 2010.

Find the campaign on FaceBook
facebook.com/pages/save-the-homeless-services/290883897234
Contact them at [email protected]. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Monday March 01, 2010 - 22:40 by Paula Geraghty   text 1 comment (last - tuesday march 02, 2010 - 15:25)   video 1 video file
Hundreds marched to the Green Isle factory where TEEU members have been on strike and two men have begun a hunger strike. ... read full story / add a comment
Section of the crowd at the rally
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday February 27, 2010 - 18:46 by Kev   image 5 images   video 1 video file
Today Saturday 27th February 2010, members and supporters of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign took to the streets of Dublin asking consumers and retailers to boycott Israeli Apartheid products in solidarity with the Palestinian people who continue to suffer incalculable misery at the hands of the Israeli state. The action marked the beginning of international Israel Apartheid Week. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Friday February 26, 2010 - 22:03 by Paula Geraghty   video 1 video file
Today, the Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) will held a protest (Friday 26th Feb) at 5pm outside the Dail to demand the government impose sanctions on Israel in response to the outrage where seven falsified Irish passports were used to facilitate the assassins of senior Hamas figure, Mahmoud Al Mabhouh, in Dubai. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday February 26, 2010 - 02:49 by Paula Geraghty   text 3 comments (last - tuesday march 02, 2010 - 12:18)   video 1 video file
A small group of people picketed the US embassy in Ballsbridge in solidarity with Haitians and to call for troops out and end the military occupation of Haiti. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Thursday February 25, 2010 - 19:38 by Contaminated Crow
Reports from down the country from August 2008 to December 2009 show consistent opposition to proposed waste facilities from local residents, including opposition to attempted expansion of existing facilities and co-location of facilities with existing waste facilities. While opposition to landfilling and incineration has continued, it has been joined by opposition to other activities of the waste disposal industry, including waste storage, transfer and recycling facilities and biological waste treatment facilities, including objections to sludge disposal, whether by land spreading, drying or sea disposal. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media Thursday February 25, 2010 - 16:25 by DCTV   text 10 comments (last - monday march 08, 2010 - 21:29)   video 1 video file

On the 6th March 2010 DCTV is launching its latest TV series - The Pedal Project, consisting of 3 hours of material filmed in Dublin, London and Amsterdam. A fast paced, visually and musically polished piece looking at cycling culture and how to create cycling friendly cities the series will be simultaneously broadcast on television and released on the internet. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Thursday February 25, 2010 - 09:32 by Dave Donnellan   text 2 comments (last - sunday february 28, 2010 - 00:46)   video 1 video file
A recent interview with Eoin O'Leidhin who was jailed yesterday for non-payment of a fine incurred during a protest in Rossport, Co. Mayo. Eoin is one of a number of local residents who have been targeted by the authorities for expressing their concern over safety aspects of the controversial Shell gas pipeline in Mayo. The decision to lay the high pressure production gas pipeline by Shell close to human dwellings was made without any consultation with local residents and has no planning permission. ... read full story / add a comment
Eoin O'Leidhin
mayo / environment Wednesday February 24, 2010 - 19:07 by Niall Harnett   text 10 comments (last - tuesday march 09, 2010 - 13:18)   image 1 image   video 1 video file
Eoin O'Leidhin has joined fisherman Pat 'the Chief' O'Donnell at Castlerea prison today. Eoin was convicted of Section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994 for 'failure to comply with the directions of Garda' at a protest outside the Shell site Glengad on 30th August 2008.

Garda Sean Cunnane, who likes to ham it up as he whinges to the courts, convinced Judge David Anderson that Eoin's behaviour was a crime.

The short video below shows the true flavour of the occasion. ... read full story / add a comment
Marie Collins, Meave  Lewis and Andrew Madden, at the Bishops Palace
dublin / crime and justice Tuesday February 23, 2010 - 19:42 by John of the Ayres Family   text 1 comment (last - wednesday february 24, 2010 - 08:32)   image 5 images
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin met with survivors of abuse to respond to their letter addressed to the Pope. ... read full story / add a comment
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