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international / environment Thursday November 04, 2010 - 05:15 by por Giorgio Trucchi (translator: Lulu)
The Central American Tribunal for Climate Justice finds many transnational companies, national and local governments overwhelmingly guilty of countless violations and environmental damage in Nicaragua which is making the region more vulnerable to climate change. ... read full story / add a comment
limerick / politics / elections Wednesday November 03, 2010 - 13:01 by Jolly Red Giant
A packed public meeting in Limerick last night signalled the launch of the Socialist Party's General Election campaign in Limerick. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / education Tuesday November 02, 2010 - 18:52 by revoltvideo
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On the twentieth of October, twenty-five volunteers will head off to Kilimanjaro, to work on building a school for poor children in the area. Despite the recession these volunteers are paying for their own flights and are busy fundraising to buy building materials for the school. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Monday November 01, 2010 - 11:08 by Amnesty1
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Mental health services, already cut, are on the chopping block once more. More than 80 organisations, politicians, economists and campaigners are signed up to www.healthrisk.ie to protect our mental health services. Join them and take action. ... read full story / add a comment
westmeath / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday October 31, 2010 - 19:41 by Saoirse
On Sunday October 31 Westmeath Republican Sinn Féin, marked the 90th anniversary of the execution on November 2 1920 of James Daly who was one of the leaders of the Connaught Rangers’ mutiny in India. The mutiny was in reaction to the war being waged by the British government on the people of Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Sunday October 31, 2010 - 15:22 by Kruk
IRC, Internet Relay Chat, is a real-time conversational system. On IRC there are 'virtual rooms' where people chat. Channel # vegan was registered with the IRC Indymedia network and is dedicated to all vegans, as well as people interested in animal rights or natural food. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Saturday October 30, 2010 - 21:39 by Madam K
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Waiting outside the Dail I was pleased to meet Peter Mathews (GP) . An interesting interveiw. There is no competence within any political party to deal with the curret crisis. An interview with Peter Mathews. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / arts and media Saturday October 30, 2010 - 19:00 by Darren J. Prior/Mac an Phríora
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Www.myspace.com/armuinnamuice Www.bebo.com/armuinnamuice Www.nearpodcast.org Www.near.ie ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday October 30, 2010 - 17:52 by Kev
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On Saturday 30th October 2010 the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC) held a nationwide awareness-raising day to expose the contamination of the global diamond market with Israeli “blood diamonds” ahead of the annual meeting of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KP) in Jerusalem on November 1st. To launch the Boycott Israeli Blood Diamonds campaign activists from the IPSC in Cork, Galway, Limerick, Wexford and Waterford activists from the IPSC handed out thousands of leaflets and collected petition signatures to while in Dublin, a blood-stained Marilyn Monroe even turned up to endorse the campaign saying "the fact that Israeli diamonds are sold as 'conflict free' means that diamonds can no longer be considered a girl's best friend!" ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Wednesday October 27, 2010 - 21:06 by Lefty leak
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At a meeting held in Dublin last Sunday, 24th October, involving the People Before Profit Alliance, the Socialist Party, the Tipperary Workers and Unemployed Grou, and Cllr Declan Bree and his local group in Sligo, a historic decision was taken to establish a left alliance to contest the next general election and to take the first steps towards a new, left, anti capitalist formation to represent working people. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday October 26, 2010 - 16:58 by Trade Union TV
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Thousand marched in unity against the ConDem vicious cuts in announce last week. Workers from all backgrounds and unions marched in solidarity under the auspices of ICTU, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions against the proposed slashing of 30,000 jobs. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests Monday October 25, 2010 - 11:15 by Trade Union TV
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22 members of Mandate trade union are on strike at the former Laura Ashley flagship store on Grafton Street, Dublin's leading shopping area. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / worker & community struggles and protests Sunday October 24, 2010 - 15:11 by John Cornford
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A prominent Chinese labour activist was sentenced on 20 October to three years in jail for “gathering a crowd to disrupt social order” . Zhao Dongmin was arrested on 19 August last year after organizing more than 380 workers from about 20 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to form a labour rights group tasked with overseeing and monitoring SOE restructuring, and reporting corruption and abuses of power. The Shaanxi Union Rights Defence Representative Congress was formally banned by the city government of Xi’an on 27 July 2009. Zhao then wrote an open letter of protest to the State Council, the city, provincial and central committees of the Chinese Communist Party. He was arrested 18 days later. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday October 23, 2010 - 17:00 by francisco
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We are fast approaching the next NATO summit, which will gather in Lisbon, from the 19th to the 21st of November, Barack Obama and the leaders of the other member-countries. Their goal is to adopt the new “strategic concept” of the organization. And we can already notice the growing bustle. ... read full story / add a comment
tipperary / anti-capitalism Friday October 22, 2010 - 13:33 by Paddy Healy
About 100 people attended a meeting sponsored by Workers and Unemployed Action Group (South Tipperary) in Clonmel last night to discuss the alternative budget measures contained in “4Steps 2 Recovery” The meeting was chaired by Cllr Seamus Healy. Five WUAG councillors were also in attendance. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Friday October 22, 2010 - 12:07 by A
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On Saturday the 16th, RPS Group's offices in Glasgow had its locks and signage destroyed by people who are outraged in their involvement with the Corrib Gas Pipeline in Co. Mayo, Ireland and the Open Cast Coal mines of the Douglas Valley, south Lanarkshire, Scotland. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Thursday October 21, 2010 - 10:09 by Sean Mallory
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RTE's Joe Duffy for once and unknowingly had his finger on the pulse when he accidentally illustrated the differing effects of the recession in a 7 minute clip ... read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality Thursday October 21, 2010 - 01:25 by Martuki
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BOOK REVIEW: FERNANDO LUGO, EL SATIRO DE SAN PEDRO ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice Wednesday October 20, 2010 - 10:01 by Ardoyne Republican
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CFAD Safely Dispose of £40,000 Worth of Dangerous Drugs ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday October 19, 2010 - 19:16 by Freda H
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To celebrate the launch of William Parry's book "Against the Wall", street artists gathered to create new works of solidarity, inspired by the book, in Dublin and Cork. Street Art events took place at The Bernard Shaw pub in Dublin and Fionn Barra's pub in Cork throughout the weekend with the slogan "To Exist is to Resist" forming the basis of their work. ... read full story / add a comment |
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