|
Upcoming Eventsno events match your query! New Eventsno events posted in last week Sorry, no stories matched your search, maybe try again with different settings. Blog Feeds
Anti-Empire
Human Rights in IrelandPromoting Human Rights in Ireland
Lockdown Skeptics
Voltaire NetworkVoltaire, international edition
|
national / miscellaneous Friday July 05, 2002 - 00:17 by Cait
Health Conditions Continue To Worsen By The Day Without Hope For Reprieve. The humanitarian community has expressed concern over the worsening health conditions for Somali refugees camped at Mandera, in northern Kenya, following the death of 20 people due to cholera. Unconfirmed figures indicate that the number of the refugees on Kenya side could be as large as 20,000 people. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 21:03 by Tod Zankert
 6 comments (last - wednesday july 10, 2002 - 15:41)
The "ugly American" myth is now surpassed by the "fat American" myth, or is it simply the reality of who we've become as we consume the bulk of the world's resources? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 16:23 by Nora Geraghty
19 comments (last - wednesday july 10, 2002 - 01:24)
The European Social Forum runs from the 7th-10th November 2002, in Florence, Italy, with a demonstration in support of immigrants organised for the 6th, the day before the Forum begins. On Tuesday 2nd July the first meeting to mobilise an Irish contingent for this event was held in the Teachers Club. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 15:56 by TruePeace
1 comment (last - saturday july 06, 2002 - 21:42)
Support immediate release of elected Palestinian Parliamentarian Marwan Barghouti, one of the leading Palestinian reformers by signing the online petition! Pass it to others Please. ... read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights Thursday July 04, 2002 - 15:31 by Pat Corcoran
6 comments (last - monday july 08, 2002 - 08:31)
Over 5000 hedgehogs on the Western Isles of Scotland will be killed under plans being put forward by scientists at Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH), the government's conservation agency. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 14:37 by Eoin Dubsky
1 comment (last - friday july 05, 2002 - 23:36)
Two US Airforce F 16 Fighting Falcons will star in this Sunday's line-up at the Salthill Air Show 2002, supported by Galway City Council. What the organizers haven't said though is that these F 16's have dropped countless "dirty nukes" during NATO operations in the Balkans - Depleted uranium that will keep harming people and the environment for decades after the conflict. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 13:41 by scalanews
Today in Global Observer http://globalobserver.blogspot.com you will find an article about the european legislation on GMO, an Amnesty's press release about the International Criminal Court and an article about US bombing in Afghanistan. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 12:59 by Denis Praeger
4 comments (last - friday july 05, 2002 - 00:35)
Why does the left support the Palestinians against Israel? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 12:49 by Cait
2 comments (last - thursday july 04, 2002 - 23:37)
ABOUT 20 persons were feared killed with several others severely injured when alleged cultists attacked a funeral procession in Buguma, Asari Toru Local Government Area of Rivers State last weekend. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 12:04 by Pat Corcoran
Secret plan to revive UK nuclear power industry 19:00 03 July 02 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition Deep within the British government, officials are laying secret plans to push through a major programme of new nuclear power stations. According to internal policy briefings leaked to New Scientist, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) wants to speed up safety checks of new reactors and is discussing ways to soften up public opposition to nuclear power. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 11:57 by Foster Dongozi
EFFORTS by minority ethnic groups in Zimbabwe, such as Kalanga, Tonga, Sotho, Venda, Shangani and Nambya to have books and other forms of literature published in their languages have long faced resistance from publishers. The companies have claimed publishing books in minority languages was not commercially viable as only a few copies would be bought, thus failing to justify the investment. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 11:55 by Gek?
THE ISRAELI embassy in Nairobi has condemned a plan by Sudanese elements in Sudan to train volunteers to fight in the Palestinian uprising against the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A senior diplomat said that Israel would view the Sudanese volunteers like other terrorists ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 05:03 by GluttonMan
1 comment (last - thursday july 04, 2002 - 14:38)
Eammon O'Cuiv (Minister for Community, Galetacht and Rural Affairs) was criticised by the GAAW (Galway Alliance Against War) for his recent ineptitude with regard to warplanes. Not only has he allowed the planes of a foreign nations armed forces to violate our neutrality (USAF practicing manoeuvers in Shannon), but he also is happy to open an "air-show" featuring the killing machines of USA, France, Britain and the Czech Republic. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 04:29 by Grant Lockie
Scientists Warn Of Serious Global Cooling. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday July 04, 2002 - 02:14 by FSN
1 comment (last - saturday july 06, 2002 - 14:57)
For want of a subtler analogy, concern is an emotion that is usually reserved for things like going a few days without a bowel movement. It is a flaccid and puny response in the face of a Constitutional coup. It is a nauseating and indecent response to an administration hell-bent on global domination and fascist home rule. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 03, 2002 - 22:51 by viva
People’s Global action will come together in Leiden (The Netherlands) this summer, one and a half years after the first PGA European conference took place in Milan. From August 31 until September 4 2002, hundreds of anti-capitalist activists will gather in Leiden to exchange ideas and experiences, and to work on the better co-ordination of social movements on the left of the political spectrum. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 03, 2002 - 22:49 by Eoin Dubsky
 1 image
There will be a vigil outside the US Embassy in Dublin at 5pm on Monday, 8 July, in solidarity with 37 human rights activists going to federal court for civil disobedience at the School of the Americas (renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation) in Columbus, Georgia. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 03, 2002 - 21:45 by DAN
"I saw bodies flying like straws," said Haleema, an old woman brought to a hospital in Kandahar. "I had to jump over six bodies to escape." ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 03, 2002 - 16:12 by Joe Carolan
9 comments (last - friday july 05, 2002 - 18:22)
Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign invites you to Palestine Protest Picnic in the Phoenix Park 4th July 7.00pm onwards. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Wednesday July 03, 2002 - 14:38 by Concerned Asian
Ten people were killed on Monday evening when Dongiro cattle raiders from the Sudan attacked Turkana manyattas in Lokitang. About 100 armed Sudanese raiders attacked the Turkana in Kibis, 450 km north west of Lodwar but were repulsed. ... read full story / add a comment |
|
|
