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galway / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday March 01, 2009 - 20:02 by TD   text 15 comments (last - thursday march 05, 2009 - 08:48)   image 8 images   video 4 video files
Yesterday, activists with Galway, Free Palestine Campaign in solidarity with Israeli Apartheid Week (1st to 8th March) and in harmony with the "chorus of international opposition to Israeli apartheid and to bolster support for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaign" manned an informaton table in Shop Street dispensing flyers on what Israeli goods/foodstuffs and their purveyors to boycott and gathering signatures for a petition calling on the Board of Eircom "To exclude from consideration the IBM consortium , which includes the Israeli based company Amdocs, for the soon to be awarded contract to provide your company with a new computer billing system." ... read full story / add a comment
Map of Basque Country -- three northern provinces are ruled by France
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday February 28, 2009 - 23:58 by Cormac Mac Gall   text 5 comments (last - monday march 02, 2009 - 14:16)   image 5 images
As part of International Solidarity with the Basque Country Week, the Irish Basque Solidarity Committees invited a representative of Kamaradak to speak at a number of venues in Dublin and Belfast. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Saturday February 28, 2009 - 21:35 by Contaminated Crow
A powerline, water extraction, a sewage treatment plant, a telemast, a LNG pipeline, a landfill and a windfarm ... read full story / add a comment
Democracy 3 Million founders at press conference in January
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday February 28, 2009 - 19:21 by Cormac Mac Gall   text 3 comments (last - monday march 09, 2009 - 05:54)   image 6 images
International organisations condemn Spanish use of torture and repression while the Basque movement steps up resistance and calls for international solidarity with its struggle. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday February 27, 2009 - 22:52 by Saoirse   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 03, 2009 - 15:45)
An open letter to the President of the GAA protesting at the presence of the England Rugby team in Croke Park on Saturday February 28. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Friday February 27, 2009 - 18:20 by stop shell   text 14 comments (last - tuesday march 10, 2009 - 15:59)   image 1 image
Check out Shell's application under Section 40 of the Gas Act and write to Eamon Ryan before the 9th March.

Section 40 Application & Environmental Impact Statement
http://www.corribgaspipeline.com/index.php?page=section-40-application

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The largest act of civil disobedience to happen in the US this Monday!!!
international / environment Friday February 27, 2009 - 17:02 by dunk   text 13 comments (last - thursday march 05, 2009 - 18:29)   image 8 images   video 10 video files   audio 6 audio files
Al Gore: "I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants."

Next Monday The largest act of civil disobedience will happen against global warming in the US. A large protest has been called at a coal-fired plant in Washington, D.C, 11,000 people are expected. In the days leading up to the protest, youth climate activists are organizing a conference called Power Shift ’09. Thousands of student activists plan to lobby lawmakers on Capitol Hill, urging them to rebuild the economy through bold climate and clean energy policy.

Looks like the "climate camp movement" is continuing to grow globally and momentum is building in the lead up to COP15... Ireland too are organising thing for this summer. Also Greenpeace´s "lawful excuse" court battle win might open the flood gates for more direct action... ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday February 26, 2009 - 12:27 by ISM Gaza Strip   text 1 comment (last - sunday march 01, 2009 - 17:38)
24th February 2009

Khoza'a, Khan Younis , Gaza Strip: Palestinian farmers, accompanied by international human rights workers, were fired upon by Israeli forces in the village of Khozaa, near Khan Younis, this morning. The farmers and human rights workers were attempting to work on land around 300m from the Green Line.

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Waterford Glass workers on Saturdays march
waterford / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday February 26, 2009 - 11:01 by James McBarron   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
The workers at Waterford Crystal occupying the plant are an example to us all. Rather than accept the closure of the business, the loss of all the jobs and the destruction of the area’s premier industry; workers seized the buildings making liquidation impossible for the receiver. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday February 26, 2009 - 03:18 by pl
Under the title: The "proconsul" is leaving, but he is continuing with subversion, the newspaper said the mentioned figure has left his post, after enjoying two years of salary, to join Creative Associates International, a company of the gloomy CIA.
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national / racism & migration related issues Wednesday February 25, 2009 - 20:13 by Joe Moore   text 4 comments (last - friday february 27, 2009 - 18:28)
At present a number of Nigerian people are being checked onto a chartered flight to Lagos. These are not holiday makers but people who came to this country to seek refugee status. They are now however victims of the racist policies been implemented by the Irish government. The plane is due to leave at 9.30pm. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday February 25, 2009 - 15:54 by Diarmuid   text 4 comments (last - sunday march 01, 2009 - 10:20)   image 8 images
The Dublin branch of Irish Basque Solidarity Committees held a protest against repression and torture in the Basque Country on Saturday February 14th in O'Connell Street, the main street of Ireland's capital city. They also linked in with the celebration of the late Bob Doyle, last of the Irish who fought in Spain against Franco 1936 -- 39. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 18:22 by Teachers United   text 18 comments (last - thursday march 26, 2009 - 10:10)
One Hundred Years of Organising
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 12:08 by Worker   image 1 image
Like many others who attended the march on Saturday 21st February I was surprised at the massive turn out. At 13.50 I was walking up O’Connell street and the march was passing the GPO. I walked around the march, curious to see how it was arranged, and what groups were represented. Eventually, I trickled down to the back of the march which passed the GPO at around 3.30pm. There were at least 120,000 protesters on the march. Some estimate slightly more, some slightly less. ICTU claim it was the biggest march in thirty years at 150,000+ , whilst RTE claim less than 100,000. But, overall I think 120,000 is a fair estimate. Either way there can be no disputing the fact that this was a huge turnout.
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national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday February 24, 2009 - 11:50 by Alan MacSimoin   text 6 comments (last - friday february 27, 2009 - 00:32)   image 3 images   video 1 video file
The economy's crashing, the dole queues are growing. Yet the bankers, bosses and developers responsible are untouchable - because the politicians supposed to hold them to account had their noses in the same trough. So-called experts bluster to cover their confusion, make tut-tut noises about corruption and greed, then shake their heads and agree, that in the end its the ordinary workers and taxpayers that will have to foot the bill. Because that's just the way it has to be... ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Monday February 23, 2009 - 16:17 by Spark
The Irish Republican Youth Movement, Ógra Shinn Féin, launching their new e-zine Spark at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis. The online magazine which can be viewed at www.splanc.ie aims to discuss the most relevant issues concerning young republicans and Irish youth today.

The first edition features articles on policing, drugs, gay rights, music and tracing 100 years of Irish Republican youth. The youth production also has a distinct international flavor to it with an exclusive interview with banned and censored Basque youth movement, Segi.
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national / animal rights Monday February 23, 2009 - 16:15 by Laura Broxson   text 21 comments (last - wednesday march 04, 2009 - 18:18)   image 2 images   audio 1 audio file
international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday February 23, 2009 - 10:42 by pat c   text 2 comments (last - tuesday march 03, 2009 - 15:36)
In southern Iran an independent workers union is defending a legal case taken against them by the Revolutionary Court and they need your support.

In June 2008, 5,000 workers at the Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane Plantation and Industry Company in the city of Shush formed an independent trade union following a 46-day strike. Official organizations created by the government (Workers House and Islamic Labour Council) have for years utterly failed to protect the workers and their conditions. The Haft Tapeh workers have had to resort to repeated strike action to fight for their basic rights, including regular payment of wages.
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international / worker & community struggles and protests Monday February 23, 2009 - 00:04 by Michael Gallagher   text 2 comments (last - monday february 23, 2009 - 00:19)   image 13 images
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national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday February 22, 2009 - 22:48 by Richard Whelan   text 1 comment (last - monday february 23, 2009 - 09:32)   image 5 images
Photo essay of yesterdays protest March by over 100000 people through Dublin ... read full story / add a comment
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