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international / environment Friday March 09, 2007 - 13:07 by Rachel peterson   image 1 image
NUFF Global is a grassroots side-project of the Nordic Youth Film Festival (NUFF) held each year in Tromsø, Norway. ... read full story / add a comment
Over the fence
mayo / environment Friday March 09, 2007 - 12:41 by Shinobi   text 2 comments (last - monday march 12, 2007 - 18:54)   image 1 image
Much of the steel piling intended to support roadways on the Ballinaboy site has been found defective and may need to be replaced, claims an inside source. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Friday March 09, 2007 - 12:17 by Sean Crudden
"Fine words, beautiful melodies, along with true rhythms, they all flow together down the road which leads to clarity of thought and soul. Are these not the properties youth must pursue if they wish to take their place in life?"

Sokrates ... read full story / add a comment
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derry / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 09, 2007 - 11:38 by Women Unfree Shall Never Be At Peace!   text 7 comments (last - saturday march 10, 2007 - 17:54)   image 15 images
International Working Women’s Day in Derry was remembered by a number of local activists who celebrated revolutionary women contributed to the struggle of women’s liberation throughout the year’s locally, nationally and internationally. ... read full story / add a comment
Blue Ribbon Campaign
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday March 09, 2007 - 10:59 by C Murray   text 7 comments (last - wednesday june 13, 2007 - 19:37)   image 6 images


In the context of the 'Reporters Without Borders' report on Press intimidation, violence and Political Repression of Bloggers, web designers and film activists:-

This a short article with updated links on the issues of Traffic Data Retention globally and the peculiar Irish 'spin' on those rights. The graphic and links at the bottom of the page have info and petitions on current online campaigns.

The Reporters without borders 2007 report indicates that citizen journalists and bloggers are now being imprisoned, with a report of 60 activists now imprisoned (globally) In Mexico web-designers, independent film-makers and human rights writers and activists are currently being brutally repressed. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Friday March 09, 2007 - 01:24 by Evans   text 7 comments (last - wednesday march 14, 2007 - 10:14)
Latest report about the brutal and provocative actions of the police in Athens and Thessaloniki ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Thursday March 08, 2007 - 19:16 by asdf   text 104 comments (last - tuesday march 13, 2007 - 10:52)   image 2 images
Despite, predictions to the contrary, elections in the wee north continue to be pretty much a sectarian headcount. The predictions of an SDLP revival, on one side, and a grassroots republican revolt, on the other, both turned out to be wishful thinking as Sinn Fein and the DUP continued their growth among the respective sides of the sectarian divide. The prediction of an increased turnout (which was repeated right until the end of counting) also turned out to be a figment. ... read full story / add a comment
The mutilator
international / environment Thursday March 08, 2007 - 12:59 by M. Ni Bhrolchain   text 13 comments (last - saturday march 10, 2007 - 11:45)   image 5 images
An Irish Times report, Thursday, March 8, 2007, by Tim O'Brien says that the PPP for the M3 was signed on Wednesday March 7. A dark day for Tara, the Gabhra Valley and for Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / gender and sexuality Thursday March 08, 2007 - 11:41 by The Unmanageables   text 5 comments (last - wednesday march 21, 2007 - 20:08)   image 11 images

"Oh it's international Women's Day and so many issues have been co-opted and the
'F' word is become a dirty word for some people, what shall we do?"

We decided that the source of a lot of our bad legislation which mitigates
against women and children, especially the Criminal Law (sexual Offences) Bill
2006, emanted from the Offices of the Tanaiste and Minister for Justice,
Michael Mc Dowell.

We decided, therefore to 'unmanage' him. ... read full story / add a comment
Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Director of the Africanist Movement
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday March 07, 2007 - 08:48 by UhuruRadio.com   image 1 image
On March 6th, Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Director of the Africanist Movement, a regional African Internationalist organization based in Sierra Leone and several neighboring "countries" was stopped while driving in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone. People are urged to call and email the Sierra Leone ambassador in Washington D.C. and/or your nearest Sierra Leone ambassador. ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Tuesday March 06, 2007 - 20:24 by Blog scanner   text 75 comments (last - thursday may 01, 2008 - 21:03)
According to the British left wing site "Socialist Unity Network", a left electoral slate has been formed in Ireland. The site claims that this slate will contest the next election and involves the Workers Party, the Socialist Workers Party, the Campaign for an Independent Left and figures associated with the Labour Party. ... read full story / add a comment
Trouble in Toytown
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday March 06, 2007 - 19:14 by Stuart   text 8 comments (last - tuesday april 30, 2019 - 15:49)   image 2 images
The new president of University College Cork, Dr Michael Murphy, has been quick off the blocks to establish a rapport with the media and reassure his audience that the new presidency, executive and governing body can be trusted going forward. But what about the past, what about the very serious allegations raised against UCC and what about the repercussions of the Malone Report? Any attempt to sweep the many outstanding matters at UCC under the carpet is likely to further inflame the situation ... read full story / add a comment
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international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday March 06, 2007 - 11:59 by MichaelY   text 8 comments (last - tuesday march 06, 2007 - 15:33)   image 3 images
As violence in Iraq continues, with 9 US soldiers and about 40 Iraqis killed in a single day yesterday, political development in the region require careful examination. ... read full story / add a comment
a long standing piece of graffito art is given a fresh lick
derry / gender and sexuality Monday March 05, 2007 - 15:02 by Louise Michel   text 1 comment (last - monday march 05, 2007 - 19:27)   image 5 images
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday March 05, 2007 - 11:02 by Ciaron O'Reilly   text 8 comments (last - friday march 09, 2007 - 20:18)   image 5 images
At 1am this morning I was called by the Melbourne Sun Herald to comment on mainstream Australian media reporting a payout from the Victorian government to some of us assaulted at the World Economic Forum 2000 in Melbourne.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,21322057-661,....html
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,2132....html

Reports refer to me as a "serial protestor" -even tho' I don't lobby protest, sign petitions,vote- and place me in the wrong place at the wrong time for when the police bashed me. I assured the journalist whatever financial payout the Victorian state gives me wil go to funding further nonviolent resistance to war and transnational theft! ... read full story / add a comment
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dublin / animal rights Sunday March 04, 2007 - 23:14 by Stephan Wymore   text 1 comment (last - sunday may 27, 2007 - 17:41)   image 1 image
Today members of Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) held a hugely eye catching event outside of Brown Thomas on Grafton Street in Dublin to held push the campaign. With two activists posing ‘dead’ inside coffins whilst clutching signs reading “Brown Thomas – Fur Is Dead” other members of ARAN also held posters reading “Your Fur Had A Face” and others held our synonymous animal rights banner “Speak Out For Animal Rights” this banner continues to appear at various ARAN events around the country.
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dublin / anti-capitalism Sunday March 04, 2007 - 15:08 by Joe   text 31 comments (last - friday december 12, 2008 - 22:37)   audio 5 audio files
At the second Anarchist bookfair, Saturday 3rd March, speakers from Workers Solidarity Movement, Irish Socialist Network and Eirigi discussed the question 'What Sort of Ireland Do We Want?'. These are the audio files of this debate.

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Before.
dublin / anti-capitalism Sunday March 04, 2007 - 13:10 by J.Carax - pers caps.   text 7 comments (last - monday march 05, 2007 - 11:41)   image 20 images
Short and Report and Pictures. ... read full story / add a comment
Gerry Adams at the RDS
national / politics / elections Sunday March 04, 2007 - 00:26 by Ard fheis visitor   text 6 comments (last - sunday march 04, 2007 - 15:10)   image 2 images
In a stirring and far ranging speech to the Sinn Féin Ard fheis at the RDS on Saturday evening, Gerry Adams called for a restoration of the Stormont Assembly, saying that the lesson of recent history in the North is clear: The British direct rule ministers need to be sent home.

In the 26 counties he called for changes in the health, housing, education, drugs policies and also called for rural regeneration.

Across the island, he said, there is still a growing inequality between the richest and the poorest, in health, education and in job and career opportunity.

There is still, he reminded the audience, partition and foreign occupation. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday March 03, 2007 - 21:32 by Kevin T. Walsh   text 8 comments (last - wednesday january 16, 2008 - 19:48)
Article 12 of the UN International Covenant on Economics, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) provides the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standards of mental health. This right is the central human dignity of the person. Principles for the protection of persons with mental health - the MI principles were adopted by the UN in 1991 and provide standards in relation to informed consent of treatment. Protection of confidentiality standards - the rights of people in mental health facilities and the provision of resources. This principle is the right of everyone without of exception to the best available mental health care.

I ask the question tonight - with our economy alledgedly booming - why is our suicide crisis representative of such a shambles particularly in area of mental health care? ... read full story / add a comment
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