|
Upcoming Eventsno events match your query! New Eventsno events posted in last week
Blog Feeds
Anti-Empire
The SakerA bird's eye view of the vineyard
Lockdown Skeptics
Voltaire NetworkVoltaire, international edition
|
international / environment Thursday October 06, 2005 - 12:21 by iosaf
 3 comments (last - tuesday november 29, 2005 - 12:32)  1 image
Stan, the storm after Rita has killed at least 150 people in Central America last night. The countries and areas affected include - Guatemala, San Salvador, Chiapas in Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua. El Salvador has just seen its largest Volcano erupt and is recording the most deaths. 32,045 evacuees are presently in 309 temporary shelters. The rain is not stopping movement is very difficult. Both El Salvador and its neighbour Guatemala are in states of emergency. ... read full story / add a comment
An Appeal for Solidarity with the Pit Stop Ploughshares, 2 Weeks from Trial at the Four Courts (O24)
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Thursday October 06, 2005 - 10:55 by Ploughshares
6 comments (last - saturday october 08, 2005 - 22:11)
**APPEAL**** To Help The PIT STOP PLOUGHSHARES (Deirdre Clancy, Nuin Dunlop, Karen Fallon, Damien Moran, Ciaron O'Reilly) ON TRIAL - Dublin Four Courts, October 24th. 2005 ... read full story / add a comment
national / housing Wednesday October 05, 2005 - 23:11 by Mik W
6 comments (last - tuesday october 11, 2005 - 13:01)
On 27th September a sleep in protest to highlight the plight of homeless people in Ireland was staged outside Leinster House. Up till then I had no idea of the extent of homelessness in Ireland or how little the state seems to care about people who are homeless. I wrote down my impression of the events that night. What follows is my account of the few hours I spent in solidarity with my fellow citizens who have no place to call home. The only way homelessness will end in Ireland or anywhere else is if the people decide to end it. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday October 05, 2005 - 14:02 by Dáil observer
4 comments (last - thursday october 06, 2005 - 18:18) 1 image
Joe Higgins questions Taoiseach in Dáil on Irish Ferries during Tuesday's Leaders' Questions and asks him: "Why are ships flying banana boat flags of convenience allowed to ply EU waters with impunity after all the Taoiseach's talk of social charters, workers' rights and the rest of it during, for example, recent referenda?" ... read full story / add a comment
international / arts and media Tuesday October 04, 2005 - 22:41 by iosaf
2 comments (last - tuesday march 06, 2007 - 03:00)
the death of Aldo Bonomo on the first of September left a vacancy at the top of the italian holding company "fininvest" which controls television, radio, books, magazines, movies, Internet, directory enquiries, football club AC Milan and a stake in asset manager Mediolanum. or in other words a very large share of Italian media and entertainment which boasts the largest independent TV and radio station in the state. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Monday October 03, 2005 - 23:19 by Elaine
8 comments (last - wednesday october 05, 2005 - 01:08) 12 images
dublin / miscellaneous Monday October 03, 2005 - 17:41 by karen
7 comments (last - tuesday october 04, 2005 - 21:27)
barry O'Donnovan was on trial today on the charge of causing a disturbance thereby a breach of the peace,under section 6 of the 1994 public order act. Barry was charged under this for having the audacity to be on the Navan road and being part of the mayday MARCH ON 2004. He was arrested at approximately 9p.m. by the riot cops that evening. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Monday October 03, 2005 - 15:31 by -
2 comments (last - friday october 07, 2005 - 18:27)
It has been exactly one year since the arrest on October 3 2004 of "Mikel Antza" (Mikel Albizu born 1961), a writer attributed with leading the organisation ETA since 1992, thought to be directly responsible for 120 deaths. He was arrested with his partner "anboto" (Soledad Iparagirre - born 1961) who is blamed for 14 deaths. They were detained in a villa at Salíes-de-Béarn with 17 other presumed members of ETA, a quantity of arms, 1,300 kilograms of explosive and two SAM7 rocket launchers (supplied by irish dissident republicans). This morning the succesors to that couple were arrested (also in France) along with a quantity of arms in the 6th joint operation between Spain and France aimed at the total disarticulation of the terrorist group. ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Monday October 03, 2005 - 01:57 by Coilín Oscar ÓhAiseadha
Warren Mitofsky, founder-president of one of the two polling firms that conducted the exit polls in the US presidential elections of November 2004, has agreed to debate the likely cause of the significant discrepancies between the exit poll data, which predicted that John Kerry would win with a margin of 3% of the popular vote, and the final vote tallies, which returned George Bush to the White House with a margin of 2.5%. The debate will be sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Organizational Dynamics and Department of Political Science, and will take place at lunchtime in Logan Hall, 249 South 36th Street, Philadelphia, on 14 October. For further details, please see the university's announcement below. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Sunday October 02, 2005 - 19:21 by rikki
repost of BOTH versions of video of shell centre demo on 30th september ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday October 01, 2005 - 12:01 by Joe
9 comments (last - thursday october 06, 2005 - 22:51) 5 images
Yesterday a demonstration against the ongoing occupation of Haiti by the UN took place at the central bank. It was organised by the Latin American Solidarity Centre ... read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations Saturday October 01, 2005 - 00:04 by Revolt Video
33 comments (last - thursday october 06, 2005 - 10:28) 10 images  1 video file
The film covers the day of blockades in an agit prop, music video style. It tries to explain the frustration of the previous 2 days of being " penned in " by the police at protests and the contrast between the direct action blockades and what was going on at Live 8. Tech stuff: This video was encoded with the Xvid open source codec. Install Xvid on Pc http://www.koepi.org/XviD-1.0.3-20122004.exe How to get Xvid running on Mac http://www.unitethecows.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-876.html If you have footage that you think will go well with this film please contact us at the above email, please do the same if you have any suggestions or comments. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 30, 2005 - 21:36 by Tommy Donnellan
4 comments (last - sunday october 02, 2005 - 19:09) 9 images
The photo's tell the story of our jubilitation and celebration in Shop Street, at the news that the men who endured so much, finally prevailed today as regards emerging from Cloverhill, unbowed, unbloodied and their consciences very much intact and unsullied. Alright Rossport Five, lead the way, you've earned the right !. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday September 30, 2005 - 16:59 by Global Women's Strike, Ireland
Proposed wording for 41.2.1 The State recognises caring work done within the home, often extending to the community, as a social and economic activity that produces social welfare and economic wealth, and entitles carers, starting with mothers, to economic and other support. The State also recognises that in rural areas caring work has included work on the land which has kept families and communities alive and strong despite poverty and emigration. Proposed wording 41.2.2 The State shall therefore ensure that carers, starting with mothers, are not obliged by economic necessity to engage in waged work which would increase their workload, and shall provide workers in the home with independent remuneration and pensions. ... read full story / add a comment 
clare / anti-war / imperialism Friday September 30, 2005 - 16:28 by Tim Hourigan
17 comments (last - friday august 29, 2008 - 14:55) 3 images
I was out at Shannon Airport yesterday being interviewed by the Sunday Tribune. You can read about that bit on Sunday though... here's what I saw as we were leaving the airport. A gulfstream jet, with a strange registration, being guarded by Gardai, and two men in suits being whisked away. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday September 30, 2005 - 14:00 by mayoman
43 comments (last - wednesday october 05, 2005 - 01:30) 1 image
It looks like the five men will be released at 2pm when they appear at the High Court. Shell will lift their injunction. Not sure about other details yet. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / eu Friday September 30, 2005 - 12:26 by iosaf mac diarmada
16 comments (last - sunday july 09, 2006 - 20:32) 1 image
Almost since i came to live in Catalonia, people have spoken about their "estatut" the reform of the relationship between their local and historical government and that of the Spanish state established under the constitution agreed at the transition to democracy. & i've done my best to explain the background and contemporary issues to readers in Ireland, because for many reasons it ought interest them. Many previously would have thought constitutional issues in Spain stopped at the Basque. This morning the deputies in the Catalan Parliament, standing up one by one and gave their final "yes" or "no" to each article, to end this process in a public and historic manner & enter the video mp3 files of telly. No deaths nor Wars nor soldiers in uniform or balaclava read a proclamation. Its an example to follow. I hope these fine words will build a fine society. Coz I'm happy to be a part of it. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday September 30, 2005 - 11:18 by Mark C
Thursday 29 September 2005, 22:26 Makka Time, 19:26 GMT Pictures of detainee abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison must be released despite government claims that they could damage America's image, a US federal judge has ruled. ... read full story / add a comment
roscommon / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday September 29, 2005 - 21:22 by LabourWatcher
3 comments (last - friday september 30, 2005 - 02:13)
Following on from Labour Cllrs. McGarry and Cawley across the border in Sligo, Labour in Roscommon didn't what to be left out of the new populist policy towards minorities. Boyle Town Cllr. Willie Tiernan had interesting comments to say about a German couple, who have lived in the area for over 10 years, who lodged an Appeal to An Bord Pleanala about the building of a hotel, golf course and 297 holiday homes on Coillte land in Lough Key Forest Park. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / racism & migration related issues Thursday September 29, 2005 - 21:09 by iosaf
11 comments (last - friday august 11, 2006 - 11:38) 6 images
Today Spain and Morocco met at the highest level available to them to discuss as a matter of urgency, the events of the last month and week. hundreds of migrants of sub-saharan origin attempt to cross the frontier between Morocco and the Spanish specifically in the tiny enclave of Melilla. 5 migrants have died (3 on the moroccan side 2 on the spanish side) in the last attempt which saw an estimated 500 migrants try to jump the Melilla wall on Wednesday of this week. Doctors without frontiers claim 66% of the injuries sustained by the migrants resulted from their experiences on the Moroccan side. Naturally : The borders of Europe begin where they are guarded. melilla is the border of the Dublin suburban mother of one driving the four wheel drive. Read on... ... read full story / add a comment |
|
|
