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Keir Starmer faces a backlash of Labour MPs against the approval of a new oilfield. Who are these MPs in revolt against wealth and industry, asks Ben Pile. When you scratch the surface you always find the same Green Blob.
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Ógra erecting boycott Israeli banners on Fly overs
tyrone / anti-war / imperialism Friday January 16, 2009 - 21:52 by Free Palestine   text 9 comments (last - saturday february 07, 2009 - 15:16)   image 1 image
Ógra Shinn Féin in Strabane have called on people of conscience in the local community to boycott Israeli goods and companies, in protest at Israel’s murderous onslaught on the people of Gaza.

The youth movement has said that this is a practical action in which people who feel disgusted at Israeli terror can take to support the beleaguered people of the Gaza strip.
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international / worker & community struggles and protests Friday January 16, 2009 - 19:17 by Food Sovereignty Ireland   text 1 comment (last - sunday january 25, 2009 - 16:08)
European Meeting on G20 Mobilisation in London release Declaration ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday January 16, 2009 - 18:27 by Grace Walsh
Hundreds of Israelis, Palestinians and International supporters of the Physicians for Human Rights Organisation attempted to take part in a solidarity action and protest this morning in Israel. ... read full story / add a comment
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday January 16, 2009 - 16:05 by Ingrid Colvin c/o indymedia Journalist   image 1 image
I am sitting in the olive groves at the little hut of a friend whose land is in the South of Jayyous. The fire is burning telling me that the family has been here this morning lovingly tending to the land.

The sun is shining; it rays restoring some of the hope and energy taken from the community after yesterday’s demonstration. Walking here, I passed a family sitting under the shade of their olive trees having their lunch replenishing their bodies after working hard on their land. The land and the people are at ease.

It is Shabbat and so the machinery of occupation, hydraulic excavators, multi terrain loaders and compactors “destroyers and usurpers, gnawing, biting, breaking, hacking and burning” their way through the land working to clear the area of the olive tress that are on the land of the farmers of Jayyus, are quiet and still.
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international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday January 16, 2009 - 15:20 by pat c
Iranian Secret Police arrested Jinous Sobhani, former secretary of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) and the Organization for the Defense of Mine Victims, and seized her address book, telephone and other work records on 14 January 2009. Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate, is a co-founder of both groups.

The DHRC, a leading independent Iranian group providing legal defense of human rights violations, has been closed since 22 December 2008, when Iranian Secret Police forced their way into the Center during a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Iranian Regime have claimed that the Center was not a legally registered organization, although numerous other non-registered organizations function in Iran. The DHRC’s application for registration was denied several years ago. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday January 16, 2009 - 15:02 by jamie and others   text 13 comments (last - friday january 23, 2009 - 03:40)   image 1 image
There are many ways to “light” a battle field. In Gaza, no such area exists anyway. There are just people’s hovels, holes and “homes.” Such as they are after years of blockade and bombardment by Israeli forces. The White phorpous is a terror weapon perfect for driving people away, “never to return.” The Zionist dream is and has always been for many, at least, to remove the native Arab population and posses all of “Greater Israel.” This inhuman weapon nicknamed “Willie Pete.” is perfect for the effort. When it comes into contact with human flesh it moves down toward the bone, tissues evaporate. Victims may survive for some time before vital organs are compromised, effecting death. Parents watch the agony and may be forced to end their children’s wild sufferings by shortening their lives in “other ways.” ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday January 16, 2009 - 14:12 by Caoimhe Butterly (via email)   text 3 comments (last - friday january 16, 2009 - 20:52)
C/o email list "Gaza Friends" from the FREE GAZA MOVEMENT http://www.freegaza.org/

The morgues of Gaza's hospitals are over-flowing. The bodies in their
blood-soaked white shrouds cover the entire floor space of the Shifa
hospital morgue. Some are intact, most horribly deformed, limbs twisted
into unnatural positions, chest cavities exposed, heads blown off, skulls
crushed in. Family members wait outside to identify and claim a brother,
husband, father, mother, wife, child. Many of those who wait their turn
have lost numerous family members and loved ones.

Blood is everywhere. Hospital orderlies hose down the floors of operating
rooms, bloodied bandages lie discarded in corners, and the injured
continue to pour in: bodies lacerated by shrapnel, burns, bullet wounds.
Medical workers, exhausted and under siege, work day and night and eac ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Friday January 16, 2009 - 14:07 by Sean Crudden
The National Concert Hall in association with The Arts Council presented a musical celebration of the life and work of John A. and his wife the late Doreen Ruddock on Tuesday 13 January 2009 starting at 8.00 p.m. in The National Concert Hall. Mrs Ruddock died almost exactly a year ago on the night. RIP. The concert concluded at 11.00 p.m. The concert was a lovely synergy of audience, venue, performance, dedicatees. ... read full story / add a comment
Start of the 'trolley jam'
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday January 16, 2009 - 03:40 by éirígí PRO   text 18 comments (last - tuesday june 15, 2010 - 03:04)   image 4 images   video 1 video file
Last night éirígí activists took part in an anti-Israeli protest both inside and outside of Marks & Spencer on Dublin's Grafton Street. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday January 15, 2009 - 22:09 by caitlin   text 1 comment (last - friday january 16, 2009 - 16:21)
I'm just back from a trip to Athens, where I was visiting a friend. Whilst there, I had the privilege to march with our Greek brothers and sisters in a demonstration.
(In case you've been living under a rock, Greek police shot and killed a 15 year old boy on the 6th of December) I think its important that I share my experiences with as many people as possible because in general the media outside of Greece tends to show the police in a far more favorable light than they deserve. Before I write about what I saw yesterday, I must say the Greek student movement is incredible. I have never seen a student movement as informed, passionate, driven and well executed as I did in Greece. We should all be taking a lesson from them. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday January 15, 2009 - 18:40 by Miriam   text 10 comments (last - friday january 16, 2009 - 22:06)
"At about 1 am GMT Free Gaza boat - Spirit of Humanity - which was in international waters was surrounded by 5 Israeli boats. They questioned the 21 civilians on board the Free Gaza, asking them their nationalities and the purpose for their trip, which was to take 5 tons of medical supplies.

They gave 3 warnings that if they didn't turn back they would be fired upon (all this in international waters) and effected dangerous manoevres that put the safety of the boat in doubt as there was a high risk of collision. "

From Spanish conservative newspaper El Mundo
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/01/15/internacional/....html

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international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday January 15, 2009 - 16:09 by Michael Gallagher   text 1 comment (last - saturday january 17, 2009 - 01:24)   image 2 images
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday January 15, 2009 - 15:24 by Dissident   text 4 comments (last - thursday january 15, 2009 - 19:36)   image 1 image
Not only is Evo breaking off ties with Israel, he’s committed himself to bringing a case against them before the International Criminal Court — on charges of Genocide.

Bolivia currently has a judge serving on the panel of the ICC — through 2009 — so maybe we’ll see some interesting fireworks. So do Brazil and Costa Rica. ... read full story / add a comment
It's over 1000 now. That was Tuesday.
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday January 15, 2009 - 01:35 by gazasympathiser (2)   text 69 comments (last - wednesday april 15, 2009 - 23:21)   image 24 images   video 2 video files
The letter pasted below appears in today's Irish Times and represents a significant widening of the demand that Zion Evrony, Israel's ambassador to Ireland, be given his marching orders until his country stops their grim slaughter in Gaza..

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international / environment Wednesday January 14, 2009 - 14:45 by peacehq
On February 14th at 6:30pm at the Friends Meeting House Lexington KY there will be a pot luck dinner and a program "Why we walk". ... read full story / add a comment
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galway / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday January 14, 2009 - 11:39 by TD   text 1 comment (last - friday february 20, 2009 - 20:50)   image 4 images
With the death toll from Israel's genocidal attack on Gaza now approaching 1,000 and the "international community" standing idly by twiddling its hypocrisy, Galway Free Palestine Campaign in empathy with the Gazans did an eight hour protest in Shop Street yesterday and will continue to do so until the killing frenzy stops.

At least one forthright man is not prepared to mouth the usual inanities about "restraint" and all that nonsense but unequivocally condemned Israel for its genocide: "The number of victims in Gaza is increasing by the day... The situation is untenable. It's genocide ... the Palestinian people have been subjected to subhuman treatment for decades and this (the Israeli offensive) is going to make matters worse." (Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, President of the UN General Assembly)

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international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 13, 2009 - 17:52 by Michael Gallagher   text 8 comments (last - thursday january 15, 2009 - 17:26)   image 6 images   video 2 video files
There were 20-30 people protesting at the dáil today, which included members of the public and IPSC, as the Israeli ambassador arrived for a hearing before the Irish foreign affairs committee.
There was a lot of media there also, but the ambassador slipped in through another entrance.

No details were given to any media from the Israeli embassy about his time of arrival or what entrance he was going to use.

All pics (c) Michael Gallagher ... read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 13, 2009 - 14:07 by Global Women's Strike Ireland   text 2 comments (last - thursday january 15, 2009 - 00:30)
Since last week women have been maintaining a daily vigil for Gaza in the centre of Galway city. ... read full story / add a comment
Protestors gather in solidarity outside Raytheon, while nine women (centre of picture) sit inside chained to an internal door.
derry / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday January 13, 2009 - 00:32 by George Row   text 16 comments (last - sunday january 18, 2009 - 02:32)   image 5 images
Nine women obstructed doors inside Raytheon plant in Derry by chaining themselves together and to the doors. They were protesting against the use of Raytheon's weapons by Israel in the commission of war crimes in Gaza. They also called upon the local police to investigate Raytheon's participation in such crimes. ... read full story / add a comment
Governor Roberto Requião
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday January 12, 2009 - 18:02 by Emilio de Lima (ed.)   image 1 image
Television and Radio Network Paraná Educativa will promote discussions on economy and war in the Gaza Strip, continuing, this way, The International Crisis WS.

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