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international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 20, 2008 - 14:42 by TD
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Yesterday, in the relentless resistance against the construction of the Annexation Wall and the illegal Israeli colonising “settlements” of Kfar Rut, Shilta, Mattityahu, Makkabim, Hashmonaim, Lapid, Modi’in Illit (Qiryat Sefer) and Menora on the expropriated Palestinian lands of Bil’in and Saffa, villagers from Bil’in, their numbers augmented by Internationals and Israeli Anarchists Against the Wall marched, as they have done for the past four years after Friday prayers, in protest to the Wall. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday December 19, 2008 - 22:21 by newsmedia
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The Irish government has again turned to taking money off the poor to fund the rich. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 19, 2008 - 01:29 by weight lifted
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Long time supporter of Israeli Zionism, British power in Ireland, censor, bully, anti-Republican and self publicist dies at age 91. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday December 17, 2008 - 18:35 by dissident
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The United Nation's top human rights official has condemned Israel's expulsion of Richard Falk, the UN's special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian Territories, from the country, calling it "unprecedented" and "deeply regrettable. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday December 17, 2008 - 15:00 by pat c
Samir Adil, leader of the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC) was among those injured in an indiscriminate terror bombing of a restraunt in Kirkurk on Friday, 11 December. 55 people were killed and 100 were wounded. The IFC has been working across ethnic divides in Kirkuk to unite local communities against the US occupation and sectarian militias. ... read full story / add a comment
international / animal rights Wednesday December 17, 2008 - 00:20 by Bernie Wright
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LATEST GA NEWSLETTER NOW AVAILABLE ON-LINE Running for their Lives! - December 2008 Contents:- A Greyt 2008! - Best year ever for our campaign More good news from the USA - Greyhound racing banned in MA, Guam track closes Financial crisis for William Hill - Soaring debts/falling shares for greyhound killers The latest issue (December 2008) of our bi-monthly newsletter, Runnning for their Lives!, is now available on-line. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 16, 2008 - 17:22 by Saoirse
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Ógra Shinn Féin got active across Ireland in the past weekend to demand the immediate release of IRA Prisoners of War, some of whom qualify under the terms of the GFA for release and all because the leadership of Óglaidh na hÉireann formally called an end to their armed campaign over 3 years ago. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-capitalism Tuesday December 16, 2008 - 14:13 by Valentine
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On Dec 8 th 2008 the Belgian campaign Notre mot à dire/Onze Zeg ("Our Voice", aiming at a democratic referendum on the EU Lisbon Treaty ) addressed the Constitutional Court of Belgium. In a first request, they demand the cancellation of the Flemish ratification. ... read full story / add a comment
Rory Hearne, who recently completed a PhD on PPPs in Trinity College Dublin and who is a candidate for the People Before Profit Alliance in the upcoming local elections in Dublin South East, has criticised the decision to develop another bundle of schools through the PPP mechanism. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / animal rights Monday December 15, 2008 - 21:56 by Stephan Wymore
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On December 10th during ‘International Day for Animal Rights 2008’ a huge 10ft ‘elephant’ led a peaceful demonstration outside the Department of Agriculture in Dublin on behalf of Animal Rights Action Network and Animal Defenders International as our campaigners geared up for an important meeting to discuss the new upcoming revised Irish animal welfare bill which is due to be published during 2009. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Monday December 15, 2008 - 03:21 by Contaminated Crow
Waste,a quarry, waste, a powerplant, waste, a missing planning file and more waste ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Sunday December 14, 2008 - 14:59 by Pooka McFee
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Over the last week/ten days, local people in what Shell and the government like to style as the 'receiving communities' of Rossport, Glenamoy and Pullathomas (as if a dirty big refinery, a dangerous experimental pipeline and a gombeen-facilitated Gas Robbery were gifts beyond price!) joined with solidarity activists from elsewhere in Ireland to pursue a project more sustaining and sustainable than Corrib - the gradual re-afforestation of magnificent beautiful Erris with appropriate species of trees! Photos and additional reporting courtesy of FSB! ... read full story / add a comment
cork / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 13, 2008 - 19:59 by Joe Moore
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December 10th 2008 marked the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) This event was marked across the globe last Wednesday. The anniversary was also marked by numerous events around Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment
kildare / miscellaneous Saturday December 13, 2008 - 08:27 by saoirse
Picket in support of Republican prisoners in the Six Counties ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Saturday December 13, 2008 - 01:33 by sdv
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"Gunned down by idiot cops. That's life hey?" the message left on the myspace page of a 15 year old boy killed by police in Australia. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 12, 2008 - 18:39 by Seano
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Businessmen don't like the result of first ever election in Sark and fire 140 people. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / crime and justice Friday December 12, 2008 - 16:11 by Rudiger
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Last Wednesday, the 10th December 2008, in Belmullet District Court, Judge Mary Devins showed, in my opinion, her clearest example so far, that she has no interest in the notion of proper and real justice. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Friday December 12, 2008 - 14:58 by ALiberation
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Fur Free Activists asked Naomi Campbell some choice questions about her questionable choices in Dublin on Wednesday. She didn’t comment. She did look briefly at the poster of a mutilated fox with the words “Ban Irish Fur Farms”. ... read full story / add a comment 
limerick / rights, freedoms and repression Friday December 12, 2008 - 09:06 by John Lannon
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On Thursday, just after 10.30am, Limerick’s Congolese community along with Irish friends and supporters marched from Arthur’s Quay in the city centre, up O’Connell St., to O’Connell Avenue. There, a memorandum to the Irish Government and the International Community was read, calling their attention to the ongoing tragedy taking place in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It noted that over the last decade the world has allowed the deaths of 5 million people in Congo, and that in the eastern part of the country sexual abuse of women, forced recruitment of child soldiers and displacement from villages and homes are once again part of everyday life. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / gender and sexuality Thursday December 11, 2008 - 20:47 by Andrew
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Audio of a 45 minute talk/discussion given at the Dublin Independent Zine fair last Sunday in New Square about RAG, the magazine of the Revolutionary Anarcho-Feminist Group. ... read full story / add a comment |
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