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international / environment Thursday August 28, 2003 - 02:52 by ollie
 5 comments (last - friday august 29, 2003 - 02:26)
Yes its true, a class class action against Monsanto, mutanto, morbanto, call them what you will, has resulted in that company having to cough up for PCB poisoning in Alabama. There is no real compensation for what these people went through - in a world where people get jailed for not paying a tv licience while the MD's of these MNC's swan around in multi-billionaire Forbes 500 land! However, the good news is that the money (most of it payable within 7 days! Yes!) will be used for comprehensive clean ups, as well as providing for 20,000 people's medical bills and cash payments. Most of these are 'low income african americans who have developed negative lifelong health impacts from the toxic pollutants. Monsanto's PCBs have caused everything from severe brain damage to cancer and death' according to organic bytes, the weekly mail out service of the organic consumers association. (USA) Read more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/Toxic/monsanto_pcbs.cfm ... read full story / add a comment
derry / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday August 28, 2003 - 00:17 by Davina James-Hanman
4 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2003 - 23:02)
Foyle Women’s Aid today have issued an urgent appeal for support and help for a young Derry mother who is to be returned to the US against her will with her two children under duress from her abusive ex partner within the next few days. This young woman Cara Gunn fled the US last year after suffering years of abuse from her husband. However as soon as Cara left the US for Northern Ireland, her ex husband then enacted the Hague Convention against her saying that she had abducted his child, the younger of her two children. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday August 27, 2003 - 19:06 by Aoife
8 comments (last - wednesday january 07, 2004 - 17:05)
Report on life in Occupied Iraq compiled from various sources and details of upcoming anti-war events. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday August 27, 2003 - 19:05 by dekarnys
3 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2003 - 14:12)
27 August 2003 17:20 Confirmed! Anti-electronic warfare activist - George Farquar has been committed to a mental ward in the Royal Endinburgh Hospital! ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Wednesday August 27, 2003 - 16:24 by Bin the Bill
11 comments (last - monday september 01, 2003 - 15:58)
postering organised for tonight ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Wednesday August 27, 2003 - 16:07 by Mark Hewitt
10 comments (last - friday august 29, 2003 - 19:41)  1 image
Africa - How the West destroyed a continent 7.30pm @ Café Arcadia Thursday 28th August North Street Arcade (Opposite the John Hewitt bar) ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Wednesday August 27, 2003 - 14:30 by Caoimhín
2 comments (last - wednesday august 27, 2003 - 17:08)
An award winning documentary about the pollution of the river Ganges in India. [English subtitles on screen] ... read full story / add a comment
tyrone / sci-tech Wednesday August 27, 2003 - 00:38 by Nesta
20 comments (last - tuesday december 19, 2006 - 15:07)
Vaccination assault on the human species, reveals that childhood immunisation doesn't work, with already immunised babies/children still contracting childhood diseases. Far from stamping out disease, injecting very young babies with live virus germs, in order to incur an immune recognition response, directly into their bloodstream, bypassing our normal human body's immune system, actually damages a babies immune system, sometimes irrepairably. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Tuesday August 26, 2003 - 19:14 by Ronan Stenson
10 comments (last - wednesday august 27, 2003 - 21:22) 2 images
Community workers from Dublin's North Inner City have begun a 24 hour fast and vigil outside the GPO in protest at government plans to axe their jobs. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Tuesday August 26, 2003 - 19:11 by iosaf
5 comments (last - wednesday august 27, 2003 - 18:47)
In today's european edition of the English "Guardian" newspaper the headlines suggest that THORP will be closed at a cost of 30,000,000,000stg by 2010. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / public consultation / irish social forum Tuesday August 26, 2003 - 16:16 by Tiocfaidh Armani
13 comments (last - monday september 01, 2003 - 12:08)
Leafleting in support of Republican POW's, despite Special Branch harassment. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday August 26, 2003 - 11:26 by James McKenna
17 comments (last - tuesday september 02, 2003 - 13:52)
At a meeting in Sardinia, the German and Italian interior ministers arranged the new European border controls to be run by Germany, Italy and Spainish police. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday August 26, 2003 - 09:42 by Kyaw S Win
Burma, as usual, remains the abusive, sexist and closed-minded in gentle Southeast Asia which is rapidly taken-over by soul-lost and messed up China. The cruel Military Intelligence chief is now Burma's new Prime Minister. We must fight the evil forces and free Aung San Suu Kyi and NLD leaders. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Tuesday August 26, 2003 - 00:13 by geek
5 comments (last - wednesday august 27, 2003 - 17:53)
A weekend for environmental / animal rights / peace / social justice campaigners to get to know GNU/Linux ... read full story / add a comment 
donegal / anti-war / imperialism Monday August 25, 2003 - 12:44 by Ruairi
4 comments (last - tuesday august 26, 2003 - 11:23) 1 image
THIS FRIDAY (August 29th) the Donegal Peace Group will host U.S anti-war activist, Karen Conaghan. The forum will follow the successful night with Nuin Dunlop and Ciaron O'Reilly of the Catholic Worker Movement and Pitstop Ploughshares (http://www.ploughsharesireland.org) and seek to develop ways forward for the local-global alternatives to war,greed, poverty and injustice. ================================================= Following the forum the momentum will gather at the OUTDOOR SOCIAL GATHERING at a natural setting near Donegal Town. All are welcome and advised to bring a tent, some food, musical instruments etc. So, get a groove on and cruise on up to Donegal!!!!! ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Sunday August 24, 2003 - 21:59 by testing the boundaries
27 comments (last - thursday august 28, 2003 - 23:31)
more territory and reservations for the people who brought you the USA (indymedia). ... read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous Saturday August 23, 2003 - 21:55 by Orla Ni Chomhrai
13 comments (last - tuesday august 26, 2003 - 20:07)
Public Meeting on the right to Free Speech, Public Assembly and Activity. Menlo Park Hotel, Galway, Wednesday, 27th August, 8pm. ... read full story / add a comment 
limerick / miscellaneous Saturday August 23, 2003 - 15:34 by Carlos Diaz
12 comments (last - monday august 25, 2003 - 13:59) 4 images
Coca Cola anti-marketing pictures to be used in all kind of supports... ... read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism Saturday August 23, 2003 - 15:29 by Tim
6 comments (last - tuesday august 26, 2003 - 13:44)
Shannon is STILL being used by the US military, and it's not just returning troops either. High ranking officials, cargo and who-knows-what else is still coming through for the Pentagon. Here are some of the more recent sightings. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday August 22, 2003 - 21:53 by Ciaron
3 comments (last - tuesday august 26, 2003 - 09:59)
Michael Bermingham who has been based in Iraq since late last year, and participated in the anti-war movement in Ireland, was present in the UN Building when attacked this week. Voices in the Wilderness Chicago Update. ... read full story / add a comment |
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