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international / anti-war / imperialism Monday May 10, 2004 - 15:47 by Pit Stop Ploughshares
 5 comments (last - wednesday may 12, 2004 - 13:18)
As serious nonviolent resistance grows to the US/UK war on Iraq, brothers and sisters find themselves before the courts and in custody. A simple letter or a postcard can make all the difference to a sense of solidarity, morale, a sends a signal to jail/brig authorities that our friends are not alone etc. **Consider sending a letter or postcard to a military resister or anti-war prisoner listed below. Here in Ireland, Mary Kelly goes to trial on June 15th. in Kilrush, Co. Clare. The Pit Stop Ploughshares return to the Four Courts on May 27th. www.ploughsharesireland.org ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / anti-war / imperialism Monday May 10, 2004 - 15:09 by karen eliot
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Support for Mary Kelly is building on the streets each week in Galway. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Monday May 10, 2004 - 14:52 by LASC
the offices of the Colombian trade union Sintraminercol were bombed last Monday. the President of the Union was in Ireland last July to address the ICTU conference. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / politics / elections Monday May 10, 2004 - 04:11 by Keith Martin
6 comments (last - tuesday may 11, 2004 - 18:37)
Keith Martin has declared himself as an Independent candidate for a seat on Westport Town Council. ... read full story / add a comment 
clare / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 08, 2004 - 17:51 by David
4 comments (last - tuesday may 11, 2004 - 02:16) 5 images
Anti-War activists show their support for Mary Kelly who is shortly facing re-trial on charges resulting from her disarming of an American Warplane en-route to Iraq. She did nothing more than her civic duty under the terms of the Nurenberg war crimes tribunal that states and protect the Irish constitution. "Individuals have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against the peace and humanity from occuring" If convicted, she faces up to ten years in Jail. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday May 08, 2004 - 12:05 by R Glenn
THE FIRE Brigades Union (FBU) conference starts on 11 May. In the wake of last year's national strikes against low pay, the two keynote conference debates will be on pay and the union's link with New Labour. ... read full story / add a comment
kildare / eu Saturday May 08, 2004 - 12:05 by Eoin Dubsky
5 comments (last - monday may 10, 2004 - 16:00)
Peace campaigner and environmentalist Eoin Dubsky is running for election to the European Parliament and he needs your help. Because he is running as an independent candidate in the East (Leinster) constituency for the European election, he needs 60 registered voters from the area to sign up as "assenters" endorsing his campaign. The authorities have made it quite difficult, where you need to sign the nomination form in the County Council head office during office hours next week only , and not including lunch. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday May 08, 2004 - 11:52 by Dominic Carroll
3 comments (last - wednesday may 12, 2004 - 12:41)
A Cork anti-war activist will appear in Cork District Court on Monday (10th May) following a peaceful protest at the Cork-based weapons manufacturer, DDC Ireland Ltd., a subsidiary of the powerful US multinational, Data Device Corporation (DDC). ... read full story / add a comment
international / eu Friday May 07, 2004 - 21:48 by John Meehan
45 comments (last - thursday may 13, 2004 - 17:05)
social and democratic, feminist and ecologist, peaceful and in solidarity February 15, 2003, was a historic date: tens of millions of people, all around the world, demonstrated to stop the war. Moreover, these unprecedented mobilisations show a strong political will to impose universal peace, justice, international solidarity and social equality on those in power. That day a new Europe was born. A rank and file Europe that is confronting the European Union and the ruling classes whose instrument it is. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / summit mobilisations Friday May 07, 2004 - 14:39 by Sean Heffernan
11 comments (last - saturday may 08, 2004 - 07:53) 15 images
These are some prictures I took of mayday. More to follow, depdening on what day I'm in the mood to spend ages dscanning them in, that is! ... read full story / add a comment
national / politics / elections Friday May 07, 2004 - 12:24 by John McDermott
A trying day in the life of a Fianna Fail Minister for the Environment. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Friday May 07, 2004 - 06:42 by Anti-War Ireland
Convenor: Fintan Lane (087 1258325) PROs/Spokespersons: Caoimhe Butterly (087 2134160) and Tim Hourigan (087 9777703) Anti-War Ireland is a broad-based and inclusive national alliance of anti-war groups. It is explicitly anti-racist and anti-sexist. ... read full story / add a comment
national / summit mobilisations Thursday May 06, 2004 - 21:05 by Labour Youth
32 comments (last - tuesday may 11, 2004 - 10:50)
As well as taking part in the “Another Europe is Possible” demonstration on May 1st, members of Labour Youth were prominent at events over the Bank Holiday weekend organised by the Dublin Grassroots Network. Activists ignored the scandalous hysteria in the corporate media and intimidation by the Gardaí to partake in a number of peaceful actions over the weekend for a Europe based on social needs, not big business wants. ... read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations Thursday May 06, 2004 - 14:13 by Kashmiri
2 comments (last - thursday may 06, 2004 - 15:56)
Mayday was celebrated with renewed vigor in Kashmir on both sides of the dividing Line of Control between India and Pakistan, at a time when US imperialists and its allies continue to kill innocent Iraqi youth, workers and children. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / summit mobilisations Thursday May 06, 2004 - 14:09 by reporter
42 comments (last - monday may 10, 2004 - 14:13)
The Government set out to thwart civil rights this weekend. It did it to frighten people away from their democratic right to protest and to keep numbers down at demonstrations against President Bush. It will not work. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday May 06, 2004 - 09:10 by Court Reporter
17 comments (last - monday may 16, 2005 - 16:22)
Details on arrests/bail ... read full story / add a comment
kildare / miscellaneous Thursday May 06, 2004 - 03:57 by matt
121 comments (last - sunday may 23, 2004 - 04:04)
This means that Coca Cola will continue to be sold in the Student bar and the SU shop. Many of the executive in the Union were happy with the results as the Union is in severe financial dificulties. The large number of signatures needed to be collected means that it will be unlikely that another referendum will be held. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / summit mobilisations Wednesday May 05, 2004 - 23:29 by Chekov
29 comments (last - thursday december 16, 2004 - 18:44)  3 video files
Two videos showing examples of police violence unleashed on protestors on the Navan Road on May day. ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Wednesday May 05, 2004 - 21:00 by Eoin Dubsky
The Trident Ploughshares campaign has confirmed that it will continue its programme of peaceful protest against Trident at Faslane and elsewhere in spite of today’s rejection by the Scottish High Court of the appeals of three protesters against convictions for a breach of the peace. ... read full story / add a comment
international / summit mobilisations Wednesday May 05, 2004 - 19:15 by hydra
4 comments (last - sunday may 09, 2004 - 20:44)
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