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international / environment Friday December 07, 2007 - 00:59 by Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner
Vowing that would not happen again, Governor Linda Lingle, a friend of President George Bush, purchased armored vests for Kauai police and machine guns. Legislative rumors have it that Lingle has a "special relationship" with wealthy Superferry financier John Lehmann. She is said to want to run for US Senator Akaka's seat. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 06, 2007 - 10:03 by China watcher
A group of leading Chinese lawyers and academics have demanded immediate abolition of the country's infamous system of "laojiao" (re-education through labour), saying it is a serious impediment to efforts to bring about the rule of law in China. The "re-education through labour" system allows the police to jail everyone, from political dissidents to drug addicts and prostitutes, for up to four years without going through the courts. There has been talk of scrapping it as part of legal reforms, but so far only cosmetic changes have been made. But now 69 well-known experts and rights advocates have petitioned the legislature to immediately examine and abolish the system, saying it contravenes the Chinese constitution. ... read full story / add a comment 
wicklow / miscellaneous Wednesday December 05, 2007 - 21:59 by Charlie Crann- AFA Legal Affairs Correspondent
 17 comments (last - thursday december 13, 2007 - 13:45)  1 image
Jack Cummins (20) of Ballyfaskin, Ballylanders, Limerick appeared before Wicklow District Court today on a charge of distributing threatening and abusive material, namely neo-nazi flags and paraphernalia. ... read full story / add a comment
down / worker & community struggles and protests Wednesday December 05, 2007 - 08:22 by .
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Striking Classroom Assistant held a protest outside the Belfast office of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions on Monday to demand a trade union inquiry into claims that the majority of Classroom Assistants have voted to accept managements offer. The offer was forced through a meeting of the Joint Negotiating Council for education workers in Northern Ireland last Friday by the employers and GMB/UNISON. The decision was taken despite the opposition of the biggest non teaching education trade union, NIPSA, and the abstention of T&G. During the period of strike action Stormont Education Minister Catriona Ruaine has made repeated calls for NIPSA to ballot its members. NIPSA has pointed out that every offer made by management has been brought to consultation meetings of members but in an effort to clarify the situation and to remove the Ministers excuse for not negotiating offered to ballot members last week. This offer was ignored. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday December 04, 2007 - 10:35 by Fintan Lane
16 comments (last - tuesday march 29, 2011 - 04:31) 1 image
Yesterday afternoon, friends and family of Robin Hennessy gathered under an overcast sky in Kanturk graveyard to bid farewell to a stalwart of the anti-war movement and other social justice causes. Above all, we bid farewell to a man remembered for his enormous capacity for love and who was motivated in politics by his deep concern for the well-being of other human beings. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday December 04, 2007 - 09:37 by Irish Basque Committees
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All of the arrested are welknown grassroots activists and the Spanish National Court's decission has shocked Basque people. The majority of Basque political parties, trade unions and social organizations have spoken out against this attack. 25,000 people took to the streets just 24 hours after the arrests started. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Monday December 03, 2007 - 22:53 by Edward Horgan
29 comments (last - saturday january 05, 2008 - 16:36) 2 images
A CIA controlled Learjet reg no N71PG was refuelled at dawn this morning at Shannon and made a hasty exit within the hour. It had been due two hours earlier, in the hours of darkness as usual. Unlike the two other CIA planes recently refuelled at Shannon, Gulfstream N476LC refuelled on 30 Oct 07 and Gulfstream N478GS refuelled on 30 Nov 07, both of which were notorious torture rendition planes, we know very little about N71PG so far. Please carry out some research and try and dig up its CIA history. We should remember that when the now infamous N379P, known as the Guantanamo Express was first seen at Shannon and logged on indymedia by Tim Hourigan, we were not even aware of the CIA torture rendition programme. Such murky and gross violations of human rights are by their very nature very difficult to expose. ... read full story / add a comment
national / bin tax / household tax / water tax Monday December 03, 2007 - 17:15 by redmondite collapse
13 comments (last - friday december 07, 2007 - 20:50)
Yet another provo leaves party, admits that provisionalism is about administrating British rule in Ireland. Some say no one could have "predicted" the manner in which the provos have turned. However Republicans at the time of the 1986 split correctly "mapped" the future of the provosionals using proir history. Indeed while anyone with any grasp of history could have done so, only those affiliated with RSF did. ... read full story / add a comment
cork / environment Sunday December 02, 2007 - 22:37 by John
4 comments (last - wednesday december 05, 2007 - 10:26) 6 images
Yesterday, a group of 15-20 Cork Harbour inhabitants, displaying a flagrant and foolhardy disregard for official warnings to stay away from the coast, braved the elements to undertake wildcat eco-restoration work at Gobby Strand, Ringaskiddy erstwhile site of Indaver’s proposed toxic waste incinerator now reclaimed as a People’s Forest. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / miscellaneous Sunday December 02, 2007 - 17:04 by Seomra Spraoi Collective
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Seomra Spraoi (& the entire building in 4 Marys Abbey) was closed down by the Fire Authority last night (Sat 1st Dec) ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday December 01, 2007 - 22:14 by Eamonn O' Coilea'in
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Shell to Sea protesting at the DAIL 21st Nov; up to 200 protesters say to the Politicians that we are not going away! Erris S2S traveled to DUBLIN to show that they were here to say no to RAW GAS PIPELINES!! ... read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage Saturday December 01, 2007 - 18:09 by anon
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Yet another find over the past few days of Neolitihic underground chambers has been made at Tara and which have been kept from public knowledge by the Government and the road contractors. For more details see the brief report below. ... read full story / add a comment
armagh / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday December 01, 2007 - 17:44 by ,
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Having fought their way through weeks of attacks by their employers/Sinn Fein/DUP, Classroom Assistants yesterday faced another barrier to a just settlement of the ongoing job evaluation dispute. Employers linked up with UNISON and GMB to outvote NIPSA and T&G and to force a rotten deal through the Joint Negotiating Council for education. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism Saturday December 01, 2007 - 15:30 by Johnny H
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Today comrades kicked off the festive protesting season in style with a picket of the Shell station on the Finglas road. Even in the bitter cold, our spirits were high as we lined up for the picket, to highlight the injustices happening everyday in Mayo. We started the protest at 12.45pm along with the Gardai who had also decided to join us in force. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday November 30, 2007 - 15:45 by Coilín ÓhAiseadha
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Gardai last night arrested Conor Cregan and retired army commandant Edward Horgan while they were observing suspected CIA jet N478GS at Shannon Airport. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / animal rights Friday November 30, 2007 - 14:38 by John Carmody
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Stripping down to nearly nothing but paint markings that mimic a butcher's diagram of body parts, a female member of PETA Europe (PETA) just recently posed in Dublin's busiest shopping district to remind Christmas shoppers that "All Animals Have the Same Parts – Have a Heart", and ask them to "Go Veg this Christmas". ... read full story / add a comment 
national / crime and justice Thursday November 29, 2007 - 18:11 by Starstruck
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Lawyers who represent non-nationals in failed immigration cases may have legal costs awarded against them under controversial new asylum laws to be introduced by the Government. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday November 29, 2007 - 17:30 by Gerry Creechan
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The call to action "When your kids want to know "Where were you in the great Writers Strike of 2007?" you'll be able to say that you walked the line with writers from all over the world in support of the principle that, if they use our work, we get paid for it and that, however modest, you contributed to the victory that's coming for our fellow writers in the Writers' Guild of America. " ... read full story / add a comment
international / environment Wednesday November 28, 2007 - 11:26 by TaraTaraTara
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Digger on the Henge ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Wednesday November 28, 2007 - 08:47 by Sean Ramsey
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After the marathon walk for peace across Australia, Mr Frank Muldowney, will return to Ireland in early December. ... read full story / add a comment |
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