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national / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday July 23, 2003 - 19:55 by Stunned
 6 comments (last - thursday july 24, 2003 - 16:26)
From RTE business an interesting list of the National Pensions Reserves fund unethical investments which include Raytheon, manufacturer of the Tomahawk Cruise Missile. Even with these investments the fund still lost almost €750m (16% of its value) of taxpayers money last year. Lockheed Martin €3.8m invested as of December 31 2002 Northrop Grumman 1.6m Raytheon 742,000 BEA Systems 263,000 Bombardier 211,000 Cigarettes Philip Morris 10.5m British American Tobacco 3.6m Imperial Tobacco 2.8m Oil Royal Dutch 103m BP 15.1m Shell 13.1m Exxon Mobil 47.2m Halliburton 1.1m Miscellaneous Monsanto 2.5m Nike 5.3m Walmart 33m Starbucks 4.6m MacDonalds 2.3m Coca Cola 15.3m Fox Entertainment 250,000 BSkyB 8.2m Microsoft 47m Companies that have had financial difficulties Tyco 4.9m QWest Communications 706,000 AOL Time Warner 14.5m ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday July 23, 2003 - 18:25 by Juliana Fredman
This from a woman making a film in the West Bank about the state of Palestinian health care under the Israeli occupation. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Wednesday July 23, 2003 - 16:01 by advisory service.
2 comments (last - thursday july 24, 2003 - 16:03)
As you will see in today's papers in Ireland, yesterday two bombs exploded in Spain. They were planned, planted, and exploded by ETA. Since the beginning of July ETA has counted five bomb attacks. Since the beginning of it's annual "summer holidays" bombing season 167 attacks have been made. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday July 23, 2003 - 15:36 by Rooster
30 comments (last - tuesday july 29, 2003 - 11:41)
THE SDLP today accused Sinn Fein of glorifying terrorist violence by selling pro-IRA merchandise on the Internet. The new official website being launched today by Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, calls on visitors to buy T-shirts with logos such as 'IRA Undefeated Army' and 'Sniper at Work'. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism Tuesday July 22, 2003 - 23:57 by redjade
16 comments (last - monday april 26, 2004 - 17:28)  5 images
{ photos by redjade } (c) ... read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum Tuesday July 22, 2003 - 19:34 by René
In the proposal for the first EU constitution there is a change in the clausel for trade-treaties like GATS for education and other public services. Time for a new campaign... ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism Tuesday July 22, 2003 - 17:32 by padraic
6 comments (last - wednesday july 23, 2003 - 18:57)
This Saturday in Dublin (venue details to follow) there will be an activist first aid workshop held by a woman from Germany. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Tuesday July 22, 2003 - 02:52 by no-burn
3 comments (last - tuesday july 22, 2003 - 13:27) 2 images
A major protest against waste incineration was staged this week, involving over 235 groups from 62 countries. The protest was timed to coincide with the first day of the Seventh Intergovernmental Committee meeting on persistent organic pollutants (POPS), and the release of a new report recommending the phasing out of waste incineration. ... read full story / add a comment
clare / anti-war / imperialism Monday July 21, 2003 - 17:41 by Tim
14 comments (last - friday july 25, 2003 - 19:40)
don't have time to report on everything individually so here's a quick-ish round up of What's happening at Shannon from an anti-war point of view. The military charters continue to go through, both passenger and cargo aircraft. but here's some of the other news for a change. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism Monday July 21, 2003 - 16:10 by lish
21 comments (last - monday july 28, 2003 - 18:15) 2 images
:international boycott launch july 22nd. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday July 21, 2003 - 12:27 by Geoff
6 comments (last - tuesday july 22, 2003 - 15:34)
After a nine year wait The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has published the 2nd edition of Know Your Rights. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday July 20, 2003 - 22:59 by Cork Anti-War Campaign
Following the Cork Anti-War Campaign public meeting on the Congo on 26 June, Dan Boyle TD put the following parliamentary question to Brian Cowen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and received the answer reproduced below. CAWC has sent a separate letter also to the minister asking him to personally visit the Ituri region, and we await a response. ... read full story / add a comment
international / bin tax / household tax / water tax Sunday July 20, 2003 - 18:41 by sunday
5 comments (last - tuesday july 22, 2003 - 15:50)
For the reasons are local, the solutions are local, the strategies are made far far away, and the poor they are everywhere. Relatively writing. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Sunday July 20, 2003 - 00:14 by Ailín
31 comments (last - tuesday july 22, 2003 - 19:53) 2 images
A successful picket was held to-day, by the Pasty O'Connor, Dublin slua of Na Fianna Éireann outside the GPO in Dublin. Members held a banner calling for political status and distributed over 500 leaflets detailing the current situation that Republican prisoners face in Maghaberry prison. ... read full story / add a comment 
keeping memory alive: Dublin anarchists/anti-capitalists march 2 years after death of Carlo Giuliani
dublin / anti-capitalism Saturday July 19, 2003 - 22:12 by Indymedia Kevin
3 comments (last - sunday july 20, 2003 - 21:17) 12 images
Commemorating the second anniversary of the death of Carlo Giuliani - killed by the Italian Police in Genoa in July 2001. ... read full story / add a comment
limerick / miscellaneous Saturday July 19, 2003 - 17:52 by Ailín
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The site of the former Limerick Clothing Company factory at present up for sale should be purchased by Limerick City Council for social and affordable housing, the local branch of Republican Sinn Féin said today. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday July 18, 2003 - 23:22 by Miftah (md)
2 comments (last - saturday july 19, 2003 - 11:37)
Since July 1 the Israeli government has violated every recent agreement it has made by carrying out military invasions of Palestinian areas, implementing a campaign of abductions, opening fire on civilian areas without being provoked, imposing curfews and not relaxing its “draconian” closure that restricts all movement for Palestinians. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Friday July 18, 2003 - 16:56 by young Fine Geal supporter
4 comments (last - sunday july 20, 2003 - 18:19)
The leader of Irelands main opposition party lashed runaway public spending by the ff/pd government. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Friday July 18, 2003 - 16:13 by shannon
7 comments (last - tuesday july 22, 2003 - 16:08)
tcd will have to pay for its 5 year strategic plan, which will cost nearly 5 million euro. Previously, the Deapartment of Science and Education was supposed to foot the bill, but now they cannot make the funds available. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / miscellaneous Friday July 18, 2003 - 15:29 by € = $
1 comment (last - friday july 18, 2003 - 16:33)
in Dublin's Royal Irish Academy. entrance is free to fellows, members and limited tickets will be available to buyers of the Irish Times. ... read full story / add a comment |
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