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national / anti-war / imperialism Saturday July 22, 2006 - 10:53 by R
 14 comments (last - saturday july 22, 2006 - 19:25)  2 images
The Irish anti-war movement are failing to offer meaningful support for the courageous Pitstop Ploughshares but it seems church leader Bishop Kirby isn't afraid to stand up for his beliefs. Yesterday he attended the closing arguments of the trial and made a statement in their support. The trial is expected to finish up on Monday after 3 1/2 long hard years. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday July 22, 2006 - 03:48 by Paula Geraghty
8 comments (last - monday july 24, 2006 - 17:57) 4 images
A new report commissioned by the Africa Centre, examines the level of participation in civil society of the Irish African community and explores the reasons for varying degrees of activism and suggests some recommendations. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday July 22, 2006 - 00:03 by Revolt Video
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One activist managed to gain entry when Jeb Bush(pro death penalty for selfish personal political gain) was starting his speech and she shouted “Go Home Jeb….” before being removed. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday July 21, 2006 - 22:19 by Paula Geraghty
7 comments (last - thursday july 27, 2006 - 18:33) 17 images
BeLonG To Youth Project organised a protest to mark the first anniversary of the state murder of gay Iranian teenagers Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni last Wednesday July 19th 2006 ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Friday July 21, 2006 - 20:49 by Noise Hacker
13 comments (last - wednesday october 18, 2006 - 18:09) 43 images
donegal / environment Friday July 21, 2006 - 02:48 by Searc
10 comments (last - tuesday august 01, 2006 - 14:08) 1 image
Big crowd in Ballybofey support the Rossport Campaign but, as usual, where were the TDs? ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Friday July 21, 2006 - 01:59 by JM
12 comments (last - wednesday july 26, 2006 - 13:28) 16 images
Shell To Sea have taken to the skies over Rossport to get a better view of Shell's destruction of the area. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 20, 2006 - 21:35 by Chris Murray
13 comments (last - saturday july 22, 2006 - 10:24)
Today the Barr Tribunal published findings on the series of incidents which led to the shooting of John Carty in the Abbeylara Siege. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday July 20, 2006 - 20:21 by Liberty Belle
21 comments (last - sunday july 23, 2006 - 23:39) 4 images
An account of the submissions made by counsel for the prosecution and the defence before the jury. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / anti-capitalism Thursday July 20, 2006 - 19:59 by Young Anarchist
8 comments (last - saturday july 22, 2006 - 19:42) 3 images
To mark the 5th anniversary of the death of Carlo Giuliani anarchist youth took to the streets last night with stencils and hundreds of stickers to make sure his memory will live on. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday July 20, 2006 - 16:22 by Ian P. O'Dea
18 comments (last - friday july 28, 2006 - 20:41)
The Socialist Party have publicly criticised the Socialist Workers' Party's stance over the latest Partnership deal "Towards 2016". ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 20, 2006 - 14:23 by R.iosin Dubh
4 comments (last - wednesday august 02, 2006 - 21:29)
Amnesty International has joined forces with many other groups to call for increased protection for bloggers, and internet users launching their "irrepressible info" campaign this week. "sharing information. The Internet is a new frontier in the struggle for human rights. Governments – with the help of some of the biggest IT companies in the world – are cracking down on freedom of expression. Amnesty International, with the support of The Observer UK newspaper, is launching a campaign to show that online or offline the human voice and human rights are impossible to repress." ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday July 20, 2006 - 14:14 by Tommy Donnellan
1 comment (last - friday july 21, 2006 - 00:20) 5 images
Last Tuesday, two Irish anti-war activists, with Brian Haw's imprimatur joined him and crew outside the UK's Houses of Parliament to voice our outrage against the judicial obscenity that is presently being visited on the Pitstops, that moral imperative successfully completed without hassle from the machine gun toting coppers opposite. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday July 20, 2006 - 13:00 by G8 translator
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Individual tale of police and state persecution and intimidation, faked evidence, poor legal rights which highlights the difficulties people are faced with in Russia before and now after the G8 summit in St.Petersburg. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-war / imperialism Thursday July 20, 2006 - 12:39 by eeekkkk
15 comments (last - thursday july 20, 2006 - 21:33)
The prosecution in the case have begun in the last hour or so to make their closing arguments to the Jury. It is likely that the defense will make theirs before the end of the day. There is a very very small possibility of a verdict late today. Most likely scenario is that tomorrow will see a verdict in this trial. Frequent updates will be on indymedia.ie ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Thursday July 20, 2006 - 00:35 by court reporters
5 comments (last - thursday july 20, 2006 - 08:51)
SUMMARY Kathy Kelly finally gave her evidence on Monday. She spoke quietly about the chilling effect of the sanctions that had been imposed on Iraq after the 1991 war, of the devastation caused to the country, the lack of water and electricity, the ilnesses and diseases, the lack of medical supplies due to veto, the deaths of over 500,000 children between ages 0 to 5, the deaths of 1.5 million Iraqis due to sanctions (a quarter of the estimated number of Holocaust victims), the fear of the people before the Shock and Awe blitz of March 2003, how she related her first-hand experiences to the defendants, her acquaintance with Denis Halliday who had resigned as Assistant Sec General of the UN because of his disagreement with the sanctions. Mr Halliday who was sitting in the court..was pointed out by Senior Counsel Brendan Nix She described in detail the photos she had brought from Iraq which became part of the defendants' shrine In a day of high drama, there were numerous objections raised, followed by interruption of evidence and jury retirements. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / animal rights Wednesday July 19, 2006 - 23:23 by Stephan Wymore
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Wednesday 19th July at noon, outside the Lush store in Dublin, a giant rabbit from ARAN was encouraging members of the public to ‘Vote Against Animal Testing in Europe’ and to place their voting card in a ballot box. The completed cards will then be sent to MEPs and relevant government authorities. On the windows of every LUSH store in Ireland are posters reading ‘VOTE AGAINST ANIMAL TESTING IN EUROPE’ ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / gender and sexuality Wednesday July 19, 2006 - 22:38 by Dave Donnellan
8 comments (last - friday july 21, 2006 - 08:57) 9 images
In 2005 two Iranian teenagers, Mahmoud Asgari (16) and Ayaz Marhoni (18), were both sentenced to death for what some human rights groups claimed was "consensual gay sex". Today, on the first anniversary of the executions a protest meeting was held outside the Central Bank in Dame to commemorate the event. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday July 19, 2006 - 18:52 by Terry
An overview of what Rossport Solidarity Camp is up to at the moment and has planned for the month of August. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / bin tax / household tax / water tax Tuesday July 18, 2006 - 19:48 by Terence
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Last Tuesday 11th July, DLR council atemtpted non-collection of bins in a limited area in the Broadford housing estate in Ballinteer leaving behind the bins of those who haven't paid the Bin Tax yet. ... read full story / add a comment |
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