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cork / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday May 21, 2011 - 00:29 by Ray
 17 comments (last - wednesday may 25, 2011 - 12:07)  34 images
The armed power of the Irish state and the local establishment extended a heavily stage-managed and trumped-up 'welcome' for the reigning British monarch, while denying Cork citizens freedom of movement in their own city. Once again An Garda Síochána infringed upon people's freedom of protest. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Friday May 20, 2011 - 12:32 by Ciaron
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Yesterday morning, I had the poster that appears in this clip of Giuseppe Conlon with the wording "Remember Giuseppe Conlon and all Victims of Empire" confiscated by a Gardai inspector under some state security legislation. I had been phoned by the Gardai about 11 pm the night before saying a friend of mine was in custody chargeed woth a pUblic Order offense and needed a lawyer and that he wouldbe appearing at the new court on Infimary Rd. I had been unable to get back to where I was staying as the city was closed down and had crashed on another friend's floor. As I made my way to the court Thursday morning, a young Gard said she would not let me through her checkpoint with the sign. I asked if she could hang on to it and I would be back in 4o mins. She agreed. After realsing I could not cross the road I returned to that checkpoint and the sign was gone. She pointed out the inspector that had seized the sign. I approached him and I said if ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday May 18, 2011 - 13:52 by Dave Donnellan
3 comments (last - monday april 30, 2012 - 15:43)  1 video file
The walking tour of Dublin, on the eve of the visit of Queen Elizabeth, was led by an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the slogan: "No queen but Mary Queen of Heaven -- single mother, refugee, role model for a revolutionary!" ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Tuesday May 17, 2011 - 23:31 by KatyB
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In response to Shell's AGM today in The Hague and London, the Shell to Sea campaign have shut down the Belmullet Shell office in protest against the on-going controversial Corrib Gas project which has no local consent or benefit to the people of Ireland. Shell will attempt to begin construction on the high pressure raw gas pipeline shortly despite a legal challenge by An Taisce and two local residents. This protest is also to highlight the fact that every hour Shell accumulates another £1.6 million pounds sterling ( 1.83 million Euro) by destroying communities across the globe, from the Niger Delta to the Canadian Tar Sands. Shell's appalling record of human rights abuses, oil spills, gas flaring and accidents forces people to protect their communities and their environment. We call on all shareholders to disinvest. ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 17, 2011 - 16:18 by Trade Union TV
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Watch the video report from the protest held at the Tallaght offices of SDCC Monday 16th, 2011. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday May 13, 2011 - 19:04 by John Cornford
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Imprisoned Iranian film-makers Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi have both found success in Cannes. Mohammad Rasoulof's latest film Good Bye (Bé Omid É Didar) has found a world wide distributor. Jafar Panahi will be awarded the Carrosse d'Or in absentia. The Carrosse d'Or (or Golden Coach), awarded by the Société des Réalisateurs de Films (SRF), rewards film-makers' courage and independence of thought. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Wednesday May 11, 2011 - 09:56 by Kevin Doyle
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Yesterday/ In Castle Street/ I saw two goblins at my feet/ I saw a horse without a head/ Carrying the dead/ To the graveyard/ Near Turner's Cross/ I am the madwoman of Cork/ No one talks to me (From The Mad Woman Of Cork) ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Tuesday May 10, 2011 - 13:29 by Justin Morahan
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Lesbians and gays are already living in fear and terror in Uganda. Tomorrow, Uganda is about to legislate them almost out of existence. Unless we stop it. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / animal rights Tuesday May 10, 2011 - 09:13 by Bernie Wright
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Animal rights group appeal to Irish filmgoers to boycott Water for Elephants due to Cruelty. A Video released today by Animal Defenders International shows the elephant that appears alongside Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson in the new film Water for Elephants, being beaten and electric shocked during training. We in AFAR are now urging the General Public to boycott this film in IRELAND. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Saturday May 07, 2011 - 19:01 by Party against the pipe
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Come & join us in celebrating over a decade of resistance to Shell's Corrib gas project...it's gonna be a good party! June Bank Holiday weekend 4-6th, Aughoose, Co.Mayo Bands, music, circus, dance, comedy, performance, crafts, kid's activities. Free camping area. Transport is being organised from most cities in Ireland, see website for details partyagainstthepipe.wordpress.com ... read full story / add a comment 
national / history and heritage Saturday May 07, 2011 - 11:58 by Bernardo
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Today, members and supporters of Anti - Fascist action remodeled posters that were put around Dublin city centre, by a tiny far-right Autonomous Nationalist group, to mark the 30th anniversary of Bobby Sands' death. ... read full story / add a comment 
cork / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday May 05, 2011 - 13:54 by Ray
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This Sunday, the international celebration of the working class was marked in Cork with the now-traditional May Day march organised by the Independent Workers Union. Cork WSM also marked the occasion by hosting a pair of talks after the march on May Day-related topics at Solidarity Books on Douglas Street. As a finale to the day's festivities, a fundraising cabaret was held for the union and the bookshop that night at the Spailpín Fánach on South Main Street. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Wednesday May 04, 2011 - 18:53 by Kev
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On the morning of Wednesday 4th May 2011, over 50 human rights activists supporting the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign formed a ‘human wall’ outside the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Irish multinational CRH, while concerned shareholders inside asked serious questions about the role of the cement company in the building of Israel’s illegal Separation Wall and illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Wednesday May 04, 2011 - 14:49 by Shell to Sea
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Yesterday 4 campaigners were arrested as work was stopped at Shell's compound in Aughoose for over 7 hours. In a damning sequence of events, Gardaí continue to use inappropriate and unsafe methods to police the protests. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 29, 2011 - 19:18 by Ciaron
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Link to Guardian photo of the Palace protest http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/28/bahraini-linke...dding Lat Thursday 10 a.m., on the eve of the Royal Wedding, Giuseppe Conlon House received a call out from Peter Tatchell to head down to Buckhigham Palace to support Bahrain exiles & human rights activists in their protest against the Royal wedding invite to Saudi invaders of Bahrain. We were able to scramble 5 Giuseppe Conlon House volunteers (2x Australian CW's, a Czech athiest, Scottish Marxist and a Polish cemeraman!) and got in there for kick off at 2pm...not a bad rapid response time! ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 29, 2011 - 14:46 by Kev
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On 26th April two Open Letters were published concerning Riverdance's planned tour of Israel in September 2011. The first is from Irish artist Robert Ballagh who was the set designer for Riverdance, and the second is from Raymond Deane, Cultural Boycott Officer of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign. ... read full story / add a comment 
louth / history and heritage Friday April 29, 2011 - 02:47 by Ciaran C
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Tonight, Thursday the Dundalk 2016 committee held a moving and extensive Easter commemoration within the wing of Dundalk prison. The last time such an event was held within the walls was in 1928 when republican POWs and internerees were still being held captive before the Gaols final closure in 1931. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / sci-tech Thursday April 28, 2011 - 20:11 by Jenna Tailya
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Tesco Metro, on Belfast’s Royal Avenue, had its labelling improved by anti-GM protestors on Saturday morning (23rd April). The additional labels warned consumers about the potential Genetically Modified content of meat and dairy products in store. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday April 27, 2011 - 20:05 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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Come up to the Rossport Solidarity Camp Summer Gathering for the May Bank Holiday weekend to see for yourself what's at stake and learn more about the campaign. The injustice faced by the community here is symbolic of the corruption and problems faced by people all over Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice Tuesday April 26, 2011 - 01:43 by Dave Donnellan
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Afri, along with other global justice NGOs, has long highlighted issues surrounding 'Third World' (Global South) debt and IMF/World Bank structural adjustment - including the erosion of sovereignty in the Global South and the devastating socio-economic consequences. Those issues have come home now to Ireland. ... read full story / add a comment |
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