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national / miscellaneous Tuesday August 06, 2002 - 16:44 by Tribunell
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The Sunday Tribune reported that a pro-Basque Country demonstration ended with three arrests and an alleged attack on an Irish-owned Spanish restaurant in Temple Bar. Does anyone have any further information on these events? ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday August 06, 2002 - 16:17 by Angus Bancroft
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A computer game called Kill Yourself a Gypsy appeared in early 2000. It began to circulate not long after a wall was built in Maticni Street, in the Czech town of Usti nad Labem. The wall was built to separate Roma (Gypiesy) from their "white" Czech neighbours. In the game the player has to shoot at Gypsies who appear on the screen while adding blocks to the wall. The game was of a piece with the casual racism against Roma that pervades the post-communist Czech Republic. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday August 06, 2002 - 15:58 by Moroccan
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Morocco's Berbers are "people in their own country who don't exist," complains Mahjoubi Aherdan, the charismatic leader of the National Popular Movement, a political party that represents rural Moroccans, many of whom are Berber. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday August 06, 2002 - 15:42 by Aoife Ni Fhearghail
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upcoming war on Iraq, details of Irish Anti-War Movement AGM and information on the War Resisters International conference ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Tuesday August 06, 2002 - 12:41 by John Jefferies
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Further information on forthcoming visit to Cork Harbour of US Navy cargo ships carrying weapons, ammunition and supplies. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Tuesday August 06, 2002 - 11:52 by Robert Fisk
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We all know about the perils of Islamic fanaticism. But, says Robert Fisk, the biggest threat to liberty in the US may come from other kinds of fundamentalism: Jewish and Christian ... read full story / add a comment 
national / miscellaneous Tuesday August 06, 2002 - 11:21 by copvcia
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national / miscellaneous Tuesday August 06, 2002 - 00:24 by Kareem M Kamel
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Is U.S/Israel guilty of war crimes? Hitler and Mussolini had something like that, didn't they? An agreement to restrict the extradition of their citizens to the International Criminal Court in the Hague is to be signed Sunday by Israel and the United States. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday August 05, 2002 - 23:46 by CELT
The Celtic League has branches in the six Celtic Countries. It works to promote cooperation between these countries and campaigns on a broad range of political, cultural and environmental matters. It focuses on human rights abuse and civil liberty issues and also monitors the impact of military activity. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday August 05, 2002 - 23:42 by CELT
The Celtic League has branches in the six Celtic Countries. It works to promote cooperation between these countries and campaigns on a broad range of political, cultural and environmental matters. It focuses on human rights abuse and civil liberty issues and also monitors the impact of military activity. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday August 05, 2002 - 23:36 by CELT
The Celtic League has branches in the six Celtic Countries. It works to promote cooperation between these countries and campaigns on a broad range of political, cultural and environmental matters. It focuses on human rights abuse and civil liberty issues and also monitors the impact of military activity. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday August 05, 2002 - 23:15 by McMean
While the loyalist campaign was in full flow last week, the British government considered the IRA cessation. On the matter of sectarian violence, John Reid claimed during his Commons statement last Wednesday that British forces have been sent in to, in his words, dominate interface areas to stop the violence. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday August 05, 2002 - 23:12 by McMean
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One of the least known but most important gunrunning operations in Irish history took place in Kilcoole, County Wicklow on 1 August 1914. It arose from an initiative taken in early 1914 by Michael, The O'Rahilly, Director of Arms of the recently formed Irish Volunteers, in conjunction with Erskine Childers, Sir Roger Casement and other prominent nationalists. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday August 05, 2002 - 23:06 by McMean
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A 100-strong loyalist mob hurled fireworks and various missiles at two women and a nine-year old boy as they gathered names for a trip for children in the Alliance Avenue area. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday August 05, 2002 - 18:38 by FAU-INFO
The 2nd "International Solidarity Conference (i2002) will be held in Essen, Germany between 29 August and 1 September, 2002. Approximately 200 anarchosyndicalist, revolutionary syndicalist, industrial unionists and other social revolutionary workers from a present number of about 25 countries in the 5 continents will participate. Interested persons may apply to the conference up till the 20th of August. Detailed information is available at http://www.fau.org/i2002 ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Monday August 05, 2002 - 15:59 by JM
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Fourthwrite Magazine is hosting a public meeting in Belfast on sectarianism. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday August 04, 2002 - 22:18 by Amos Harel
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http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=193786&contrassID=2&subContrassID=1&sbSubContrassID=0 Gush Shalom, an Israeli peace organization, has in past months sent threatening letters to Israel Defense Forces officers who are on duty in the territories. The letters claim that the officers are guilty of offenses tantamount to war crimes. The officers have been warned in these letters that the movement is monitoring their actions, and that Gush Shalom intends to compile information against them which will be submitted to the International Criminal Court. These letters have been signed by "Gush Shalom's team for the collection of evidence against war criminals." ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday August 04, 2002 - 21:52 by Gina
At least nine people were killed and 38 were wounded when a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up on an Egged bus filled with soldiers which was travelling near the northern town of Safed a short time before 9 A.M. Sunday morning. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday August 04, 2002 - 15:09 by Eoin Dubsky
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Sorry about the *very* short notice on this one, but there'll be a presentation and workshop in Dublin City University on Monday (tomorrow!) at 5pm, and later in the month at Ecotopia, about Shannon Warport and nonviolent direct action. I'll post a link to the powerpoint slides from the presentation here tomorrow. If you can make it please give me a call, as this is part of a larger anti-war conference (see earlier articles about War Resisters International). ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Sunday August 04, 2002 - 14:24 by Jake from Canada
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I am sick and tired of Indy Media and human Rights Groups being hijacked by the Pro Arab Lobby. There are already many many Arab sites that are Hate-Filled. ... read full story / add a comment |
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