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mayo / environment Thursday April 19, 2012 - 14:04 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
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This morning work was held up at the Shell Glengad and Aughoose compounds by a truck occupation. ... read full story / add a comment
national / eu Wednesday April 18, 2012 - 13:17 by O.O'C.
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Legal Proceedings have taken by Thomas Pringle TD, member of the Dáil for the Donegal South-West constituency, challenging the Irish Government on fundamental aspects of a far-reaching amendment to the EU treaties. Both the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) Treaty and the Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (Fiscal Compact) Treaty are under consideration. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism Tuesday April 17, 2012 - 11:03 by Vetarans for Peace UK
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Veterans for Peace UK held its inaugural meeting on Easter Sunday. 11 veterans attended the meeting. The meeting was started with the reading of The Statement of Purpose. We then had an extended check in where there was a good exchange of experiences. ... read full story / add a comment 
galway / anti-war / imperialism Sunday April 15, 2012 - 14:58 by Galway Alliance Against War
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In reaction to press reports of violence during the protests at the Labour Party conference at NUI Galway, Galway’s local peace group, the Galway Alliance Against War, has issued the following statement. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Wednesday April 11, 2012 - 07:32 by Ciaron O'Reilly
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Hi Folks, Today, I'll be joining British SAS Iraq War Veteran Ben Griffin http://veteransforpeace.org.uk/ , his family and other activists in deploying to rural Wales for a series of events around the Welsh National Theatre's performances of Tim Price's new play "The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning". http://tinyurl.com/82wo88w ... read full story / add a comment 
international / environment Tuesday April 10, 2012 - 10:36 by Nick Martian
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The idea of the worldwide Children's Revolution on May Day is for the women and children in the environmental movement to lead the marches all over the earth, and show that the World Revolution is peaceful and will save humanity from being driven to extinction by the burning of fossil fuels. The proposal for the worldwide Children's Revolution is for kids' marches to be at the front of all the protests during the global General Strike, and for everyone else to lend their support by displaying banners reading “CAN YOU SAVE THE HUMAN RACE?” to help ensure the survival of future generations. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Monday April 09, 2012 - 14:49 by Gillen Hardesty
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(Somewhat belated sorry!) Report on successful actions on st Patrick's day by "Occupy Galway" and weeks events leading up to this. ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 08, 2012 - 18:38 by Shelver
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This year's Good Friday walk in Kilcommon took place from Glengad to Aghoos along the L1202. This is the road beside Sruth Mhada Chonn estuary - where Shell intend to bore a tunnel to house 5km of the 8km planned onshore Corrib gas pipeline. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / rights, freedoms and repression Saturday April 07, 2012 - 19:38 by @
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Amazing footage of an Antifascist attack with yogurts and eggs in Greece during a live TV interview. The TV presenter was attacked in this manner because a week before he hosted an interview with the representative of the greek Neo-Nazi party "Golden Dawn". ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday April 07, 2012 - 08:33 by LCW
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Photos http://tinyurl.com/cf5wk6w 27 people associated with the Catholic Worker communities based in Harringay, Rickmansworth and Oxford, undertoook a five hour contemporary Stations of the Cross procession through downtown Westminster/ London on Holy Thursday. ... read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous Saturday April 07, 2012 - 03:31 by Gandalphi Scanussi
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The New Yorker Magazine has revealed that the dissident Iranian opposition group Mujahideen-e-Khalq (M.E.K.) has been trained by the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) since 2005 at a secret military site in Nevada. The author of the article, Seymour Hersh, recounts how Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency told him that information supplied by the M.E.K in regard to Irans commencing enrichment of uranium at a secret underground location was given to them by Mossad. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/04/....html ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / environment Wednesday April 04, 2012 - 16:05 by Rossport Solidarity Camp
On friday the 30th of March at 6.45am 30 campaigners took to the roads at Aghoos, County Mayo, in solidarity with the local community in Kilcommon parish opposed to Shell's Corrib gas project. As with previous days of solidarity, Shell called off all haulage to both Aghoos and Glengad construction sites for the onshore Corrib gas pipeline. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / housing Wednesday April 04, 2012 - 12:46 by Italy Calling
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In September 2009, hundreds of Carabinieri stormed a school in the Magliana area of Rome and arrested dozens of people who were occupying it. The charges made against them were super harsh: organised crime, extortion, possession of weapons, theft, assaulting police officers, and more. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / racism & migration related issues Tuesday April 03, 2012 - 21:18 by italy calling
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It’s spring, and while most of us are already organising our summer holidays, some people have very different journeys in mind. In Northern Africa, migrants from all over the continent try to reach the Sicilian coast by any means. ... read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday April 03, 2012 - 20:00 by Paul Gavan
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Join us on the Road to Recognition. Please view and share our video. ... read full story / add a comment
antrim / worker & community struggles and protests Tuesday April 03, 2012 - 11:11 by Martin O'Rourke
SIPTU is seeking the inclusion of a social clause into every funding contract. This clause would set a threshold of decency of employment conditions for every worker employed by community sector organisations funded by the public purse. ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 01, 2012 - 21:33 by TD
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The Oil & Gas Giveaway Story is being listened to. Shell to Sea spokesperson Maura Harrington addressed a massive crowd at the Anti-Household Tax Rally in Dublin 31st March 2012. ... read full story / add a comment 
national / worker & community struggles and protests Saturday March 31, 2012 - 15:09 by anon
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On Monday 26th March all the GAMES stores were shutdown. Once again it is workers who have got the raw deal and in a re-run of the Vita Cortex workers the GAME shop workers have been left without any redundancy or any pay due to them for outstanding holidays or notice periods. In Dundrum Shopping Centre workers have locked themselves in and have posted the notice below on the window ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Thursday March 29, 2012 - 21:11 by Sam Malone
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Well known crime journalist Paul Williams met with Kevin Tracey at Government Buildings today while the Dail debated for the last day the outfall of the Mahon Tribunal Report regarding corruption surrounding planning and involving high profile politicians such as ex Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Padraig Flynn. What still needs to be addressed is the unlawful stripping of a full legal planning permission from Kevin Tracey in Dublin. Not only was his legal planning permission taken away from him but he was severely and cruelly punished for standing up for his rights to retain it and build his new house. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Thursday March 29, 2012 - 04:08 by BrianClarke
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Perverting the course of justice is common practice with un-elected Englishmen on Her Majesty's service, ruling autocratically in Occupied Ireland. For example, as Eamonn McCann pointed out recently; "Former Secretary of State Peter Hain gets to tell a judge who delivered a verdict he disapproved of that he's "off his rocker", while current incumbent, Owen Paterson, orders someone into prison because he reckons we'd all be better off with her out of the way.. ... read full story / add a comment |
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