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galway / rights, freedoms and repression Monday October 06, 2008 - 14:24 by TD
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"Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that England belongs to the English or France to the French. It is wrong and in-human to impose the Jews on the Arabs" (Mahatma Gandhi) "I believe that Gandhi's views were the most enlightened of all the political men of our time. We should strive to do things in his spirit: not to use violence for fighting for our cause, but by non-participation of anything you believe is evil" (Albert Einstein) In weather, more the revenge of Gaia than ultra bad, after their testimony at the Galway Inter-Faith Alliance organised; A Commemoration of the Life and Work of Mahatma Gandhi, three Palestinians joined Free Palestine Campaign activists at their Shop Street info stall last Saturday, Dr. George Rishmawi, Director of Siraj, Center for Holy Land Studies, Dr. Mohamed Altawil, Dr. of Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, UK and Tareq Natsheh of the Palestine Progressive Youth Union. ... read full story / add a comment
national / environment Sunday October 05, 2008 - 17:34 by Contaminated Crow
Water extraction, waste, quarrying and some court reports ... read full story / add a comment
dublin / anti-capitalism Saturday October 04, 2008 - 22:24 by Andrew
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Seomra Spraoi, the Dublin social center project, is back once again. This afternoon I visited and splashed some paint on the walls of the new premises at 10 Belvedere Court, 1 lane North of Mountjoy square. ... read full story / add a comment
mayo / arts and media Friday October 03, 2008 - 17:47 by Mark
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We're looking for strong hi-res images from the Mayo struggle, to add to our 'Shell's Wild Lie' exhibition (http://www.artnotoil.org.uk/gallery/v/Shell/). Faces of those involved are good, but so are land/seascapes from the struggle etc. Please write to [email protected] if you might be able to help. Thanks, Mark PS. We'd love any other images to consider, Shell-related or beyond, for the main Art Not Oil gallery, and here's some info we've sent to artists asking them to respond to the production of the Shell-sponsored 'Oedipus' in London: ... read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression Friday October 03, 2008 - 17:03 by Paula Geraghty
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Hundreds attended a mass meeting organised by the INTO, the Irish National Teachers Organisation last night at the RDS, a part of the ongoing campaign to highlight the fact that primary school classes in Ireland are still the second most overcrowded in the EU. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Friday October 03, 2008 - 16:09 by Justin Morahan
Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire of the Peace People was among a party of internationals waiting in Larnaca, Cyprus recently for a sea-worthy boat to take them to Gaza with food and medicines. The venture has been postponed because near deals with boat owners fell through repeatedly and also because of high seas. However the 22 people involved including five Palestinian doctors, intend to return to Gaza and invite others to join them Here is the full text of a statement by Mairead Maguire concerning the venture. ... read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression Friday October 03, 2008 - 15:29 by Paul O'Mahony
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A Concern video on rising food prices in Kenya has notched up over 100,000 views ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Wednesday October 01, 2008 - 15:48 by GU
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The lawyer of Rozbrat squat has obtained information that the bailiff/debt collector has sent the records and complete documentation to the court in order to set the date of the auction. This date may appear soon. The ground where Rozbrat is situated may be sold. The campaign "Rozbrat stays!" was not very loud in the last months but it does not mean that the situation of Rozbrat has stabilized. We ask you to keep your eyes open and support us when necessary. Our stand is unchanged: we won't give up without fight! ... read full story / add a comment 
mayo / environment Tuesday September 30, 2008 - 21:04 by Full Irish
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Just in case you thought all the talk about the Great Gas Rip Off ® was lefty treehugger claptrap ®, it was confirmed today by no less a personage than the government's own energy watchdog, who turns out to be highly-paid civil servant called Dermot Nolan. He works for a shower called the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) , and he told the Oireachtas Energy Committee today that as far as the Irish consumer is concerned, the gas from the Corrib field may as well be coming from Outer Mongolia (he didn't use those exact words). ... read full story / add a comment 
national / anti-capitalism Tuesday September 30, 2008 - 16:30 by S.Cat
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The Leinster House Government has announced its intention to guarantee all deposits and borrowings for the six Irish-owned financial institutions for the next two years. The list is as follows: Allied Irish Bank, Anglo Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, Irish Life & Permanent, Irish Nationwide Building Society and the EBS. Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan has been giving interviews to the corporate media all day to explain why this is a good idea. He says all deposits and debt will be covered by the State. ... read full story / add a comment |
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