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A Democrat lawmaker in Michigan has undergone a sterilisation procedure to avoid becoming pregnant while Donald Trump is in office. Because nothing says "I'm not a hysterical woman" quite like ripping out your womb.
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national / miscellaneous / press release Tuesday July 28, 2009 16:57 by Richard Walsh
A Republican prisoner in Maghaberry was refused medical attention. read full story / add a comment
Fred Johnston
national / arts and media / press release Monday July 27, 2009 18:36 by Western Writers' Centre - Ionad Scríbhneoiri Chaitlín Maude   text 9 comments (last - thursday october 15, 2009 16:47)   image 1 image
Writer, founder of the annual Cúirt literature festival and Director of The Western Writers' Centre (Ionad Scríbhneoirí Chaitlín Maude) Fred Johnston has been writing and publishing his poems almost entirely in French for some time now; but it all began with translating short stories of Breton folklore and French poems. read full story / add a comment
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international / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Monday July 27, 2009 17:50 by pat c   image 1 image
On Saturday August 1, Hands Off the People of Iran will be playing a fundraising cricket match against the Labour Representation Committee. The team captains, John McDonnell MP (LRC) and Attila the Stockbroker (HOPI), will be tossing a coin at 11 am, and the first ball will be bowled at noon. Even the weather should not be able to get in our way, as we will have numerous gazebos with a fully-stocked bar and food.

You dont have to be in London to support this event. Go to http://www.hopoi.org/index.html and click on the paypal donate button. read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Sunday July 26, 2009 18:53 by Teresa Shallow   text 1 comment (last - sunday august 02, 2009 13:46)
Children still suffering whille overseas investors gain read full story / add a comment
galway / anti-war / imperialism / press release Sunday July 26, 2009 00:45 by Kevin Higgins   text 7 comments (last - saturday august 22, 2009 13:47)
Statement from Kevin Higgins re: Intimidation and Galway Alliance Against War read full story / add a comment
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national / arts and media / press release Saturday July 25, 2009 00:57 by Over The Edge   text 8 comments (last - monday august 24, 2009 00:53)   image 4 images
Galway's literary events organisation Over The Edge is looking for poems in opposition to Ireland's new blasphemy law. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / press release Saturday July 25, 2009 00:02 by RogerYates   text 1 comment (last - saturday july 25, 2009 00:10)
Animal Rights July at UCD ends on Wednesday 29th (7.00pm, Theatre ‘N’) with something different. A showing of vegan playwright G.F. Newman’s Judge John Deed (the only high court judge who cares for an ALF-rescued beagle). read full story / add a comment
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limerick / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday July 24, 2009 16:33 by Limerick Socialist Party   image 2 images
The announcement by Element Six that it is to close its manufacturing base in the Shannon Free Zone has been slammed as “a disgusting stab in the back” and the redundancy package was called "derisory", by the Limerick Socialist Party this morning. read full story / add a comment
dublin / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Wednesday July 22, 2009 17:19 by Brian Halpin
Independent Workers' Union
Dublin Taxi Drivers' Branch
For Full Time Professional Taxi Drivers'

About the IWU
The Independent Workers' Union is a trade union free from the constraints of Social Partnership and the need to appease bosses or politicians. The Independent Workers Union works for its members and for no other interest.

We are a licensed trade union possessing a negotiation license as stipulated in the Trade Union Act 1941. This allows us to lawfully negotiate on behalf of our members and lawfully conduct industrial action as stated in the Industrial Relations Act 1990.
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tyrone / environment / press release Tuesday July 21, 2009 16:51 by Brian Guckian
A LEADING campaigner on sustainable transport issues in Ireland is to refer the Irish government and the Northern Ireland Assembly to the Eurpean Commission for their support for and pursuance of the proposed cross-border A5 Derry to Aughnacloy road scheme.

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national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday July 20, 2009 17:31 by RogerYates   text 1 comment (last - wednesday july 22, 2009 01:10)
Gary L. Francione, Distinguished Professor of Law and Philosophy at Rutgers University School of Law, Newark, USA (see full bio below), will give a lecture on ‘The Animal Rights Debate: Abolition or Regulation’ at 7pm, Theatre ‘L’, UCD (Newman building). This interactive lecture, in which audience members can ask questions after the principal address, will be held live via satellite* from the USA. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Saturday July 18, 2009 23:50 by Mairead Maguire
Natasha Estemirova was killed on Wednesday last in Chechnya for telling the truth about Russia's dirty war there read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Saturday July 18, 2009 19:06 by Patricia McKenna   text 3 comments (last - monday july 20, 2009 10:40)   image 1 image
The Green Party’s decision to support the Lisbon Treaty and backtrack on its long standing campaign for a more democratic EU will be more of a hindrance than a help to the Yes side. The voters would currently not buy a used car from the Green Party let alone a rejected treaty. The party leadership has shown that once part of the so-called ‘accepted political establishment’ they turn their back on their principles read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous / press release Friday July 17, 2009 22:10 by cllr. Louise Minihan   text 37 comments (last - sunday august 02, 2009 17:07)
“Councillor Louise Minihan Resigns from Sinn Féin”
Press Release 17th July 2009.

Councillor Louise Minihan, who resigned from Sinn Féin today (July 17th), has confirmed that she will continue to represent the people of Ballyfermot, Drimnagh, Bluebell, Chapelizod & Inchicore as a socialist republican councillor within Dublin City Council. Louise is a former member of the Sinn Féin Ard Chomhairle and a founding member of Sinn Féin’s James Connolly Cumann in Ballyfermot, which was established in 1999. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday July 17, 2009 18:35 by Athens and Patras IMCs
Indymedia is ours and it will be alive as much as we need it to change the world
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international / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Friday July 17, 2009 17:05 by Malcolm Smart
Amnesty International fears the wave of arrests of civil society activists in Iran is intensifying after the leading lawyer and women's human rights activist Shadi Sadr was violently arrested in Tehran this morning on her way to Friday prayers.

Shadi Sadr was walking with a group of women's rights activists along a busy road when unidentified plain-clothed men pulled her into a car. She lost her headscarf and coat in the ensuing struggle but managed briefly to escape. She was quickly recaptured and beaten with batons before being taken away in the car to an unknown location. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday July 17, 2009 10:12 by PBPA   text 6 comments (last - monday july 20, 2009 13:36)
People Before Profit Alliance says 'Despicable SNIP Report Must Be Rejected'

Report Will Deepen Unemployment Crisis
Vigorous Campaign To Defend Public Services Must Be Launched read full story / add a comment
Jaegerstaetter 3: Culley Palmer, Jim Dowling, Bryan Law
international / anti-war / imperialism / press release Thursday July 16, 2009 14:30 by MLK House   text 15 comments (last - monday july 27, 2009 11:07)   image 15 images   audio 1 audio file
Seven anti-war activists entered the Shoalwater Bay military training area in central Queensland during joint US-Australian Talisman Sabre exercises. The seven remain in the area and are presently moving towards the ‘live fire’ areas with the intention of shutting down the exercises. They remain undetected by Australian Defence Force Security and the Qld Police guarding the area. read full story / add a comment
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dublin / arts and media / press release Tuesday July 14, 2009 13:14 by DCTV   text 3 comments (last - friday july 31, 2009 13:18)   image 7 images

WHAT TO EXPECT ALL WEEK

Responses from the street to economic collapse, including protests,
occupations, ballot box revolutions, and finally solutions. In short
content you'll find no where else on Irish TV sets. It's Dublin
Community TV, where else? read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Tuesday July 14, 2009 09:30 by PRO   text 17 comments (last - tuesday august 04, 2009 21:10)
éirígí chairperson Brian Leeson has called on nationalist parties to withdraw their support for the PSNI in response to the force’s attack on a nationalist protest in north Belfast last night [Monday].
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