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international / anti-war / imperialism / feature Monday January 25, 2010 23:39 by José Antonio Gutiérrez
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Anyone judging from the huge numbers of troops mobilised to Haiti could reasonably believe that this is a country in the middle of a brutal civil war instead of a nation hit by a deadly earthquake. While the Media has been feeding constantly news of murder, mayhem, and gangsters supposedly in control of Haitian streets, together with calls for a “strong arm” and “security” to make possible the delivery of relief, the reality seems to be quite another. Medical and Food assistance has been largely delayed by a cobweb of inefficiency, bureaucracy and negligence and not for “security” issues. In the meantime, hungry and thirsty Haitians have been largely looking for their beloved ones under the rubble with their bare hands. Very few doctors and relief agencies have dared to go to the streets of Port-au-Prince, where precious assistance –currently stockpiling in the airport- is much needed. read full story / add a comment
derry / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 25, 2010 17:26 by Mary Pearson
The Troops Out Movement, which campaigns for British withdrawal from Ireland, held its annual Bloody Sunday Remembered meetings in the Midlands last week. The 1992 BBC film by Peter Taylor was shown and the main speaker was Cahil McElhinny whose brother Kevin was shot dead by British Soldiers on Bloody Sunday, 30th January 1972. The families have suffered 38 years of loss with no government acknowledgement of the truth of that day read full story / add a comment
donegal / animal rights / press release Monday January 25, 2010 13:56 by Donegal Veg Group
A Day of Action - Donegal Veg will be taking part in a peaceful and silent vigil as part of World Day for the Abolition of Meat at on 30 January, in association with the National Animal Rights Association (N.A.R.A., www.naracampaigns.org). read full story / add a comment 
international / anti-war / imperialism / news report Monday January 25, 2010 13:39 by Shane OCurry
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Saturday 30th January will see the Irish premiere – indeed the first screening in the English-speaking world – of the 1962 film Octobre a Paris [October in Paris] by Jacques Panijel. The film got its first and only screening in Paris in May 1962, immediately after which the film club where it was being shown was raided by Police and the film seized. Other 16 mm copies being screened around France were seized in the following days. Later in that summer Panijel did manage to get Octobre a Paris shown at the Venice Film Festival, but soon after the film would disappear, not to re-surface for over forty years. The film is a first-hand account, using eye-witness testimonies and original footage, of the 17 October 1961 massacre in Paris and the events leading up to it. read full story / add a comment 
dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday January 25, 2010 12:05 by Paula Geraghty
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Helping build for Wednesday's protest at the Dail 4-6pm 27th January read full story / add a comment 
national / racism & migration related issues / opinion/analysis Monday January 25, 2010 12:05 by Ronit Lentin (speaking) Andrew Flood (recording/editing)
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This audio is a recording of Ronit Lentin's talk on 'Race and State in contemporary Ireland' given as part of the Better Questions seminar series in Seomra Spraoi last Tuesday. Ronit Lentin brings together the theoretical insights of Foucault, Agamben and Goldberg to explore the deepening relation between race, migration, the state and power in contemporary Ireland read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday January 25, 2010 11:58 by Amnesty International - Ireland
Amnesty International Ireland (AI) has challenged politicians to make mental health a political priority for 2010. The call to action comes on the fourth anniversary of A Vision for Change, the Government’s mental health policy, which was published on 24 January 2006 read full story / add a comment 
dublin / crime and justice / news report Monday January 25, 2010 10:31 by John Ayres
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The Clerical Abuse Protest continues read full story / add a comment |
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