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dublin / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Friday October 30, 2009 20:52 by Defend Right to Protest   text 6 comments (last - thursday november 05, 2009 15:54)
FEE (Free Education for Everyone) activists in Ireland involved in an occupation of Paul Gogarty TD's offices (Green Party Education Spokesperson) in December 2008 have now been threatened almost a year later with "adult cautions" by the Gardai. This is an appeal for solidarity emails and phone calls to remove that threat. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday October 30, 2009 20:26 by Judy   text 1 comment (last - friday october 30, 2009 22:51)
The following was an email received by all HSE staff into their email accounts by management this week. read full story / add a comment
kildare / worker & community struggles and protests / press release Friday October 30, 2009 17:18 by Saoirse   text 2 comments (last - friday october 30, 2009 18:34)

Kildare Republican Sinn Féin will be supporting the protest for the Green Isle workers being held in Naas on Saturday (October 31). In a statement Kildare based Vice President Des Dalton said that a war was being waged on working people throughout Ireland.
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national / arts and media / news report Friday October 30, 2009 17:13 by Darren J. Prior/Mac an Phríora   text 1 comment (last - tuesday november 03, 2009 17:20)   image 2 images
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2007 Garda surveillance & intelligence gathering of anti-war protests at Shannon
national / rights, freedoms and repression / feature Friday October 30, 2009 16:40 by iosaf mac diarmada   text 15 comments (last - friday january 17, 2020 20:59)   image 5 images   video 1 video file
Thanks to the publication of a British police intelligence "spotter card" issued to rank & file coppers for a climate change protest in 2007 this week by a British newspaper, many people regardless of whether they are activists in the UK or Ireland or indeed elsewhere in the EU are wondering about their constitutional and statutory rights in the face of the European wide creation of intelligence databases by police forces. Whereas those whose images appeared without prior consent in this week's British media may have recourse to legal action and a bit of chatter, Irish political activists, protesters & ordinary citizens thus far enjoy no public recognition of the existence of such databases in Ireland nor it would appear have any mechanism to ensure that their details if not guilty of any criminal offence are removed from the intelligence files of the Garda Siochana. read full story / add a comment
national / environment / news report Friday October 30, 2009 16:25 by Contaminated Crow
An incinerator, a windfarm, CCTV cameras, four telemasts and a factory chimney read full story / add a comment
An IWW version of the class pyramid referred to in the talk
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Friday October 30, 2009 14:44 by Speaker Paul B recorded by Andrew   image 1 image   audio 1 audio file
Recording of a WSM branch education that looks at 'what is class' and outlines many of the different classifications that have been used before asking whether this is right approach to the question at all. Followed by a brief discussion of class in relation to Joe Duffy phone ins demanding a public sector pay cut. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / news report Friday October 30, 2009 14:07 by Paul Kinsella   text 5 comments (last - friday november 06, 2009 08:46)
I would like to start compiling a list of workplaces walking out, and services affected on the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Day Of Action next Friday, November 6th. This list to be updated regularly by anyone reading this between now and next Friday, including on the day itself, as workers come out, and services are affected. The format below is subject to change, in conjunction with requests I may be making to the editors. read full story / add a comment
national / worker & community struggles and protests / opinion/analysis Thursday October 29, 2009 01:22 by Paul Kinsella
It would be great That, When Whole Workplaces Come Out on the Day Of Action on November 6th, if they March En Masse from their Workplace to the Protest venues. This has happened before on the PAYE Tax Marches for example. Of course, I'm not suggesting that those working far out in the suburbs such as Coolock or Tallaght, or those working outside the Provincial Centres March into town. They should charter buses and car pool, as it Seems Very Likely that Public Transport Will Stop At Least for Several Hours on November 6th. read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media / news report Wednesday October 28, 2009 21:01 by Fred Johnston   text 3 comments (last - saturday october 31, 2009 18:42)
The Western Writers' Centre, Galway (Ionad Scribhneoiri Chaitlín Maude) have been gifted no fewer than 400 copies of books by eminent European authors, complete with display furniture and are the legal, documented owners of this immense and valuable library. But the Centre, eight years in existence in Galway, has nowhere to house it. read full story / add a comment
cork / anti-capitalism / news report Wednesday October 28, 2009 19:43 by Cathal   text 5 comments (last - thursday november 12, 2009 15:02)   image 3 images   audio 2 audio files
Yesterday evening the Cork branch of the Worker’s Solidarity Movement hosted a talk by South African anarchist and ZABALAZA Anarchist Communist Front (ZACF) member, Jonathan. The ZACF is an organisation of anarchist individuals from South Africa who identify with the communist tradition within Anarchism. The front is organised around the principles of theoretical and tactical unity, collective responsibility and federalism. Their activities include study and theoretical development, anarchist agitation and propaganda, and participation within the class struggle. read full story / add a comment
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national / miscellaneous / news report Wednesday October 28, 2009 16:17 by Dublin Masser   text 2 comments (last - thursday october 29, 2009 19:11)   image 3 images
It is impossible to give credit to one place, one time, one person for the starting of any social movement, as it takes the ideas, energy and enthusiasm of countless people to reach a 'Critical Mass', but San Francisco, September 1992, certainly marked itself clearly on the map as a launch-pad for the Critical Mass movement, going on from there to spread throughout the world to all nine(?) corners of the globe and taking place in an estimated 325 cities. Now after seventeen years it is still growing and currently takes place in four cities around Ireland (that we know of?).

In true DIY style Critical Mass co-incidentally returned to the streets of Belfast and Dublin simultaneously on Friday the 25th of September last after being sorely missed by many for a long time. To their credit Cork and Galway have been keeping it going for many years now (albeit in an on-off fashion). read full story / add a comment
national / education / opinion/analysis Tuesday October 27, 2009 22:08 by Emily Smith
In the Summer of 2008 it was confirmed that Ireland's economy was in recession. At the same time thousands of people received the results of their degrees. This article looks at how the recession has affected the graduates of 2008, a group whose struggles have been under-reported in the media and some of those graduates relate their experiences, within the last year, of jobseeking, social welfare and further education. read full story / add a comment
national / eu / press release Tuesday October 27, 2009 19:44 by Irish Socialist Network

Statement from Irish Socialist Network on Lisbon treaty result. read full story / add a comment
Declan Sweeney, Director of ReConnect Autism
national / health / disability issues / press release Tuesday October 27, 2009 09:55 by Biddy Hughes   text 1 comment (last - tuesday october 27, 2009 12:14)   image 2 images
Launching today, ReConnect Autism Consultancy and Training delivers autism consultancy and training services to parents of children on the autism spectrum that result in improved quality of life. Based in Wicklow and servicing families nationwide, ReConnect Autism recently won a Social Entrepreneurs Ireland award for the social contribution of bringing the Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) programme to Ireland. ReConnect Autism is headed up by Declan Sweeney B.Sc. ACE (Autism) who brings over 16 years experience in delivering autism services in the U.K. as well as working as a Team Leader on the U.K.’s Autism Services Accreditation Programme. Please visit www.ReConnectAutism.org for more information. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Monday October 26, 2009 22:48 by Republican Network for Unity Kildare
RNU Cill Dara, Ardoyne Fianna commeration report: read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism / press release Monday October 26, 2009 20:54 by Saoirse   text 1 comment (last - tuesday october 27, 2009 21:33)
The news that 26-County Finance Minister Brian Lenihan has ordered the Financial Regulator to carry out a review of the Credit Union sector should be a cause for concern. At a time when a clear and democratic alternative to the discredited and failed banking system is required more than ever the independence of the League of Credit Unions needs to be protected. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Sunday October 25, 2009 18:39 by Marie O Connor
The refusal of the Minister for Health to review the practice of symphysiotomy has prompted renewed calls for an independent inquiry into the operation. This week's Feminist Open Forum in Dublin will hear new evidence showing that the pelvis-severing surgery was driven, not by medical necessity, but by religious and other considerations. read full story / add a comment
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